Monday 20th June (Back to Blighty)


Mr. Kite looked out of The Joint window to see the ship that was going to repatriate him back to Blighty. At two in the morning Mr. Kite drove up the ramp into the hold of the ship. After leaving The Joint safely inside the ship's maw Mr. Kite stood on the desk watching gulls and terns flying around the ship as it left the dock and headed across the channel. Mr. Kite felt sad looking at those French birds as he headed to Dover.

Now once Mr. Kite left the ship he drove to Sandgate and parked The Joint and fell asleep. At eight in the morning Mr. Kite looked out of The Joint window onto The Channel where a flock of Herring Gulls were feeding in the shallow water.

With such a fine view from The Joint Mr. Kite and His Lady sat peering out to sea drinking coffee and eating toast. Just before noon they set off to Bransgore in the New Forest. On entering the forest it poured with rain and the sky became very dull with poor visibilty. Mr. Kite saw Wood Pigeons, Jackdaws and Carrion Crows and avoided running over a New Forest pony.

To cut a long story short; the rain persisted, the bike ride was cancelled and The Bar was opened. Mr. Kite sat down to enjoy a Greene King Abbot Ale. Cheers from the cold, damp and gloomy New Forest.