The actual route taken (clockwise) as plotted on my phone using Orux Maps.

Banks of mist soon disappear as the morning progresses.

New Forest ponies graze unfenced in the forest.

Even after weeks of hot dry weather, Linwood Bog is still very wet.

A colourful grasshopper foraging on the ground.

My morning coffee stopping place, Whitefield Plantation.

The path across Summerlug Hill, grazed short by ponies.

The open elevated surroundings with distant views from Chibden.

The path starts to fall towards Red Shoot Wood. Open ground offers safe grazing for several deer, see here to the right of centre.

The lunch spot at Redshoot Wood, an idylic sylvan setting and a dry tree trunk to sit on.

A white deer watches nervously as I pass.