The New Forest is a wonderful area to take a quiet or active break, depending what you like to do when you are away. There are loads of different activities to take part in and due to the nature of the forest being flat, cycling and walking are the main ones. The New Forest is in Hampshire on the South Coast and gets a good climate throughout the year so there will be plenty of things
After a week of spending quality time with the family I decided to have a long bike ride today. My aim was 3 hours on the bike. I read in Cycling Weekly a ride in Hampshire and was convinced that I should be able to complete this ride. Living about 60 miles from the New Forest National Park and not knowing the area at all was a true challenge. In preparation I used the MapMyRide.com website wh
After a week of spending quality time with the family I decided to have a long bike ride today. My aim was 3 hours on the bike. I read in Cycling Weekly a ride in Hampshire and was convinced that I should be able to complete this ride. Living about 60 miles from the New Forest National Park and not knowing the area at all was a true challenge. In preparation I used the MapMyRide.com website wh
Indonesia and Australia have signed off on a new forest carbon partnership that aims to fight climate change in the region.Our Indonesia Correspondent Geoff Thompson says the Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has also agreed to co chair a democracy forum in Bali later this year.Mr Rudd and President Susilo Yudhoyono met inside Indonesia's presidential palace for about an hour.The two nations have agreed t
New Delhi: “For we people in this Devbhumi, the Scheduled Tribes and other traditional forest dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act has literally opened the gates of heavens”, a social worker in Nagnathpokhri, an old educational center in the interior of Chamoli district in Uttaranchal thus expressed his joy at the passage of the Act. [...]
I am looking forward to the end of the week as Mum and Dad are taking me away for a few days to the New Forest. They have found a dog friendly small hotel in Brockenhurst, and there is a nearby pub where I can go into the bar and they can order their dinner. Then I will sit under the table and taste everything for them just to make sure it is not poisoned! We are going in Dad's car and it is
The Scotsman reports today that a whole new forest is to appear near Loch Katrine, bringing back native species and offering a unique experience and the chance to see how Scotland looked like 500 years ago before sheep started to graze the lands.Nothing like it has been seen for centuries. A new forest of four million trees is to be planted by the side of a famous Scottish loch in the UK's biggest
Here is a quick sketch I did on a recent trip to the New Forest. It's pen and ink, washed over with water. I like the way the colours separate out when you do this.
