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Janesmoor - New Forest

15/2/2018

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15 February 2018
Janesmoor Pond, New Forest
5.1 miles
Car Park just before the large one at the pond
​The Green Dragon  ★★★★☆
Walks have been notable by their absence and brevity so far this year.

On 5 February we had a short, 4 mile, walk around Arne.  This is a lovely area run by RSPB so there is a car park charge of £5 for the day unless you have a member with you and they have their membership card to display on the car.  There is also a cafe with reasonably priced food and drink.  We had a good walk on a beautiful day and the paths are easy to follow as well as being good underfoot.

There have been many wet days recently so for today’s walk we opted for the cycle tracks in the New Forest yet again.  This time we planned to start at Janesmoor Pond but actually parked in a car park just off the road as the Janesmoor CP had some pretty deep potholes on the approach.

Another lovely day which was amazing given how absolutely dreary yesterday had been.  We enjoyed the variety of woodland in this area much of it being made up of Beech and Oak as well as areas of the ever present pines.  We had seen a lot of large expanses of water besides the roads as we drove to Janesmoor so were not surprised to find that most of the “off piste” tracks were waterlogged.  We stuck religiously to the cycle tracks!
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Where's The Stream?
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Beaver?

​In spite of the water levels we were still taken aback to see a tree that looked as if it had been felled by a beaver.  Any other suggestions?


A little later as we strolled towards the northern end of the Coppice of Linwood we found the Forest’s answer to the Grand Canyon.  Not quite on the same scale but the water has cut a quite unusual channel through the forest and we spent a little time admiring natures handiwork.
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The Linwood Grand Canyon
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Waterfall
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Over The Top - Janesmoor Pond
This is obviously not a long walk but is very worthwhile and could easily be extended.

We thought we would go to The Sir Walter Tyrell for lunch but a long wait without even being asked what we would like to drink and the wailing of a young child changed our thinking.
We stopped at the Green Dragon at Brook.  Here we had a very different welcome, excellent service from very pleasant staff and a really good steak and ale pie.  The pie a proper pie full to the brim with really tender meat.  The only drawback was the somewhat higher price.  Nevertheless it was a good end to a great day.​

It is possible to turn left off the A31 at Stoney Cross to reach Janesmoor Pond but there is no right turn.
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ray
20/2/2018 07:51:52 am

A really enjoyable walk golng through areas we had not already visited. The weather was really kind to us with no rain and lots of sunshine. Well done Peter

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