In which, on a sunny morning after a night of rain, I visit two ponds near the Beaulieu River and walk through King's Hat Inclosure
Category: Wildflowers
Highland Water and Puckpits Inclosures in the New Forest: a flower-filled walk of early summer
In which I find wildflowers in the sunshine among the trees and heaths of Highland Water and Puckpits Inclosures and Withybed Bottom
Fordingbridge, Bickton and the Hampshire Avon: a walk of birdsong and buttercup-filled meadows
In which I walk from Fordingbridge to Bickton and back again, among clouds of Cow Parley and buttercup-filled meadows
Bluebells, a Swallow and a Cuckoo: a walk from Setley Pond to Roydon Woods in the New Forest
In which I walk through Roydon Woods Nature Reserve, and find my first Cuckoo, Swallow, and Bluebell carpet of 2022
South Charford, Hale and the water meadows: old tales of warriors among the marshes
In which I walk through water meadows alongside the Avon 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
Among spirit-song: Hazel Hill and Minstead in the New Forest
In which I find a mystical Beech grove and a musician's grave on a walk among spirit song
Hasley Inclosure in the New Forest: a young wood on an old hill
In which I pause under trees in the rain at the heart of Hasley Inclosure in the northern New Forest
New Tales from an Old Forest 