In which I start in rain, end in sun, find some history and think about old placenames: a walk through Deerleap and Churchplace Inclosures
Category: Joan Begbie
Hampton Ridge: the spine of the northern New Forest
Hampton Ridge: views, wide expanses and bracing walks
Islands Thorns: tall trees and misty sunlight
In which I remember walking beneath the tall trees of Islands Thorns
Anses Wood: stately oaks and perilous beeches
In which I wish I were in Anses Wood again
Return to Godshill Wood
In which I walk in Godshill Wood in the New Forest on a frosty, clear-skied morning
A shadow play of deer and a branch full of fungi
In which I walk on old paths I have previously trodden through Eyeworth and Islands Thorns in the New Forest
A tale of two oaks
In which I visit the Knightwood and Eagle Oaks in the New Forest
Encounters with deer in the New Forest
In which I meet a little Roe doe and glimpse a tall Fallow buck in a forestry inclosure of tall conifers in the New Forest
New Tales from an Old Forest 