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Tag Archives: New forest
New Forest: spring-time musings
I was going through my diary to see what I was doing this time last year. I was wondering when I had moved the home-kept ponies off their winter grazing and into their spring paddocks. When did I begin to … Continue reading
Posted in New Forest, New Forest flora & fauna
Tagged Africa, British Trust for Ornithology, BTO, cuckoo, Cuculus canorus, fields, Gilbert White, grazing, Hampshire Ornithological Trust, harvest, hay, haymaking, herald, Hirundo rustica, HOS, martin, New forest, NORAD, poached, ponies, pony, Santa, Selborne, spring, swallow, Wet!
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New Forest: being called a ‘nimby’ is no joke!
I was teasingly called a ‘nimby’ this week. It was during a conversation about the New Forest when I happened to mention that I was a commoner. The person I was talking to laughed and casually said, “Oh, you’re one … Continue reading
Posted in New Forest, New Forest Commoner
Tagged affluent, anti, backyard, benefits, biodiversity, Cycling, democratic, developers, ecology, economy, environment, faux pas, Government, green, health, housing, jobs, joke, Middle England, mimby, New forest, nimby, Not In My Back Yard, prejudice, prosperity, special qualities, unique
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New Forest: commoning generations
While visitors to the New Forest, and those lucky enough to reside here, undoubtably appreciate its magnificent scenery, free roaming livestock, and exceptional wildlife, not many would consider the significance to the landscape of the unbroken chain of Forest ancestry … Continue reading
Posted in New Forest, New Forest Commoner
Tagged ancestors, ancestry, commoning, families, family, generation, generations, heritage, landscape, livestock, New forest, Purkis, Rufus, Saxon, scenery, symbiotic, wildlife, William I, William II, Winchester, Ytene
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New Forest: Do you have ‘Second Person Power’?
Just recently I’ve been travelling the length and breadth of the New Forest to attend various events and business meetings. These journeys have given me a chance to ponder the topical subject of traffic and speeding across the Open Forest, … Continue reading
Posted in New Forest
Tagged animal, car, collisions, donkey, New forest, overtake, pony, Power of the Second Person, road, speed, traffic, vehicles
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New Forest: where’s the her-story?
Of all the books I’ve read about the New Forest, it occurs to me that very few relate the New Forest from the feminine perspective or, indeed, tell women’s stories of living or growing up in this unique environment. It … Continue reading
Posted in New Forest, New Forest Commoner
Tagged ailments, children, donkey, feminine, Forester, Gilbert Smith, her-story, his-story, horse, Keeper, myxomatosis, New forest, physical, rabbits, remedy, self-sufficient, women, wood
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New Forest: animal accidents on Roger Penny Way
Over the past couple of weeks (February 2017) there have been a series of collisions on the B3078 – Roger Penny Way – that have resulted in the deaths of several New Forest ponies. In one incident, although the driver … Continue reading
Posted in New Forest, New Forest Animal Road Traffic Accidents
Tagged B3078, car, Commoners Defence Association, commoning, death, driver, Forestry Commission, graphic, Hampshire County Council, image, injury, motorist, New forest, New Forest District Council, New Forest National Park Authority, New Forest Trust, Parish Council, police, ponies, pony, Roger Penny Way, speeding, Verderer
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New Forest: close encounter of a furred kind!
One of the best things about living in the countryside has got to be the interaction one can have with wildlife – in all its forms. As I write this piece (February 2017), I am sat in my kitchen where … Continue reading
Posted in New Forest
Tagged close encounter, Common Shrew, furred kind, garden, green waste, Hampshire & Isle of Wight Wildlife Trust, Mammal Society, New forest, picture-postcard, Sorex araneus, thatched cottage, village, wildlife
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New Forest: the seventeenth century coal-rush
On the 30th January 1649 Charles I was executed by beheading. In this momentous event the monarchy was overthrown, signalling the start of England’s only ever foray into republicanism with the establishment of a Commonwealth government. As a result, the … Continue reading
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Tagged 1653, Charles I, coal, Commonwealth, Forest, House of Lords, landscape, merchants, minerals, mining, New forest, Oliver Cromwell, Parliament, Priaulx, prospectors, regicide, republic, Richard Major, Southampton, State Papers Domestic
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