Herald - Issue 415

OPEN SUNDAYS & BANK HOLIDAYS • RINGWOOD ROAD, TOTTON • PLAZA PARADE, ROMSEY • THE PRECINCT, CHANDLERS FORD ALL DAY COD & CHIPS £1 OFF On presentation of this advertisement MONDAY, TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY, THURSDAY ONLY Not valid with any other offer. Valid until 8th December 2021 Page 44 • The HERALD • 18th November 2021 v SUPPORT YOUR LOCAL SPECIALISTS v FOOD FOR THOUGHT The Blackfield Baker Ltd Traditional Quality Bakery Bread, Cakes, Savouries and Take-away Birthday Cakes Tel: 023 8089 8688 • 139 Hampton Lane, Blackfield ‘The Blackfield Baker’ Makes & Bakes the best Bread & Cakes ROMSEY COUNTRY MARKET ere will be plenty of opportunities in December to stock up for Christmas with all things home-made and home- grown from members of Romsey Country Market. Markets will take place on Friday, 3rd, 10th and 17th December in the Town Hall from 11.00am until 12.30pm and on Saturday, 4th, 11th and 18th December in the Cornmarket from 9am until 2.30pm. Goods can also be pre-ordered at earlier markets, or through Facebook, for collection closer to Christmas. Monthly Virtual Vegan Luncheon Club Open to vegans, vegetarians, and meat reducers aged 65 and over , the FREE club o ers attendees the chance to learn new dishes, get tips from an experienced vegan chef, and meet like-minded people from across the UK. e club takes places through Zoom video-conferencing on the fourth Tuesday of every month. Recipes are provided in advance, so you have plenty of time to get the ingredients. Cook that morning and then join Vegetarian for Life Chef Justina, along with attendees from across the UK, at 1pm. Recipes take a di erent theme each month so you’ll get to make and enjoy a wide variety of tasty dishes. The next club on Tuesday 23rd November - meat free pot luck dinner - individuals will cook their favourite meal and tell the group about it. • Tuesday 14th December - a vegan Christmas meal As always, there is no need to cook all of the recipes. You can choose just one or two, or simply join the lunch club with a cup of tea or what you’re having for your lunch that day For more information visit: www. vegetarianforlife.org.uk The Brockenhurst Wine Club meets month l y i n Brockenhurst Village Hall, usually on the fourth Wednesday of each month at 7.30pm . Open to all, members explore a wide range of wines that people may not have come across, in a range of budgets and to learn something about how and where they are made, as well as getting to know other like-minded people. e club next meets on Wednesday 24th November . For more details about upcoming events and ‘Tasting Notes’ visit: www. brockenhurstwineclub. co.uk or to attend a session telephone John Harris on: 07714 261251 or email: jharris.lydith@ btinternet.com FOR WINE LOVERS HPHA ‘Fly the Flag’ at Tram Event Hythe Pier Heritage Association (HPHA) was represented on both days of a Tram Event held at the Solent Sky Museum in Southampton over the weekend of 9th and 10th October. e event attracted tram and light railway enthusiasts from all over the country, presenting HPHA with an opportunity to advertise its goals of restoring Hythe’s Grade II listed Victorian pier and its 99 years old railway. Alan Titheridge, says that he and the other HPHA representatives were surprised at the number of Southampton based visitors who knew nothing of the pier railway. It can only be hoped now they do they’ll come across the water to enjoy our heritage. Alan Titheridge and Tina Brown promote HPHA at the Solent Sky Tram Event Wild Play Woodland Given New Boost MP for New Forest East, Dr Julian Lewis, attended a wild play site and helped to unveil an information panel at Holbury Manor in the New Forest. Dr Lewis met New Forest National Park Authority (NPA) sta and partners to discuss issues facing the New Forest as part of a visit to learn more about projects being delivered in the local area. Holbury Manor is one of three wild play sites in the Forest – unique spaces to help families discover and connect with their surroundings, and where children can enjoy exercise. e NPA’s Lead Education and Youth O cer Helen Robinson talked about the bene ts of wild play, which improves health and wellbeing, and encourages young people to explore nature. Alongside local councillors, Dr Lewis also o cially unveiled an information board at Holbury about Warren Copse which is a Site of Importance for Nature Conservation and an ancient woodland. Funding has helped improve the woodland for wildlife, footpaths on site, the car park surface at Holbury Drove and sculptured the wild play site. e Warren Copse site has been funded by £24,000 from the Heritage Lottery Fund Our Past, Our Future scheme; £31,000 from the National Grid’s Landscape Enhancement Initiative (LEI) and £1,000 from the Tesco Bags of Help scheme. e National Park Authority worked with Fawley Parish Council and local volunteers from Warren Copse Conservation Group to apply for the funding from the National Grid, which supports environmental improvements close to its high voltage electricity lines in national parks. Dr Lewis also visited Calshot to learn more about the Waterside area, as well as Forest- wide initiatives to help a ‘green recovery’, working with nature to combat climate change and the Government’s Farming in Protected Landscapes funding for environmental projects. He then went to Lepe Country Park to meet NPA Archaeologists to understand challenges facing New Forest heritage sites such as coastal erosion and climate change. Dr Lewis said: “This was a fascinating tour of just three of the many valuable features of our sensitive, fertile and historic environment, and the projects underway to restore it, preserve it and make it accessible to all who live in or visit the area. The tour was particularly commendable in the light of all the difficulties posed by the pandemic, with which the NPA and its dedicated staff had to contend.” NPA Member and Black eld and Langley Cllr. Alexis McEvoy said: “I was really pleased to attend the unveiling of the information panels at Warren Copse in Holbury. This fabulous hidden gem on the edge of Fawley Parish enables youngsters to experience the delights of screen free woodland fun while they explore the woodland walks and discover all that nature has to offer. This is a brilliant initiative by the National Park working with Fawley Parish Council and volunteers.” Holbury & North Blackfield Cllr Allan Glass, Fawley Parish Council Chair Cllr Alan Alvery, NPA CEO Alison Barnes, Eddie Holtham Warren Copse and Holbury Manor Conservation Group, Conservative MP for New Forest East Dr Julian Lewis, Fawley, NPA Member and Blackfield and Langley Cllr Alexis McEvoy, NPA Chairman Prof. Gavin Parker at the new interpretation panel at Holbury Manor