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Dear Readers

I love the title of the article on page 4 - I

hope you find the content both thought

provoking and motivational. Exercise

comes in many forms, and as you will see

there are a host of options available

locally.

We had a great idea from a reader about

adding a useful numbers section for local

contacts - please see page 25. Continuing

on the theme on page 24, there is some

really useful information from Hordle

Parish Council.

A very special thank you to Shaun Stevens

for the wonderful cover page—more of

her work can be seen at

www.shaunstevensart.com or at the Hurst

Marine shop in Milford.

CONTENTS

The Most Effective Drug Ever? 4-5

The Green Corner 6-7

Mud Swallows & an Elderly Egret 9

Hordle Primary School 11-12

What’s the Point of Alexa? 13

It’s Nearly Growing Time 15

Part-Time Pooch 17

Wildlife Matters 19

Local Noticeboard 21-23

Parish News 24

Useful Numbers 25

Hordle Church 26-27

Village Diary 28

Hampshire’s Climate Action Plan 30

I hope you enjoy reading the magazine. As

always if you have any ideas for future

articles, please do get in touch –

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THE MOST EFFECTIVE

DRUG EVER?

By Alison Runham

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"If exercise were a pill, it would be one of the

most cost-effective drugs ever invented," says

health promotion consultant Dr Nick Cavill.

That’s true, because the benefits of exercise go

way beyond simple ‘fitness’.

Physical Health Benefits

Research has proved that regular exercise can

actively help to prevent disease and debility. It

can:

• Lower blood pressure (in turn lowering risk of

stroke, heart attack, heart failure and kidney

disease).

• Increase muscle mass and strength, bone

strength, cardiovascular endurance, flexibility

and balance, helping to prevent strains,

injuries, falls, osteoporosis and osteoarthritis.

• Help prevent some cancers and diseases,

including colon and breast cancer,

Alzheimer’s and Type 2 diabetes.

• Regulate hormones that control appetite and

sleep patterns.

• Help control weight.

• Release endorphins that ease pain.

• Improve bowel function and prevent

constipation.

By improving your physical health and

preventing falls, exercise can increase your

longevity too. However, exercise can do a lot

more than that.

Mental Health and Wellbeing Benefits

Exercise can:

Improve your mood, self-esteem and sleep

patterns

Exercise can improve sleep patterns and

release endorphins that can lift your mood and

increase your energy levels. By improving your

fitness and appearance, and giving you goals,

routine and a sense of achievement, it can also

increase your self-esteem.

sleep and is proven to help alleviate anxiety,

stress and mild to moderate depression. Just 10

minutes of brisk walking can increase mental

alertness, energy and positivity, while

increasing your activity from zero to exercising

three times a week can reduce your depression

risk by almost 20%.

Give you ‘time off’

.You may not think of exercise as relaxing, but

it can be. Not all exercise involves getting hot,

sweaty and out of breath (although you do

need to do some activity every week that

makes you feel this way.). Tai chi, Pilates and

yoga are all more relaxing forms of exercise.

However, any exercise you do can take you

away from your day-to-day concerns and give

you time to focus on you, rather than your

family, your work or your worries. The need to

focus on your exercise can be a welcome

distraction and give your brain a break.

Get you outdoors

Research has proved the benefits of

ecotherapy and being active outdoors. Getting

outside to enjoy some fresh air and sunshine is

great for your mental and physical health,

helping you produce the Vitamin D essential for

absorption of calcium and good bone health.

Improve your social life and family life – and

have some fun!

Exercise can be fun, and by joining exercise

classes or activity groups, you will also benefit

from the positive effects that socialising and

friendship can have on your health and

wellbeing. Team sports can bring a sense of

belonging and motivation, while becoming

fitter may help you to take part in more family

activities

Zumba, tennis, rowing, boxing, karate, netball,

Pilates, dancing… there are many types of sport

and exercise, so try out a few to find something

you really enjoy.

Improve your mental health

Poor sleep can contribute to physical health

issues and depression, anxiety, poor memory

and concentration. Exercise can improve your


Some Ideas for What’s Available Locally

There are classes held at the Pavilion in Hordle which include:

Dance with Deb: Ballroom & Latin classes Tel: 01425 613329

Taekwondo: Email : newforesttaekwondo@gmail.com

Top to Toe Gentle exercise: Sharon@hotmail.com

Also Mel’s Fitness and Njoy

Lindsay’s Health & Fitness for Body & Mind

Day Time What Where

Tue

Wed

10-10.50am

Weights class *class full* The Studio, Milford Community Centre

6-7pm Yoga & Meditation Milford Guide Hut not the 4 th Tues of the month

9.30am 30-Minute Weights The Studio

10am 30-Minute Abs The Studio

10.30-11.20am FlexiStrength

Thu 10.30-11.30am Yoga & Meditation

The Studio

The Studio

Fri 10-10.50am FlexiStrength All Saints’ Church Hall, Milford

For more information: 0770 8870026 or email lindsay.fitnesstrainer@gmail.com

Drop in and give it a try! First class is FREE.

Everton Rambling Club

Merv : 01590 642509

mervhughes@me.com

Contact Mervyn for walk details

FEBC WALKS

Tues 4th 10.30am

Thur 27th 10.30am

MARCH WALKS

Tues 3rd 10.30am

Thur 19th 10.30am

A 5 MILE WALK USUALLY TAKES BETWEEN

TWO AND THREE HOURS

Health For more Walks, information: Lymington

Do join us for a free, led, group walk lasting

60-90 minutes (approximately 3 miles).

Our walks are designed to encourage wellbeing, whilst

enjoying the company of others.

This group meets on the first and third Tuesday of each

month, departing at 10am from Bath Road Car Park,

Lymington

For more information:

Www.cfnf.org.uk/healthy-walks

Or just turn up on the day

Silver Swans

Stephanie runs classes both in Milford &

Lymington. Silver Swans is an initiative by the

Royal Academy of Dance which has been

developed for older learners so they too, can

take part in ballet classes.

It is a gentle class - it’s not about doing Grand

Jetés across the room or multiple pirouettes!

Classes are aimed at the over 55s but there are

also some younger Silver Swans .

The classes can help improve mobility, posture,

coordination, balance, memory, and energy

levels - and you also get to meet new people!

Plus, it's just nice to be moving to lovely music.

Complete beginners are welcome as well as

those with some present/past ballet experience.

Email: forestsilverswans@hotmail.com

Tel: 07949 183140

Seated Yoga

Designed for those who feel getting up &

down is now a step too far, but still want to

maintain a healthy body & mind

Classes: Milford on Sea and Lymington

Stuart: 07739 548276, stuart.yoga@gmail,

www.1-2-1yogatherapy.co.uk

Zumba Gold

Karina has been running classes locally

(Pennington, Milford on Sea, Hordle and

New Milton) for nearly 10 years now. She

has approx 300 people a week

attending. They are low impact classes

designed to keep everyone exercising safely

but moreover they are enormous fun and

extremely uplifting.

karinazumba12@gmail.com/07701367663


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The

GREEN

CORNER

Lymington

2020 Vision:

20 months to

make a lasting difference

In April 2018 Kate, a long- standing member of Transition Lymington dreamt up the concept

of Lymington 2020 Vision. In each of the 20 months leading up to the year 2020 the group

collated a tick list of ideas, links and local ways in which to make Lymington a more

sustainable place. Each month the list was published on line to distribute the ideas across the

area.

Now, having reached the end of our 20 months, our 20 tick lists are a treasure trove of

creative challenges that can be used now and in the future to make a difference locally,

nationally and internationally.

Our final list of suggestions could help with your New Year’s Resolutions. However, take a

look at our Facebook site for the full set.

In the writing and completing of the Lymington 2020 Vision challenges, members of

Transition Lymington team have found fun and inspiration, and if you haven’t discovered

them yet, now is a great time to do so.

Get involved this year by coming along to our next events, being held at Lymington

Community Centre from 9.30 -12.30pm.

Saturday 15th February - Lymington Clothes Swap. please Bring along clean clothes

you don’t want or need anymore and take away clothes you can wear and

enjoy! This will run alongside the Repair Cafe - just in case you need any minor

repairs or alterations. 9.30 -12.30 pm Entry by donation. Refreshments will be

available.

Saturday 14th March - Jean Genie - our biannual up-cycling event where we will

have a table of jeans, fabrics, beads, buttons, ribbons and more… we invite you to

come and use our sewing machines and make something useful and beautiful!

Robert Hole Room. 9.30-12.30 £3 per person. Refreshments will be available.

Wishing you a happy and healthy 2020

Sarah and Kate

New Forest Transition

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MUD SWALLOWS AND

AN ELDERLY EGRET

Only a few centuries ago people believed

that swallows spent the winter hibernating in

the mud at the base of the reeds, to then

emerge the following spring. At the end of

the summer large flocks of swallows use

reedbeds to roost in at night. The birds were

seen gathering in the reeds in the evenings,

but no one thought to check early the next

day. If they had, they would have seen the

birds emerge at dawn to fly away and

continue their migration.

We now know that European swallows

migrate to winter in sub-Saharan Africa.

Furthermore we know that British swallows

winter between Nigeria and South Africa, but

how do we know this ? The answers came

from bird ringing – fitting birds with

individually numbered rings, which also have

printed upon them an address. Over many

years swallows with such rings were found

and reported, giving us their winter locations.

As a licensed ringer I myself have had a

swallow that I ringed in summer on the edge

of Lymington, caught alive and well in winter

by ringers in Botswana.

We are connected to the rest of the world by

our local bird life, as demonstrated by

various birds that I have ringed here, which

have flown far and wide. For example, pied

wagtails that have gone to summer in Wales

and Scotland, woodcock which have migrated

to Finland and Russia, and great black-backed

gulls which have been seen wintering in the

Channel Islands and Portugal. Perhaps the

most satisfying was a Sandwich tern chick,

which I ringed out on the Lymington Marshes

one summer, which turned up the next

winter in Cape Town, South Africa.

Bird ringing does not just tell us about

migration routes; we have also learnt a great

deal about population dynamics, breeding

behaviour and the lifespans of different

species. For example, in the summer of 2006

I ringed some little egret chicks in nests in

southern Hampshire. As well as fitting them

with the usual coded metal ring, I also added

some individually identifiable colour-rings,

which are easier to read in the field through

binoculars. When these egrets fledged, one

went to the county of Avon, one headed to

Berkshire, and one moved to our local

Lymington Marshes. The latter bird is still

alive over 13 years after being ringed and it

now holds the longevity record for the

species in the UK. The previous record holder

died at the age of 9 years and 6 months.

Bird ringing in the UK and Ireland is

administrated by the British Trust for

Ornithology (BTO) and has been in existence

for a little over 100 years. If you find a dead

bird with a metal ring, please report it to the

address on the ring. If you see a colourringed

bird, please report it to the BTO. And

if you are on the sea wall near Lymington, say

hello to the oldest little egret in the UK.

Graham Giddens

Freelance Ornithologist and local resident

Photograph by Graham Please Giddens, mention showing Your the little Village egret when which has responding lived the to Lymington advertisements coast for over 13 years.

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Its (Nearly)

Growing

time

Why is it that when I want to do some garden

chores it’s usually raining, or very windy, or the

ground’s too wet... and when I’m out earning

my living the sun shines?

Have I done all the jobs on my autumn list? Of

course not! LOL As I write this (at the beginning

of January) my garden is still looking quite

green, and even some tender plants I normally

bring inside for protection still haven’t lost their

leaves. We haven’t had hard frost yet – or at

least enough to damage plants. The weather is

odd – sometimes night time temperatures are

similar to daytime temperatures.

In last autumn’s issue of Your Village I

encouraged you to save and compost your

autumn leaves – did you have a go? This is

something I do every year but always could do

with more, so I asked some neighbours to save

theirs for me and I now have several large bags

of leaves tucked away in a corner and hopefully

starting to break down – but I won’t check them

until autumn. Gardening certainly teaches you

to be patient!

My thoughts are turning to what I’m going to

grow from seed this year, both flowers and

veggies. For me this is about growing things I

cannot buy, and also for fun, so each year I like

to try something different as well as my

favourites.

I always grow cherry tomatoes, and am still

trying to find the sweetest variety - last year

Apero and Sun Cherry were good. And beetroot

– I love beetroot. Rainbow Chard is always in

my garden – it grows all year, looks pretty and

the slugs tend to leave it alone. I grow it as a

‘cut and come again’ by taking only the young

outside leaves the plant keeps growing, and

when about 15 cms (6 inches) they’re nice and

tender so great for salads. As for parsley, I’m

not so keen, but Leaf Celery is a great herb –

which I also add to my salads.

If you have children and would like to grow

something to encourage them out into the

garden to ‘pick and eat’, then Cucamelons are

worth a try – and extremely prolific! They are

small cucumber type fruits the size and shape of

grapes. I grew them a couple of years ago but

there were too many for me. They are selfclinging,

so treat like climbing runner beans and

put a few seedlings at the base of a wigwam of

beanpoles, but run some garden twine from

pole to pole (so it looks a bit like a helter

skelter), and the Cucamelons will climb easily,

and more importantly the children can put their

hands and arms in to find the fruit.

Alternatively, stretch some pea and bean

netting between two poles.

I have a small raised bed for growing salads and

veggies, and currently it has chard and spinach,

some black kale and, for the first time, one

single Kalette plant – a cross between kale and

brussels sprout. I went outside the other day to

find the spinach and chard with only the spines

of their leaves showing. I think I’ve had a visitor

– probably deer, so I need to cover the veg

patch as a deterrent... another job to do! But

thankfully the deer didn’t eat the central

growth so new leaves are appearing.

I have tried to grow squash on the ground, but

the slugs thought I was feeding them every

day!! Very disheartening! This year I’m going to

try a self-clinging climbing variety up some

strong trellis, but one of the smaller types that

won’t need the fruit to be supported as they get

bigger.

Must get back to the seed catalogues!

Hordle Gardening Club


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PART TIME

POOCH

You’ve probably heard the expression, ‘ A

Dog is for Life, Not Just for Christmas’, Well

it turns out that now and again, it’s not

always the case. It seems that there are

times when a dog really CAN legitimately

be JUST for Christmas, (and at a few other

times throughout the year too). The lovely

people at dog-friendly Everton Nurseries

Garden Centre have been playing host to

Sophie’s Dog Holidays, and allowing them

to explain why this is so…

If you’ve visited the garden centre recently,

you might have been rather

enthusiastically greeted by a beautiful,

yellow Labrador called Honey, together

with Sophie Gates, owner of Sophie’s Dog

Holidays. Sophie was busy explaining how

she arranges very special holidays for dogs,

while their owners go off on theirs. Instead

of placing their dogs in unfriendly kennels,

Sophie arranges for them to be hosted in

local people’s comfy, cosy homes. She was

at the garden centre to search for more

local people to act as holiday hosts for

these adorable dogs. It turns out that, if

you’re one of these holiday hosts, you

really can have a dog just for Christmas, or

now and again at other times throughout

the year, and be the occasional owner of a

part-time pooch whenever you like. It

sounds fun, especially if you don’t want the

responsibility of a full-time dog. Anyway, to

find out more you can visit

www.sophiesdogholidays.com or keep a

eye out for Sophie at the garden centre

throughout the coming year.

In fact Everton Nurseries Garden Centre is

a haven for visitors with dogs. Director

Maria Curry said “We love to see our

customers’ dogs and encourage them to

bring them along. They’re welcome not

only in the garden centre but also in the

outside, covered seating area of our

restaurant, ‘Camillia’s’.” In addition, one of

the staff members has set up ‘Dave’s Dog

Club’, which provides a bit of wall space

where owners can bring in put photos of

their dogs for other people to see. It’s

amazing how many local customers are

dog owners and love to show off their

fourlegged friends to others. I’ll leave you

with a surprising fact; Did you you that

there are 178,000 residents in the New

Forest, and an astonishing 39% of these

people have dogs!

Photo: 'Honey has been giving visitors to

Everton Garden Centre a very enthusiastic,

friendly welcome recently.’


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WILDLIFE MATTERS ……... to all of us

Koalas and Australian Bushfires

MCV usually concentrates its wildlife efforts

on UK species, habitats and conservation, but

for this one issue we have decided to give

some thought to the people of Australia and

its devastated wildlife caused by bushfires.

At the time of going to press, twenty-three

people, including brave fire-fighters, have

lost their lives and our thoughts immediately

turn to their families and friends.

of eucalyptus leaves every day. An adult

koala weighs an average of 14kg and is

between 60 and 85cm long. Infants (Joeys)

remain in their mothers pouches for up to six

months. Eucalyptus leaves are highly

flammable and fires spread rapidly from tree

top to tree top.

The Australian Koala Foundation (AKF) is

doing all that it can to help koalas in distress

but at present this is an almost impossible

uphill battle.

If you feel you could help a koala in any way

then please do whatever you can to help

save some of these beautiful marsupials.

The Foundation can be contacted by going

onto the AKF website at:

www.savethekoala.com

It is also being estimated that some 480m

mammals, birds and reptiles have already

been killed by bushfires sweeping much of

New South Wales and Victoria and that

worse is to come with extreme high

temperatures and gusting winds driving the

fires onwards. More than 150 fires have so

far razed over 14.7m acres of land.

The poor koalas (marsupials not bears) are

slow-moving animals. Adults eat about 1kilo

‘No Tree…..No Me …..’

Further information from:

Keith Metcalf – MCV Conservation Officer

(01590) 645825 or (07771) 918449 or email

keithmetcalf@btinternet.com


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LOCAL NOTICEBOARD

MCV - Creeks & Saltmarsh

‘Birding Trips’

Over the past four years MCV has organised

special birding trips in conjunction with

Hurst Castle Ferries (HCF) for anyone

interested in seeing winter birds around the

Keyhaven and Hurst Castle creeks, channels

and marshes.

These have proved extremely popular with

MCV and Lymington Naturalists group

members. To date we have conducted thirtythree

trips and have more planned in

February and March 2020 during which time

the winter birds will have started moving

back to their summer breeding grounds in

Siberia, Iceland and Greenland.

INVITATION : If you or your local

(Lymington, Pennington, Everton, Sway or

Hordle) group wish to join us on a spring

(April/May) birding trip just let us know by

contacting: keithmetcalf@btinternet.com or

text/telephone 07771 918449.

Each trip has two ‘expert’ birders and an

experienced HCF skipper on board who point

out everything we see on the 1.5 to 2-hour

trips.

Seats are available at £15 each.

Birding for Beginners’

Free

Sessions Every Month

If you would like to brush up on your bird

identification skills why not join our

“experts” at either the Bird Observatory at

Keyhaven on the 1st Saturday of each month

or the Bird Hide at Sturt Pond on the 3rd

Saturday of each month throughout the year

between 10am and Noon.

These sessions are FREE, but a small donation

is always welcome to help replenish bird food

or carry out repairs to the facilities.

VILLAGE VOICES

We meet on a Wednesday evening in

Tiptoe St Andrew’s Church

Hall, From 7:15-9:pm. Anyone who

enjoys a good laugh, and a sing, are

welcome to come along. Not necessary to

read music. For more details please call

Pat Hood 01425 615051

Do you need to get to a medical

appointment?

Hordle Voluntary Care Group would like to

help you. We will pick you up from home,

take you to your appointment and return

you to your home afterwards. The

volunteer will stay with you whilst waiting

for your appointment and if you wish, will

accompany you to the consultation. We

also provide transport for relatives to visit in

-patients if they are unable to get to the

hospital using public transport and to the

‘bathing service’ at the St John Ambulance

HQ on the Gordleton Industrial Estate or

Milford Hospital

T: 0845 388 9063

www.hordlevoluntartycare.org

HORDLE WOMEN’S INSTITUTE

The hall where we meet is spacious and it

has been wonderful for the

women of Hordle to meet, to

make friends, to help each

other, and help others

throughout our community.

On Monday afternoons we have a happy

chatty craft group meeting. We have

exhibitions, parties, games, but most of all

we are there for each other and for other

women everywhere. Come along as a

guest on the 1 st Tuesday of every month at

2pm or pop in on a Monday afternoon for a

chat.

For details and any events, we are

organising please contact: Lesley

Hogbourne: 01425 627942

or to book the hall call Wendy Perkins on

01425 622458


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HORDLE PHOTOGRAPHIC CLUB

A small and friendly group of photographers

of all skill levels aiming to

further our knowledge and enjoyment

of our hobby.

Meeting held 2nd and 4th Monday of

each month in Hordle Parish Church

New members welcome

Contact Ian Blundell 07969008076

IMPORTANT INFORMATION

As from 1st January , British Gas no

longer have an agreement with

Paypoint.

This means anyone requiring

top-ups for their payment card, or key

British Gas electricity/Gas will have to

use their nearest Post Office:

Everton Post Office

Bashley Post Office

Martins Post office , New Milton

HORDLE FLOWER CLUB

A friendly welcome awaits visitors and new

members to our monthly meetings. We have

demonstrations where you can enjoy beautiful

creations of contemporary and traditional

designs. Also workshops to learn new skills in

arranging flowers. The club meets on the 2nd

Wednesday of the month at the Pavilion, Vaggs

Lane. Hordle 7pm for 7.30pm.

Hordle

Gardening

Club

Boules

(Petanque)

Hordle Boules Group meet every

Tuesday and Saturday at Hordle

Recreation Ground at 2pm

(1.30 pm in winter).

We welcome new, regular or occasional,

participants. Spare sets of boules are

available for beginners. Show up or

call Rinus tel 01425.617480

Email:

postmaster@rinuskoop.plus.com

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Do you:

• have an interest in plants and gardens?

• like growing plants - fruit - vegetables?

• want to learn more?

• want to meet new people and have a

sociable evening out?

Do come along to one of our meetings

and see if you’d like to join us. We have

talks on a variety of subjects and social

events too.

We meet at 7pm at the Hordle Pavilion

on the 4th Friday of each month (except

August & December).

Guest fee £3. Annual membership £7

email: hordlegardeningclub@outlook.com

www.hordlegardeningclub.co.uk

or call Kate Cornhill on 01425 621305

Fun on the Fiddle

A New Exciting Violin

Group for

Adult Beginners

Why not learn to play the violin

in a friendly group

environment?

The Community Centre

Milford on Sea

Instruments Supplied.

For more details and

to reserve your place

Tel: 0773 308 5290


Are you looking for a new challenge

in 2020?

News from the Hordle bell tower.

2019 has been a very challenging year, due to

illnesses, holidays etc.

Many thanks to our small band of ringers,

chimers and Hand bell ringers.

We have eight tower bells, but regularly only

ring four or five!! A few more ringers

would be helpful to get all of our eight bells

ringing.

Thank you to Dorothy who has now “retired”

from the chimers and moved closer to

her family. We need a replacement to take

her place. (two or three would be good).

Many thanks to Mark Strode for helping us

change ropes when Tony is away.

We could do with a few more people to help

with this on the occasional basis.

On the hand bell front we have done well,

ringing at various rest homes, day centres,

and Oakhaven, throughout the year but our

busiest time is December.

We always enjoy the carol service at Tiptoe

and we managed to collect £191.52 for

Oakhaven ringing outside Tesco (Thank you to

Tesco and customers). Plus another

£200 in donations making a total of £391.52

for Oakhaven.

We nearly cancelled some of our December

ringing due to a lack of ringers (one

person had to ring two bells in each hand to

overcome the shortage) to save us letting

groups down we do need more ringers to

spread the load.

We do need more ringers, chimers and

Handbell ringers to enable us to continue in

2020.

If you would like more information please

contact Faith & Tony (01425 611947)

SHOWROOM OPEN 5 DAYS A WEEK - EASY PARKING


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Hordle Parish Council

Works that are never ending but are the backbone of Parish Council activities include:

Grass cutting, tree works and grounds maintenance. Facilities and equipment

inspections, repairs and maintenance. Provision and servicing of litter and dog waste

bins, benches and bus shelters.

Business administration with Leases and Licences, Parish Grants, Parish Meetings,

Planning and Highways consultations. Working with sports clubs for the use of Hordle

Recreation Ground and the newly agreed commitment with Milford on Sea Football

Club to use Everton Recreation Ground.

Partnership working with the District and County Councils with the Parish

Lenghthsman Scheme, Parish Tree surveying and works undertaken.

Projects undertaken this past year include:

The provision of paths around Everton & Hordle Recreation Grounds; working with

Hordle Parish Church, the British Legion & Highways to establish the road closure and

memorial parade for the Parish Remembrance Day. Provision of benches and bins.

Improvement to the fencing and gateways to Golden Hill Woods and establishing the

Golden Hill Volunteers. Establishing a Dog Charter.

Proposed projects going forward include:

Improvements to Golden Hill Woodland; repairs and improvements to the Multi Use

Games Area; provision of low level low impact timber play equipment at Acacia

Avenue Public Open Space; resurfacing of the BMX track; repairs and replacement of

fitness equipment; consideration of: solar panels, a Vehicle activated speed limit

reminder, barrier and gate and owl boxes at Everton Recreation ground and increased

education and action around dog walking on public open space.

Thanks go to the continued hard work of our Councillors, Staff and Volunteers

who together make things happen.

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The Parish Council website is a great resource for information on meetings, policies and projects.

www.hordleparishcouncil.gov.uk

Please contact the Parish Office if you have and question or wish to get involved.

The Council Office, Vaggs Lane, Hordle, Hampshire. SO41 0FP

01425 611119

clerk@hordleparishcouncil.gov.uk

admin@hordleparishcouncil.gov.uk


01590 750063

07501 636064

USEFUL NUMBERS

Emergency Services 999

Emergency police, fire, ambulance, coastguard

Utilities

Electricity

105 (all suppliers)

Gas escapes 0800 111 999

BT Fault Line 0800 800 151

Southern Water 0800 820 999

Travel

Rail Enquiries 03457 48 49 50

Morebus (was Wilts & Dorset) 01202 338 420

National Express 08717 81 81 81

Council & Government

Hordle Parish Council 01425 611119

NFDC 02380 285 000

NFDC Emergency Service 02380 285 250

Hampshire CC 03005 551 375

NF National Park 01590 646 600

Police

Police - Non Emergency, Anti - 101

Social & Neighbourhood issues

Crimestoppers 0800 555 111

MP Desmond Swayne 01425 629 844

Forest Animals

Forestry Commission (24 hrs) 0300 067 4600

Traffic Accidents (emergency) 999 (101 non emergency)

Verderers’ Office (M-F 9-5pm) 023 8028 2052

Community

Citizens Advice Bureau 03444 111 306

HOPe 01425 629 009

New Milton Library 0300 5551387

Milford Library 07950 941 818

All Saints’ Church Office (Hordle) 01425 626565

New Forest Advice Network 01425 628 750

NHS (non emergency number) 111

NF Disability Info 01425 628 750

Samaritans 08457 90 90 90

Tourist Information 01590 676 769

Trading Standards 03454 04 05 06

Village Agent 01590 645 404

Hordle Pavilion (answer machine) 01425 517944()

Hospitals/Hospice/Medical

Coastal Medical Partnership:

- New Milton Practice 01425 621188

- .Arnewood Practice 01425 620393

- Barton Surgery 01425 620830

Milford Health Centre 01590 643 022

(Out of Hours)/NHS non emergency 111

Lymington 01590 663 000

Oakhaven Hospice 01590 670 346

Southampton General 02380 777 222

Romsey Hospital 01794 834 700

Royal Bournemouth 01202 303 626

Royal South Hants 02380 634 288

Please mention Your Village when Princess responding Anne to advertisements 02380 777 222

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VILLAGE DIARY

Date When Event & Description Where

February

1st 8.15am Men's Breakfast (starts 8.30am) Hordle Church Hall

2nd 10.15am All Age Worship Hordle Church

6th 12.30 Luncheon Club Hordle Church Hall

7th 7.30pm Film: Judy Pavilion

8th 7.30pm BINGO Pavilion

14th 10.30am Coffee at the Potting Shed Redcliffe Garden Centre

14th 7.30pm Film: Joker Pavilion

20th 3pm Tea at 3 Hordle Church Hall

23rd 4-6pm Messy Church Hordle Church Hall


28th 7pm Gardening Club: Soft Fruits with Wilf Simcox Pavilion

29th 2.30pm Film: Frozen 2 Pavilion

29th 7pm Quiz Night Hordle Church Hall

March

1st 10.15am All Age Worship Hordle Church

3rd Lent Talk 1 Hordle Church

5th 12.30 Luncheon Club Hordle Church Hall

10th Lent Talk 2 Hordle Church


13th 7.30pm Film: TBA Pavilion

17th Lent talk 3 Hordle Church

19th 3pm Tea at 3 Hordle Church

21st 7.30pm Party Pavilion

24th Lent Talk 4 Hordle Church


Gardening Club: Growing & showing vegetables

27th 7pm

for Shows

Pavilion

28th 7.30pm BINGO Pavilion

29th 12 noon Church APCM Hordle Church Hall

31st 9.30am Little Angels Party Hordle Church Hall

HCA: www.Hordleca.co.uk, Film screenings £2.50

Café: Every Saturday 9am –12.30. The Pavilion, Vaggs Lane Come and have a coffee and home made

cake. Children and pets are welcome.

The Parish Council meets on the 1 st and 3 rd Tuesday of each month at 7.15 pre meeting public

forum. Meeting starts at 7.30pm Hordle Pavilion.

Top to Toe Classes: Every Friday 10.30am

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Hampshire’s Climate Action Plan

My first New Year’s visit to Hampshire County

Council was to attend a Cabinet meeting where

progress on the council’s Climate Change

Strategy and Action Plan was reported. The

strategy is based on “stretching but achievable”

targets to 2050, in line with the national target,

with an eye to bringing that target forward, if

assessed as realistically and effectively

attainable.

Only 1% of emissions from Hampshire come

from the activities of the county council itself,

so it will require close partnering with bordering

counties, district, town and parish councils,

community groups, businesses and residents to

achieve carbon neutrality for the Hampshire

area by 2050.

The county council will be looking to early

action by the government to guide on larger

scale projects, such as a new recycling system.

HCC’s Local Transport Plan will be reviewed,

plus new, robust and sustainable planning

policies developed, in liaison with districts, to

encourage less car dependency. The council has

also taken advice from Forestry England, The

Woodland Trust and Plantlife and will invest

significantly in tree and wildflower planting on

Highways verges and amenity land to support

insects and wildlife, funded by the sale of

surplus Highways land.

Community resilience and preparing the county

for expected changes in climate will also be a

vital part of the council’s strategy. Autumn 2019

was the wettest autumn for more than 100

years, creating exceptionally high ground water

levels. HCC will be prioritising an early review of

its Flood Risk Management Strategy, given the

county’s considerable coastline and river

networks.

However, council actions will have limited

impact unless local businesses and households

make changes. I prefer to think of these

changes simply as: helping wildlife; reducing

waste; reducing pollution. So, when I visit a

garden centre, I choose plants that support

insects - and I’m going to feed the birds in my

garden more regularly. Rather than buy new

shampoo, I refill a bottle at The Naked Pantry

plastic-free shop in New Milton - and I am going

to write to my local supermarkets to ask if they

can reduce the plastic-wrapped food they sell.

And though I haven’t yet got an electric car, I

take the train more often - and I’m going to

dust off my bike from the shed... I’m not perfect

yet, but I’m having a go! There are many lists of

simple changes you can make, if you google.

I’ve recently set up the ‘New Forest

Environment Alliance’ on Twitter and Facebook,

to encourage more residents to join in local

environmental projects this year. Please follow.

Or join or donate to one of the hard-working

existing conservation groups who quietly get on

with improving our local environment (and have

done for many years!) such as Milford

Conservation Volunteers and Friends of Ballard

Water Meadow. Let’s all make an Action Plan in

2020! Happy New Year.

(Read Hampshire County Council’s interim

Climate Change report here: http://

democracy.hants.gov.uk/documents/g5496/

Public%20reports%20pack%2006th-Jan-2020%

2014.00%20Cabinet.pdf?T=10 and watch the

full Cabinet discussion here at 24 mins: https://

www.youtube.com/watch?v=qUs7y0KPdgg You

may also find other agenda items of interest.

Subscribe to HCC’s YouTube channel to be

notified of future live meeting broadcasts.)

Cllr Fran Carpenter

Hampshire County Councillor

New Milton North, Milford &

Hordle

01425 614665 / 07867 502624

fran.carpenter@hants.gov.uk

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