The Lyndhurst Directory - August 2013

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Dear Lyndhurst!

What great weather we have had. Let’s hope this continues and the children, as well as ourselves, all have a great summer!

In this month’s issue of The Lyndhurst Directory we have our very own ‘Nellie’ feature. This is The Hampshire Publications campervan we invested in recently. I love our trips out and this month we went to Mottisfont, near Romsey, which some of you may know well. We had a wonderful warm day walking around the gardens and the house, having a picnic in the grounds and doing the Winnie the Pooh trail. All good fun! Please take a look at our photos on pages 20 and 21.

There are also lots of different articles for you so do enjoy a good cup of tea or coffee and have a read.

Don’t forget to use The Lyndhurst Directory for all those jobs you need help with in the house or the garden. The advertisers inside eagerly await to hear from you. This keeps the local community helping each other and is a situation in which everyone wins.

If you have any acknowledgements you would like to make, whether it is an advertiser already in the magazine or another who has helped you recently, please let me know. I can print good news about our advertisers in the next edition. This will be a great exchange back to the companies which have given you good service.

The lucky winner of the June wordsearch was Jill Windle! Well done to you and we hope you enjoy the ‘Bubbly’.

Best Wishes for a Super Summer!

Debbie & Stephen Corney P.S. Do wave to us in Nellie if you see us!

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We love cats!

We are huge cat fans and love everything about cats and in particular our own cat Carlo, whom we lovingly call Mister Carlo.

We love how independent cats are, which makes them a good pet to own, especially if you cannot be at home all day, as they are not as demanding as a dog and can be left for longer periods.

Although they need lots of care and attention, they sleep for around sixteen hours a day and love to hunt. Cats generally adore being outside, but they also love nothing more than a warm lap and some fuss, the exception of Carlo who just demands attention all day (except when he’s sleeping).

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Set your child's expectations in advance.

Try these popular ‘themes’ for home par�es: A proper tea party Tea cups, home-made bunting & little sandwiches.

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Craft par�es Pound Shops and cheaper home stores sell great kits for boys and girls.

Party food does not all have to be orange and pre-packed. Spend a bit of time doing ‘home cooked’ and you’ll still have a lovely spread.

A home-made cake topped with a suitable decoration can look and taste just as nice - ebay or larger supermarkets stock some great ‘toppers’.

If you have your own printer then why not make your own invitations?

Large plastic cups double up as party-bags when filled with sweeties and look colourful lined up ready for home too. Ikea sell these cheaply.

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Flying start for New Forest Tour after rise in passenger numbers The New Forest Tour has seen its most successful start to the summer season yet with a big rise in passenger numbers.

In its first 11 days of the season, 2,806 passenger journeys were made on the red, green and blue routes compared to 1,695 in the same period last year – that’s a year on year increase of 66 per cent.

After several days of sunny weather, the new blue route is now the most popular of the three, exploring the coast at Keyhaven, Milford on Sea and Barton on Sea, as well as holiday parks, campsites and attractions such as New Forest Cider at Burley.

The most popular day of the Tour so far was on the blue route last Tuesday (9 July), when 242 passenger journeys were made on a weekday during term time. The most popular day had previously been the green route on Sunday, 1 July, last year when there were 147 passenger journeys.

The Tour is run by Go South Coast in partnership with the New Forest National Park Authority. It has grown in popularity, starting with 9,000 passenger journeys in 2007 and rising to nearly 34,000 passenger journeys in 2012. The Tour also contributes an estimated £500,000 to the local economy every year.

Chris Gregory, sustainable transport manager at the New Forest National Park Authority, said: ‘We’re delighted with the start the Tour has had this summer.

Launching the new blue route has made a big difference, but the more established red and green routes are also much more popular this year. The weather has been kind and passengers have been attracted by the grandstand views from the top deck that you just can’t get anywhere else.’

Andrew Wickham, managing director of operator Go South Coast, said: ‘We’ve had an excellent response. There’s always some uncertainty about launching a new

route, but we’re very pleased to see it’s now the most popular. We’ve had reports from drivers that they’ve been nearly been full – and that’s during a weekday before the start of the school holidays. But there’s still plenty more work to do to make sure all three Tour routes are an even greater success.’

A new timetable for the blue route began on Sunday (14 July) to make it more reliable and offer passengers more time to enjoy the natural scenery. It can be viewed at the new look website where visitors can also enjoy a 10 per cent discount if they book online at www.thenewforesttour.info.

The red and green routes of the New Forest Tour are commercially run, but the blue bus is supported by part of a £3.8m Department for Transport fund to encourage 370,000 car-free journeys in the New Forest and South Downs National Parks by March 2015.

The Tour is also supported by Hampshire County Council.

All routes start run every hour daily until 15 September.

New Forest Tour passengers can also ride the Beach Bus for free with a valid Tour ticket. The new bus service runs from 27 July to September 1, calling at Southampton Hythe Ferry, Lepe Country Park, Exbury Gardens, Buckler’s Hard, Beaulieu and Lymington. For more information go to www.thebeachbus.info.

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Moors Valley pays tribute to over 150 volunteers A dedicated group of volunteers recently enjoyed a summer social gathering at Moors Valley Country Park and Forest to say ‘thank you’ for all their hard work.

More than 150 volunteers have worked alongside the Rangers at Moors Valley over the last four years. This dedicated team has been responsible for leading a programme of health walks and cycle rides, created especially to give local people the opportunity to take part in regular outdoor exercise in an enjoyable environment.

Healthy Lifestyle Ranger, Karl Prince, said: “This incredible band of volunteers has been

invaluable in helping to make our Activate 1000 programme such a success.

“Since the programme began nearly 5,000 local people have taken that first crucial step towards a healthy lifestyle. They have been supported all the way by our fantastic volunteers and it is a real pleasure to be able to bring so many of them together to say a personal thank you for all the hard work and effort they have put in over the years.”

Anyone interested in finding out about the programme of health walks and cycle rides can call the Moors Valley Rangers on 01425 470721 or visit the website at www.moors-valley.co.uk.

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What is a Grant of Probate?

Initially:

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Otherwise, the usual process of dealing with assets of the deceased is by means of a Grant of Probate.

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This simple recipe is a real crowd pleaser and makes a great lunch in its own right or a delicious side dish. Use fresh herbs if possible but you can substitute with dried if necessary. The galette may be made in a pie dish or individual steel food rings. Ideally floury potatoes should be used for this recipe as they have more starch which holds the galette together better. If you don’t have food rings this can be made in a pie dish in exactly the same way but will take longer to cook.

Ingredients for 4 servings 2 large tomatoes 3 or 4 medium sized floury potatoes* Handful of fresh thyme and chives 60g butter Salt & pepper * King Edwards are a good choice - Maris Piper work too although they’re not as floury.

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Equipment: Food processor with slicing disc or mandolin.

Sharp knife. Food rings and a baking tray Oven: Gas Mark 7, 220°c Method: Melt the butter in a pan. Using some of the butter grease the rings and the baking tray where the rings will sit.

Place rings onto greased area. Wash and chop the herbs, dry on kitchen roll to stop them sticking together. Reserve a small amount for garnish. Thinly slice tomatoes with a sharp knife and leave on a cooling tray to allow excess liquid to drip. Thinly slice the potatoes using the food processor and use immediately. Layer 2 or 3 slices of potato in the rings. Using a pastry brush or the back of a teaspoon, paint the layered potato with the melted butter. Season lightly, sprinkle some herbs and top with tomato. Repeat until you have filled the rings, finishing with a potato layer which should be buttered to brown nicely. Pop in the oven for 30-40 minutes and remove when the crust is golden brown and the potato feels tender with a knife. Scatter with herbs to garnish and serve piping hot.

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Introducing Paws and Prints Paws and Prints is based in Emery Down, Lyndhurst, offering New Forest residents bespoke solutions and assistance with a wide range of animal care needs. Owner/ Operator, Jules Brittan, combines an Animal Management degree with extensive animal care and business experience including Wildlife Park Management, Veterinary Practice Management and Advanced Dog Handling. She has a deep-rooted, compassionate affi liation with the animal kingdom and is an effective communicator with both animals and people alike. Jules offers her personal supervision in dog walking, individual dog training, house calls for cats and small pets, as well as tending to horses and other livestock. Additionally, Jules is an experienced wildlife photographer who would love to capture memorable images of your special animals!

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Plant of the Month

HELICONIA

A stunning, tropical looking plant which is a close relative of the banana family, the Heliconia has large leaves and tall, pointed ‘flowers’.

Although they are not completely hardy in our climate, many of the species are more tolerant of cool conditions during summer growth. If raised from seed in a warm greenhouse these plants work well in pots outside during mid summer to provide fantastic tropical foliage provided they are place in a reasonably warm, sunny position.

Pots provide the option of bringing these plants indoors should inclement weather strike and indeed to promote flowering as they prefer heat and humidity to bring them on to best effect.

The Frame Shop Celebrates 25 Years Last October The Frame Shop, nestled in the heart of Hythe in The New Forest, celebrated 25 years in business. Steve Valentine, the owner, has been in the fine art business since 1974 and opened the shop in October 1987.

The Frame Shop offers a complete framing and mounting service on the premises, with well equipped workshops about the shop. Steve and his son, James, can frame just about anything - flags, medals, coins, sports and music memorabilia. There are hundreds of mouldings and mount card colours to choose from.

Mirrors can also be made to measure as well as providing an extensive range of ready-made oval, square and rectangular frames available.

When it comes to art, The Frame Shop displays a wide choice for sale, to suit all tastes. These include art from professional local artists in abstract, oil painting, watercolours and limited edition prints. Do take a browse through the print catalogues, which have thousands of prints available to order.

The Frame Shop offers a service for everyone including professional artists and photographers. There is always a warm welcome and friendly expert advice from Steve and James.

Steve and James would like to thank all their customers, old and new, for supporting and recommending The Frame Shop in Hythe over the past 25 years.

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We will frame: • Watercolours • Oil Paintings • Prints • Pastels • Tapestries • Embroideries • Photos • Certificates • Medals • ALL SPORTS SHIRTS

We stock ready-made frames: aluminium, wood & clip-frames

Mirrors Made to Order THE FRAME SHOP 15 Marsh Parade, Hythe SO45 6AN

Tel: 023 8084 4741 ESTABLISHED 1987

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The Adventures of Nellie The Hampshire Publications Camper Van We recently invested in a dual purpose camper van. One that can not only carry all the magazines to our very own valuable distributors, but one that also has a fridge, cooker, cupboards and (a very modest…) ‘upstairs bedroom’ for Hayden, as well as a ‘cozy’ bed for Stephen and myself.

Nellie, the black camper van, has quite an imposing character with long black skirts, silver wing mirrors and large silver grills at the front. If you ever see her when you are out and about, please give her a wave as she is rather fond of that! She got her name from the combined words, Nissan and Elgrand which is her make. You can see her in true style below!

We have designed these articles as a little fun to show you where Nellie takes us and maybe give you some ideas of where to go in the Hampshire area.

This month we visited Mottisfont Abbey near Romsey which is a National

Trust “romantic house and gallery set in beautiful riverside gardens”. It was a glorious day, despite the weather forecast suggesting otherwise. The gardens are really quite beautiful and, having a nine year old son, the Winnie the Pooh trail with various things to find, tasks to do and actions to take along the route, made the walking so much more fun. On the opposite page you can see Hayden jumping in the air off the wooden blocks – I have to say, a bit like Tigger would!

Of course Pooh sticks had to be thrown over the bridge and I am pretty sure that Hayden won every

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time. It was even necessary to build a house for Eeyore as you can see below.

We also visited the house itself and the Winnie the Pooh trail continued, which was excellent. There were honey pots to find in each room and the Winnie the Pooh paintings had to be carefully looked at to answer the questions correctly. A great idea!

Much of the original furniture was

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sold, but for the more discerning customer there are art galleries and various exhibitions to view as well as an interesting array of mechanical toys which you can play with. All in all we had a great day out, enjoying the fresh country air, and some family time, before setting off and getting back to work again. I highly recommend a visit to Mottisfont if you have never been before. We are National Trust members ourselves and certainly do not use the card enough!

Where will Nellie go next? See in the next issue ofâ&#x20AC;Ś The Lyndhurst Directory!

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Taking the Call

by Sue Montague

She couldn’t look at the phone, sure it wouldn’t ring if she did. The woman in the office had said that there was a possibility there wouldn’t be a call but that, if there was, it would be this afternoon. Five o’clock already. A half-eaten sandwich lay on the coffee-table tray by the side of her chair. She had decided against a flask of coffee or tea, both of which might occasion too many visits to the bathroom, choosing a jug of water and a glass instead. Now she really wanted a cup of tea. With her foot still painful and swollen, would she get back to the sitting-room in time if the call came? Why hadn’t she bought one of those phones to walk about with? It would have been better to buy one of those than the six tins of paint now under her kitchen table, acquired in a bout of do-it-yourself enthusiasm. What had she been thinking of, unable even to change a light bulb without falling and hurting herself.

The neighbour who’d taken her to casualty had been very kind, stressing that she was to ask him if any more light bulbs needed changing and that it was lucky just to have broken a bone in her foot and not, at her age, her whole leg. Smiling to herself, she mused that a newly-married young man in his twenties probably would consider someone over sixty (though only just) rather aged.

With his blue eyes and ready grin, he reminded her of her father.

Her adopted father. She had adored her parents. The warmth of their love and care remained. It hadn’t been a surprise to learn she was an adopted child. With her sleek dark hair and deep brown eyes, her mirror showed no resemblance to either of her parents. After her twenty-first birthday, the three of them had sat together in the garden. She’d learnt that her army captain father and her mother had been posted to a garrison near Beirut, Lebanon, attending a nearby church with an attached convent. One day, they had been approached by the Mother Superior and taken to see a baby girl a few days old. The mother had come to them in the last stages of pregnancy, given birth to twins and then died, despite huge efforts to save her. The other child had, apparently, been dangerously ill and not expected to survive. Unable to have children themselves, they had eagerly agreed to take her, with a brief document giving her date of birth and the name her mother had given the nuns. ‘Convent of the Holy Cross’ was stamped at the top.

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Over the three years since her parents had died, curiosity concerning her beginnings gradually grew. She had written to the Central Registry and Information Office for the Armed Forces in Beirut, sending them a copy of her only document. The answer now rested on the arm of her chair. A little shiver of excitement ran down her back as she gazed at it.

Her twin had survived. Following the Convent’s closure some twenty years before, papers as lacking in detail as her own had been transferred to the Registry. Her twin had been adopted and taken to Australia. Contact had been made by the International Red Cross. The letter from them stated that her twin had been given her name, address and telephone number, and was arranging to make contact - today.

She wondered, again, if her sister looked exactly like her. Would she be friendly? Had she got a family of her own - how wonderful to be part of bustling family life again.

The phone rang; she jumped, her hand shook as she reached to pick up the receiver.

‘Hello.’

‘Hello, there.’

A man’s voice; her excitement evaporated, must be an official of some sort; her sister wasn’t going to call.

‘Hello. Dora...I’m Denis. I think I’m your twin brother. I hope I am - it’s pretty certain - talking to you all the way from Melbourne here. The wife and I want to come to England - meet up you know. Can we?’

‘Y...yes!’

‘Good. I need a break from my building business. Sons can take over.

Can we stay a while with you?’

Dora smiled contentedly.

‘Oh, yes. Stay as long as you like.’

A builder, she mused. Maybe he would be handy with a paint-brush.

Sue Montague is a local writer, a member of the Writers Group. If you are a budding writer and would like to send in a short story, we would love to hear from you!

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Blinds & Shutters Broadview Blinds..............................................13

Kitchens Flair Interiors.................................................... 3 Portman Stone.................................................. 9

Builders & Carpenters New Forest Home Improvements..................... 9 Catering Services Amuse Bouche..................................................23 Chimney Sweeps Oliver Chimney Sweep......................................13 Community News Adventures of Nellie............................................20 Birthday Parties on a Budget.............................. 6 Flying start for New Forest Tour.......................... 8 Lyndhurst & District Community Responders.....26 Moors Valley pays tribute to volunteers...........10 New Forest Art Society.....................................24 New Forest Fuchsia Society..............................24 New Forest Meddlars.......................................26 New Forest Scottish Country Dancers...............27 Parkinsonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s UK - New Forest.............................27 Plant of the month: Heliconia...........................18 Recipe: Potato & Tomato Herb Galette.............12 Short Story: Taking the call...............................28 Cycle Hire & Shops Cyclexperience..................................................23 Forest Leisure Cyclng........................................ 5 Dentists Solent House Dental Centre..............................22 Estate Agents Spencers of the New Forest..............................32 Funeral Directors R Hallum...........................................................19

Letting Agents & Property Management Penyards........................................................... 2 Pet Services Paws & Prints...................................................15 Wagging Tails...................................................13 Picture Framing The Frame Shop................................................19 Plumbers DB Plumbing & Heating.................................... 7 Puzzles & Competitions Pop the kettle on...............................................14 Prize Wordsearch..............................................25 Roofing Forest Park Roofing..........................................15 Solicitors Abrams Collyer.................................................31 Heppenstalls.....................................................11 Scott Bailey....................................................... 7 Swimming Pools Youngs Swimming Pools................................... 5 Turf & Garden Supplies Sherborne Turf.................................................. 5 Windows, Doors & Conservatories New Forest Home Improvements..................... 9 Worktops Portman Stone.................................................. 9

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The Lyndhurst

www.spencersnewforest.com

Attractive three bedroom semi-detached home with delightful south facing garden.

An attractive family home with a wealth of character features situated on the open forest.

Kitchen/Breakfast Room | Sitting/Dining Room |Three Bedrooms (One En Suite) | Bathroom | Garage | EPR Current 73 Potential 76

Two Reception Rooms | Kitchen/Breakfast Room | Master Bedroom Suite | Three Further Bedrooms | EPR Current 41 Potential 69

BROCKENHURST OIEO £375,000

BROCKENHURST £845,000

A tasteful first floor apartment in a beautifully converted Victorian country residence.

A beautifully presented five bedroom family home within walking distance of the village.

Sitting Room | Kitchen/Breakfast Room | Master Bedroom | Study/Bedroom Two | Bathroom | Garage | EPR Current 56 Potential 58

Two Reception Rooms | Kitchen/Breakfast Room | Five Bedrooms | Bathroom | Shower Room | EPR Current 57 Potential 69

BANK, NEW FOREST £249,000

LYNDHURST OIEO £600,000

Brockenhurst Office: 41 Brookley Road Brockenhurst SO42 7RB

T. 01590 622551

Burley Office: The Cross Burley BH24 4AB

T. 01425 404088

Ringwood Office:

London Office:

T. 01425 462600

T. 020 7839 0888

42 High Street Ringwood BH24 1AG

87 St. James’s Street London SW1A 1PL

The Lyndhurst Directory 1 Moorlands Rise, West Moors, Ferndown, Dorset, BH22 0JR