May 02 - Lymington (Dorset)

 May 02  - Lymington (Dorset)

Off to the New Forest this morning, for the first of our two walks, with the small village of Brockenhurst being our start point.  The New Forest, proclaimed a ‘Forest’ by William the Conqueror, is one of England’s largest remaining tracts of unenclosed pasture, heathland and forest and is just fantastic for hiking.  We chose Brockenhurst because, apart from having many walking tracks in the locale, there are a choice of three pubs for when we finish our walk! 🍺 

New Forest ‘residents’

Following on from yesterday’s theme, our second hike of the day was to another nature reserve, Fishlake Meadows.  Once again the lakes and woods were pretty cool, and we also saw some new bird species (for us), unfortunately though we were too slow, or too far away, with the camera! 


All up though a great day to finish off a lovely week in the ‘West Country’, as tomorrow we’re heading back ‘home’ to Worthing. 


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