Herald - Issue 425

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Take in a walk or cycle ride from the Tour, bikes go free (space for up to 4 bikes at any one time) and dogs are also welcome on the Tour. e New Forest Tour is run by More and Bluestar buses in partnership with the New Forest National Park. You can pick up a timetable from the Herald O ce or visit: thenewforesttour. info for more information. 4. Entries to the show are needed ASAP so that they aren’t inundated in the nal 24 hours with 200 entries! Plants and veg are supposed to be relaxing – help them to organise this in a truly Zen way! Any questions please liaise with Sue at the Parish Council on: sue.bailey@ hytheanddibden.gov.uk who can assist or put you in touch with the correct committee member. e day will be a family a air with not only the show itself, and a great excuse to have a natter over tea and cake, but also a cheap plant stall, a stall with 100 very low priced lovely cookery books, a local book illustrator, a ra e and tombola, and bug hotel activity for the young ones. So PLEASE keep talking to the veg, get a brochure and enter, and/or commit to help on the day – or just go along and enjoy it. is is the type of event which makes us a community. Let’s make sure it thrives for another 100 years. e local Dibden Purlieu, Hythe & District Horticulture Show which has been going for over 100 years is now fully resurrected a er a brief rest. Show brochures and details are available from St Andrews or Hythe Library, or can be downloaded from: hytheanddibden. gov.uk e new committee has been busy putting everything in place for a super day on Saturday 30th July at St Andrews Hall in Dibden Purlieu, and is putting out a request for a little more help in the following areas: 1. Someone to organise the tea/co ee and cake sales on the day – and receive/ organise cake donations please. is is a great fund raiser for future shows to take place. 2. Donations of plants please for plant stall sale - must be potted up and labelled. No trees or indoor plants. 3. Anyone interested in helping generally on the day. The ever-popular RNLI Great Waterside Ra Race will be held on Sunday 28th August at Hythe Marina, kindly sponsored by TMT Legal Services LLP. e entries are now open to enter in the following races: 1. Decorated Ra Race 2. ​ Formula One Race – for fast ra s only 3. ​ Ladies Race 4. ​ Pub Race – pubs/clubs teams 5. ​ Kayak Race - NEW 6. ​ Handicap Race (a race for all ra s, which has a staggered start, so any ra could win) TV’s Dan Snow will be attending the event and presenting the prizes. You are guaranteed to get very wet and have a great time! Dare you enter? For details of how to enter please visit: watersidera race.org.uk New Forest Aviation Group meet on the 2nd Friday of themonth for a programme of interesting speakers, chosen to appeal to anyone with an interest in aviation. eir next meeting is on Friday 8th July . Meetings start at 7pm for 7.30pm in Lyndhurst Community Centre. Non- members are very welcome at a charge of £4; light refreshments are included. For more information visit www.nfag.info New Forest Tour Bus RNLI Great Waterside Raft Race 2022 “Keep Talking to Your Veg!” Entries are now open to join in the Raft Race! Tadburn Meadows Local Nature Reserve, located in Romsey (SU367214) will be holding Non-Native Species Removal Day on Saturday 25th June , from 10am until 12noon, meet at the entrance o of Eight Acres. ey will be holding a Discovery Day on Saturday 16th July from 10am until 12noon, meet at Eight Acres. Tadburn Meadows Local Nature Reserve is hidden amongst the houses and covers almost 12 acres and provides a home for a variety of Britain’s best loved wildlife and some nationally threatened species. e site boasts a variety of habitats, from a stream more characteristic of the New Forest to wet woodland and grassland. Tadburn Conservation Volunteers are a local group working on Tadburn Meadows Local Nature Reserve, Romsey. Contact: tadburn.meadows@gmail.com AVIATION TALKS Non-Native Species Removal Day