In which I walk through Roydon Woods Nature Reserve, and find my first Cuckoo, Swallow, and Bluebell carpet of 2022
Category: Joan Begbie
South Charford, Hale and the water meadows: old tales of warriors among the marshes
In which I walk through water meadows alongside the Avon in the New Forest
Woodgreen and a disused railway track at the edge of the New Forest
In which I walk through Woodgreen and along a disused railway track in the New Forest in spring, under a blue sky and among the calls of Chiffchaffs
Bushy Bratley and Bratley Wood: among old trees
In which I walk through an old wood of twisted trees: Bushy Bratley and Bratley Wood in the New Forest
Mogshade Hill
In which I climb Mogshade Hill in the New Forest, see a wonderful view and hear a Greenfinch
Ridley Wood and Berry Beeches, Part 2: A wide plain and twisted trees
In which I walk along the wide expanse of Ridley Plain and find twisty trees in Berry Beeches in the New Forest
Ridley Wood and Berry Beeches, Part 1: Walking in smugglers’ footsteps
In which I walk in the footsteps of New Forest smugglers, find some Water-crowfoot, and admire the pollarded Beeches of Ridley Wood
Birch trees and Meadow Pipits: Rockford Common and Appleslade
In which Meadow Pipits chatter across an old common and Birch trees illuminate the last days of winter: a walk across Rockford Common in the New Forest
New Tales from an Old Forest 