In which I walk among gnarly old trees and pass by graves from long ago on Black Bush Plain in the New Forest

In which I walk among gnarly old trees and pass by graves from long ago on Black Bush Plain in the New Forest
In which Joan and I visit the RSPB’s nature reserve at Arne in Dorset
In which I grieve the falling of an old friend - a much loved beech tree in Anses Wood in the New Forest
In which I visit an ancient wood, a new wood and some ancient barrows on Beaulieu Heath
In which, on a sunny morning after a night of rain, I visit two ponds near the Beaulieu River and walk through King's Hat Inclosure
In which I find wildflowers in the sunshine among the trees and heaths of Highland Water and Puckpits Inclosures and Withybed Bottom
In which I walk to Bickton to find a heronry, and watch with Grey Herons by the water
In which I walk from Fordingbridge to Bickton and back again, among clouds of Cow Parley and buttercup-filled meadows