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A Weekend Away on the Hampshire Coast {The Ordinary Moments}

Welcome back to another week of the Ordinary Moments. If you haven’t joined in before this is a weekly linky that launches every Sunday morning and is open until midnight on the following Saturday. It’s a linky that celebrates any ordinary moments in your life – or the not so ordinary some weeks too. Basically – anything goes. I’ll be sharing and commenting on the posts that are linked up during the week and there’s a badge at the bottom of the post if you’d like to add it to yours too.

A Weekend Away on the Hampshire Coast {The Ordinary Moments}

Last weekend we spent a couple of nights at a holiday park I used to go to every year as a child. It was in the New Forest, on the Hampshire coast, and was somewhere that brought back so many fond memories.

A Weekend Away on the Hampshire Coast {The Ordinary Moments}

I actually have no idea why we haven’t spent more time in that part of the country as a family. Probably because it’s local – close enough for a day trip – but we haven’t really done that either. But, after last weekend I am sure that will change. We had such a lovely weekend.

A Weekend Away on the Hampshire Coast {The Ordinary Moments}

We stayed in a caravan and made use of the country park facilities – the pool, which hadn’t changed in 25 years, the arcade – complete with my beloved 2p machines – and the entertainment schedule. It was everything I remembered, but so different as an adult although LP and Little Man loved it as much as I had done all those years ago.

A Weekend Away on the Hampshire Coast {The Ordinary Moments}

We spent Saturday, our only full day, on the coast and visited Hurst Castle in the morning which was a pretty wonderful day out. We walked eight miles in total, saw some incredible views and learnt a lot about the castle too – it’s well worth a day out if you’re in the area.

A Weekend Away on the Hampshire Coast {The Ordinary Moments}
A Weekend Away on the Hampshire Coast {The Ordinary Moments}
A Weekend Away on the Hampshire Coast {The Ordinary Moments}

We then headed to Christchurch Avon Beach where we set up camp for the afternoon and had fish and chips on the beach. It was such a lovely simple afternoon and something we should do more often – the children loved it.

A Weekend Away on the Hampshire Coast {The Ordinary Moments}

The weekend was pretty much a cycle of sunshine, good food and smiling faces. We ate out pretty much for the whole weekend – something we never do, as we usually take food with us on self catering breaks – and we pretty much switched off and relaxed for the whole 48 hours in Hampshire. It was perfect.

A Weekend Away on the Hampshire Coast {The Ordinary Moments}
A Weekend Away on the Hampshire Coast {The Ordinary Moments}

Up until last weekend Dave was pretty certain he didn’t like caravan holidays – and our last caravan experience pretty much cemented that for him. But, last weekend changed his mind. It was a lovely weekend – the caravan was nice and it gave us just simple family time together and a slower pace which is something we don’t get very often. I know we’ll be searching for a slower pace and simple weekends more often after the last one.

A Weekend Away on the Hampshire Coast {The Ordinary Moments}
A Weekend Away on the Hampshire Coast {The Ordinary Moments}
The Ordinary Moments

If you have an ordinary moment this week, come and link up – I’m looking forward to reading the moments that you share and will comment and share them on Twitter through the course of the week. Thanks so much for taking part.

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3 Comments

  1. These pictures are oh so cute – great post! It looks like you had a wonderful weekend with the kiddos 🙂
    -Jenna <3

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