In which I remember my first walk though Anses Wood in the New Forest
Category: Northern New Forest
Hampton Ridge: the spine of the northern New Forest
Hampton Ridge: views, wide expanses and bracing walks
Islands Thorns: tall trees and misty sunlight
In which I remember walking beneath the tall trees of Islands Thorns
Anses Wood: stately oaks and perilous beeches
In which I wish I were in Anses Wood again
Return to Godshill Wood
In which I walk in Godshill Wood in the New Forest on a frosty, clear-skied morning
A shadow play of deer and a branch full of fungi
In which I walk on old paths I have previously trodden through Eyeworth and Islands Thorns in the New Forest
Glimpses into an older forest: a walk through Old Sloden, Hasley Hill and Broomy Inclosure in the New Forest
In which I imagine an older wood of hazel and bees, meet a pony guarding the way west to Hasley, and walk among raindrops sparkling in the grass
A sun-filled autumn morning in the New Forest: a visit to the woods around Frankenbury hillfort
In which I am entranced by seedheads, am stared at by a cow with long horns, and don’t see much of the Iron Age hillfort at Frankenbury: an autumn walk in the New Forest
New Tales from an Old Forest 