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Category: New Forest towns and villages

Fordingbridge, Bickton and the Hampshire Avon: a walk of birdsong and buttercup-filled meadows

On May 21, 2022May 18, 2022 By Amanda ScottIn Archaeology and history, Birds, Butterflies, Joan Begbie, New Forest, New Forest towns and villages, Northern New Forest, Wildflowers6 Comments

In which I walk from Fordingbridge to Bickton and back again, among clouds of Cow Parley and buttercup-filled meadows

South Charford, Hale and the water meadows: old tales of warriors among the marshes

On April 2, 2022March 24, 2022 By Amanda ScottIn Archaeology and history, Birds, Joan Begbie, New Forest, New Forest towns and villages, Northern New Forest, Wildflowers, Wildlife2 Comments

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

On March 26, 2022March 24, 2022 By Amanda ScottIn Archaeology and history, Birds, Butterflies, Joan Begbie, New Forest, New Forest towns and villages, Northern New Forest6 Comments

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

A wander in and around Fordingbridge at the New Forest’s edge

On February 12, 2022February 12, 2022 By Amanda ScottIn Joan Begbie, New Forest, New Forest towns and villages, Northern New Forest8 Comments

In which I take a short walk around Fordingbridge, at the western edge of the New Forest

The golden road from Eyeworth

On May 15, 2021May 14, 2021 By Amanda ScottIn Archaeology and history, Joan Begbie, New Forest, New Forest heaths, New Forest towns and villages, Northern New Forest, Trees and forestryLeave a comment

In which I reach the top of the forest...Pipers Wait is the highest point in the New Forest, and is included in this lovely circular walk from Eyeworth Pond near Fritham.

The Breamore Mizmaze: nature and contemplation

On May 8, 2021May 8, 2021 By Amanda ScottIn Archaeology and history, Cranborne Chase Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, Joan Begbie, New Forest, New Forest towns and villages, WildflowersLeave a comment

In which I climb a hill and find a labyrinth...and also bluebells and wild strawberries, a hare and an orange-tip butterfly.

Ringwood to Rockford: town and lake

On April 24, 2021April 23, 2021 By Amanda ScottIn Archaeology and history, Joan Begbie, New Forest, New Forest towns and villages, Northern New Forest4 Comments

In which I grieve for lost fields, but discover some local Ringwood history...This walk starts in Ringwood, heading for Rockford Common and the New Forest woods, streams and heaths beyond.

Joan Begbie published her book of New Forest walks, Walking in the New Forest, in 1934, almost 100 years ago. Joan writes entertainingly and with a shining love for the Forest as she describes each of her many walks. In this blog, I’m following in her footsteps. I was curious to discover how things have changed in the New Forest since she was writing, and how much is the same. I follow her routes using a modern OS map (OS Explorer 22), comparing it with an OS map dating from the 1930s. Each post describes a different walk (or part of a walk). Why not come with me to explore!

The New Forest National Park is in the south of England, lying mainly in the county of Hampshire, and in Wiltshire to the north.

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