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Harewood Forest in early July – butterflies John Solomon What a change just over four months makes! Now this ancient woodland is thick with dense foliage and the heavy, humid air thick with the humming and buzzing of insects. Walking through the cool shade of the coppiced hazel to the left the wild gooseberry hasContinue reading “Harewood Butterflies”

Along the river valley – The Upper reaches of the River Anton. David Beeson The autumn and winter rains have filled the chalk to overflowing and, so, the spring has sprung in this grassy field. Rather than gushing out the water merely oozes from around the roots of the herbs and has dug itself aContinue reading “Along the River Valley”

A Walk through an Ancient Forest, 1. Late February, David Beeson. A walk from the B3400, south along the footpath from Andover Down to the Middleway. SU403463. Pisa Cottage stop on the 76 bus route from Andover to Whitchurch and Basingstoke. Harewood Forest has been woodland forever. It is in north-west Hampshire near the marketContinue reading “Harewood Forest”