Photos by Jim Champion tagged Tag: Hyde, Hampshire

Tumulus at Ashley Cross, New Forest A low-angle view of this bronze-age bowl barrow, in the rain. The track in the foreground is the off-road cycle route between Frogham and Fritham. The barrow is 2 m…

Wet cyclist heading for Frogham, Hampton Ridge, New Forest From Ashley Cross this gravel off-road cycle track leads along Hampton Ridge to Frogham on the western edge of the Forest heathland.

Path on Hampton Ridge, New Forest The thin acid heathland soil has been worn through to the bleached gravel stones beneath. The pink flowers are on bell heather, which grows amongst the common heather…

View towards Hallickshole Hill from Latchmore Bottom, New Forest A path runs along the south side of the Latchmore Brook from Ogdens to the driftway between Alderhill and SLoden Inclosures. This view …

Thompson's Castle from Hampton Ridge, New Forest Thompson's Castle (in the foreground) is a spur projecting southwards from Hampton Ridge. In the distance are the green fields of Ogden's Farm on the w…

Pony on Hampton Ridge, New Forest This pony is grazing amongst the gorse bushes alongside a track on Hampton Ridge. Beyond the large gorse bush is an area of dry heath, with heather growing on the wel…

Pony grazing between Alderhill Inclosure and Hampton Ridge, New Forest This pony is grazing on the damp heath alongside the path from the northwest corner of Alderhill Inclosure up to Hampton Ridge. T…

Ponies in the bracken, Hampton Ridge, New Forest The young foal in the foreground is inquisitive, probably after food. The white pony in the background is scratching on a burnt gorse bush; the black p…

Pony grazing on Hampton Ridge, New Forest This area to the north of the track on Hampton Ridge has been subject to 'controlled burning' in the past few years - there are lots of charred gorse remains …

Ponies on Hampton Ridge, New Forest These ponies are following the gravel track along Hampton Ridge towards Ashley Cross. Heavy rain is just arriving on this heathland plateau.

Grazing ponies on Hampton Ridge, New Forest Heads down amongst the bracken on this northern side of Hampton Ridge, these ponies are doing what they spend most of their lives doing. Beyond is Long Bott…

Foal suckling, Hampton Ridge, New Forest This male foal is very unlikely to spend his whole life roaming the New Forest like his mother. When the ponies are rounded up in the annual drifts the young m…

View across Watergreen Bottom, New Forest Looking across Watergreen Bottom towards Ogdens and Latchmore Bottom. The track from Sloden to Hasley Inclosure cuts across the middle of the photo.

View from the trig pillar on Hampton Ridge, New Forest Looking towards the Pitts Wood Inclosure (scots pine trees on the left) from the trig pillar on Hampton Ridge. The gravel-capped ridge supports d…

View from Hampton Ridge towards Hasley Hill, New Forest A three-photo panorama looking south from the southern flank of Hampton Ridge. On the left is the tip of the Alderhill Inclosure and across the …

Range observer's hut on the northern side of Hampton Ridge, New Forest Built into the hillside, this brick observer's hut overlooks the butts of a disused Volunteer rifle range on the side of Hampton …

Pitchers Knowle on Hampton Ridge, New Forest This is a view looking northeast from the path that leads up to Hampton Ridge from the northwest corner of the Alderhill Inclosure. Pitchers Knowle is a sp…

Lone tree northeast of the Hasley Inclosure, New Forest This lone tree is growing on a sandy spur of Hasley Hill, northeast of the Hasley Inclosure. The conifers in the middle distance are growing in …

Latchmore Bottom and the Latchmore Brook. Looking east along the brook as it meanders through the bottom. A drinking and gathering place for the New Forest ponies.

Horse in a house behind Gorley Vale Farm, New Forest. There are several stables along Holland Bottom, and this one is on the lower slopes of Dorridge Hill. On the right is a horse sheltering from the …

Heathland view towards Hasley Hill, New Forest. The sandy path in the foreground leads from Splash Bridge across Dockens Water to the track at the eastern end of the Hasley Hill Inclosure (seen in the…

Gorley Common, New Forest. Gorley Common is on the plateau of Gorley Hill. This is artificial flatness - the common was quarried for its gravel in the 1950s and 60s and has only returned to open grazi…

Gorley Common, New Forest. The gravel on top of Gorley Hill was quarried away in the mid 20th century, leaving this very flat area. After the quarrying stopped the area was recolonised by gorse and gr…

Ford and footbridge across Huckles Brook, Holland Bottom, New Forest. This bridleway crosses Huckles Brook and then climbs steeply up to the northeast corner of Gorley Common.

Eroded heathland path, Hasley Hole, New Forest. Looking downhill towards the reseeded lawn at Ogden's, this path from the western end of the Hasley Inclosure is well eroded. The soil is extremely sand…

Bridleway up Dorridge Hill, New Forest. This bridleway from Gorley Common steeply climbs Dorridge Hill, with new bracken on either side.