Beefsteak fungus

Penny Bun (Cep)

Richard’s Fungal Infection (sorry Affection)

On one of the latest New Forest based weekends in October, we took a safari through the lesser walked jungle between Shave Wood, north of Lyndhurst, and the New Forest Lodge hotel, on the outskirts of the village.  The route was one of Steve’s enjoyable meanderings ‘off piste’, as he likes to put it, in other words there is no distinct path and the group has to trust his unerring sense of direc...

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Get close to Nature with a seasonal walking break

The New Forest is beautiful all year round but perhaps reaches its spectacular best in the Spring and Autumn. And that is a great time to get close and personal with nature with a guided walk through quiet glades, open heathland and along the edge of meandering wooded streams.

To make the experience even more pleasurable you can now enjoy a weekend break package a...

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We had a great weekend at the Shillingford Bridge Hotel in Oxfordshire at the end of October. We were very fortunate with the weather, getting back to the cars on Saturday just as the rain arrived! The walk itself took us through varied countryside with some magical views of the rolling Oxfordshire landscape and an excellent pub stop en route.
In the evening there was a Hallowe'en knees-up at the hotel which was good fun. The group from Essex Singles particularly "went for it" but Richard and ...
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