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

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
In which I find an old book and an old wood, and meet Joan Begbie...This is my first post on this new blog, explaining how I came to be following in the footsteps of Joan Begbie, who published "Walking in the New Forest" in 1934.