Page 36 • The HERALD • 6th October 2022 v SUPPORT YOUR LOCAL SPECIALISTS v OUT & ABOUT It’s Frightfully Fun at the Farm This Autumn Half-Term Go along to Longdown Activity Farm for a frightfully fun time on the run-up to Halloween; there’ll be lots of spooky stu to see and do. Enter the Haunted Barn at your peril from Saturday 22nd October through to Sunday 30th October. Look out for the grimacing ghouls, scary skeletons, and wicked witches who dwell among the cobwebstrewn haybales and blackened timbers of the dreaded Haunted Barn. Keep your eyes peeled and join in with the Pumpkin Quest. Ten rogue pumpkins have escaped from the Pumpkin Patch! Children will enjoy spotting the mischievous orange faces around the farm as they discover each naughty pumpkin in unexpected places. No prizes, just spookily good fun. Meet a real-life barn owl with e Creature Teachers who will be in the Haunted Barn along with some creeeepy creatures like spiders, millipedes, and cockroaches on Sunday 30th October. A er all the scary stu , calm down with their friendly farm animals. Join in when you want to with a full schedule of farm activities lasting all day, which includes bottle-feeding kid goats and calves, small animal handling in the Animal Encounter Barn, and feeding the ducks. Lots of playtime fun too! Don’t forget to stop o at the Farm Shop to buy your Halloween pumpkin as you leave. Longdown Activity Farm and the Farm Shop will be open daily, as usual, for the whole of half- term. ere is no extra charge for the Hallowe’en event. ENTRY BY ONLINE PRE-BOOKING ONLY. For more information please visit: www.longdownfarm.co.uk or call: 023 8029 2837. Meet a real-life barn owl with The Creature Teachers CHAIR YOGA Hythe Townswomen’s Guild will hold their next meeting on Thursday 13th October for a talk by Sarah Hall titled ‘Chair Yoga’ with Audience Participation. Followed on Thursday 10th November for a talk by Suzanne Kemp titled ‘New Forest Ponies’. eir Walking and Knit and Natter clubs have both started, also their Social Study Group with plenty to discuss. ey meet on the 2nd Thursday of each month at St Andrew’s Centre, Dibden Purlieu from 2pm to 4pm. Everyone is very welcome. Go along and enjoy interesting talks, and a friendly chat with a cuppa and biscuit. For more information contact Yvonne Mulvenny on: 023 8084 4768 or email: yvonne@mulvenny.plus.com The Gift of Life Ashurst WI is an active and growing institute, where members can look forward to an interesting programme of talks and events throughout the year; at the next meeting which takes place on Wednesday 12th October for a talk by Georgina Evans, specialist nurse organ donation, titled ‘ e Gi of Life’. Meetings take place on the second Wednesday of each month at 7.30pm at St Joseph, 16 Lyndhurst Road, Ashurst SO40 7DU. New members and visitors are always welcome. For more details telephone Kathryn on 023 8029 3638.
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