In which I grieve the falling of an old friend - a much loved beech tree in Anses Wood in the New Forest
Category: Joan Begbie
New forest, old forest: Beaulieu Heath and its woods
In which I visit an ancient wood, a new wood and some ancient barrows on Beaulieu Heath
The forest after rain: Beaulieu River and King’s Hat in the New Forest
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
Highland Water and Puckpits Inclosures in the New Forest: a flower-filled walk of early summer
In which I find wildflowers in the sunshine among the trees and heaths of Highland Water and Puckpits Inclosures and Withybed Bottom
The Grey Herons of Bickton
In which I walk to Bickton to find a heronry, and watch with Grey Herons by the water
Fordingbridge, Bickton and the Hampshire Avon: a walk of birdsong and buttercup-filled meadows
In which I walk from Fordingbridge to Bickton and back again, among clouds of Cow Parley and buttercup-filled meadows
Bluebells, a Swallow and a Cuckoo: a walk from Setley Pond to Roydon Woods in the New Forest
In which I walk through Roydon Woods Nature Reserve, and find my first Cuckoo, Swallow, and Bluebell carpet of 2022
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
New Tales from an Old Forest 