We left the campsite early, fighting with the Duke of Edinburgh kids for a sink in the bathroom in order to get ready for the day. We drove through the nearby town of Corfe Castle, which is named after the ruined castle that sits on a hill above the houses below. It's quite a cool little village, but we didn't stop.
The first actual stop of the day was Old Harry Rocks. These chalk stacks are the last part of the Jurassic Coast, which is 154km long and which we'd been driving along for a couple of days. We parked then walked quite a long way through boring scrub to the end of the headland to see the beautiful white cliffs. They were pretty impressive.
We stopped off at a supermarket to grab some lunch, then parked at Bournemouth on the side of the harbour to watch windsurfers struggle with the conditions as we ate our lunch. We then went for a looping drive around New Forest. Being a Sunday, it was quite busy but we managed to find some less popular spots. There were not many places to stop and take photos so, sadly, I don't have any, but the area was just drop-dead gorgeous. It was a mixture of forest, grazing land, mixed with some lovely thatched cottages and animals - deer, cows, horses, sheep just wandering around with very few fences. It was such an enjoyable drive. We looked to find campsites within the area, but you had to book campsites in advance or for two nights so we kept going.
I ended up finding a campsite up by Salisbury that we stayed in for tonight and came back to stay in the next night. It was a simple site, with a lovely view over the fields. But the amenities were nice and clean and well-organised, the site was quiet and it was just an enjoyable place to be.
