February - March 2019
It was hard having gone from such a wonderful year the year before, to this year of stress and financial struggles. But we pushed on.
Highlights including Friday mornings, where we would go to the cafe next to the gym for an extra chocolatey mocha to share, and a giant pain au chocolat.
There was also Piecaramba! Which sold only a set menu of delicious pies, where you could play retro games whilst you ate.
We played Sonic and Knuckles of course.
And there was our favourite pub, Belgium and Blues, which sold delicious beer - finally, Ben was able to try my favourite, La Chouffe (which quickly became his favourite too! I must have good taste). It also had live music in the evenings.
So it wasn't all bad, and these little bright spots got us through the next few months.
The problem with Southampton, I discovered, was it had been bombed incredibly heavily during World War II, and as a result almost all its visible history was gone. This left only ugly post-war architecture in its wake. Someone in my archaeological team told me that as Southampton was the last town before the channel in the German plane's flight paths, they released all unused bombs on it before winging away across the channel. If its true, it certainly explains why Southampton looks as it does today.
We also took a trip out to Ashurst, another little village in the New Forest.
We enjoyed another hike, passing over traintracks and cute streams, largely having the place to ourselves.
The same rusty red river ran through this area of the New Forest too, and seemed like the perfect place for a spot of lunch - sandwiches of course.
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