Heath, holly and open woodland, covered on foot with two dogs for company - Joan Begbie's affectionate record of the New Forest, walked one route at a time. Walking in the New Forest gathers Begbie's rambles across the heaths, inclosures and old woods of Hampshire's royal forest. She keeps each walk under 10 miles and writes as a companion rather than a guide, noting the ponies, the trees, the tracks that peter out, the villages and the local history she picks up along the way. 'Our love for the New Forest is much greater than our knowledge of it,' she admits in her preface, and the warmth of that admission carries the whole thing. This edition features:Descriptions of rambles of no more than 10 miles across heath and woodland Line sketches by the author herself, drawn on the very tracks and woodland rides she writes about Observations on ponies, deer, trees and forest villages gathered walk by walk through the seasons An early portrait of the landscape now protected as the New Forest National Park in Hampshire Reading for walkers, local historians and anyone with an affection for southern England's countryside