The New Forest commoner
Lyndsey Stride on catching wily ponies, keeping up the breed’s quality and the joy of seeing the next generation emerge
At the heart of the New Forest is a core of large commoning families — around 700 commoners who have rights to graze their animals in the forest. Commoners come and go, but nobody starts alone.
My granny was a romantic, a Londoner who cycled all the way here and camped in the New Forest. She didn’t have
