Bank Holiday Monday: the Hobbit and myself went for an extremely impromptu (and disorganised) jaunt to Brownsea Island, where we saw some very cute chickens, some very noisy and recalcitrant peacocks and even a couple of (rather sandy-coloured) red squirrels. It really is a lovely place to ramble about if the weather's nice (it was, sarcastically so).

See? I took that picture! Looks like something out of a holiday brochure! Best things about Brownsea: you can fling yourself into the sea unexpectedly and with gay abandon, plus, if the rabbits or other divers fauna bother you, there are handy lino beaters about the place to flatten them into submission with.

See? I took that picture! Looks like something out of a holiday brochure! Best things about Brownsea: you can fling yourself into the sea unexpectedly and with gay abandon, plus, if the rabbits or other divers fauna bother you, there are handy lino beaters about the place to flatten them into submission with.