Hoofscape
It is the unexpected beauty at the heart of technology’s ability to transform the everyday into the exceptional that keeps me going. Here, for example, is the horseshoe print I […]
On another planet
Sometimes out on the heath it does feel as if you are on another planet, in this case with hoof prints embedded in the surface mud.
In the land of Lilliput
Out on the heath the action happens well below you, at ground level. The close-cropped growth of grasses; the slow bonsai-like growth of the woody plants; the sinking of the […]
Between picture-postcard & petroleum
On the left, the unreal picture-postcard world of Beaulieu, on the right the holding tanks of the Fawley oil refinery, and in the middle Hilltop, with its open heathland – […]
Tumulus that’s not a tumulus
A very full day in the New Forest, exploring Hilltop. This (the left hand one) was the highest point around, and not what it seemed. Time to head home now, […]
Across the cattle grid
It’s exciting to arrive in the New Forest at night to begin a new residency. Across a cattle grid and then you know you are on the Commoning Land, where […]
Simon Ryder 