In which I walk through Roydon Woods Nature Reserve, and find my first Cuckoo, Swallow, and Bluebell carpet of 2022
Category: Trees and forestry
Bushy Bratley and Bratley Wood: among old trees
In which I walk through an old wood of twisted trees: Bushy Bratley and Bratley Wood in the New Forest
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
Ridley Wood and Berry Beeches, Part 1: Walking in smugglers’ footsteps
In which I walk in the footsteps of New Forest smugglers, find some Water-crowfoot, and admire the pollarded Beeches of Ridley Wood
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
Anses Wood in the New Forest: where my ‘happy place’ is
In which I remember my first walk though Anses Wood in the New Forest
The golden New Forest woods of Ashurst, Mallard and Matley in the autumn
In which I walk through the New Forest woods of Ashurst, Mallard and Matley, through fallen leaves and many watery, muddy bits
New Tales from an Old Forest 