Family walk in the new forest, hampshire

This bank holiday was different - mainly because it wasn't raining! This is always a bonus - we are going out for walks - mainly late afternoon when most people are heading home.

Today we decided to go for a drive - and to find somewhere to go for a walk that we could take the dog. We were going to aim for rhinefield ornamental drive - but - en route through burley we decided to stop off there instead.

So we set off down the hill, where we saw a couple new forest pony and foal

We then carried on with my daugter (violet) taking some photos on the way - she's really getting into her photography - and soon i think she'll be helping me out on photoshoots ( that's a joke honest!)

here's introducing our black labrador - gunn

and buddy camera / trainee photographer

Though i'm thinking the strap might be a bit long

joseph making a run for it as usual - and just after he'd fallen in a massive muddy puddle

violet was wondering what to photograph next

so we decided to attempt a family portrait then realised i wasn't in it!

as you can see joseph is still shorter than me for now

his shoes were pretty muddy though

and finally a restful violet takes a quick nap