# ![@NewForestRamble Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:26/cr:twitter::2645358686.png) @NewForestRamble Marc H

Marc H posts on X about $7846t, the new, if you, forest the most. They currently have [-----] followers and [---] posts still getting attention that total [-----] engagements in the last [--] hours.

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### Social Influence

**Social category influence**
[social networks](/list/social-networks)  7% [automotive brands](/list/automotive-brands)  6% [countries](/list/countries)  6% [technology brands](/list/technology-brands)  5% [premier league](/list/premier-league)  2% [vc firms](/list/vc-firms)  1% [finance](/list/finance)  1%

**Social topic influence**
[$7846t](/topic/$7846t) #946, [the new](/topic/the-new) 11%, [if you](/topic/if-you) 5%, [forest](/topic/forest) #1402, [kia](/topic/kia) #631, [in the](/topic/in-the) 4%, [battle](/topic/battle) 3%, [history](/topic/history) 3%, [britain](/topic/britain) #864, [metal](/topic/metal) 2%

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### Top Social Posts
Top posts by engagements in the last [--] hours

"The grave of Martyn King this evening. He was shot down over Southampton. The youngest Battle of Britain pilot killed in action aged just 18"  
[X Link](https://x.com/NewForestRamble/status/2021997431836053654)  2026-02-12T17:18Z [----] followers, 43.7K engagements


"Here's a batch of metal runway tracking that once accommodated the weight of [---] departures of American P-47 Thunderbolts on D-Day. Unfortunately not enough to build an Advanced Landing Ground in the New Forest but I have an interesting plan for it"  
[X Link](https://x.com/NewForestRamble/status/2022364004942041371)  2026-02-13T17:35Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"For the airfield nerds. this is American Bar and Rod tracking and comes from a temporary D-Day airfield in the New Forest"  
[X Link](https://x.com/NewForestRamble/status/2022364268645974073)  2026-02-13T17:36Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Was on the site of a Canadian D-Day camp in the New Forest this morning and spotted this picket screw. Would have been used to fence the barbed wire and keep the men in camp. it's been left between two limbs and [--] years later is now part of the tree"  
[X Link](https://x.com/NewForestRamble/status/2019746193664786843)  2026-02-06T12:13Z [----] followers, 15K engagements


"I saw this pony today on the base of a Nissen hut at the former RAF Beaulieu today and it reminded me of letters of complaint the Air Ministry wrote to the New Forest Verderers in November [----]. 🧵"  
[X Link](https://x.com/NewForestRamble/status/2019844604028502196)  2026-02-06T18:44Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"The military had counted [--] ponies on the newly constructed airfield and as a result fencing was erected around the aerodrome to prevent their future access"  
[X Link](https://x.com/NewForestRamble/status/2019844608113471882)  2026-02-06T18:44Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"However it wasn't always successful. In a further letter the Air Ministry complained that the fences were being broken down at night and livestock getting back into the airfield. One has to assume the New Forest commoners were the guilty party"  
[X Link](https://x.com/NewForestRamble/status/2019844612626739238)  2026-02-06T18:44Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"I believe one reason WW2 history interests people is due to how tangible it often is. E.g. you can walk in the New Forest and see this and when context is added it comes alive. Hope you enjoy this short clip I made explaining how these lines in the ground tell a WW2 story"  
[X Link](https://x.com/NewForestRamble/status/2020801830712701179)  2026-02-09T10:07Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"Trained in Beaulieu Executed in Dachau"  
[X Link](https://x.com/NewForestRamble/status/2020970066075058464)  2026-02-09T21:16Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/nfhwa/t-njoadox https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/nfhwa/t-njoadox"  
[X Link](https://x.com/NewForestRamble/status/2020970206106210618)  2026-02-09T21:16Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"I recorded a short film telling his story https://youtube.com/shorts/8n5kc8Lx-a4si=At5QtFG6ZUg6DhAG https://youtube.com/shorts/8n5kc8Lx-a4si=At5QtFG6ZUg6DhAG"  
[X Link](https://x.com/NewForestRamble/status/2022050750248145268)  2026-02-12T20:50Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"https://x.com/NewForestRamble/status/2022061446969135270 Here's a little context to my tweet earlier which seems to have resonated with a lot of people. A brief [--] second story of how Martyn King youngest Battle of Britain pilot to be KIA was lost that day over Southampton. https://t.co/ZaVIgN4dQX https://x.com/NewForestRamble/status/2022061446969135270 Here's a little context to my tweet earlier which seems to have resonated with a lot of people. A brief [--] second story of how Martyn King youngest Battle of Britain pilot to be KIA was lost that day over Southampton. https://t.co/ZaVIgN4dQX"  
[X Link](https://x.com/NewForestRamble/status/2022061751299453394)  2026-02-12T21:34Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"I post these short films on YouTube a few times a week. Search for TrexplorerUK That's me on there"  
[X Link](https://x.com/NewForestRamble/status/2022063503453172007)  2026-02-12T21:41Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Crew (302nd FTU): P/O K. Dollin pilot F/O R. B. Couchman copilot F/Sgt Hamish Ian Sandison F/Sgt R. M. Anderson Sgt H. Barker Sgt G. Granger Sgt M. O'Donoghue Sgt H. O'Keefe F/Sgt L. E. Snook F/Sgt R. C. Stevens"  
[X Link](https://x.com/NewForestRamble/status/2022260850636050461)  2026-02-13T10:45Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"The number was actually VB885. Apologies for the mistake"  
[X Link](https://x.com/NewForestRamble/status/2022261121369973116)  2026-02-13T10:46Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Circle Jerk and her crew had flown from Beaulieu in the New Forest between July and August [----]. A few months after they left England this happened. "Circle Jerk" a B26 Marauder of the 323rd Bomb Group being shot down over Germany in [----]. All crew lost. https://t.co/3NQav0r9XV "Circle Jerk" a B26 Marauder of the 323rd Bomb Group being shot down over Germany in [----]. All crew lost. https://t.co/3NQav0r9XV"  
[X Link](https://x.com/NewForestRamble/status/2021349307128086542)  2026-02-10T22:23Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"On this day in [----] Beaulieu-trained SOE agent Violette Szabo was executed in Ravensbrck concentration camp. This photo of her was taken in Bournemouth after she'd been injured in a parachute jump"  
[X Link](https://x.com/NewForestRamble/status/2019338111453438189)  2026-02-05T09:11Z [----] followers, 11.8K engagements


"Here's a little context to my tweet earlier which seems to have resonated with a lot of people. A brief [--] second story of how Martyn King youngest Battle of Britain pilot to be KIA was lost that day over Southampton. The grave of Martyn King this evening. He was shot down over Southampton. The youngest Battle of Britain pilot killed in action aged just [--]. https://t.co/Szd1YEKcnH The grave of Martyn King this evening. He was shot down over Southampton. The youngest Battle of Britain pilot killed in action aged just [--]. https://t.co/Szd1YEKcnH"  
[X Link](https://x.com/NewForestRamble/status/2022061446969135270)  2026-02-12T21:33Z [----] followers, 13K engagements


"On this day [--] February [----] a Short Sunderland flying boat left Calshot then comes down in the Solent. Loss of [--] crew"  
[X Link](https://x.com/NewForestRamble/status/2022260847758696784)  2026-02-13T10:45Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"Dont want to jinx things but the sky is blue down here at Bucklers Hard"  
[X Link](https://x.com/NewForestRamble/status/2022603859445665817)  2026-02-14T09:28Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@FancFay Thank you Kitty. I recorded another one today with an equally incredible yet tragic story. Will share over the weekend"  
[X Link](https://x.com/NewForestRamble/status/2022692878515081664)  2026-02-14T15:22Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@steve4934 Great aerial view thanks Steve just one point though they were not sub pens its a popular theory but was actually a large concrete air raid shelter for testing how well the shelter design withstood large bombs. . Just happened to look like sub pens"  
[X Link](https://x.com/NewForestRamble/status/1900161122256273608)  2025-03-13T12:24Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Saw Brook Lampreys for the first time this week. Amazing little critters - they create pits in New Forest river bed by picking up small stones with their mouths then the male and female dump their sperm and eggs into the nest pit to make baby lampreys"  
[X Link](https://x.com/NewForestRamble/status/1906386837339349176)  2025-03-30T16:43Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"I'm definitely [--] hours late to this but was at Hatchet Pond earlier and some joker has done this. Absolute dedication to an April Fools prank"  
[X Link](https://x.com/NewForestRamble/status/1907503102774669745)  2025-04-02T18:39Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"Current fire at Calshot Spit the site of the former RAF Calshot. I saw lots of fire engines going that way two hours ago so finger's crossed. (photo by FlyBy Creations on FB)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/NewForestRamble/status/1908250490355216464)  2025-04-04T20:09Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"A lovely day so it was fitting to get the model control tower out of the RAF Ibsley Heritage Trust archives. plus it had a special visitor in the sun a model of Spitfire BL924 ('AZ-G' 'Skagen Ind'). 🧵"  
[X Link](https://x.com/NewForestRamble/status/1924153083333935290)  2025-05-18T17:20Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"Im at a meeting at the former HMS Mastodon this morning and spied this anchor"  
[X Link](https://x.com/NewForestRamble/status/1925846388744638938)  2025-05-23T09:28Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"In [----] Mr Bristow of Bransgore near Christchurch was digging his garden when he found a bracelet. Engraved on one side was Nick Stusiak and on the other 'Nick from Ellen'. The man's garden had been the crash site of a Typhoon in WW2. 🧵"  
[X Link](https://x.com/NewForestRamble/status/1927424506911424801)  2025-05-27T17:59Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"On this day [--] May [----] F/O Nicholas Stusiak of RAF Hurn was killed while during a mock dogfight with an American P-47 Thunderbolt. In an attempt to get on the P-47's tail aircraft stalled and spun crashed near Bransgore. He was a Ukranian Canadian"  
[X Link](https://x.com/NewForestRamble/status/1927424509268627870)  2025-05-27T17:59Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"Dominos quite literally delivering to your door in Brockenhurst yesterday. Photo from the BBC"  
[X Link](https://x.com/NewForestRamble/status/1929809952459087896)  2025-06-03T07:58Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"On this day [----] John "Jeep" Cable (pictured) Alan Marsh and Joseph Unsworth were killed testing the Cierva Air Horse helicopter from Southampton Airport. Cable lived in East Boldre and had been previously been at RAF Beaulieu testing captured German Focke Achgelis autogyros"  
[X Link](https://x.com/NewForestRamble/status/1933472132467409168)  2025-06-13T10:30Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"It's amazing to get feedback like this because I am not a "proper" Twitter historian with a published book (Mayne one day) - but people appreciate what I do and that's really good. Happy others share my interest :-) Made my day to finally make a talk by @NewForestRamble. It didnt disappoint. A tour de force lecture on the former RAF Lymington its contribution to D Day and other New Forest Airfields. https://t.co/Ux90prixhT Made my day to finally make a talk by @NewForestRamble. It didnt disappoint. A tour de force lecture on the former RAF Lymington its contribution to D Day and other New"  
[X Link](https://x.com/NewForestRamble/status/1935837809039847717)  2025-06-19T23:11Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"He was hit by flak and on the return to Lymington his comrades gathered in formation around him to offer him protection and nurse him home. The oil pressure in his P-47 Thunderbolt started to drop his aircraft began to lag and drift downwards towards sea"  
[X Link](https://x.com/NewForestRamble/status/1936528449591541877)  2025-06-21T20:55Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"At [----] feet flames erupted from the engine he baled out. His parachute was seen to hit the water his dinghy inflated but he wasnt seen getting into it. It was starting to get dark and his comrades could not locate him in the water so returned to the New Forest"  
[X Link](https://x.com/NewForestRamble/status/1936528452615831633)  2025-06-21T20:55Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"The Battle of Britain commenced this week in [----]. It is still possible to find scars on the New Forest and Hampshire landscapes from the fierce air battle including scattered debris still left on the surface"  
[X Link](https://x.com/NewForestRamble/status/1943602163743113281)  2025-07-11T09:24Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"My new office for the next few months has a good view"  
[X Link](https://x.com/NewForestRamble/status/1948134169353302370)  2025-07-23T21:32Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"You may be aware of the archaeological dig taking place at Buckler's Hard over the last fortnight. It was requisitioned during WW2 as part of HMS Mastodon and was used for the construction of motor torpedo boats dummy landing craft and a landing craft maintenance base. 🧵"  
[X Link](https://x.com/NewForestRamble/status/1953579768517210401)  2025-08-07T22:11Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"During the dig this steering wheel has been exposed (click to expand the photos). Some conjecture on the site has included it being the possible steering wheel from an LCVP (Landing Craft Vehicle Personnel) but no firm conclusion"  
[X Link](https://x.com/NewForestRamble/status/1953579772229169379)  2025-08-07T22:11Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"His aircraft crashed near Rownhams School and he was lucky to survive. He received the Victoria Cross for this incident and returned to action. He was only Fighter Command Pilot to be Awarded the VC During WW2"  
[X Link](https://x.com/NewForestRamble/status/1956651289275674691)  2025-08-16T09:36Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"In the same dogfight Pilot Officer Martyn King also baled out of his stricken Hurricane but his parachute collapsed and he fell to the ground and died. He's buried in All Saints Church Fawley. King was [--] when he died believed to be the youngest Battle of Britain pilot KIA"  
[X Link](https://x.com/NewForestRamble/status/1956651291788087578)  2025-08-16T09:36Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Nicolson became a wing commander but was killed in May [----] when a RAF Liberator in which he was flying caught fire and crashed into the Bay of Bengal. His body was not recovered. He is commemorated on the Singapore Memorial"  
[X Link](https://x.com/NewForestRamble/status/1956651293604237806)  2025-08-16T09:36Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@happyhillers I don't know about printed only digital and the ones on NLS Maps. The Lyndhurst book fair though. once a month they have a guy selling hundreds of old maps"  
[X Link](https://x.com/NewForestRamble/status/1957088209843695840)  2025-08-17T14:32Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Today is National Dog Day. Here are [--] dogs that belonged to Squadrons flying from RAF Beaulieu. Trea the Great Dane (323rd Bomb Group) MacTavish the Scottie dog (365th Fighter Group) and Antis the German Shepherd (311 Czechoslovak). Antis was awarded a Dickin Medal for Bravery"  
[X Link](https://x.com/NewForestRamble/status/1960255365599187208)  2025-08-26T08:17Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"I saw this photo today which shows a flying boat with army nursing sisters leaving RAF Calshot for Gibraltar in June [----]. They are on their way to assist Germans injured in the bombing of the Deutschland ship during the Spanish Civil War"  
[X Link](https://x.com/NewForestRamble/status/1960719732484575717)  2025-08-27T15:03Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"On this day in September [----] this exact Avro York pictured landed at RAF Holmsley South and hit a pony on the runway. The animal was killed and the aircraft written off"  
[X Link](https://x.com/NewForestRamble/status/1965350301462110312)  2025-09-09T09:43Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"During WW2 and immediate post-war period there was a constant clash of cultures between the New Forest Commoners who own the livestock and the military. None more so when it came to the requisitioning of land for local airfields"  
[X Link](https://x.com/NewForestRamble/status/1965350304729498083)  2025-09-09T09:43Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"HMS Medusa is currently docked in Buckler's Hard. She will be there tomorrow (Sunday) for her last day. The crew are giving free tours from 10am donations onboard to the charitable upkeep are appreciated"  
[X Link](https://x.com/NewForestRamble/status/1969423537166299550)  2025-09-20T15:28Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"The dashed lines on this aerial photo from [----] are anti-landing trenches dug on the flat New Forest heathland in [----] prior to this airfield being constructed. They were designed to prevent German aircraft landing on the open heathland during the invasion scare of 1940"  
[X Link](https://x.com/NewForestRamble/status/1969768004553424917)  2025-09-21T14:17Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"The grave marker of an unknown German airman shot down over the New Forest in 1943"  
[X Link](https://x.com/NewForestRamble/status/1971216103704756625)  2025-09-25T14:11Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"Tonight's WW2 history talk in Dibden Purlieu New Forest was presented by Andrew Whitmarsh on D-Day landing craft. Just under [---] people in attendance showing the appetite for history is strong. Next month is the story of James Nicolson the only Battle of Britain VC"  
[X Link](https://x.com/NewForestRamble/status/1974579790108921973)  2025-10-04T20:58Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Going through 1940s ORBs for RAF Sqns and keep coming across "liberty run". Context as in "Squadron was released so a Liberty Run to Bournemouth was arranged". Do I assume this is "leave" so crew can go for R&R or similar"  
[X Link](https://x.com/NewForestRamble/status/1572279596925554691)  2022-09-20T17:40Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@dan_of_steele @NavalAirHistory @curatorian @I_W_M @WW2Airfields Coolham Apr 3rd to June 22nd. What you might want to do now is see who was at Tangmere on June 9th. Might be references to filming in ORB summary of events of those Sqns"  
[X Link](https://x.com/NewForestRamble/status/1599762628380831748)  2022-12-05T13:48Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"In July [----] three USAAF P-38 Lightnings from RAF Stoney Cross were involved in a mid-air collision. This is a propellor retrieved from one of the P-38s that crashed near Ringwood"  
[X Link](https://x.com/NewForestRamble/status/1975506798355312931)  2025-10-07T10:21Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"The story of Spitfire Bridge (spoiler alert: it wasn't a Spitfire) On this day [--] years ago [--] Oct [----] Canadian pilot George Rogers decided to fly under a bridge that straddled the A33 Winchester Bypass in an act of bravado (or stupidity) in a Curtiss P-40 Tomahawk. 🧵"  
[X Link](https://x.com/NewForestRamble/status/1979857025975914988)  2025-10-19T10:27Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"@Birduder344 I think if he was hacked we'd be seeing nudes and crypto rather than my photo of a WW2 landing light"  
[X Link](https://x.com/NewForestRamble/status/1982517562639282227)  2025-10-26T18:39Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"For those on our ticket email list the link to purchase tickets to @SeaSpitfires will be sent out before lunchtime today"  
[X Link](https://x.com/NewForestRamble/status/1984927613039620113)  2025-11-02T10:16Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"I thought it rather apt today to show my great grandfather's biscuit from [----] again. It's now [---] years old and it's still going strong. My mother gave me this biscuit with great fanfare as if it was a treasured heirloom. She said it was my great grandfather's biscuit from [----] when he was in the army. My family has been handing down this biscuit for [---] years - probably still tastier than a Rich Tea though 😂 https://t.co/2axJ1ieOB8 My mother gave me this biscuit with great fanfare as if it was a treasured heirloom. She said it was my great grandfather's biscuit from [----] when he was in the"  
[X Link](https://x.com/NewForestRamble/status/1988261740547592550)  2025-11-11T15:05Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"Would you be interested in going back in time to see something (or someone) during WW2. If so where Big clue below to where I am going"  
[X Link](https://x.com/NewForestRamble/status/1990734226711326924)  2025-11-18T10:50Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"@ByLaurieDesigns Youd have to make sure they didnt hear the delorean starting up otherwise friendly fire could be an issue"  
[X Link](https://x.com/NewForestRamble/status/1990870790447743174)  2025-11-18T19:52Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"Just days later on [--] February [----] Warnes led another operation from RAF Beaulieu refuelling at RAF Harrowbeer before heading out on a shipping reconnaissance near the Channel Islands"  
[X Link](https://x.com/NewForestRamble/status/1994334044696248677)  2025-11-28T09:14Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"His Typhoon suffered engine trouble north-west of Guernsey and he was seen ditching into the bitterly cold sea. His comrades saw him trying to reach what looked like a deflated dinghy"  
[X Link](https://x.com/NewForestRamble/status/1994334047615520860)  2025-11-28T09:14Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"If anyone fancies a challenge I am trying to decipher this handwriting relating to the air crash of a Royal Canadian Air Force Halifax on the Isle of Wight in [----] but not having a lot of luck"  
[X Link](https://x.com/NewForestRamble/status/1995235093338804298)  2025-11-30T20:54Z [----] followers, 15.4K engagements


"Kids at Sholing Junior School in Southampton are trying to raise enough money to place a memorial in the city to James Nicolson the only Battle of Britain VC plus Martyn King youngest Battle of Britain pilot KIA. both events taking place over the skies of Southampton. 1/2"  
[X Link](https://x.com/NewForestRamble/status/1995874454149497329)  2025-12-02T15:15Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"If you would like to donate a small gesture the link to the fundraiser is here: https://www.gofundme.com/f/remembering-the-heroes-of-southampton https://www.gofundme.com/f/remembering-the-heroes-of-southampton"  
[X Link](https://x.com/NewForestRamble/status/1995874457143939233)  2025-12-02T15:15Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"On this day in [----] a Mk IIIa Sunderland Flying Boat sank off Calshot Spit after being struck by a vessel. Her wreck still sits on the sea bed of Southampton Water unlikely to ever be recovered"  
[X Link](https://x.com/NewForestRamble/status/2001207789163602225)  2025-12-17T08:28Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"This concrete ballast is all that remains from a Barnes Wallis 'Highball' bouncing bomb test"  
[X Link](https://x.com/NewForestRamble/status/2004907877681737812)  2025-12-27T13:31Z [----] followers, 3.8M engagements


"Here's the test"  
[X Link](https://x.com/NewForestRamble/status/2004980520665710632)  2025-12-27T18:19Z [----] followers, 124.9K engagements


"I made this [----] end of year quiz for the members of a social media group I run. Anyone else is free to give it a go too if you're interested in Hampshire WW2 history. https://forms.gle/wS19mVygtdmTQ13B9 https://forms.gle/wS19mVygtdmTQ13B9"  
[X Link](https://x.com/NewForestRamble/status/2006345967562576048)  2025-12-31T12:45Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"During WW2 so many aircraft came down in the New Forest. It's still possible to see the scars in the landscape . Crashes due to mechanical failure pilot error heavy air traffic. and enemy action. This crater is where a German Ju [--] crashed after being shot in battle"  
[X Link](https://x.com/NewForestRamble/status/2007151294612701501)  2026-01-02T18:05Z [----] followers, 36.2K engagements


"@AvailableLawyEW Several reasons: high concentration of local airfields meaning more accidents more collisions. Also near the coast so aircraft coming over the Channel to crash land. Also the flightpath back and from French airfields for the Luftwaffe from targets in the UK"  
[X Link](https://x.com/NewForestRamble/status/2007177244750557582)  2026-01-02T19:48Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"Some time ago I advertised a talk I was giving about RAF Beaulieu. The tickets sold out and some asked if I could organise it again. The hall has kindly let me repeat the room booking. so if you want to come along you can book a seat for the second date"  
[X Link](https://x.com/NewForestRamble/status/2008460017541009900)  2026-01-06T08:45Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"I made a video a few years ago with "then vs now" montages of WW2 airfields in the New Forest here's a short clip"  
[X Link](https://x.com/NewForestRamble/status/2011037790457516409)  2026-01-13T11:29Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"Tonight [---] people turned up to hear me talk about stuff. well old airfields. Thank you :-)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/NewForestRamble/status/2011578707841073272)  2026-01-14T23:18Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"@GbhvfRon @Birduder344 That's interesting. Too me. Very niche but I happen to have a blade from a Foche Achgelis fa [---] wagtail in my garage. The auto gyros they flew of U-boats"  
[X Link](https://x.com/NewForestRamble/status/2011730233402273928)  2026-01-15T09:20Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@LydiaJane13 Yes within a two mile radius happy to help if needed"  
[X Link](https://x.com/NewForestRamble/status/2014094561073602909)  2026-01-21T21:55Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"Throughout the New Forest you can find evidence of where 1000s of men were camped up in advance of the D-Day Normandy Invasion. They left some traces"  
[X Link](https://x.com/NewForestRamble/status/2012847721145598145)  2026-01-18T11:21Z [----] followers, 36K engagements


"The talk I am giving on the RAF Lymington WW2 D-Day airfield sold out so if of interest a second date has been arranged. https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/nfhwa https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/nfhwa"  
[X Link](https://x.com/NewForestRamble/status/2012854927589089773)  2026-01-18T11:49Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Spotted on this morning's walk"  
[X Link](https://x.com/NewForestRamble/status/2013546781527720228)  2026-01-20T09:38Z [----] followers, 10.3K engagements


"On this day [----] Htin Yain Lao was killed. He was a Typhoon pilot at RAF Needs Oar Point New Forest. He married an English woman in Beaulieu but never got to meet his son. 🧵"  
[X Link](https://x.com/NewForestRamble/status/2013599187720433866)  2026-01-20T13:07Z [----] followers, 43.2K engagements


"In April [----] four RAF squadrons including [---] with Lao were posted to a temporary airfield named RAF Needs Oar Point just south of Bucklers Hard and to the west of the Beaulieu River. It was from here they would fly operations over northern France"  
[X Link](https://x.com/NewForestRamble/status/2013599195236606062)  2026-01-20T13:07Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"They were tasked with softening up targets before the D-Day invasion. This included attacking railway junctions viaducts and V1 flying bomb sites that were under construction"  
[X Link](https://x.com/NewForestRamble/status/2013599198201983342)  2026-01-20T13:07Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"After his time in the forest his squadron moved to Europe. Lao was killed on [--] January [----] when his Typhoon was lost in a snowstorm south-west of Utrecht. He is buried in Dordrecht General Cemetery in the Netherlands over five thousand miles from his ancestral home"  
[X Link](https://x.com/NewForestRamble/status/2013599202517905519)  2026-01-20T13:07Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"The wife Lao married in the New Forest just weeks before D-Day was pregnant at the time of his death. The baby was born four months later and named David. The boy never got to meet his father"  
[X Link](https://x.com/NewForestRamble/status/2013599206523498639)  2026-01-20T13:07Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"WW2 pillbox in Fire Station Lane Beaulieu Hampshire. It appears to be constructed to blend in with the existing architecture as best as possible making it a little camouflaged against any invading troops coming down the lane. Photo taken last night"  
[X Link](https://x.com/NewForestRamble/status/2013944368009200075)  2026-01-21T11:58Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"Walking in Beaulieu last night and thought the clock looked pretty. The walls were built by Cistercian monks in the 13th Century. You can still see holes in the brickwork where they placed scaffolding"  
[X Link](https://x.com/NewForestRamble/status/2013953561395097933)  2026-01-21T12:35Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Spotted on my travels this week were sections of the metal runways from the former RAF Lymington in Hampshire. On D-Day American P-47 Thunderbolts rattled down this metalwork over [---] times on that day alone starting at 3am in the morning til 7pm at night"  
[X Link](https://x.com/NewForestRamble/status/2014666037640175803)  2026-01-23T11:46Z [----] followers, 14.3K engagements


"I recorded this [--] years ago but only uploaded it today. https://www.youtube.com/watchv=F1mXdf-VJMk https://www.youtube.com/watchv=F1mXdf-VJMk"  
[X Link](https://x.com/NewForestRamble/status/2015157758413185189)  2026-01-24T20:20Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"The former RAF Lymington looking a little soggy this morning"  
[X Link](https://x.com/NewForestRamble/status/2015379590965784580)  2026-01-25T11:01Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"Here's a little about the site of the former New Forest D-Day airfield RAF Lymington. and news"  
[X Link](https://x.com/NewForestRamble/status/2015399397870141540)  2026-01-25T12:20Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"I just about made it out safely before rain started pummelling down. Here's a little about the site of the former New Forest D-Day airfield RAF Lymington. and news https://t.co/PX7tsdXyG0 Here's a little about the site of the former New Forest D-Day airfield RAF Lymington. and news https://t.co/PX7tsdXyG0"  
[X Link](https://x.com/NewForestRamble/status/2015399894710727037)  2026-01-25T12:22Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"If you look close you can see where the road's previous level was"  
[X Link](https://x.com/NewForestRamble/status/2016082303458369936)  2026-01-27T09:34Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"If you like little New Forest WW2 things like this I post them to Youtube each week https://www.youtube.com/@TrexplorerUK https://www.youtube.com/@TrexplorerUK"  
[X Link](https://x.com/NewForestRamble/status/2016446584171504048)  2026-01-28T09:41Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"I was at the Montagu Arms hotel in Beaulieu New Forest today so thought a good opportunity to record a [--] seconds of WW2 & D-Day history that happened in the building"  
[X Link](https://x.com/NewForestRamble/status/2016956740084871395)  2026-01-29T19:28Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"The downing of the Beaulieu Liberator was claimed by Ju88 pilot Oblt Kurt Necesany (pictured)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/NewForestRamble/status/1974497665044955418)  2025-10-04T15:31Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"If you attempt to drive under this bridge near Brockenhurst today it will likely be flooded. due to WW2. The road was lowered in the lead up to D-Day to allow for military vehicles to pass under the bridge. Which is why it floods and traps cars to this day"  
[X Link](https://x.com/NewForestRamble/status/2016075791495311550)  2026-01-27T09:08Z [----] followers, 78.3K engagements


"I made a film this week about airmen of the Royal Canadian Air Force who were killed during WW2 and buried in the New Forest. I put a lot of thought into it so if anyone cares to watch it I'd love to know what you think. https://www.youtube.com/watchv=mn1KOVkTHks https://www.youtube.com/watchv=mn1KOVkTHks"  
[X Link](https://x.com/NewForestRamble/status/2018061467661058464)  2026-02-01T20:38Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"@LydiaJane13 - may interest you due to your recent question on graves in the area"  
[X Link](https://x.com/NewForestRamble/status/2018061637274464295)  2026-02-01T20:39Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@WessexRivers @SeaSpitfires Check this out: https://nfknowledge.org/contributions/white-moor-rifle-range/#map=10/-1.6/50.82/0/24:0:0.639:1:140:1:1 https://nfknowledge.org/contributions/white-moor-rifle-range/#map=10/-1.6/50.82/0/24:0:0.639:1:140:1:1"  
[X Link](https://x.com/NewForestRamble/status/1613827037986258945)  2023-01-13T09:15Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@WessexRivers @SeaSpitfires The aerial image makes a good contrast to your map pin https://goo.gl/maps/MoJ31MQTvXwCUtez6 https://goo.gl/maps/MoJ31MQTvXwCUtez6"  
[X Link](https://x.com/NewForestRamble/status/1613827445508931585)  2023-01-13T09:17Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@gooseflight Well. all roads lead to Lymington when you're in the New Forest. But this one is specifically here: https://maps.app.goo.gl/Rx7bvi8QsdkCV59a6 https://maps.app.goo.gl/Rx7bvi8QsdkCV59a6"  
[X Link](https://x.com/NewForestRamble/status/2016203601752867265)  2026-01-27T17:36Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

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