25th January 2024 • The HERALD • Page 35 v SUPPORT YOUR LOCAL EVENTS v UK AND CONTINENTAL HOLIDAYS Friday 12th April - 4 days - DUTCH BULBS - £425 S/S POA Monday 15th April - 5 days - TORQUAY - £449 S/S POA Monday 13th May - 5 days - RHINE RAILWAYS - £710 S/S £169 Monday 20th May - 5 days - JERSEY - £575 S/S £165 Monday 27th May - 5 days - GOWER PENINSULAR - £575 S/S £105 Sunday 9th June - 7 days - GRETNA - £765 S/S £189 ursday 11th July - 5 days - CHESHIRE PEAKS - £530 S/S £119 Sunday 4th August - 5 days - BRECON BEACONS - £549 S/S £55 Saturday 7th September - 8 days - LAKE MAGGIORE - £1049 S/S £199 Sunday 22nd September - 7 days - KILLARNEY - £865 S/S £149 Friday 27th September - 3 days - LONDON - £275 S/S £175 Monday 7th October - 5 days - NORFOLK - £559 S/S £120 Friday 18th October - 4 days - BLACKPOOL - £325 S/S POA Monday 28th October - 5 days - LAKE DISTRICT TURKEY & TINSEL - £575 S/S POA Monday 4th November - 5 days - PAIGNTON TURKEY & TINSEL - £469 S/S POA DATES COMING SOON - 4 days - DISNEY – TBC S/S POA Friday 22nd November - 3 days - LONDON - £335 S/S £225 Friday 29th November - 4 days - VALKENBURG CHRISTMAS MARKET - £515 S/S £145 Tuesday 3rd December - 3 days - THURSFORD - £340 S/S £89 Sunday 8th December - 4 days - LILLE CHRISTMAS MARKET - £450 S/S £60 Monday 23rd December - 5 days - CHRISTMAS IN STRATFORD UPON AVON - £730 S/S £150 Monday 30th December - 4 days - NEW YEAR - £525 S/S POA DAY TRIPS Monday 12th February - 9am - Hedge End or Haskins - Bargain £10 Sunday 18th February - 9am - Beat the Winter Blues - £20 Saturday 24th February – 8am - Street Shopping - £25 Tuesday 27th February – 9am - Salisbury - Bargain £10 Saturday 2nd March – 8am - Bath - £25 Sunday 3rd March – 8am - Orchid Festival at Kew (Entrance Included) - TBC Sunday 10th March - 9am - Mothering Sunday Dorset Tour - £25 Wednesday 13th March - 9am - Christchurch or Stewarts - Bargain £10 Sunday 17th March - 8am - River Towns of the Thames - £26 Wednesday 20th March - 9am - Dorchester Market - £20 Sunday 24th March - 7.30am - The Stitch Festival or London’s Camden Town (Entrance Excluded) - £30 Friday 29th March - 9am - Portsmouth or Gunwharf (Good Friday) - £20 Saturday 30th March - 7.30am - Ideal Homes or Westfields (Easter Saturday) (Entrance Excluded) - £30 Monday 1st April - 8am - Cotswold Tour (Easter Monday) - £27 Saturday 6th April - 8am - Windsor - £25 Sunday 7th April - 9am - Swanage - £26 Tuesday 9th April - 9am - Horse Drawn Barge & Ploughman’s lunch (Entrance Included) - £50 Saturday 20th April - 8am - Bristol - £29 Sunday 21st April - 9am - West Sussex Towns - £24 Saturday 27th April - 7.30am - Greenwich London - £30 Wednesday 1st May - 7.30am - Bletchley Park (Entrance Included) - £52 Saturday 4th May - 9am - Cuckoo Fayre Downton - £20 Sunday 5th May - 8am - Wye Valley Tour - £30 Monday 6th May - 8am - Eastbourne - £27 Sunday 12th May - 9am - Lyme Regis - £26 Wednesday 15th May - 7.30am - Shepton Mallet Prison & Governor’s Lunch (Entrance Included) - £59 ursday 29th May - 9am - Arundel Carpet of Flowers - £24 Pop into the Hythe office at 1a High Street, Hythe SO45 6AG Telephone: 023 8084 4788 or email: enquiries@watersidetours.co.uk OUT & ABOUT Western Enterprise e Railway Club of the New Forest will meet on Friday 26th January in the Exhibition Room, Brockenhurst Village Hall, Highwood Road, Brockenhurst, SO42 7RY. Colin Brading will give an illustrated talk titled ‘Western Enterprise’. Signi cant investment over recent years has radically changed the face of the Great Western, a railway so rich in history that parts have been considered worthy of UNESCO World Heritage status. Setting the scene with a brief look at today’s railway, this talk ranges widely across the route, blending aspects of the speaker’s y-year western connections with musings on the railway’s legend through time. Idiosyncratic, controversial, pioneering, often successful but sometimes also accused of building ‘castles in the air’, the three letters GWR continue to evoke great passion. Visitors welcome. £5 on the door. Arrive from 7pm. Start at 7.30pm Find them on: www.railwayclubo henewforest.org.uk Picture: Colin Brading Have a Go at Quilting Romsey Quilters is a large and happy not-for-pro t group which meets on the 2nd and 4th Tuesday mornings of the month at Cros eld Hall (SO51 8GL) in Romsey from 9.30am for 10am until 12.30pm. Co ee is served between 9.30am and 9.55am. e group enjoys a variety of speakers, workshops, working mornings, friendship and welcomes anyone interested in quilting and associated cra s. e next meetings will take place on Tuesday 30th January for an Evening Zoom with Emily Taylor - Collage Quilts. On Tuesday 13th February with Francesca Vine for a talk on the Quaker Tapestry, focus on Southampton Mary Fischer Panel. On Monday 26th February for a workshop with Anne Hellyer. On Tuesday 27th February for Career in making high-end handbags to portraits with Emily Jo Gibbs. On Tuesday 27th February for a Sew and Sew Romsey Quilters extend a warm welcome to all visitors, especially beginners and look forward to meeting you. Annual subscription is £40 payable in October. ere is no waiting list at present. ey warmly welcome visitors to their meetings. A visitor fee of £5 is payable for non-members attending. Please make yourself known on arrival. If you wish, they have members who will take you to co ee and accompany you at the meeting. If you would like to know more about Romsey Quilters then get in touch by emailing the Secretary at: romseyquilters@gmail.com or visit: www. romseyquilters.co.uk FAMILY HISTORY GROUP A small group of enthusiastic people who love delving into your family history and nding out all about your roots meet in the back room at Soul Café, North Road, Dibden Purlieu (the Methodist church) usually on the first Tuesday of each month. (Not in August) ere is so much that can now be explored online, they o er a self-help approach but more experienced members are on hand to provide guidance. ey are always open to new members who are welcome to go along to see what they are about. eir next meeting is on Tuesday 6th February at 7.30pm. e Dorset Cricket Society is in its 21st year, with members joining from across the New Forest and the wider Hampshire area at their weekly meetings held in Hurn Bridge Sports Club, Christchurch, BH23 6DY. e line-up of speakers for this season includes ex international players, as well as others that are prominent in other aspects of the game. Meetings take place every Thursday afternoon commencing 1.45pm, running until late March 2024. Upcoming talks: 1st February Barry Lewis (Dorset CCC Captain/Administrator); 8th February Ben Skipworth (Managing Director, Dorset Cricket Board); 15th February John Bryant (Chairman, Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians); 22nd February Bu et Lunch and AGM and 29th February Dean Headley (Middlesex/Kent/England). Annual membership is £10. Meetings are £5 for members and £7 for guests including tea, co ee and biscuits. A er you have attended 2 talks as a guest you will need to purchase a membership to attend further talks. For more information please contact Graham Jones, Webmaster and Membership Secretary via email: grahamc.jones@ntlworld.com or call: 01202 248211. Upcoming Dorset Cricket Society Talks Friends of Cancer Research UK New Forest and Waterside are holding a Family Bingo A ernoon on Saturday 3rd February, 2pm to 5pm (doors open at 1.30pm) at Copythorne Parish Hall, SO40 2NZ. All ages welcome, family books £10 each (6 games) or £2 per book/game. Cash prizes and prizes for children. ere will be a ra e running and hotdogs and refreshments for sale. Bring a pen or a marker. For more information visit: www.facebook.com/cruknewforestandwaterside Family Bingo Afternoon
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