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Category: Northern New Forest

The Breamore Mizmaze in autumn

On November 19, 2022November 16, 2022 By Amanda ScottIn Archaeology and history, Cranborne Chase Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, Fungi, New Forest, Northern New Forest8 Comments

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

Woods full of fungi: Anses, Old Sloden and Broomy in the New Forest

On November 5, 2022November 3, 2022 By Amanda ScottIn Fungi, Joan Begbie, New Forest, Northern New Forest4 Comments

In which I tread through a carpet of fallen leaves, acorns, moss and fungi in the New Forest

Milkham and Roe Inclosures, and Bratley Plain: an early morning walk in the first days of autumn

On October 8, 2022October 7, 2022 By Amanda ScottIn Joan Begbie, New Forest, New Forest heaths, Northern New Forest, Trees and forestry2 Comments

In which I walk through two forest enclosures in the New Forest - Milkham and Roe - and across the wide plain of Bratley

Black Bush: an evening walk in the New Forest

On August 27, 2022August 25, 2022 By Amanda ScottIn Joan Begbie, New Forest, New Forest heaths, Northern New Forest, Trees and forestryLeave a comment

In which I walk among gnarly old trees and pass by graves from long ago on Black Bush Plain in the New Forest

Requiem for a beech

On July 30, 2022July 29, 2022 By Amanda ScottIn Joan Begbie, New Forest, Northern New Forest, Trees and forestry8 Comments

In which I grieve the falling of an old friend - a much loved beech tree in Anses Wood in the New Forest

The Grey Herons of Bickton

On June 4, 2022May 31, 2022 By Amanda ScottIn Birds, Joan Begbie, New Forest, Northern New Forest, Wildlife2 Comments

In which I walk to Bickton to find a heronry, and watch with Grey Herons by the water

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, Wildlife4 Comments

In which I walk through water meadows alongside the Avon in the New Forest

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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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