In which I visit an ancient wood, a new wood and some ancient barrows on Beaulieu Heath
Category: Archaeology and history
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
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
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
A magical walk of frost and winter sunshine: Holmsley and Thorney Hill Holms in the New Forest
A delightful walk from Burley, down Turf Hill, through Holmsley Inclosure, and back via Thorney Hill Holms and Shappen Hill
A walk of mixed fortune: Turf Hill and Goatspen in the New Forest
In which I get caught in a sleet shower, meet a gang of excitable siskins, and get a bit spooked on a lonely heath
New Tales from an Old Forest 