| Date: Location: Walk Leader: Participants: Distance: Parking: Lunch: | 26th November 2014 Anderwood and the outskirts of Burley Peter Peter, Ray, Rob 9 miles Anderweood Inclosure car park Queens Head Burley ★ fish and chips |
I suppose it's getting to be a regular routine but once again the previous few days had been very wet and we opted for a walk around the New Forest cycle tracks. We tried a couple of forays down the other paths and rides but the ground was really wet.
Although it was a grey and cloudy day there was no rain and the forest was amazingly colourful considering the conditions.
As you walk through North Oakley Inclosure towards Bolderwood Grounds, quite close to the Deer Sanctuary, there is quite a large number of seats. We chose one of these on the edge of Bratley Water to stop and have our morning refreshments. This is an area which is criss crossed by several small streams and has a large number of mature beech trees. A great place to take the children for a picnic.
A little further on towards South Oakley there are more coniferous trees including some larches that had just about shed all their leaves.
We had hoped to walk on the lawn between Woods corner and our turn into Burley New Inclosure but it was almost under water so we stuck to the edge of the road. It was quite muddy for the short stretch we had to cover between the car park and the next cycle track but was easy going thereafter.
All in all a very enjoyable walk on mostly easy tracks and very few ups and downs.
Lunch at the Queens Head was fish and chips for £6.00. Not the best in the world but pretty good value for money. It's a shame they only serve tea by the cup - what's wrong with a nice big pot of tea?
Although it was a grey and cloudy day there was no rain and the forest was amazingly colourful considering the conditions.
As you walk through North Oakley Inclosure towards Bolderwood Grounds, quite close to the Deer Sanctuary, there is quite a large number of seats. We chose one of these on the edge of Bratley Water to stop and have our morning refreshments. This is an area which is criss crossed by several small streams and has a large number of mature beech trees. A great place to take the children for a picnic.
A little further on towards South Oakley there are more coniferous trees including some larches that had just about shed all their leaves.
We had hoped to walk on the lawn between Woods corner and our turn into Burley New Inclosure but it was almost under water so we stuck to the edge of the road. It was quite muddy for the short stretch we had to cover between the car park and the next cycle track but was easy going thereafter.
All in all a very enjoyable walk on mostly easy tracks and very few ups and downs.
Lunch at the Queens Head was fish and chips for £6.00. Not the best in the world but pretty good value for money. It's a shame they only serve tea by the cup - what's wrong with a nice big pot of tea?
 Damp but colourful |  A few leaves still left |  Lots of fast flowing water |  Pony with bracken |
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