Pooh Sticks and the real Hundred Acre Wood

Pooh Sticks looks like a simple game, until you’re standing on the real bridge where it all started, in Ashdown Forest watching your stick float on the water underneath the slats and realising Winnie the Pooh began right here in a living landscape. Join Adventurer Phoebe Smith as she travels to East Sussex to find the real Hundred Acre Wood behind the 100 year old Winnie-the-Pooh story. Along the way she meets the people who protect it today and learns why the open heathland – rarer than tropical rainforest – needs our help. Also coming up:Author and dog-friendly travel specialist Lottie Gross on the best and worst countries in Europe for taking your canine companion toTravel Hack: How to travel like Pooh Bear10 literary destinations lifted straight out of your favourite children's booksMeet the woman who has dedicated her life to helping stray dogs and the volunteers who look after them in Greece through the charity Starlight BarkingGear chat: what to pack in destinations with a large stray dog packsSimona Kossak – who lived in a hut in Poland's Białowieża Forest with a lynx, boar and crow – is our Wander Woman of the Month.If Pooh's wisdom and legacy helps you plan your next trip do subscribe, share with a friend who needs some inspiration, and leave a quick review to help more travellers find us. Now pull on your big boots and get ready for your next adventure to happen...Contact Wander Womanwww.Phoebe-Smith.com; @PhoebeRSmith