it was so hot yesterday we waited until it started to cool down before taking flynt on his walk.
one of our regular destinations is an area about a mile from home that covers areas known as horseshoe bottom, longslade view~where there is a bronze age bowl barrow (more of that another day as well as the rare conjoined disc barrows a bit closer to home)~and longslade bottom.
we parked at longslade bottom and followed the path under what was once the single railway track from brockenhurst to hamworthy in dorset~with the lovely name of 'castlemans corkscrew'
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flynt enjoyed the cool mud and water in Hincheslea Bog~needless to say it was bath time when we got back home and he lost his beloved tennis ball in the mud~a lot of poking with a stick could not locate it!
we were feeling brave~there are times when our individual health problem mean that we cannot always have a good long walk but some days we just need to stay out as it is so beautiful and despite the hill ahead of us the coolness of the woods were calling
the bracken was head and shoulder height in some places and had that special smell that it gives off in the heat
the darkish green band in the centre is the spread of the bog~the photo does not reflect how high we were~just a little higer and we would be able to see the isle of wight in the distance.
the edge of the woods which hide hincheslea estate, once one of several Saxon manors that once existed in this immediate area and mentioned in the domesday book~Hincelveslei,Brochelie and Broceste.
to this day there is still a big house hidden in the woods
we had to keep an eye on where we put our feet
not many people hike up the hill and deep into the woods and this makes it a special, peaceful place.
there is a stilness there that is hard to find these days
one of our regular destinations is an area about a mile from home that covers areas known as horseshoe bottom, longslade view~where there is a bronze age bowl barrow (more of that another day as well as the rare conjoined disc barrows a bit closer to home)~and longslade bottom.
we parked at longslade bottom and followed the path under what was once the single railway track from brockenhurst to hamworthy in dorset~with the lovely name of 'castlemans corkscrew'
***
flynt enjoyed the cool mud and water in Hincheslea Bog~needless to say it was bath time when we got back home and he lost his beloved tennis ball in the mud~a lot of poking with a stick could not locate it!
we were feeling brave~there are times when our individual health problem mean that we cannot always have a good long walk but some days we just need to stay out as it is so beautiful and despite the hill ahead of us the coolness of the woods were calling
the bracken was head and shoulder height in some places and had that special smell that it gives off in the heat
the darkish green band in the centre is the spread of the bog~the photo does not reflect how high we were~just a little higer and we would be able to see the isle of wight in the distance.
the edge of the woods which hide hincheslea estate, once one of several Saxon manors that once existed in this immediate area and mentioned in the domesday book~Hincelveslei,Brochelie and Broceste.
to this day there is still a big house hidden in the woods
we had to keep an eye on where we put our feet
not many people hike up the hill and deep into the woods and this makes it a special, peaceful place.
there is a stilness there that is hard to find these days
7 comments:
Laoi, it looks wonderful! Wish I had been there with you on that walk, it looks just 'my ' sort of walk too!
cant beat shady woods on hot days, can you? and walking where people have walked for millenia, that connection to the ancestors, with the barrows and mounds- fab!
Leanne x
I so wish that there was a lovely, woody place a walkable distance from here =( I am surrounded by sea & dunes on one side and 'town' on the other.
In hope, I still keep a lookout when we are out and about just in case there's one hiding that I've missed =)
leanne, i hope your virtual walk helped you feel rested :) it really is a special place to live, although i miss dorset teribly, i do feel so rooted here and although the places are not as famous as other sacred sites we have so many barrows and 'hill forts' around us to help connect. one day you may well come here and we can have a walk :)...maybe swampy and i ned to arrange some SW gathering nearby ;)
kadeeae, we used to live in bournemouth and the sea was a few minutes walk~here the sea is about 5 miles and i miss not having it on my doorstep!
ooh its a date!! :-)
Leanne x
wow !! [I'll come too !!!]
explain the Domesday book..
I don't know much about that at all :(
Thank you for letting me come with you on your walk. My black lab, Stanley would have loved to have been there with you. Especially the muddy bit.
Love and hugs Gina xxx
Wow, what a beautiful place. if I had a place like that to walk, I'd probably walk every day. thanks for sharing it with us...
blessings
~*~
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