Missy loves to play with her ball 

Missy and her reflection in the big puddles. it has rained a lot recently 

The Forest at Telegraph 

Out into the world you go Update!

Out into the world you go Update!
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Well Looks like our little calf is doing well for himself. he has emigrated to Australia and found some friends and an old abandoned homestead.

Actually i was taking part in a Flickr challenge and I couldn't think what to do so my little calf came in useful!

Val if you should see him , say Hi and look after him!

Out into the world you go

Out into the world you go
Originally uploaded by Missy2004.

Very wet today so here is an Out of Bounds photo for you all.

Walk from cadmans Pond.

In between the squally showers we walked at Cadman's pond. Only a few photos as my camera has started to malfunction and is now on its way to hospital . Still I have an old one to fall back
 

I told you something awful would happen Missy

I told you something awful would happen Missy
Originally uploaded by Missy2004.

Missy in wonderland

All in a line.

All in a line.
Originally uploaded by Missy2004.

I rather like the effect of this one.

Charged by a Pig!

Eventually this piggy decided she didn't want her photo taken and charged towards us. Fortunately a friend had also stopped to take photos and we were able to jump in her car . Apparently s pig in this area charged a walker in the forest and bit them!jean drove me the 100yards to the safety of my car , but i think i had a lucky escape!Do you like his trendy nose rings, and his cute little pigtail?

Its Pannage time

Pannage is one of the five ancient rights in the Forest. The commoners (those whose properties have forest rights) are allowed to let their pigs graze on the open forest.and eat the acorns. Each year for 90 days the pigs come out often with little piglets to eat the acorns. Too many acorns can make the ponies very sick and the Pigs eat a lot so reducing the numbers left for the ponies.
These very big Pigs were grazing right by the side of the road and I spotted them as I left the carpark this morning I couldn't resist stopping to take a few photos.
 

Have a magical sunday!

Have a magical sunday!
Originally uploaded by Missy2004.

Dull and Misty in the forest today so heres a virtual walk

The Rut is on

This morning I spent some time watching this fallow Buck roaring and guarding his harem. As I watched I noticed another stag slinking away, obviiously unable to attract any of the does away. The stag was down the hill a bit nd I was standing on a floating bog trying to get the photos. they are not the best, but I really enjoyed watching him roaring away.
Eventually they must have sensed by they were being watched and away they went down the hill and out of sight.
 

A glorious Autumn day

Today karen, Taivas, Missy and I walked at Fritham . it was a beautiful warm sunny day and I soon had to take off my fleece. We walked down to the little stream and as we did we heard the roar of a fallow buck, calling his does. We could see them way in the distance. After the dogs had played in the stream we continued and came around behind the deer. The buck was roaring well and although we had good views we were a little to far away for photos. We went on and into the woods where there are several rutting stands , but although we saw plenty of deer prints and we could see where the bucks had been rutting we heard no calls and no deer were to be seen. Out of the woods we let the dogs off the leads for a while , but we soon disturbed some fallow does hiding in the heather.. We spent three hours enjoying the dun and the sights of the forest before we took two tired but happy dogs home.

At the start of our walk these cows were grazing.
 

Missy and taivas hd a play in the stream before we continued on our walk, watched by a forest pony 

Views on our walk at Fritham
 

Here we are watching a group of fallow does responding to the calls of a buck. The deer were a little way offf down in the valley and although at times we had good views of the stag it was hard to get photos.

In the woods i saw this little fly agaric. it has been a good year for fungi, the recent rain has spurred them into popping up all over the place. 

Missy and Taivas have a short rest as we come out of Fritham woods. 

Missy and taivas are waiting for us to catch up. Right after these photos were taken we disturbed two fallow does that were lying in the heather. They were so close , but we were too busy catching the dogs to get photos, fortunately as we neared the end of our walk two more ran across our path.
 

Right at the end of our walk these two fallow does ran across the path. 

New Forest Pony

New Forest Pony
Originally uploaded by Missy2004.

Still learning

If you go down to the woods today

If you go down to the woods today
Originally uploaded by Missy2004.

and are very quiet who knows what you might see!