On the Monday morning we left the site in Swanage and headed east to the New Forest arriving at the Caravan Club site in Brockenhurst at lunchtime. Once again, the weather was fantastic (how lucky were we for September?).The site was fantastic, right in the heart of the forest - one of the best Caravan Club sites we've stayed on. The walk into Brockenhurst, across the common, took about 45 minutues, which we did on our first day. Brockenhurst is a pretty little town - just right for a slow stroll in the sunshine. We were up bright and early on Tuesday as we'd decided to walk to Lyndhurst (4 miles each way through the forest along the cycle track) and it was well worth it. As we left the site at about 9:15am we crossed the common to join the cycle track and saw between 50 and 60 red deer running across the heathland right in front of us!!!! They were all after crab apples that had started to fall from a nearby tree. I get over excited if I see one deer let alone that many - I will never forget that morning! We were also lucky to see a woodpecker, doing what they do, up and old oak tree on the site. After spending a couple of hours in Lyndhurst we made our way back along the cycle track to the site.