In which I walk in the good company of friends among the woods, heaths and streams around Ober Water
Category: New Forest heaths
Black Bush: an evening walk in the New Forest
In which I walk among gnarly old trees and pass by graves from long ago on Black Bush Plain in the New Forest
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
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
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 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
New Tales from an Old Forest 