v SAY YOU SAW IT IN THE HERALD v Page 76 • The HERALD • 18th September 2025 Our knowledgeable staff are on hand to keep your vehicle on the road in a safe manner • We offer all garage services including free collection and delivery from your home • We now offer Dpf cleaning - Injector cleaning - Turbo cleaning and Air intake cleaning to help your car run cleaner improving its performance and economy. • Good Garage Scheme – RMI – Trust my Garage Member MOT’s, TYRES, CLUTCHES, CAMBELTS, SERVICING, WELDING, DIAGNOSTICS, LASER-TRACKING. CARS, VANS UP TO 3.5T, MOTORHOMES UP TO 30’ 023 8001 0029 Badminston Lane, Fawley, SO45 1BX 023 8001 0029 Holbury Service Station MOT’S & SERVICING and Repairs to Cars and Vans TYRES FITTED WHILE YOU WAIT Budget and Branded Tyres held in stock Member of Good Garage Scheme Long Lane, Holbury SO45 2NZ Tel: 023 8089 3727 Web: www.holburyservicestation.com Email: holburyservicestation@hotmail.co.uk All Major Cards Accepted Waterside Climate Action Network (WaterCAN) Update from WaterCAN ose of you who’ve been quick o the blocks to get this issue may be just in time to catch the Green Roofs morning at Brockenhurst Village Hall on 20th September, with Shaun Russell reprising his talk to WaterCAN last year, and featuring New Forest Turf Supplies and Hythe Shed providing examples of products which can help with green roo ng. Organised by Greener Brockenhurst and Transition Lymington. 9am – 1pm, free entry. All welcome. A reminder of the talk by a ‘My Home Made Better’ representative on Monday 29th September at the Soul Café 7pm. £2 entry includes ra e ticket. All welcome. If you’re thinking of what you can do to reduce carbon emissions and ways to futureproof your homes such as solar panels or heat pumps, the service o ers tailored advice on your home, what grants might be available, and how to start gathering quotes when you’re ready to go. e service is exclusive to residents of Hampshire, Southampton and Portsmouth. Money Saving Expert has an update on “Solar panels-are they worth it?” looking at the nancial side of solar panels at moneysavingexpert.com Early notice of an a ernoon event at Walhampton School on 25th October 12noon – 5.30pm on ‘Stewarding the Soil: Celebrating Soil, Sustainability and the Changing Landscape’. Further details in the next issue, or check out stewardingthesoil. co.uk for further information. Hopefully we’ll be able to bring a report on our rst Coastal Explorers activity on the Hythe foreshore in our next update. e National Oceanography Centre (NOC) in Southampton is preparing a report on the potential use of the site and WaterCAN representatives will be joining BMT and Persimmon Homes (who also own part of the foreshore) at NOC in October. We have mentioned in previous issues the impact of climate change on food production and prices. For those of us who are wondering what happened to the mulberries in the Grove Garden, well they’ve been and gone, just like the blackberries. e director of climate change and evidence at the Wildlife Trust explains it as being “due to the natural environment reacting to the very extreme spring and summer”. On the good news front, the Department of Transport has reintroduced a grant, previously scrapped in 2022, to encourage more drivers to switch from petrol to electric vehicles. Better news is that a more sophisticated approach to the provision of grants will be adopted, with grants of £3750 or £1500 available to vehicles priced at less than £37000, and being based on environmentally sustainable manufacturing processes. is is likely to mean that Tesla and Chinese manufactured cars are likely to be excluded. So far, 19 models from four carmakers: Citroen, Renault, Nissan and Vauxhall have been listed. Unfortunately, the conference in Geneva on plastic pollution mentioned in the last issue failed to reach an agreement (there were more lobbyists there than delegates apparently), but a small crumb of comfort in the battle to reduce the use of plastics was discovered in the shape of a tray collected by the Waterside Food Project from Marks and Spencer containing a Fiery Hot Chicken Masala! e tray was being trialled and contained 84% less plastic than a normal tray. If a veggie option exists some of us have volunteered to Te on coat our mouths (it’s a ve naga chilli job!) and give it a go. And last, but by no means least, a big shout out to Hythe Sea Scouts, who collected another 16kg of aluminium over the summer holidays, and a big thanks to St Andrew’s church for their contribution. For further, and latest, information, including programme changes, please check our website: E-voice.org.uk/ WaterCAN, Facebook, or email: watercan2025@gmail.com Southampton’s Missing Vikings Andy Skinner will be giving a talk about Southampton’s Missing Vikings to e Lordshill & Lordswood Historical Society on Thursday 9th October. ey meet the second Thursday of the month from 10.30am-12noon in the lounge of Manston Court, Lordshill, Southampton SO16 8HF. No membership fees, just £2 on the door which includes tea/co ee and biscuits. ere will also be a ra e. Any further information contact Chairman Bryan Norton on 07866 348032.
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