I just got back from a short but sweet little trip to the New Forest. I haven’t been down there since I was a kid and always had this memory of it being this sprawling, Snow White forest, but actually, turns out that it’s not that big at all. You can easily whizz around it by car in an afternoon. That’s not to say that you can explore every moss-covered trunk in such a short snippet of time though, it’s still got that fairy tale charm and mystery that it had when I was a kid; you know, little towns with red brick cottages and sash windows, wild horses and fallow deer. You can see a lot, but still leave wanting more. It’s the perfect place to go exploring for a weekend 🙂
Have you been to the New Forest? What were your favourite spots?
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also because people expect everywhere there to be full of trees. that’s not what it means and it was a ship manufacture area as well in tudor times
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Aha, interesting – although unsurprising. It’s actually the pockets of moorland covered in heather that I remember the most from when I visited the New Forest as a kid, rather than the forest itself!
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‘Forest’ of Bowland …. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forest_of_Bowland#/media/File:Ward%27s_Stone.jpg
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used to know ashurst / woodlands quite well
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Aw it looks like you had a wonderful break in the New Forest! Bolderwood is such a lovely spot to walk around in and I’m so jealous you got to catch glimpses of the deer up close! xxx
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It was a lovely little getaway 🙂 We were really, really lucky to spot the stag up close like that! Right place, right time.
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OH! Lovely photos! Pretty! My switzerland trip is also up now in the blog! Hope to hear from you soon! XOXO http://herlostmango.com
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