In which I walk through an old wood of twisted trees: Bushy Bratley and Bratley Wood in the New Forest

In which I walk through an old wood of twisted trees: Bushy Bratley and Bratley Wood in the New Forest
In which I walk along the wide expanse of Ridley Plain and find twisty trees in Berry Beeches in the New Forest
In which I walk in the footsteps of New Forest smugglers, find some Water-crowfoot, and admire the pollarded Beeches of Ridley Wood
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 delightful walk from Burley, down Turf Hill, through Holmsley Inclosure, and back via Thorney Hill Holms and Shappen Hill
In which I remember my first walk though Anses Wood in the New Forest
In which I walk through the New Forest woods of Ashurst, Mallard and Matley, through fallen leaves and many watery, muddy bits
In which I start in rain, end in sun, find some history and think about old placenames: a walk through Deerleap and Churchplace Inclosures