Sap is rising on the shimmering heath
by Graham Long from on (#2Q47M)
Mockbeggar, New Forest Tiny, parched, sorrels streak the ground with red but there is feverish activity in the ditch
From Moyles Court, a fine 17th-century house that is now a private school, we set off up the slope with paddocks on either side. Leaving the Avon Valley Path, we cut the corner of Newlands Plantation, and climb steadily uphill along the woodland edge. Rhododendron ponticum infests part of the margin, with the blooms of young plants announcing their colonisation of the adjacent open ground.
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