In which I walk through two forest enclosures in the New Forest - Milkham and Roe - and across the wide plain of Bratley

In which I walk through two forest enclosures in the New Forest - Milkham and Roe - and across the wide plain of Bratley
In which Joan and I visit the RSPB’s nature reserve at Arne in Dorset
In which I walk through an old wood of twisted trees: Bushy Bratley and Bratley Wood in the New Forest
In which I climb Mogshade Hill in the New Forest, see a wonderful view and hear a Greenfinch
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 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
In which I remember walking beneath the tall trees of Islands Thorns