NEW FOREST WALK at SMUGGLER'S ROAD & BURLEY (WITH SPECIAL GUEST NIC of WALKING THE WYRD) (4K)

In this episode of my series “Walks in the New Forest”, I take a 4 mile linear walk (basically 2 miles “there & back” ) from Smuggler's Road (near Ringwood) to Ridley Wood. As usual I am accompanied by my Whippet, Logan and in addition I am joined by a lovely lady called Nic who has her own Youtube Channel called “Walking the Wyrd”.

A slightly unusual walk when compared to previous walks on my channel as although I was filming a “countryside Walk”, I was also acting as a guide for Nic, who was filming a video ( about an 19th century local Smuggler called Lovey Warne) for her own channel.

I parked my car at the (free) Forestry England car park which is located to the South of Smuggler's Road, on the Ringwood to Burley Road.

Initially, I took a small detour West to check out a New Forest Boundary stone situated on top of a Bronze Age Barrow and then on to a house called Knaves Ash (which was once the home of Lovey Warne).

I then headed North East along Smuggler's Road (which indeed was an old Smuggler's track) across Vales Moor and up to Vereley Hill. Crossing over the Burley to Picket Post road, I continued North East, over Mill Lawn Brook, on to Ridley Wood (where there was once a regular Smuggler's Market in days gone by).

I then retraced my steps back to the car and drove a short distance to the village of Burley to visit the Church of St John the Baptist and The Queens Head pub – both of which have connections with the smuggling “trade” in the past and featured in Nic's video.

Nic's Youtube channel can be seen at :    / @walkingthewyrd  

Map courtesy of Google Maps.
Aerial pictures courtesy of Google Maps.
Music from the Youtube Audio library.

Historic Maps NLS Maps 'Reproduced with the permission of the National Library of Scotland'  https://maps.nls.uk/index.html

Information Sources: Wikipedia, Historic England & British History Online.

Music contained in my video (all from the Free Youtube Audio Library):

Blue Creek Trail (Ban Lebowitz)
Casey Don't Fret (Dan Lebowitz)
Take Your Time (Dan Lebowitz)
Campfire Song (Chris Haugen)
Juneberry Junction (Chris Haugen)
Fractal of Light (Chris Haugen)
Sweethearts (Track Tribe)

For further videos in the series, please go to:    / @daveford  

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