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Islands Thorns: tall trees and misty sunlight

On November 20, 2021November 11, 2021 By Amanda ScottIn Joan Begbie, New Forest, Northern New Forest, Trees and forestryLeave a comment

In which I remember walking beneath the tall trees of Islands Thorns

Anses Wood: stately oaks and perilous beeches

On November 13, 2021November 11, 2021 By Amanda ScottIn Joan Begbie, New Forest, Northern New Forest, Trees and forestry6 Comments

In which I wish I were in Anses Wood again

Return to Godshill Wood

On November 6, 2021November 4, 2021 By Amanda ScottIn Joan Begbie, New Forest, Northern New Forest, Trees and forestry4 Comments

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

On October 30, 2021October 28, 2021 By Amanda ScottIn Joan Begbie, New Forest, Northern New Forest, Trees and forestryLeave a comment

In which I walk on old paths I have previously trodden through Eyeworth and Islands Thorns in the New Forest

A tale of two oaks

On October 23, 2021October 22, 2021 By Amanda ScottIn Joan Begbie, New Forest, Southern New Forest, Trees and forestry4 Comments

In which I visit the Knightwood and Eagle Oaks in the New Forest

Encounters with deer in the New Forest

On October 16, 2021October 15, 2021 By Amanda ScottIn Joan Begbie, New Forest, Southern New Forest, Trees and forestry, Wildlife4 Comments

In which I meet a little Roe doe and glimpse a tall Fallow buck in a forestry inclosure of tall conifers in the New Forest

Glimpses into an older forest: a walk through Old Sloden, Hasley Hill and Broomy Inclosure in the New Forest

On October 9, 2021October 8, 2021 By Amanda ScottIn Archaeology and history, Joan Begbie, New Forest, Northern New Forest, Trees and forestry7 Comments

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

On October 2, 2021October 2, 2021 By Amanda ScottIn Archaeology and history, Joan Begbie, New Forest, Northern New Forest2 Comments

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

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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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