22nd August 2024 • The HERALD • Page 41 GET OUT & ABOUT WITH THE HERALD v Forest Edge Travel 8 Seater Air Conditioned Vehicle We provide a personal and reliable private hire transportation to individuals, families and businesses in your area: l Local and Long Distance l Airport & Seaport Transfers l Corporate and Social Events l Sporting Events/Group Bookings l Weddings l Days Out l Very Competitive Rates Licenced by New Forest District Council, Forest Edge Travel welcomes all enquiries - please contact Jason on: 023 8087 2949 Mobile: 07720 667171 Email: info@forestedgetravel.co.uk www.forestedgetravel.co.uk OUT & ABOUT THIS SUMMER UK AND CONTINENTAL HOLIDAYS Saturday 7th September - 8 days - LAKE MAGGIORE - £1049 S/S £199 Friday 27th September - 3 days - LONDON - £275 S/S £175 Monday 7th October - 5 days - NORFOLK - £559 S/S £120 Friday 18th October - 4 days - BLACKPOOL - £325 S/S POA Monday 28th October - 5 days - LAKE DISTRICT TURKEY & TINSEL - £575 S/S POA Monday 4th November - 5 days - PAIGNTON TURKEY & TINSEL - £469 S/S POA Friday 22nd November - 3 days - LONDON - £335 S/S £225 Friday 29th November - 4 days - VALKENBURG CHRISTMAS MARKET - £515 S/S £145 Tuesday 3rd December - 3 days - THURSFORD - £340 S/S £89 Sunday 8th December - 4 days - LILLE CHRISTMAS MARKET - £450 S/S £60 Monday 23rd December - 5 days - CHRISTMAS IN STRATFORD UPON AVON - £730 S/S £150 Monday 30th December - 4 days - NEW YEAR - £525 S/S POA DAY TRIPS Wednesday 18th September - 9am - Hedge End & Haskins - £10 Saturday 21st September - 8am - Oxford - £25 Sunday 22nd September - 9am - The Cotswolds - £27 Wednesday 25th September - 9am - Horse Drawn Barge & Ploughman’s lunch - £50 Sunday 29th September - 8am - Isle of Wight’s Donkey Sanctuary plus guided tour - £32 Monday 30th September - 9am - Christchurch Market or Stewarts - £10 Saturday 6th October - 8am - Brighton & Its lovely lanes - £25 Saturday 12th October - 7.30am - Knit & Stitch show at Alexandra Palace - £32 Sunday 13th October - 9am - Marlow - £25 Tuesday 15th October - 9am - Salisbury - £10 Wednesday 30th October - 7.30am - Bletchley Park - £54 Sunday 10th November - 8am - Windsor - £25 Saturday 16th November - 11am - Glastonbury Torchlight Festival - £32 Saturday 23rd November - 7.30am - Gloucester Christmas Market - £26 Saturday 23rd November - 9.30am - Longleat Festival of Light - Adult £69 Child £57 Monday 25th November - 9am - Christchurch & Stewarts at Christmas - £10 Friday 29th November - 7.30am - Ideal Homes at Christmas or Westfields Shopping - £32 Saturday 30th November - 8am - Worcester’s Victorian Christmas Fayre - £30 Sunday 1st December - 9am - Festive Mystery Tour - £25 Wednesday 4th December - 4pm - Light Up at Harold Hillier Gardens - £30 Friday 6th December - 9am - Winchester Christmas Market - £10 Sunday 8th December - 8am - Stratford upon Avon Christmas Markets - £30 Monday 9th December - 10.30am - Bournemouth Christmas Lunch & show - £55 Tuesday 10th December - 9am - Salisbury Christmas Market - £10 ursday 12th December - 7.30am - Bath Christmas Market - £28 Sunday 15th December - 7.30am - Tunbridge Wells Christmas Market - £32 ursday 19th Decemer - 2pm - Christmas at Kew Gardens - £55 Pop into the Hythe office at 1a High Street, Hythe SO45 6AG Telephone: 023 8084 4788 or email: enquiries@watersidetours.co.uk COFFEE & CHAT Every Thursday 10am until 12noon ALL WELCOME Hampton Lane, Blackfield SO45 1XA Waterside Repair Café If you have an item sitting at home, not working, take it along to the Waterside Repair Café on the last Saturday of each month, the next session will be on 31st August. eir volunteers will do their best to repair it and if they can’t they might know someone who can. If your item is beyond repair the team will tell you the best way to dispose of it. From clocks, household electricals to umbrellas, they have seen it all. Go on down and say hello and enjoy a cup of tea and a slice of cake whilst you wait. e Repair Café takes place on the last Saturday of each month at Black eld Baptist Church Hall. Doors open at 10.30am last repair checked in at 1pm. Free parking on site. You can follow the Waterside Repair Café Facebook page for regular updates. ISLANDS OF THE WESTERN MEDITERRANEAN If you are interested in joining this friendly group please go along on the rst or third Tuesday in the month or contact the secretary at: u3a.nfwsecretary@outlook.com New Forest and Waterside U3A hold their twice monthly meetings in St Andrew’s Church Hall, Dibden Purlieu. eir next meeting is on Tuesday 3rd September, 2pm, when the talk will be about ‘Islands of the Western Mediterranean’ with Ron Taylor. Followed on Tuesday 17th September when the talk will be given by Members of the Calshot Lifeboat about ‘History of the RNLI’. Tea and biscuits are available 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 luncheon once a month, held twice a year at Brockenhurst College. Other activities have included a visit to Hillier’s for the lights, Lepe House open garden, theatre trips, garden visits, local brewery visit, snowdrops at Welford, the Hawk Conservancy, Arundel Carpet of owers, the Waterside Heritage Centre, trips on Solent Dolphin. Car Boot Sale A Car Boot Sale is taking place at Memorial Car Park in Totton on Sundays 1st and 15th September from 9am to 12noon (weather permitting). No booking is required, sellers from 8am (for safety, sellers please do not leave before 11.30am). Any size car £5 and the area is hard standing. Please take your own tables. Use of community centre toilets, some free parking available. For more information please call: 023 8086 3769 or email: tandeca@hotmail.co.uk or just turn up. Brockenhurst Music Society Brockenhurst Music Society’s 2024 season is well underway, their 77th season of bringing great music to the New Forest. Details of their next concert is below, given by young highly talented professional musicians and held at St Saviour’s Church, Brockenhurst at 7pm. Tickets are £18 from: www.ticketsource.co.uk (booking fee applies), or from Pot Pourri in Brockenhurst or Sway Deli, or £20 at the door. For more information please see their website: www.brockenhurstmusicsociety.co.uk 2nd September - Anna Im (violin) and Chiao-Ying Chang (piano), Anna, born in Korea, and ChiaoYing, born in Taiwan, both graduated from the Royal Academy of Music, and are international prize winners and performers; playing works by Beethoven, Grieg, Schubert and Saint-Saens/Ysaye.
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