Hordle April May 2021

April/May 2021

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In this edition we have a new article from

Suzanne Ashworth. She takes us on a local

walk, bringing it to life with background

information and details of what to look out

for.

A lot of the magazine has been given to local

groups to showcase their activities. Now is a

good opportunity to start thinking ahead,

and planning what we’d like to try when we

can start to venture out again. I hope the

information in this section proves helpful.

You can also view online under the local life

section.

https://lymingtondirectory.co.uk/category/

local-information/

I’m adding more clubs to this directory as

we speak!

With very best wishes, Jacqui

E: jqpeacock@gmail.com

www.lymingtondirectory.co.uk

And many thanks to Pete and Aimee Durnell for our fab front

cover. They are both artists living and working in Lymington.

Their work is inspired by the wildlife and landscapes of the

New Forest and its coast. Aimee is a watercolour artist and

printmaker, who has published three books about the New

Forest. Pete works full time in nature conservation but is also a

printmaker working mainly in lino and woodcut.

Their art has featured in a number of exhibitions and is widely

collected. You can see their work at www.fb.com/Durnellart or

visit their Saturday market stall or studio at Normandy Farm

SO418AE (by appointment). Give Pete or Aimee a call on 01590

610021 or email aimeegrug@hotmail.co.uk

CONTENTS

Local Information

Hordle Parish Council Update 5

Useful Numbers 29

Hordle Primary 8 - 10

Hordle Church 32&33

Local Noticeboard 23 - 28

Articles

Royden Woods Nature Reserve 11&13

New Forest Bee Rescue 15

My 2020 year 17

Clearly does it 19

Spring has sprung at last¬ 21

Wildlife matters 34

Please mention Your Village when responding to advertisements

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Hordle Parish Council

Serving the communities of Tiptoe, Hordle & Everton

Parish Councillors

The Parish Council are pleased to welcome Sue Knight as a Councillor. She was co-opted

at the February meeting and her experience and knowledge will be a valuable asset to

the Council. Nigel Ferguson has taken on the role of vice chair to support Maggie Hill in

her role as chair. The Parish Council still have a vacancy for a councillor and we would

like to hear from anyone interested in taking on this role. For further information please

call the office or see the website.

A full list of Parish Councillors and their contact details can be found on our website.

Parish Council projects

The Parish Council are planning a new small play area at the Acacia kick about with

some low level “natural “ equipment. School children from Hordle School helped to

construct the popular willow tunnel at the bottom of this site and gave us their views on

the type of equipment they would like to see. We are about to approach contractors for

quotes and are excited to take this project forward.

The Parish Council play park at Everton Recreation Ground will have some old

equipment replaced to improve play provision for children in Everton. The Parish

Council are also looking at some enhancement of the area of ground next to the

playpark to improve the area for wildlife and to support the wilding agenda.

Parish Council meetings – dates for your diary

These are currently taking place on zoom on the third Tuesday of the month. The

Annual meeting and Parish Assembly will take place on Tuesday May 4. The public are

welcome to attend all meetings and the zoom codes can be obtained from the Parish

Office at least 24 hours in advance.

In these rapidly changing times please refer to the Parish Council website for the most

up to date information www.hordleparishcouncil.gov.uk


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Hordle CE (VA) Primary

GREAT START TO THE NEW TERM!

DAFFODIL DAY

We have had a wonderful start to our Spring term with all of our team together

again.

To celebrate, a year to the day when we first had to close our gates due to the

pandemic, we held ‘Daffodil Day’ alongside Red Nose Day to bring a little colour and

sunshine to our school.

On that day in 2020 all the children took home an unopened daffodil, to remind

them of the hope and love of team Hordle and that we are always together no

matter what. The children, one year on took home a fresh unopened daffodil to mark

this historic anniversary. The whole team also received their Resilience awards in what

has been an emotional and difficult time for all and to thank everyone for showing

such strength and teamship. We are very proud of each and everyone of them.

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NOW TAKING BOOKINGS FOR SEPTEMBER 2021

Come and join our wonderful Hordle Explorers Nursery Team for children aged 2yrs +

Will your child be 2yrs+ by September 2021?

We are currently taking bookings for children who are eligible to join us from September 2021

onwards. Please enquire early to avoid disappointment.

We now have three exciting nursery settings within Hordle Explorers.

The Nest - Team Caterpillars

For our smallest team members from age 2. The Nest provides a wonderful start to your

child’s nursery journey, in our brand new purpose built setting. The children can enjoy lots of

space, both inside and out to ease them into a social setting whilst they get to know the team

and make new friends.

Hen - Team Butterflies

At Hordle Explorers Nursery our ‘Butterfly’ children explore a range of topic related, fun,

educational activities every week as they begin to prepare for school. Activities are adapted to

suit all children's individual needs. We aim to prepare the children with a bigger focus on

school readiness skills. The children enjoy a phonics and sounds group each day, developing

sitting and listening.

Wild

For our little outdoor adventurers! All members of Team Butterflies will have an outdoor

session at Team Wild offering a fantastic opportunity to experience our brand new outdoor

learning area. Discovering the excitements of the wild life garden, from tadpoles and flowers

to bird species, there is an array of wonder at Team Wild.


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TEAM HEN

We would love to see you join us at our open days below

Tuesday 27th April 2021

Thursday 13th May 2021

Tuesday 15th June 2021

Monday 5th July 2021

All tours will begin at 3.45pm adhering to current Covid-19 restrictions.

We would love to speak to prospective parents about the possibility of joining us in the

future.

Our booking form is available on our Nursery website

We look forward to hearing from you

TEAM NEST

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Hordle CE (VA) Primary School & Nursery

www.hordle.hants.sch.uk

01425 611657

hen@hordleprimary.co.uk


TEAM WILD

Royden Woods Nature Reserve

A Walk by Suzanne Ashworth

Accessed via : Sandy Down, Lymington, SO41 8PL ; 1 mile SE of Brockenhurst

OS Map SU 315009

386 hectares of lowland pasture, heath and woodland with bridleways and permissive paths –

various routes and can be muddy off the main tracks.

Managed by the Hampshire and Isle of Wight Wildlife Trust, this reserve is a haven of peace,

particularly off of the rough unsurfaced tracks – some are steep and often muddy, but the main

bridleways are gravelled. Access points include from the A337 near the Filly Inn via a bridleway,

from Tile Barn Lane or Sandy Down Lane, behind the church at Boldre or from Roundhill

campsite. You can follow three waymarked routes – yellow, blue and orange.

Kindly donated to the Wildlife Trust (www.hwt.org.uk) in 1978 by Peter Barker-Mill, this reserve

was also once owned by Netley Abbey. Banks and ditches show evidence of its history and you

may come across signs of pit sawing, charcoal burning and brick-making as well as relics of

cottages and other buildings. During the Second World War there were camps in the woods in

preparation for D-Day and the land was also used for training in jungle warfare. In recent years a

popular Wood Fair has been held here annually so hopefully this will be back in 2021, all being

well. The Wildlife Trust motto is “protecting wildlife, inspiring people” and this is truly evident in

Royden Woods.

Designated a Site of Special Scientific Interest, these woods are renowned for autumn colour,

the many bluebells in spring and as a wonderful place to simply escape and find tranquillity.

There are many ancient trees amongst the copses and areas of beeches, conifers and hazel.

Tragically, the ash trees here are suffering from the fast-spreading ash die-back, which is killing

up to 95% of ash trees as there is no defence to its fungal attack. With spores able to travel up to

10 miles, hymenoscyphus fraxineus (as this disease is named) was able to come into the UK until

2012 due to the import of ash trees from infected areas. The Trust are working to clear diseased

trees and there is sadly much evidence of its damage in Royden woods. The only hope is that the

resistant trees will fight back and re-populate woodland over the next 50 years – meanwhile, the

impact will become ever more visible.

Continued……….

Entrance to reserve Please from Sandy mention Down Your Village Bluebells when responding to advertisements

Evidence of Ash die back

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Look out for the secret little

houses

Lymington River

Tunnel path back to Sandy Down

On a more positive note, these woods have a huge variety of mosses and lichens, grassy

meadows and carpets of flowers, which support many butterflies such as the small pearlbanded

fritillary. There are numerous streams, bogs and ponds and a section of the Lymington River

with a sturdy bridge. The woods have over 350 species of wildflowers .

Cattle and ponies graze on some sections and there are fallow, muntjac and sika deer in

abundance – you will hear them calling in autumn – the sika deer have a strange whistling call!

Badgers, voles and stoats also thrive here. Birdlife in the woods includes many greater spotted

woodpeckers, nuthatches and skylarks – over the heath areas. We have regularly spotted

buzzards and sparrowhawks overhead. Summer visitors to look out for are chiffchaff, blackcaps

and garden warblers. Fieldfare, redwings and tits flourish in the winter months. This very special

habitat is home to many butterflies (such as the brimstone), dragonflies and damselflies and

there are over 900 species of fungi to seek out in the damper seasons.

One of the greatest delights of Roydon Woods is the variety of habitat and vast array of wildlife

and nature to appreciate – a truly magical place and one so important to protect and value.

https://www.hiwwt.org.uk/sites/default/files/2018-05/Roydon-Woods-Leaflet.pdf (link to

Hampshire Wildlife Trust leaflet)

Cwtch

After growing up in Southampton and spending many days in the New

Forest area, I moved away for several decades – mostly to Wales. I

have recently returned and now live in Lymington with my partner,

Robbie and our Pembrokeshire border collie, Cwtch – keeping her well

exercised has given us a chance to explore the wonderful areas of

forest and coastline nearby.

https://forest-to-sea.online

Facebook: forest-to-sea.online

Instagram – a local photo every day – suzieashworth

Twitter: @suzashworth


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Join the New Forest

Big Bee Rescue!

We are Conservation

Connection (a group of

your own local

conservation and wildlife

enthusiasts and experts)

and we want you to join

our New Forest Big Bee

Rescue this spring, a huge

joint effort to make our

area a wonderful place for

our bees to live and thrive.

We even have Jimmy

Doherty’s personal

endorsement for our

project - his Channel 4 TV

series, Jimmy’s Big Bee

Rescue, was our

inspiration.

“I am delighted to hear

about Conservation

Connection’s Big Bee

Rescue in the New Forest. I

urge all residents and

businesses, adults and

children, to get involved

and tell family, friends and

workmates about it. I hope everyone will

take up the challenge to get planting beefriendly

flowers and creating a linking

network of habitats to help bees and other

important pollinators survive and thrive. I

very much look forward to hearing how

the project progresses and seeing the

results. Good luck!” Jimmy Doherty

website

www.conservationconnectionnfs.org.uk

and download and print a poster to put in

your window and an information leaflet

about how to get started. Or if you’re not

on internet, ring 07867-502624 for paper

copies.

Watch out for further ideas and challenges

from us in the coming months - and thank

you for becoming part of the New Forest

Big Bee Rescue!

Facebook: Conservation Connection New

Forest South

So, the first thing to do… please like our

Conservation Connection Facebook page

and follow our Twitter account (links

below) and tell your friends and

neighbours to do the same. Then visit our


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MY

YEAR

It started off so well. My long to do list filled

an A4 sheet of paper. A fair amount was

achieved indoors before weather changed

from winter to spring and we had some super

sunny days. Windows and doors open, with

light nights. Time to wake up the garden.

1 st tidy garage. That went well until I saw the

pile of junk ready for a tip run. Oh! Not open.

Now what, back into garage, of course. Now

with a few dry days forecast let’s get on with

annual cleaning of paving in back garden.

Quite a chore moving pots out into driveway,

but on the plus side must have burned a few

calories scrubbing, getting soaked with hose

and returning pots when paving dry.

By now it was clear that there would be no

holidays, no family or friends staying, not even

a friend over for coffee. So, I opened my box

of seeds, the 1 st time for a few years thence

looking at sow by date had a shock to find

most had expired by up to 10 years. No places

open to buy fresh seed either. What would

you do? I emptied contents into seed trays

and set up propagator in conservatory to see

what would happen. Before too long either

every seed germinated or tray remained

stubbornly empty. Pricking out became a

challenge as I ran out of compost (well done

local farm shop for managing to find enough

for my needs.) Conservatory became a

greenhouse, never mind the compost and

water spillage on carpet, no visitors,

remember. Then conservatory wasn’t large

enough. Too cold overnight outside for my

babies and only place left was a bedroom. It

had good light under the window and a large

table worked in the short term.

I am now fed up with indoors being a mess

and outside they all went. By now the sun is

strong and plants had soft vulnerable leaves

due to being indoors. Back into garage for

canes and fleece to protect them from the

sun. All very well until the wind blew!!

Next issue was no rain for weeks. Water butts

emptied quickly, but my neighbours kindly

decanted water from the children’s paddling

pool into buckets for me. Surviving plants

ended up with friends, neighbours, pots in

garden or flower beds. Never mind the clean

paving food is more important. Trying to

reverse car onto drive without hitting tomato

plants in pots was a challenge and I had to be

careful to leave enough space to pick ripe fruit

without setting car alarm off.

The reward was seeing flowers everywhere

along with bees and other insects enjoying

pollen and nectar and for me being home long

enough to take care of plants without the

need of neighbours while away. I forgot to

mention eating the fruits of my labour. Am I

doing it again this year? You bet, and have

seeds, compost and full water butts ready and

waiting.

What did you do last year?

Valarie James


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Clearly does

it....

Even with the easing of restrictions,

mask wearing could be with us for

the foreseeable future. Please give

a thought to those who suffer with

a hearing loss when conversing

through a mask.

The most common type of hearing

loss in adults is sensorineural. This

is a permanent irreversible hearing

loss that occurs when there is damage to either

the stereocilia (tiny hair cells found in the inner

ear) or the auditory nerve itself. The most

common type of sensorineural hearing loss is

presbycusis which affects the hair cells

associated with the higher frequencies. High

frequencies are especially important when it

comes to speech comprehension. Speech

sounds can be simply divided into two

categories - consonants and vowels - with there

being 5 times more consonants than vowels in

our alphabet. Consonants are found in the

higher frequencies of our speech spectrum - the

parts that are usually damaged with a

sensorineural loss - and are usually used at the

beginning and ends of words

So, whilst it may be beneficial to speak slightly

louder to those with a hearing impairment,

volume does not give clarity. Instead of raising

your voice, concentrate on speaking more

CLEARLY. Also, try to move away from

background noise such as busy roads. Most

people with a hearing loss miss the beginning

and ends of words. This is where the "silent"

consonants are - the sss, shh, p, phh, k, h, g, ffff,

ch, lll, li, la, mmm, nn, ti, th. See how many

times you use these types of sounds at the

beginning and ends of a sentence or word -

you'll be amazed!

So, remember, not only is it problematic for

those with a hearing impairment to follow

conversations in “normal” times, they now have

the added burden of trying to hear you clearly

through a mask!

Most of all though, be patient. No one wants to

suffer from a hearing loss and it is just as

infuriating for both parties………

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Spring has Sprung—at last!

Hordle Gardening Club

It’s spring… how good it is to say that!

It’s now been a full year since our

club - like many - had to close its doors,

but we’re now planning – and hoping –

to be able to start our meetings in July…

dependant of course on the government’s

rules for clubs opening back up. Please

keep an eye on our website pages for

updates (www.hordlegardeningclub.co.uk)

So what are your plans for when we are

allowed to get ‘out and about’. I’m busy

making lists of gardens I want visit –

particularly to support them as they’ve

been closed for the past year. And

without doubt I shall be buying more

plants at plant fairs and plant sales ☺.

But above all I want to support as many

local businesses as I can.

Here are a few of my favourite long

flowering plants I’d recommend for

summer borders. All of these are pretty

tough in most soils.

Perennials - come up every year and go

underground in the winter:

Penstemon: lots of different colours…

invaluable plants, they even look good

when not in flower.

Geraniums: (hardy) - some flower all

summer, some form a neat clump others

spread as if groundcover. If they get a bit

straggly, in June chop them back to

about 10cm (4 inches) and they’ll soon

grow again and rebloom.

Astrantia: again various colours from

white through to claret.

Verbena: - bonariensis (purple, very tall

and airy), “Lollipop” (shorter than

bonariensis but similar habit); rigida

(shorter again and brighter purple),

Homestead Purple (low and spreading);

Salvia: so many to recommend, short and

tall. Slugs in my garden love them so I go

for the ‘shrubby’ Salvia types which seem

to be left alone. Lots of colours – you may

have seen the variety called ‘Hot Lips’

which starts off red and changes to red and

white (and even all white) the hotter the

weather gets! Other colours too in the

‘hot’ range.

Annuals - don’t normally survive the

winter.

Cosmos (beware some are taller growers

than others), Osteospurmum, Petunia

(Wave varieties), Calabrachoa, ivy leaved

Geraniums (planted in the borders as well

as baskets and containers), Nicotania (lots

of colours), Erigeron karvinskianus

'Profusion' (tiny daisy flowers, self- seeds,

great as fillers in borders, in paving cracks

or even a pot), Nasturtium (edible leaves

and flowers, colours yellow through

orange to red, will climb or just scramble).

Verbena (more often used in baskets and

pots but also good in borders.

Many of the annuals will politely self-seed

each year (ie not too thuggish) so keep an

eye out for them and just pull up if you

don’t want them. Enjoy.


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It’s time to enjoy yourself

this Summer at

Lymington Bowling Club

Avenue Road, Lymington, SO41 9GJ

In the heart of Lymington – behind the football ground

7 rink green – bar - social activities - Wifi

We are now taking membership enquiries for this season.

*Special 1st year 50% reduced subscription rate for newcomers*

Free Coaching – Free use of bowls first year – Free Car Parking

For full details email – treasurer@lymingtonbc.co.uk

or telephone 07736 100886

Website www.lymingtonbc.co.uk Centenary Year 2021

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LOCAL NOTICEBOARD

Now is a great opportunity to look forward

and decide what you would like to do when

we can start to venture out again.

Would you like to join a group, volunteer or,

take up a new interest?

There is so much variety and scope to

choose from in our area….so here’s

selection. They are all friendly people and

would love to hear from you .

The information will all also be available

online: www.lymingtondirectory.co.uk

under the local life section and then click on

local information

Hordle Photographic Club

Despite the continuing restrictions imposed

by the pandemic, we are continuing to hold

our ‘virtual’ meetings on a regular basis.

Having said that there now seems to be ‘light

at the end of the tunnel’ so fingers crossed

we shall be able to resume our physical

meetings and activities in the not-too-distant

future!

We are actively seeking new members to join

our group and I would emphasise that we are

a big mix of skill levels so we encourage

anyone to join us, whether you take photos

on a smartphone or any type of camera.

Full details of our Club can be found on the

website forestpath.net

I would encourage anyone who may be

interested in joining us to look at the HPC

Themes page of the website which will give

you an idea of some of our meeting ‘themes’

and a selection of photos taken by our

members. If you are interested in joining

then please fill in your details on the website.

Ian Blundell - Chairman

Hordle Boules Group

(Pétanque)

We meet every Wednesday

and Saturday at Hordle

Recreation Ground at 2 pm (1 pm in winter).

Further new, regular or occasional, players

are welcome. Spare sets of boules are

available.

Just show up or call/email Rinus

for info:

01425 617480 -

postmaster@rinuskoop.plus.com

We hope we can fully resume play soon

LYMINGTON TOWN TOURS

http://www.lymington-town-tours.co.uk

We were unable to run our programme of

walking tours in 2020 because of the Covid

epidemic, but though we are lying dormant at

the moment, we will be running tours again

when things improve.

Our volunteer guides all have an interest in

local history and enjoy taking people on

walking tours during the summer and autumn

months. We have a programme of 10 walks

with different themes, covering Lymington,

Pennington, and Milford on Sea and anyone

can turn up and join a walk without booking.

Our programme is usually on the website, but

last year we had to cancel the season, and this

year we are still unsure if walks will be

possible. Watch this space!

Why not join a walk when we are up and

running again? Our guides will entertain you

with a fund of interesting stories about local

people and places. We can also give private

walks and talks to other groups and societies.

Or why not become one of our guides?

Training is given, and guiding is great fun if

you love history and like interacting with

people!


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New Milton Men’s

Shed

Registered Charity Number

1193367

Our Mission

The New Milton Men’s Shed exists to provide a

safe and friendly environment, for people to

come together in order to promote the health

and wellbeing of all its members.

The members share skills, knowledge, and

experience to enrich each other’s lives, by

undertaking practical projects and using their

shed as a social hub.

The activities of the shed are driven by the aims

and interests of its membership, to benefit

themselves and the wider community.

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About Us

We are a group of local people from New

Milton and the surrounding parishes, and we

set up a Men’s Shed, which is a community

space for members to connect, converse and

create. The activities are similar to those of

garden sheds, but for groups to enjoy

together, where they can share skills,

knowledge and experience to enrich each

other’s lives, by undertaking practical projects

and also use their shed as a social hub. The

activities of the shed are driven by the aims

and interests of its membership, to benefit

themselves and the wider community. We

meet weekly in order to maintain a cohesive

group of about 30, which is made up of

members from many walks of life, with a

wealth of experience, skills and expertise, but

who are desperate to find somewhere to meet

and work on community and personal projects.

We are predominantly retired but want to

remain active and enjoy the many benefits that

working together can bring.

01590 750063

07501 636064

Becton and

District Rotary

Club.

Contact details

Secretary – Larry Anthony Tel: 01425 627386

Email secretary@bectonrotary.org.uk.

Becton Rotary is a modern Rotary Club

providing new members with a cost effective,

flexible and friendly way to be a member of

Rotary International. We are a small mixed

gender club with a big heart and enthusiasm to

match. Our doors are always open to

community minded people who want to share

our enthusiasm for helping our local

community in the New Milton & Milford

surrounding areas.

Where we Meet

We have a small workshop at Fernhill Sports

Ground, Fernhill Lane, New Milton that in Our flagship project is the coordination of a

normal times is open Monday to Thursday holiday bungalow at Naish Holiday Park where

10am to 4pm . We also have a social meeting between March and September we provide a

each week on a Friday from 12 noon at New one week free holiday for families / individuals

Milton Football Club, Christchurch Road, New who otherwise would not be able to enjoy a

Milton.

holiday away from their home environment.

Contact Details: Adrian Duckett 07979 285001 Along with use of the bungalow our guests

email: newmiltonmensshed@gmail.com have free use of the parks facilities. This is a

website: www.newmiltonmensshed.org very popular scheme and all of the available

Facebook: Men’s Shed New Milton

weeks are normally taken up.

To advertise email: jqpeacock@gmail.com, or call 01590 643969 / 07801 562358 Continued

We are also working in support of New Forest

Basics Bank by providing a collection service

from Waitrose, Tesco and Aldi supermarkets

and transporting the food to NFBB at

Lymington.

Other recent projects have been working with

New Forest Sewing for the NHS and Local

Community providing PPE and Scrubs / Scrubs

Bags to local hospitals and Care Homes plus

our own Knitted Hearts project used to provide

emotional comfort to isolated patients and

their families. Probably one of our most

unusual projects

was the building

of an Eco-

Greenhouse for

New Milton

Infant School.

The greenhouse

was made from

1250 2ltr plastic

bottles mounted on an environmentally

sourced wooden frame and was mentioned in

New Milton’s submission for Britain in Bloom.

Further information on our activities can be

obtained from our web page

www.bectonrotary.org.uk and Facebook

Our current meetings are on Zoom and

typically every two weeks. When COVID

restrictions are lifted we will resume face to

face meetings and also our participation in low

intensity fun sports such as Boules, Snooker

and Darts where the fun we have is often more

important than the result.

If you think you might enjoy being a member of

our club you are welcome to attend any of our

meetings as a guest, contact the Club Secretary

for details. For those who may not want to

commit to membership but feel they would

like to support our activities we also offer the

opportunity to be a Friend of Rotary. Our most

recent members, a couple from Milford on Sea

said..... We both joined Becton Rotary as we

strongly believe in the work and projects they

are involved with. The club is very friendly and

skilled at working with other groups within the

village and more widely across the New

Forest. There are projects to suit everyone, so

no-one need ever feel left out."

Lymington & District

Naturalists’ Society

Membership secretary and enquiries: Maureen

Fidkin 01590 679315

Email: lymnats@gmail.com

Website & blog: www.lymnats.org.uk

Summary:

Lymington & District Naturalists’ Society,

popularly known as Lym Nats is a long

established Lymington society, formed in 1946

by local naturalists. We are a general natural

history society that normally holds regular

meetings with twice monthly talks during the

autumn and winter months at The Lymington

Centre and fortnightly field meetings

throughout the year.

And a bit more

Lym Nats began life just after the war, when

there were local concerns about development

of the coastal marshes, which now form the

Lymington and Keyhaven Local Nature Reserve.

We are a friendly and active group that shares

a common interest in the natural history and

wildlife of the Lymington and New Forest area.

Our indoor meetings are held at The Lymington

Centre twice monthly from the end of

September until the end of March. The talks

cover a wide variety of subjects and given by

both expert and amateur naturalists, often

relating to our area. During the pandemic we

have switched to Zoom meetings over the

Internet, which has also enabled us to hear

from people further afield. These have been

preceded by informal slideshows produced by

our members, so people have something to

watch before the main talk begins. With the

uncertainties for the coming autumn and

winter all our speakers booked for the 2021/22

programme are able to deliver via Zoom if

needs be. For more details see

www.lymnats.org.uk

During the field meetings we look at birds,

butterflies, flora, fungi, mammals or whatever

– it’s all out there to be enjoyed. They take

place fortnightly throughout the year, although

they currently suspended due to Covid-19

restrictions. Illustrated reports of field

meetings appear on our blog and in our twice

yearly newsletter.

If you are interested in any form of natural

history or general wildlife, why not join Lym

Nats. We welcome new members.


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LYMINGTON

ARTS GROUP

meetings and exhibitions during the last year.

Meeting like minded people who feel and

appreciate the beauty of our countryside and

coast and are able to express this in their art

form is wonderful. I look forward to getting

back to some sort of normality at our monthly

meeting this year.”

In 1979 local artist Alison Board was holding

an evening art group, when chatting to a

student she realised that there was a need for

a sociable art evening group where people

could meet together to learn about Art, share

ideas, view each others works and watch

presentations from Art Teachers far and wide.

The primary objective would be that there

would be no required standard, all abilities

catered for, easy access to venue and a warm

welcome to all living in Lymington and

surrounding area.

42 years on, our ethos is still the same. We

welcome all who would like to share their

passion and interest in all art forms to join us.

2020 has been a very difficult year for us all.

Many members have enjoyed the solitude of

painting at home, others miss the

encouragement and company of art friends.

Our exhibitions were cancelled and social

gatherings postponed. However, we at

Lymington Arts Group are determined to

resume our programme of Speakers and

Exhibitions as soon as allowed.

The meetings will be held in The Lymington

Community Centre on the 2 nd Friday each

month at 2.30pm. Speakers and

Demonstrators booked for this year are on

standby ready to visit us when allowed. All

aspects of art techniques are covered together

with a friendly critique of members works

prior to the Annual Exhibition. Tea and

biscuits and time to speak to fellow members

complete the afternoon.

Venues for the Annual Exhibition and Art on

the Green have been booked giving members

something to look forward too, although again

this is subject to Covid Rules.

The committee of Lymington Arts group are

really looking forward to re opening the group

soon. A warm welcome to members and

visitors is assured. For more details contact

Membership Secretary Sandi Hills on

lags.sandi@gmail.com or 01425 613569

RSPB NEW FOREST LOCAL

GROUP

The New Forest local group of the Royal

Society for the Protection of Birds are hosting

two on-line Zoom talk at 7.30pm on Weds

14th April and Weds 12 th May.

Guest speakers in April will be Marcus Ward

and Russell Wynn who will talk about “Wild

New Forest 2020 in 2020” their challenge was

to find 2020 species of birds, mammals,

insects, fungi, plants and trees in the New

Forest National Park in 2020.

In May Tony

Bates,

member

and

previous

group

leader, will

present his

action

photos of birds, mammals and insects “In

Flight” that motivate his passion for

photography.

Currently all indoor and outdoor meetings are

suspended due to Covid-19 restrictions.

For any further information, please email

NewForestGroup@RSPB.org.uk or visit the

Group’s website www.rspb.org.uk/groups/

newforest. Admission to on-line meetings for

Long standing member Joe Jackson,

comments, “ I have

Please

really

mention

missed

Your

the

Village

monthly

when responding to advertisements

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Milford on Sea

Stroke Support

Group

Our volunteers offer

on-going support to people affected by

stroke. Members who are all stroke

survivors meet regularly to enjoy the

company of others who understand

stroke, helping them to rebuild confidence

as they adapt to life after stroke.

We are looking for people who enjoy

working with others and have a rapport

with people recovering from a Stroke.

You can help the group in a variety of

ways:

• supporting and encouraging

conversation either on a one to one or

in the main group, to help members to

build up confidence in communicating

with others.

• helping with board games, art, crafts

and use of technology such as iPad,

• helping with refreshments, managing

membership forms, supporting the

treasurer etc.

Full induction, training and support

provided for someone with good listening

skills and a willingness to learn.

Transition Lymington

Someone once told us we were “a little

bit green, a little bit community and

(normally) meet in a pub “ what’s not

to like?

Transition Lymington is a local group taking action

to create a more sustainable SO41, as part of the

global Transition Towns movement. Formed in

2008, we are a not-for-profit, non-political, diverse

and friendly bunch. We meet once a month in the

evening to organise educational and skill sharing

events to reduce waste and improve where we

live.

Our projects and events include:

Jean Genie workshops to reuse old jeans and

denim.

Lymington Repair Cafe, where our volunteer

experts will help repair your item.

Clothes Swaps - for everyone to come and

regenerate their wardrobe

Sowing Seeds for Local Food - sharing skills and

information on growing some of your own food

Pennington Community Allotment - a keen group

of sowers, growers and recipe makers who learn

from each other. They also collaborate on different

a citizen science project or trial each year.

Boomerang Bags - upcycling fabrics to make

washable, reusable shopping bags. Currently we

are making bags alongside other groups across the

forest area, to give to the New Forest Basics Bank.

This will help them remove single use plastic bags

from their deliveries.

Recycling - we promote NFDC clear sack recycling,

but also have an additional list of items, supporting

local groups and charities.

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The Group meets every Tuesday and every

second Wednesday at the Milford on Sea

Community; the hours for volunteers are

flexible.

If you would like to volunteer, please ring

Tony on 01590 645404

Our news for 2021 is that we are joining forces

with local churches and organisations to organise

the first town-wide Green Week. We are planning

over 15 events to encourage everyone to live more

sustainably, you can find out more at

https://newforesttransition.org.uk/lymington-andpennington-green-week/

We would love your school, business or local group

If you have been affected by a stroke and

to be involved too. You could hold an event, talk,

demonstration, open day, exhibition or workshop.

would like to join us, please ring Sue on

To find out more and get involved please contact

01425 615299

Rosie or Sarah on

events@newforesttransition.org.uk

Everyone is welcome to our meetings to find out

more or bring your own ideas. Contact us for more

information or look us up on our Facebook pages,

Transition Lymington, Lymington Repair Cafe and

To advertise email: jqpeacock@gmail.com, Sowing or call Seeds 01590 for 643969 Local Food. / 07801 562358

Emergency Services 999

Emergency police, fire, ambulance, coastguard

Utilities

USEFUL NUMBERS

Community

Citizens Advice Bureau 03444 111 306

HOPe 01425 629 009

Electricity

105 (all suppliers) New Milton Library 0300 5551387

Gas escapes 0800 111 999

Milford Library 07950 941 818

BT Fault Line 0800 800 151

All Saints’ Church Office (Hordle) 01425 626565

Southern Water 0800 820 999

New Forest Advice Network 01425 628 750

Travel

Rail Enquiries 03457 48 49 50

NHS (non emergency number)

NF Disability Info

111

01425 628 750

Morebus (was Wilts & Dorset) 01202 338 420

Samaritans 08457 90 90 90

National Express 08717 81 81 81 Tourist Information 01590 676 769

Council & Government

Hordle Parish Council 01425 611119

Trading Standards

Village Agent

03454 04 05 06

01590 645 404

NFDC 02380 285 000

Hordle Pavilion (answer machine) 01425 517944

NFDC Emergency Service 02380 285 250

Hospitals/Hospice/Medical

Hampshire CC 03005 551 375

Coastal Medical Partnership:

NF National Park 01590 646 600

- New Milton Practice 01425 621188

Police

Police - Non Emergency, Anti - 101

- .Arnewood Practice

- Barton Surgery

01425 620393

01425 620830

Social & Neighbourhood issues

Milford Health Centre 01590 643 022

Crimestoppers 0800 555 111

(Out of Hours)/NHS non emergency 111

MP Desmond Swayne 01425 629 844

Lymington 01590 663 000

Forest Animals

Forestry Commission (24 hrs) 0300 067 4600

Oakhaven Hospice

Southampton General

01590 670 346

02380 777 222

Traffic Accidents (emergency) 999 (101 non emergency) Romsey Hospital 01794 834 700

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

Royal Bournemouth 01202 303 626

Royal South Hants 02380 634 288

Princess Anne 02380 777 222


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Lymington

u3a

Contact: secretary.lymu3a@gmail.com

Set up in 2001, Lymington u3a is just one of

over a thousand local u3as with a combined

membership of over 430,000, organised

entirely by local volunteers.

To keep in touch with members during the

pandemic, we have increased the frequency of

our e-news and paper newsletter, now

monthly. We also forward the u3a national

office’s e-newsletter to our members, which is

packed with online events and ideas for

keeping learning.

We are an association for older people

who want to share their leisure and

learning activities. We offer a wonderful

way to make the most of life when you are

no longer in full-time work or raising a

family. We have about 500 members here

in Lymington, and new recruits are always

welcome. See our website for more details

on how to join us – just search for

Lymington u3a.

At the heart of Lymington u3a are our

Interest Groups, where you can socialise,

study, be creative and generally develop a fitter

mind or body. We currently have over 40

Groups, led by volunteer members, with

meetings usually held in their homes. There are

Groups where you can play card or board

games, speak foreign languages, study geology

or Shakespeare and discuss philosophy or

current affairs, as well as do yoga or play

pétanque – and more besides. Covid-19 has

obliged us to adapt the way we operate, with

many Groups switching to Zoom, although

some have sadly had to temporarily suspend

their activities. See our Groups webpage for

more details.

u3a Yoga group meeting by Zoom

Inner Wheel is the largest

Women’s Voluntary Service

Organisation in the world

dedicated to helping people live

better lives.

In 2024 we will be celebrating our

centenary. The Inner Wheel club of

Lymington is one of 3895 clubs in 104

countries. We are a small club offering

friendship and support to all members. We

are involved with Honeypot House, a young

carers charity, Women’s Refuge and we

help Rotary with the annual Shoebox

Appeal. The Hampshire and Isle of Wight

Air Ambulance is our chosen charity this

year. When not in lockdown, we hold

monthly dinner meetings with a speaker on

the fourth Monday of the month at the

Lymington Centre. Time 7.15 for 7.30pm.

For further information please contact

Alisson Smith on 01590 380327.

Before Covid-19, we held monthly meetings at

the Lymington Centre, with a guest speaker

giving a presentation to an audience of about

100 Lymington u3a members. We have now

switched these sessions to Zoom, and details of

future meetings are given in our latest

Newsletter. Unfortunately, the pandemic

means that we are not currently able to hold

our monthly TED Talks either, as these convivial

occasions do not lend themselves to social

distancing.

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Email: legal@daglessandwhitlock.com


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WILDLIFE MATTERS ……... to all of us

COASTAL PROTECTION

If you use or value the coastal footpaths or live close to the frontage between Sturt

Pond (in the west) and Lymington River (in the east) then this ‘Wildlife Matters’ report

should be of considerable interest. Your chance to have ‘Your Say’.

The area under review (Map courtesy of Hampshire Country Services)

The Environment Agency (EA) and New Forest District Council have just starting planning ahead to

consider how best to protect coastal properties, footpaths, seawalls and our considerable local,

national and international wetland sites that are home to 125,000 wintering birds and provide

nesting sites for our sea birds. They are asking local communities how they think these important

areas should be protected against climate change and sea level rise over the next 100 years.

Access the EAs Questionnaire by going onto the following hyperlink:

https://www.smartsurvey.co.uk/s/HurstSpit2Lymington/

For everyone who enjoys watching the birds, or simply taking a stroll along the coast, this is your

opportunity to help protect the saltmarsh and brackish lagoons that are so important for our

birds, wildlife and our own well-being.

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WITH OFFICES ALSO IN

LYMINGTON, SWAY,

BROCKENHURST, MILFORD ON SEA

and LONDON

Tel: 01425 638656

Email: newmilton@haywardfox.co.uk

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