Today we walked in an area we don't visit very often, mainly because we wanted to do a circuit of about nine geocaches in an effort to get our numbers up on a par with last year. Hale and Woodgreen are north of Fordingbridge in an area of woodland to the east of the River Avon. We started off our walk in brilliant sunshine and blue sky with pockets of frost thrown in here and there. We parked close to the River Avon so we had a quick look at the river before walking in the opposite direction.
The River Avon with swans on the bank.
Up a steep slippery footpath a short distance from the river was St Marys church, a very unusual looking place. Luckily the church was unlocked so we had a quick look round then walked on past Hale House in Hale Park
St Mary's Church - Hale.
The footpath took us through Hale Park where there was a long avenue of lime trees which were covered in mistletoe, I have never seen so much in one place.
Mistletoe in a lime tree.
A stitched photo of the avenue of lime trees loaded with mistletoe.
Looking down the avenue to Hale House in the distance.
Picket Well at the side of a small lane.
There was another cache close to this well. Geocaching takes us to all sorts of places and unique structures. We couldn't find out much about this well other than that it is a covered well and apparently the word picket in the New Forest area is used to describe something conical in shape, often a mound or hill.
Gorgeous sheep.
We completed a few more caches, frightened a male pheasant who was sat within a few feet of one, seemed to upset a beagle in a garden and passed these lovely young looking sheep, who also didn't seem too pleased to see us.
Back at the River Avon the sun and blue sky had gone. A very pleasant three mile walk.
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