In this episode of my series “Walks in the New Forest”, I take a 4.5 mile Autumnal walk from Longcross Plain (just to the North East of Fritham) & make my way around around three New Forest Inclosures – Coppice of Linwood, King's Garn Gutter & Salisbury Trench. Once again I am accompanied by my Whippet, Logan.

I parked my car at the Forestry England (free) car park at Longcross Plain & after checking out Longcross Pond, made my way into my first inclosure – the Coppice of Linwood Inclosure.

For most of my walk I followed garvel tracks (authorise cycle routes) but from time to time, I was able to shoot off deeper into the woodland for an exploration.

The Autumnal colours of the leaves in the woodland were amazing and I passed over at least three enchanting streams that were in full flow after recent rains.

During the video, I gave a couple of readings from the 1934 book “Walking In The New Forest” by Joan Begbie.

Coming out of the Coppice of Linwood, I had a quick look at Gibbet Wood -a small parcel of woodland that was once home to an insect called the New Forest Cicada. Alas none have been seen since the 1990's.

A video of a slightly different species of Cicada made by David Attenborough can be seen at [ Ссылка ]

After visiting a pony pound just outside the Coppice of Linwood, I head into my second inclosure – King's Garn Bottom Inclosure.

My final leg of the walk took me through the Salisbury Trench Inclosure back to my car.

My final destination was The Royal Oak pub in Fritham (one of the oldest pubs in the New Forest) for some light refreshment.

Map courtesy of Google Maps.
Aerial pictures courtesy of Google Maps.
Music from the Youtube Audio library.

Historic Maps NLS Maps 'Reproduced with the permission of the National Library of Scotland'  [ Ссылка ]

Information Sources: Wikipedia, Historic England & British History Online.

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I use a GOPRO HERO 7, 8 or 10 Black Action Camera (sometimes with a Gimbal) & a Rode microphone (either a “Shotgun” or a Rode Wireless Go) together with a Canon Powershot SX530 HS.

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