Early evening on our 29C day, video commenced at 18.21 so temperature was about 23C. We're on a stroll in Blackwater Arboretum, named after minor stream Black Water (today, completely dry) bridged by the Rhinefield Ornamental Drive. This marked out walk is just NW of that bridge. The carpark with bench seat tables and toilets is nearby. Using a New Forest National Park webpage (will provide the link), we're walking a small section of the Tall Trees Trail & which evidently continues along both sides of the Drive. Area contains various exotic trees but is dominated by redwoods (sequoa) and Douglas Fir, natives to northern California, and Oregon & Washington states respectively. Just south of this walk is Rhinefield House Hotel, originally a wealthy businessman's mansion, built in mid-1850s. The National Parks webpage states that most of the trees date from 1859, hence up to 160 years old by 2018. At some date (in 20th century) the Ornamental Drive and this immediate woodland became publicly owned and viewable. The hotel and grounds plus 3 nearby fenced-off woodlands (enclosures but OS maps spell as inclosures) are privately owned. 248MB. 3.05.
