07-11-2007

  We often take our caravan down there, staying on one of the basic sites from which you can look out to see the ponies, cattle and even deer.

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This bridge is the entrance to the camp site at Aldridge Hill just outside of Brockenhurst, there is a really good network of paths around this area where you can see the various facets of the forest.

Some photos over Ober Heath, taken from our caravan door - marvellous scenery to wake up to!

As with most of the New Forest ponies (and cattle) wander at will, these ponies visited the camp site while we were getting ready to leave.

A last view for now of Ober Heath showing the glory of the heather during the first weekend of September.

An oddity, I spotted this tractor drawn "fire engine" complete with flashing blue light parked in a clearing in one of the forested areas.  I suppose it's the only way to get water to fires in out of the way parts of the Forest.

The Forestry Commission have a deer park at Bolderwood in the New Forest, these are two of my photos of the Fallow Deer there, I've put many more on Wildlife if you'd like to see them.