{"id":435,"date":"2013-12-28T15:08:50","date_gmt":"2013-12-28T15:08:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hlbphotography.com\/blog\/?p=435"},"modified":"2013-12-28T15:09:07","modified_gmt":"2013-12-28T15:09:07","slug":"greenfields-forest-camping-2013","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.hlbphotography.com\/blog\/2013\/12\/greenfields-forest-camping-2013\/","title":{"rendered":"Greenfields Forest Camping 2013"},"content":{"rendered":"

The last time I was looking online for campsites I came across\u00a0Greenfields Forest Camping<\/i><\/a>\u00a0a 10 pitch site in the Dorset countryside.\u00a0 It sounded perfect, camp in amongst the trees with geese running around, all the natural wildlife in the woodland and the deer that the owners keep in the field next door.<\/p>\n

\"GreenfieldsWe decided to make a booking at the end of the season, keeping our fingers crossed for good weather.\u00a0 When we arrived we were cheerfully met by Foo one of the owners, who gave us a choice of whichever pitch we liked as we were the only ones booked in on our first night.<\/p>\n

Sleeping in a forest was great, complete darkness apart from the full moon and although I thought the noises of the forest would keep me awake, I slept a solid 10hrs!!! I think it was thanks to my amazingly snuggly sleeping bag that kept me so warm.\u00a0 I have to have some home comforts!\u00a0\ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

It was to be a leisurely break so a cooked breakfast was definitely on the menu.\u00a0 Thankfully we put up a tarp next to the tent that we cooked under and didn\u2019t get much rain at all, only at night but we were under part of an acorn tree that was dropping nuts. I like to think there was an old angry squirrel in the tree throwing them at us, but maybe my imagination was getting away from me!<\/p>\n

\"GreenfieldsOn the site there is a very peaceful lake, which is where we spent all of our days just sat watching and photographing the wildlife.\u00a0 Dragonflies were a challenge and although I got a few photographs it was like they were playing peek-a-boo flying out from the grasses and back in.\u00a0 The butterflies were much more obliging sitting pleasantly still for minutes on end.<\/p>\n

We had an amazing few days and the owners, Foo and Tim were lovely and very accommodating.\u00a0 I think we will definitely be taking a trip back again next year.<\/p>\n

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