Herald - Issue 380

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If you’re a small or big kid, let your imagination run wild as you storm up the bridge of Little Beaulieu’s magical wooden palace, which draws on the heritage of Lord Montagu’s ancestral home of Palace House and Beaulieu Abbey. e fun fantasy play area is crammed with quirky features to try out and secret passageways to discover. Slide through grand replaces, peek out from behind portraits and crawl through a trick bookcase to explore every nook and cranny of the characterful palace, from his Lordship’s library up to the clock tower lookout and turrets. Keep your eyes peeled for the secret staircase and change the time on the old-style clock faces, then take the easy way down through a giant spiral tube slide or reman’s pole. Let o steam on the epic climbing wall or for a brain- teaser, match up pairs of pictures in a giant wooden game. Don’t get in a tangle as you tackle the tricky rope maze room, then follow the treetop boardwalk to the observation tower to get a bird’s-eye view as the ‘Skytrain’ monorail rumbles past. Crawl under a garden hedge in a secret tunnel and feel the wind in your hair as you ride along the zip wire on your marvellous day out. e roadway in the grounds of the National Motor Museum will keep you on track, as you get behind the wheel of a wooden car. Feeling strong? Hang around on the swing bar rings, leap over log hurdles and make sure to keep your balance on the stepping stones and balance beams. Younger tots will have their own zone of Little Beaulieu, packed with a sand pit for excavations and the wooden play bus, impressively modelled on Beaulieu’s Veteran Bus which drives visitors around one of the south’s leading visitor attractions in the heart of the New Forest. en when you are all played out, settle down in a family-friendly seating area for a picnic from the cafe. Have a sneaky cuppa and slice of cake or choose from a range of snacks, light bites, drinks and ice creams. What better way to end a perfect day out? Packed with hands-on activities, Little Beaulieu is inspired by the real history of the unique site and its architectural features. From the charming towers and half-timbered entrances that re ect Palace House to the arches of the abbey ruins, this is not your typical adventure play area. Little Beaulieu is being brought to life by industry-leading adventure play area designers and builders CAP.Co Adventure Play, whose ingenious past projects have included builds for fellow Treasure Houses of England, Castle Howard and Leeds Castle – as well as the creation of an intimate wooden stage for Glastonbury Festival. While Beaulieu’s play area will be closed until early 2020 as construction takes place, families can still enjoy the high-level Skytrain, World of Top Gear, On Screen Cars and the National Motor Museum with its collection of over 250 historic vehicles, Palace House, the Secret Army exhibition, Beaulieu Abbey and its gardens and grounds. From early 2020, a standard admission ticket to Beaulieu will include entry to Little Beaulieu. For tickets and details see www.beaulieu.co.uk D-Day Lepe Comes to Hythe Library Following on from the continuing success of this very popular Exhibition, the D-Day Lepe Heritage Group are very pleased to announce that they will be holding the Exhibiton within Hythe Library from 8th to 15th November . e recurring comments from visitors was their amazement at the importance of the contribution of Lepe to D-Day, which seemed so disproportionate to its tiny size. ey had no idea that Lepe was involved with the construction of buildings, caissons for the Mulberry harbours, Pluto, equipment, and the actual embarkation of troops etc. e Exhibition in the Library will consist of photo’s, maps and literature of many sorts eg. O cial orders, highly con dential letters etc. Many visitors were astounded at the level of detail obtained and displayed, especially regarding the Duplex Drive Regiment that was camped behind Cadland House, then moved down to Q2 hard, then loaded onto identi ed Landing Cra Tanks, which was then tracked to the exact location within Jig or King sectors of Gold Beach in Normandy. e enthusiasm and genuine interest shown by visitors was phenominal. One local gentleman, now in his 90’s, told of his childhood experience of embarkation day. He said there had been many troops all around where he lived becoming part of the community, and then one morning (3rd June) he woke up to nd they had all gone! For further information please contact ddaylepe@ gmail.com