Smoked and Uncut - Lime Wood

Forest Fit
We’re launching a brand new Boot Camp for
women on October 14th, in collaboration with
Tim Weeks.
What is it?
We have taken the traditional boot camp and
given it a twist. This isn’t a 3-day military regime.
It is the ultimate women only lavish health
and fitness experience – 3 days of physical and
mental invigoration, which is tailor made to your
wishes, needs and goals. In the natural setting of
the New Forest, we have a full range of outdoor
activities so that clients absorb the surroundings
both inside and outside the spa. Designed by our
Farmers’ Markets
Forest
As you will have noticed from the menus at
Lime Wood and The Pig, we are lucky to have
an abundance of splendid produce right on
our doorstep. The New Forest is, of course, a
fabulously unspoilt treasure trove for foragers:
mushrooms, wild herbs and vegetables, nuts and
berries; and the nearby coastline provides sea
vegetables, wild mussels and seaweeds. Just ask
Garry Eveleigh, The Pig’s forager, who regularly
returns from shore and forest with baskets full
of greenery: three-cornered garlic, ramsons,
alexanders, moon daisies (ox-eye daisies, as they
are also known), and trugs full of claytonia, a
fleshy-leafed relative of purslane also known
evocatively as “streambank springbeauty”.
But the area also has a plethora of small farmers
and producers, rearing or growing everything
from rare breeds of pigs and cattle to heritage
varieties of apples and pears. The best places to
track down some of this wonderful produce are
local farmers’ markets: some may have just a few
stalls, but they offer the chance not just to touch,
smell and feel the produce, but also to meet
the people who produced it: shopping over the
internet just isn’t quite the same.
One of the biggest farmer’s markets in the
region is Sunnyfields Market, at Totton, on
the edge of the New Forest, just three or four
miles from Lyndhurst. What’s on offer changes,
of course, with the seasons, but you can be
assured of finding a huge range of fresh, locally
grown fruit and vegetables, as well as local jams,
preserves, honeys, breads and cheeses: look out
for Loosehanger’s cheeses from their dairy at
Redlynch, in the north of the New Forest. Their
prize-winning cheeses include nettle and wild
garlic and goat’s curd with tarragon.
in-house team in consultation with top women’s
fitness, health and wellness consultant and
trainer Tim Weeks. Visit our website to find
out more www.limewoodhotel.co.uk/pamper
What does it cost?
£2,200 per person single occupancy, £1,750
per person double occupancy including room,
fitness sessions, spa facilities and bespoke
treatment package.
When?
Our first camp will run from 14th – 17th October.
Camps will also run in November and January.
Sunnyfields Farm Shop, open 9.30am – 6pm
Mon-Fri, 9am – 5pm Sat, 10am – 4pm Sun.
Sunnyfields Market open every Saturday,
9am – 2pm
More local markets can be found at
www.thenewforest.co.uk: you might also
try these monthly markets:
New Forest Local Producers’ Market, Everton
Nurseries Farmers Walk, Everton, near
Lymington, SO41 0JZ. Open from 9am to
3pm on the first Saturday of each month.
Offers a range of products: honey, bread, cakes,
eggs, wool, beef, local game, pork and bacon,
cheese, vegetables and specialist plants.
East Boldre Farmers’ Market, East Boldre
Village Hall, Main Road, East Boldre,
Brockenhurst, SO42 7WL, open on the
fourth Saturday of each month.
Sixteen stalls selling a wide variety of local
produce, plus the Kitchen Café for tea, cakes
and other refreshments.
The New
Forest Centre
For anyone unfamiliar with the area,
perhaps the best place is the New Forest
Centre. Handily located in the middle of
Lyndhurst, in the heart of the National
Park, the Centre has much to engage,
inform and entertain, including an
interactive museum, a reference library,
an information centre and a well-stocked
gift shop.
It also boasts a gallery, staging several
different exhibitions each year. This
summer is dedicated to the winners of
The Olympics Open Art Competition,
jointly sponsored by the National Park
Authority and the Forestry Commission.
Entrants were allowed to choose their
medium – photography, painting and
sculpture are all represented – and asked to
follow the Olympic theme of “gold, silver
and bronze” in their work. Expect plenty
of images of the New Forest at its most
colourful and beautiful, at sunrise, sunset
and covered in frost.
The New Forest Centre, High Street,
Lyndhurst, SO43 7NY, 023 8028 3444,
www.thenewforest.co.uk. Open daily
from 9am – 5pm: last entry to the
Gallery at 4pm.
Giffords Circus
The rowdy and glamorous village green
circus that has been entertaining audiences
in the rural southwest for more than
a decade, returns with its 2012 show
“The Saturday Book”. See article on
pages 2 and 3.
Stratton Meadows, Cirencester,
Gloucestershire, from 6 th – 16 th September
More details at www.giffordscircus.com
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Lime Wood and The
Pig’s high-spirited
monthly live music
sessions, in aid of chosen
charities, Action Against
Hunger and The ARK
Foundation, continue
until November.
23rd September:
Lime Wood – Police Dog
Hogan and The Voodoo
Trombone
14th October:
The Pig – The
Miserable Rich
11th November:
Lime Wood – Shake
Tiger Shake
On the water
Southampton Boat Show,
14 th – 23 rd September
The biggest water-based
boat show in Europe,
featuring a massive range
of nautical-themed
attractions and boats of
every shape and size – you
can even try your hand at
sailing – as well as food
villages and a fish-themed
cookery theatre hosted by
chef Mark Sargeant.
www.southamptonboatshow.com
Beer Festival
5th – 7th October
The Red Shoot are proud
to host their Autumn Beer
Festival with over 30 real
ales and 10 traditional
ciders available over the
weekend. This is a popular
event, with live bands
playing each night.
www.redshoot.co.uk