v SUPPORT YOUR LOCAL BUSINESSES v Page 44 • The HERALD • 19th February 2026 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 DAY TRIPS Sunday 22nd February – 7.30am - Abba Voyage - £120 Tuesday 24th February – 9am - Salisbury - £5 Saturday 28th February – 8am - Brighton & Its lovely lanes - £25 Sunday 1st March – 9am - Orchid Festival at Kew - £49 Monday 2nd March - 9am - Whiteley or Fareham - £5 Wednesday 11th March – 9am - Hedge End & Haskins - £5 Sunday 15th March – 7.30am - Abba Voyage - £120 Sunday 15th March – 9am - Mothering Sunday Dorset Tour - £25 Wednesday 18th March – 9am - Chichester - £18 Wednesday 25th March – 9am - Longacres, Bagshot - £18 Friday 27th March – 9am - Winchester - £5 Sunday 29th March – 9am - RAF Hendon - £30 Wednesday 1st April – 7.30am - Bletchley Park - £60 Friday 3rd April – 9am - Portsmouth/Gunwharf EASTER FRIDAY - £15 Saturday 4th April – 8am - Windsor Easter EASTER SATURDAY - £25 Monday 6th April – 8am - Cotswold Tour EASTER MONDAY - £30 Wednesday 8th April – 8am - Blenheim Palace & Gardens - £70 Monday 13th April – 9am - Christchurch Market or Stewarts - £5 Saturday 18th April – 7.30am - Ideal Homes or Westfields - £33 Sunday 19th April – 9am - Stourhead - £45 Tuesday 21st April – 9am - Salisbury - £5 Saturday 25th April – 8am - Bath - £25 Sunday 26th April – 9am - Arundel &/or Littlehampton - £25 Saturday 2nd May – 9am - Cuckoo Fayre, Downton - £19 Sunday 3rd May – 8am - Weymouth & Bennetts Water Lilies Gardens - £40 Monday 4th May – 7.30am - Sidmouth or its Donkey Sanctuary - £32 Saturday 9th May – 7.30am - Cardiff - £36 Sunday 10th May – 8am - Wye Valley Tour £35 Monday 11th May – 9am - Fareham - £5 Wednesday 13th May – 9am - Chichester - £18 Sunday 24th May – 9am - Swanage - £25 Monday 25th May – 8am - Eastbourne - £30 Wednesday 27th May – 8.30am - Poppy Factory & Richmond - £50 Friday 29th May – 8am - Lyme Regis - £28 Thursday 4th June – 9am - Arundel Carpet of Flowers - £25 Sunday 7th June – 7.30am - Abba Voyage - £120 Thursday 9th July – 7.30am - Badminton Flower Show (Replacing Hampton Court) - £72 Thursday 6th August – 7.30am - Buckingham Palace - £99 Pop into the Hythe office at 1a High Street, Hythe SO45 6AG Telephone: 023 8084 4788 or email: enquiries@watersidetours.co.uk QUIZ NIGHT AT CORNERSTONE It’s Quiz Night at Cornerstone Hythe URC on Saturday 28th February at 7pm and promises to be a great time of quizzing and challenging fun. ere will be six rounds played over two hours, with a half time interval and interactive challenges to pick up extra points for your team. Suitable for all age groups, and for families there are half price tickets for under 18’s. Go along as a team (maximum of six) or join with others to form a team on the night – and there’s a prize for the winners! Bring your own cold drinks (beer or wine if you wish) and nibbles. Tea and co ee will be provided during the interval. Tickets at £6 (under 18 £3) are available from the Cornerstone Church O ce, New Road, Hythe Tel: 023 8084 5005 or email: o ce@cornerstonehytheurc. org.uk Proceeds will be going to the Building Repairs Fund to help with huge repair costs. e Railway Club of the New Forest meet on Friday 27th February in the Exhibition Room, Brockenhurst Village Hall, Highwood Road, Brockenhurst, SO42 7RY. Phil Benstead presents - Railways in the American Civil War. e American Civil War was the rst major con ict to feature new technology. Fought across an area the size of Western Europe, a coastline of 3500 miles, with four hundred battles over a four-year period it was only possible due to railways, telegraph, submarines, torpedoes and other technologies. ose with railway expertise became generals leveraging for the rst time in war the ability to rapidly move 100,000’s of troops, their horses and defence equipment hundreds of miles. is changed the course of battles and latterly enabled the Union to end the war. Visitors welcome. £6 on the door. Arrive from 7pm for a 7.30pm start. For more information visit: www.railwayclubo henewforest.org.uk or www.facebook.com/groups/2987633234865918 Railway Club of the New Forest Print and Stitch e next Print and Stitch sessions at Lepe Country Park are on Monday 2nd March, in the morning and the a ernoon. Create a decorative piece of work of your own design combining contact/nature printing, lino stamps, frottage, Indian ink drawing and stitch on to a material base. Material, thread, stamps, and ink will be provided (non-washable ink). Take your own needles and embroidery hoops if desired. £7.50 per session, to book your space, please visit: www.hants.gov.uk/thingstodo/countryparks/lepe/ whats-on or call: 023 8089 9108. Usual parking charges apply.
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