Marine Cafe at Milford-on-Sea

Milford-on-Sea’s Marine Cafe, at the very end of the Bournemouth Coast Path, is a year old at the end of this month. Yesterday was a lovely day and on arriving at the start of of the Hurst Spit I turned into the cafe to sit on the terrace and enjoy smoked salmon and salad followed [...]

Bournemouth’s chines channel flood water

On Thursday Bournemouth had the worst weather in Britain when during a short period in the morning more than 2 inches of rain fell. The River Bourne, really  a stream, dramatically burst its banks within minutes. A police car became stuck in high water in Braidley Road which is itself a branch of the Bournemouth [...]

Bournemouth Coast Path: A visitor’s view

Worthing Wanderer has walked from Bournemouth Pier to Christchurch and recorded his first impressions.

Hordle picnic and service 4 September

The annual picnic and service in the churchyard and ruins of the Hordle Old Church is on Sunday 4 September. The picnic is at 5.30pm followed by the service at 6pm. This is the day after the Hordle Village Fair on the recreation ground, away from the clifftop, on the Saturday afternoon 3 September. Service [...]