In which I walk through the ancient wood of Mark Ash in the autumn, and think about the value of getting lost

In which I walk through the ancient wood of Mark Ash in the autumn, and think about the value of getting lost
In which I find that a place I first visited in spring - the Breamore Mizmaze, at the edge of the New Forest and Cranborne Chase AONB - is still resonant with life as the year draws near its close
In which I find a labyrinth in the Yorkshire Dales, and remember the older labyrinth - or mizmaze - of Breamore, closer to home in the New Forest
In which I walk in the good company of friends among the woods, heaths and streams around Ober Water
In which I visit an ancient wood, a new wood and some ancient barrows on Beaulieu Heath
In which I walk from Fordingbridge to Bickton and back again, among clouds of Cow Parley and buttercup-filled meadows
In which I walk through Roydon Woods Nature Reserve, and find my first Cuckoo, Swallow, and Bluebell carpet of 2022
In which I walk through water meadows alongside the Avon in the New Forest