• Dan posted an update

      a year ago (edited)

      New Forest Denny Lodge

      Late June 2024

      For this camp, I had planned to follow the Lymington River until I found a suitable spot along the bank to hang the hammock.

      That all changed when I encountered a fence and private land. The river disappeared and I couldn’t find a way around the fence in the time I had left, so I started to look for alternatives.

      I ended up near a spot where I had camped before. It’s quiet – apart from a few deer and there were plenty of suitable trees for the hammock.

      Coordinates:

      50°49’43.8″N 1°32’41.2″W (not precise)

      Getting there:

      The spot I camped in was 2.1 miles / 3.3 km from Brockenhurst train station.

      Heads up:

      I joined the river at the junction of Mill Lane and the B3055. There are lots of well used paths alongside the river as I followed it south. I did see a few people walking around but as I continued, the forest became really quiet.

      There is no internet reception at the camping spot. I had exactly the same issue when I camped on the other side of the train tracks. I didn’t notice this until after I had set up camp.

      The only problem this created was when I tried to save the location of the camp on my phone. It wasn’t saving and when I enlarged the location on the map, the blue dot was moving around a lot. So I cannot guarantee that the coordinates are that precise.

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