Wandering the old tracks

We had a grand time on Monday, strolling over the Forest from Burley cricket club down past the golf course (no, these ponies aren't playing) and to the disused railway line. No sign of the old bee gardens because of the undergrowth, but you can see them on Lidar images.



Great fun to find the remains of what was there and even better fun to have a coffee and a sausage sandwich at the Holmsley tea rooms, which was the old station house. Very Brief Encounter. Of course, I can't resist mugging around.



The line - which was part of a loop from Brockenhurst via Ringwood into West Bournemouth - shut in the early 60s, but stretches of it are still walkable.