Spring Colours - Bluebells in the Forest of Bere.

Husrtbourne Priors - A very spring like photograph with all the daffodils.

Sir Harold Hillier Gardens - With over 42,000 plants - 12,500 different types - this unique collection extends over 180 acres and holds the greatest collection of hardy trees and shrubs in the world. The gardens at Ampfield, a few miles north of Romsey were started by the late Sir Harold Hillier in 1953 and given in trust to Hampshire County Council in 1977.

Sir Harold Hillier Gardens - The lady in the lake.

Four Moorhen chicks with one of their parents. Moorhens usually have two or three broods between April and August often in different nests.

Royal Caribbean International's flagship the Freedom of the Seas departing from Southampton on her maiden trans-atlantic crossing to New York. The 160,000 tonne ship is 1,112ft in length with room for nearly 4,500 passengers, the ship has replaced the Queen Mary II as the world's biggest cruise liner by 9,000 tonnes, although the Mary is 18 feet longer she is 45 feet narrower. Spectators in the Solent Cat accompany the liner on its journey down Southampton Water

Hythe Pier opened in January 1881 and at 2,100 feet (640 metres), the iron pier is one of the longest in the British Isles. In 1922 a narrow gauge electric railway was built to take passengers the full length of the pier, the original engine and rolling stock is still being used today. In 2003 a dredger hit the pier and cut it in two, it was later discovered the master had been drinking and was subsequently jailed. Just prior to the incident the Hythe ferry had landed 235 people on the pier. The Hythe Ferry operates a half hourly service between Hythe Pier and Town Quay Southampton.

The narrow gauge electric pier railway passing Netley Castle.

Hythe Marina - With its waterside homes, shops and restaurants the marina has just over two hundred berths.

A montage of summer flowers.

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