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
Category: Joan Begbie
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
A wander in and around Fordingbridge at the New Forest’s edge
In which I take a short walk around Fordingbridge, at the western edge of the New Forest
A week off
In which I can't go walking in the New Forest this week
New Tales from an Old Forest 