Page 38 • The HERALD • 11th May 2023 v GET OUT & ABOUT WITH THE HERALD v OUT & ABOUT Tractor Time at Longdown If you like tractors, you’ll love Longdown on 27th and 28th May when they will be welcoming their friends from e New Forest Vintage Tractor and Engine Club at the farm. Tractor enthusiasts will be delighted to have the opportunity to see a variety of tractors from yesteryear featuring names such as Ferguson, Fordson, Nu eld, and many others. Plenty of experts will be on hand to answer questions and to talk tractors. ere will also be a static display of stationary engines to watch, as they pu and steam away. For those that enjoy a bumpy ride, tractor and trailer rides will be on o er at intervals during the day (ground conditions permitting). A full schedule of hands-on animal activities will run throughout the day with opportunities to bottle-feed the kid goats and calves, meet chicks and bunnies, and feed the ducks. ere is a new all-inclusive outdoor play area which features a wheelchair swing and lots of fabulous play equipment including two play tractors to complete the tractor-themed day. Don’t forget to visit e Farm Shop before you leave, for a wonderful range of locally sourced produce. ere’s bound to be something tasty in there to tempt you. Normal admission applies - there is no extra charge to see the tractors. Under 3’s are free. Tractor Time at Longdown Hythe & Dibden U3A meet at Hythe Parish Hall on the second Monday of the month at 2pm. eir next meeting takes place on Monday 15th May for Robert King, RI RSMA. Robert is a local artist renowned for his paintings of beaches and seascapes, particularly of Norfolk and the Solent. On Monday 12th June for a talk by Sandy Booth titled ‘Running a Fruit Farm in the Forest’. Please email: membershiphytheu3a@ gmail.com visit the website: u3asites. org.uk/hythe-dibden or call: 07935 907456. ey are a friendly group so why not give them a go? Robert King Paintings BUGGY WALK Go along to Lepe Country Park and join them for a buggy friendly, guided walk on 15th May, 19th June, 17th July from 10am. A great way to meet other parents and carers from the area and introduce your little ones to the wonderful outdoors, End your walk in e Lookout where you can purchase refreshments and nd sensory toys for you and your babies to explore. Changing facilities available. Free to attend, usual parking charges apply. e Southampton Camera Club’s next meeting will be on Monday 15th May from 7.45pm to 10pm, for a talk by Paul Mitchell titled ‘ e Seeing Eye’. Visitors are welcome £7 on the door. Any enquiries to: sccsec@ southamptoncameraclub.co.uk Meetings take place in Copythorne Hall starting at 7.45pm. Visitors are welcome £7 on the door. Further information: sccprog@southamptoncameraclub.co.uk or visit: www.southamptoncameraclub. co.uk/events Camera Club Talks Langley WI Annual Meeting Langley WI’s next meeting is on Tuesday 16th May for their Annual Meeting. Reporting on their year and voting for Resolutions. Pot Luck Supper. e WI o ers women the opportunity to make new friends, learn new skills and campaign on wide-ranging issues. Langley WI meets every third Tuesday at St Francis Church Hall, West Common, SO45 1XU at 7.30pm. Email: langleypres@hampshirewi.org. uk or check out their website at: www. hampshirewi.org.uk/wi-page/langley-wi Enjoy an hour’s tour at Exbury Gardens on Wednesday 17th May with one of their expert gardening team, learning about Exbury’s famous Rhododendrons and Azaleas. Tickets are £5 or £3 for Friends of Exbury members. For more information or to book a place please visit: www.exbury.co.uk/seasonalspotlight-rhododendron-azaleas Seasonal Spotlight: Rhododendron & Azaleas Hythe Cinema The Good, the Bad and the Downright Funny e Hythe Cinema Moviola show lms in high de nition Blu-ray and stereo sound on a large screen at e Parish Hall, West Street, Hythe. eir next o ering is e Whale (15) on Tuesday 16th May at 2.30pm and 7.30pm. A reclusive, morbidly obese English teacher attempts to reconnect with his estranged teenage daughter. Tickets are £6 and available in advance from Pebbles ladies clothes shop in the High Street (opposite Costa), or on the door on show days. a er the talk, and the meeting ends at approximately 3.30pm. New Forest and Waterside have many interest groups such as gardening, history, discussion, skittles and much more. ere is usually a lunch once a month and a holiday once a year. Other activities have included a visit to Bath Christmas Market, Hilliers for the lights, Lepe House open garden. If you are interested in joining this friendly group please go along on the first or third Tuesday in the month or email the Secretary: u3a.nfwsecretary@ outlook.com New Forest and Waterside U3A hold their twice monthly meetings in St Andrews Church Hall, Dibden Purlieu. e next meeting is on Tuesday 16th May, when the talk by Jackie Dimmock will be e Good, the Bad and the Downright Funny. ey commence at 2pm. Tea and biscuits are available North Baddesley Village Day Go along to North Baddesley Recreation Ground on Saturday 20th May, 11am to 4pm for the North Baddesley Village Day.
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