Have you been in a Forest jam?

Have you been in a jam in the New Forest and wondered why the traffic was moving, but very slowly?  Well, the answer is it was probably caused by forest animals moving from one place to another. 

In the main, the animals will follow the highway code and stay on the left-hand side of the road, mainly as there is no obstacle to their progress.  However, every now and then, one or more may notice a favoured plant on the other side of the road and cross to have a quick nibble.

This isn’t much of an issue on the open forest, but on fenced or hedged roads, this does mean that the traffic gets stuck behind them, particularly as such roads tend to be twisty and so there are very few places for the car in front to attempt to overtake.

This family group were moving in a measured fashion, but if you happen to get caught behind a gang, then things can get a little more interesting.  The youngsters can be squabbling and erratically moving back and forth across the road, meaning that it would be very unsafe to try to overtake them.

As soon as the animals reach open forest, they will usually get off the road as soon as possible.  So, when you finally reach the head of the queue, they will have disappeared and you will probably wonder what caused the queue in the first place.