Following a very rough and stormy night we chose to go to an 'easy to get to' place in the New Forest, hoping that there would be no trouble with fallen trees. Luckily apart from floods it was fine. Last night at home the wind was very very strong and it was making an awful roaring noise - it sounded like we were at the beach on a rough day - and we don't live near a beach! Still, we've been lucky compared to some places in the South of England, and it would have to be some flood to affect us as we live on a hill!
We chose to park at Janesmoor Pond on Stoney Cross, where for once there were hardly any other people - maybe after last night they were loathe to venture out? I was a bit concerned about the way the wind was whipping across through the trees, and I have never seen waves - tiny ones admittedly - on the pond before, not a good start.
Janesmoor Pond - Stoney Cross - full of water funnily enough!
Tiny waves, but waves, I didn't manage to catch the moment they splashed up on the bank!
A red admiral butterfly.
In amongst the trees we spotted this lone red admiral butterfly, it seems a bit early for butterflies but looking back at my blog we saw one on the 19th February last year too.
We then walked back up through the Longbeech camp site on old service roads used in the war when there was an airfield on Stoney Cross.
Old service roads.
Back at the car park the sky looked a bit ominous and there were a few drops of rain but for once it came to nothing. There aren't many photos today as all of the photos look the same, with mud, water and fallen trees in them - maybe it will dry up and the sun will come out soon! I live in hope, I expect the animals do too as some of them looked quite wet and bedraggled today.
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