New Forest Edge Rally Field

11/05/2025

05/05/2025

The gorse has been particularly stunning in the forest this year and now the May is doing the same.

14/04/2025

A lovely trip through Hasley, Slufters to the top of Ragged Boys Hill for a picnic stop. Then down to Holly Hatch, Splash Bridge, the other way through Hasley, Ogdens, Hyde and home. We are so lucky to be here on the edge of the New Forest.

13/04/2025

Just pausing for a moment on my morning walk through the rally field, I could hear the blackbird, robin, chif chaf, greenfinch,dunnock, chaffinch, white wagtail, wren (my favourite) and jackdaw. We have just built a dead hedge so hopefully it will give them some new nesting sites.

01/04/2025

So nice to be only 1/2 mile from the forest. This was our coffee stop by Hasley.

03/03/2025

This pony is enjoying something underwater. I think it might be watercress.

02/02/2025

A lovely day to get out and about on the New Forest. The Royal Oak in North Gorley is where we stopped for a drink today. There are 10 pubs within driving distance from home! It’s good to have a break when you are starting to get your animals fit after the winter.

24/05/2024

Endless walking, cycling, riding and carriage driving routes in the New Forest

10/05/2024

The New Forest is looking magnificent at the moment with all the new spring growth and the bluebells and wood anemones. A lovely 10 mile trip along Hampton Ridge, down into Amberwood and Slodden hearing the cuckoo to Hazley and back through the Ford at Ogdens

22/04/2024

We had a lovely trip to Eyeworth Pond yesterday. Through Ogdens, Hasley Inclosure, Sloden Inclosure, Fritham Plain, past the pub at Fritham and down to Eyeworth Pond where we heard the cuckoo! 6.71 miles. It’s a beautiful spot with lots of parking if you come by car. After a leisurely picnic, we returned via Hampton Ridge, enjoying the most fabulous views, some say you can see both Salisbury and Bournemouth. Then down to Abbotswell and Stucton passing The Forresters pub and The Three Lions pub to home. 5.86 miles all along gravel tracks.
The Royal Oak At Fritham The Foresters The Potting Shed Hyde ThethreeLions

22/04/2024

We had a lovely trip to Eyeworth Pond yesterday. Through Ogdens, Hasley Inclosure, Sloden Inclosure, Fritham Plain, past the pub at Fritham and down to Eyeworth Pond where we heard the cuckoo! 6.71 miles. It’s a beautiful spot with lots of parking if you come by car. After a leisurely picnic, we returned via Hampton Ridge, enjoying the most fabulous views, some say you can see both Salisbury and Bournemouth. Then down to Abbotswell and Stucton passing The Forresters pub and The Three Lions pub to home. 5.86 miles all along gravel tracks.
The Royal Oak At Fritham The Foresters

18/04/2024

We usually hear the cuckoo around here but not this year…yet!

The race is on! 🐦👀 Which of our tagged Cuckoos is going to cross into Europe first? 😃 Cuach Torc is currently in the lead and has made it to an area near Settat, Morocco. 🙌 Trent is hot on his heels, followed by Joe who after a spell in Ivory Coast, has forged 1,391 miles north and is now just crossing into western Algeria!

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