Moyles Court

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26th October 2016
Moyles court, Rockford Common
Clive
Clive, Peter, Ray
5.4 miles
Just North of the ford
​The Horns ★★★☆☆

The New Forest was an inspired choice for today.  The weather was perfect for a stroll around the heathland and the autumn colours were just starting to show through.
​After crossing the ford we were faced with quite a steep climb unto the "Pillow Mounds" and the ridge across Rockford Common but this provided some lovely views across the valley towards Digden Bottom.  The early morning mist made it quite atmospheric but faded quite quickly

Early Morning Mist - Rockford Common

Autumn Has Arrived

There were quite a lot of crab apples particularly as we dropped down towards Appleslade Bottom.  Crossing the road we followed a narrow track alongside a private drive, crossing some very muddy ground and turning onto the road at Toms Farm.  We crossed Dockens Water at the ford and headed out onto the open heathland stopping at the top for refreshments and took the opportunity to send Rob a picture of the view to aid his recovery.   

Good Friends

We had a very large number of tracks from which we could choose our route westward across the heath before finally turning south towards Chidden Bottom.

​The turning point was just beside an attractive group of pine trees and we thought this an ideal spot to take a picture of an attractive group of walkers.

We then took a fairly direct route back to Moyles Court as a birthday party was beckoning our walk leader!

For lunch we revisited The Horns and had some very acceptable sausage and mash.  £11.49 for two meals seemed most reasonable although Clive's bowl of soup was a little meagre.

An excellent walk, slightly shorter walk than normal but most enjoyable with a few hills to get the pulse rate up a bit.

On the heath

We're not the only ones enjoying the day.