v GET OUT & ABOUT WITH THE HERALD v Page 44 • The HERALD • 11th December 2025 OUT & ABOUT COFFEE & CHAT Every Thursday 10am until 12noon ALL WELCOME Hampton Lane, Blackfield SO45 1XA Forest Edge Travel 8 Seater Air Conditioned Vehicle We provide a personal and reliable private hire transportation to individuals, families and businesses in your area: l Local and Long Distance l Airport & Seaport Transfers l Corporate and Social Events l Sporting Events/Group Bookings l Weddings l Days Out l Very Competitive Rates Licenced by New Forest District Council, Forest Edge Travel welcomes all enquiries - please contact Jason on: 023 8087 2949 Mobile: 07720 667171 Email: info@forestedgetravel.co.uk www.forestedgetravel.co.uk FREE KING ALFRED BUS RIDES ON NEW YEAR’S DAY e Winchester-based charity Friends of King Alfred Buses (FOKAB) has announced the dates of its 2026 Running Days, starting by welcoming in the New Year in with free rides around the city and its surroundings on the magni cent King Alfred Buses. As FoKAB Chair James Freeman says: “We have the city more or less to ourselves on 1st January, bus wise, with just the BlueStar1 operating, giving its regular connections all day to and from Southampton via Chandler’s Ford. So, we have evolved a pattern with our services running regular frequencies along the main roads. Romsey Road, Stockbridge Road, Andover Road and Worthy Road all have schedules designed to make them easy for local people to use to travel in and out of the city”. ere will be up to eight King Alfred vehicles, all postwar, in service (they keep the oldest buses out of the winter weather!). As well as four guest vehicles – many thanks to their proud owners for making them available to make a great day even better! If you are interested in becoming a member of FoKAB visit their stall in the Broadway on the day where you can ll out an application form there and then! e free buses all leave from the north side of the Broadway, outside the St John’s Rooms. Details of all these journeys will be available in the special souvenir programme available on the day for £6 at the FoKAB post, at £7 to include postage charges. Order online: kingalfredbuses.org or send a cheque to FoKAB at 2 Highcro Road, Winchester SO22 5GJ. Later in 2026 e Original King Alfred Winchester Running Day is scheduled to take place on Bank Holiday 4th May. is is the main event of the year and is likely to include as many as y vehicles and a wide variety of operations across the local area. In September there will be the third event in the year, when FoKAB’s collection of old and very old buses will be running in support of the Winchester Heritage Open Days on Sunday 13th September. Free King Alfred Bus rides will be running in Winchester on New Year’s Day stall beside the Guildhall, or can be ordered in advance online or by The Invisible Corps e Lordshill and Lordswood Historical Society meet on the second Thursday of the month, 10.30am-12noon in the lounge of Manston Court, Lordshill, SO16 8HF. Thursday 11th December is the Christmas social. Thursday 8th January Roy Larking will talk about ‘ e Invisible Corps’. 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. ART IN LYMINGTON Lymington Arts Group hold meetings in the McLellan Hall at Lymington Community Centre, New Street, Lymington SO41 9BQ, on the second Friday afternoon of each month (except February and August). Meetings start at 2.30pm and normally last two hours. eir next meeting will be on Friday 12th December for a Demonstration by Ronnie Ireland – Portrait painting. Followed on Friday 9th January for a demonstration by Soraya French - Acrylic seascapes. Visitors are very welcome and pay £3.50. Totton South u3a (TSu3a) will meet at Colbury Memorial Hall on Friday 19th December doors open at 1.30pm for ‘Christmas Entertainment’. Prospective new members are welcome to go along as visitors. Application forms to join TSu3a are available via the website, by searching for Totton South u3a, plus further details on all activities. Christmas Entertainment
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