Wrong turn

[Yochy]

Thought I would try a longish walk today with lots of woods as my nav skills are not to bad. First half of walk was great, sun was warm, most of the water had drained away, a bit windy but feeling good and enjoying the morning. Then came the return journey, through some bog, got half way across and realised I needed a poo , looking ahead I could see a copse of wood, this was surrounded by a boggy stream too wide to jump and about two feet deep by the stick I was using to judge the depth. Found a large log going across so with stick made my way across, safely across a quick look to see if anyone around, as I was in the middle of nowhere dropped the strides and business done pulled up strides to find a group of ponies looking at my in a disgusted way. Cracking on I took a bearing across the rest of the bog towards what turned out to be a cycle path/route. Made a right turn even though my compass told me I should be heading the other way, but as I know better than my compass I cracked on. About an hour or so latter I was lost compass has now been turned so not to sure on last direction . As it is the New Forest there are people around now and again to ask directions, but pride had set in , so I was going to sort this one out myself, what a kn*b, if only I had asked someone, I would have saved myself the trouble of the next mistake. I bit the bullet and asked a woman jogging, she was a foreigner, and did not know where she was , did manage to find out I was on the outskirts of a village called Bank, only 1 1/2 miles north of my parking spot .
Found the main road, as the dog was tired I went for the direct route back to the car and followed the road. Have been a couple of hundred yards off before but 1 1/2 miles

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Start of walk, just see my car.


Sun out, looks like it may be a good day.












Going well so far, hi.





looking back.





start of return journey.









Just before, I had to poo


Beginning of bog, poo tree in the distance.


Last pic, as got a bit lost after this

[Ibex]

One thing is for certain, I would rather walk through Lyndhurst than get stuck in the one way system.

With all your walks, you should have plenty of fitness to stand you in good stead, when you get into the hills

[tenohfive]

Get a Photobucket account for image hosting. Upload the photo's then click on the ones you want to share - you'll see a link with an [IMG] prefix. Click on that and it'll copy, then paste into your walk report and the photo's should come up. Size won't be an issue.

[Yochy]

Get a Photobucket account for image hosting. Upload the photo's then click on the ones you want to share - you'll see a link with an [IMG] prefix. Click on that and it'll copy, then paste into your walk report and the photo's should come up. Size won't be an issue.

Thanks Tenohfive, after many attempts, I got there in the end

[Yochy]

One thing is for certain, I would rather walk through Lyndhurst than get stuck in the one way system.

With all your walks, you should have plenty of fitness to stand you in good stead, when you get into the hills

Summertime in the New Forest is like Piccadilly Circus on a Saturday afternoon, to be avoided
I am off to the Peak District with the Scouts soon, not quiet Highlands but should be fun. Will post a report when done.

[ChrisW]

Great stuff Yochy, as we all know real men don't ask directions......that's why us real men end up lost for hours on end Enjoyed this one mate, but I was going to say the start was a bit crappy nice to see the new forest drying out a bit now

[Yochy]

Great stuff Yochy, as we all know real men don't ask directions......that's why us real men end up lost for hours on end Enjoyed this one mate, but I was going to say the start was a bit crappy nice to see the new forest drying out a bit now

Cheers Chris, Starting to dry out a bit, was a bit sticky in places