Fordingbridge, Bickton and the Hampshire Avon: a walk of birdsong and buttercup-filled meadows

On May 21, 2022May 18, 2022 By Amanda ScottIn Archaeology and history, Birds, Butterflies, Joan Begbie, New Forest, New Forest towns and villages, Northern New Forest, Wildflowers6 Comments

In which I walk from Fordingbridge to Bickton and back again, among clouds of Cow Parley and buttercup-filled meadows

South Charford, Hale and the water meadows: old tales of warriors among the marshes

On April 2, 2022March 24, 2022 By Amanda ScottIn Archaeology and history, Birds, Joan Begbie, New Forest, New Forest towns and villages, Northern New Forest, Wildflowers, Wildlife2 Comments

In which I walk through water meadows alongside the Avon in the New Forest