In which I find a mystical Beech grove and a musician's grave on a walk among spirit song
Category: Trees and forestry
Bolderwood and Mark Ash Wood in the New Forest
In which I walk through Bolderwood and Mark Ash on a sunny early morning, and find a magnificent tree in the heart of the New Forest
Ashley Walk and Pitts Wood: an early morning saunter in the New Forest
In which I walk the Snake Road in the north of the New Forest, and find early morning peace beneath the trees of Pitts Wood
A hushed wood: a walk to ancient Mark Ash Wood through the Oakley Inclosures in the New Forest
In which I get lost in bracken, but discover a magical, ancient wood in the New Forest
A tree of wood edgelands: wild crab apples in the New Forest
In which I learn about the wild Crab Apple tree, one of the loveliest trees of woodland edges and glades.
A changing New Forest landscape: Godshill, Turf Hill and Millersford Inclosures
In which I walk across Turf Hill in the northern New Forest, a place where there was heathland which became a wood, and which is now becoming heathland again.
New woods, old woods: Holly Hatch, Anses Wood, and North and South Bentley
In which I leave Ocknell Plain behind and walk through four woods - Holly Hatch, Anses, South Bentley and North Bentley - all different from each other in age and character, but each with its own beauty.
Ocknell Inclosure: traces of war, early autumn fruit and a lichen hunt
In which I go for an early morning walk through a lovely pasture woodland in the New Forest, get scared (a bit) by some cows, and go on a lichen hunt
New Tales from an Old Forest 