15th May 2025 • The HERALD • Page 33 v F @heraldpublishing v PW Bathroom Installations Call 07778 345 124 Email: petewilliams21@hotmail.co.uk Design, Supply & Fit High Quality Bathrooms in Southampton and surrounding areas Over 20 years experience Fully Insured - Free Quotation For more pictures of our work visit: @pw_bathroom_installations PW Bathroom Installations ABOUT US Our roofers are the best in the business and are ready to give your roof a full and completely FREE inspection A.M.H. Handyman Services Internal & External Painting All aspects of DIY Work • Flat Pack Assembly Power Washing: Driveways, Patios, Paths & Decking Gutter, Fascia Boards & Window Cleaning (Bungalows only) Call or email Andy for a free estimate Tel: 07961 443623 handyandyharding@gmail.com Local and Reliable Waterside Climate Action Network (WaterCAN) Update from Waterside Climate Action Network (WaterCAN) And nally, what better way to round o this update than to remind ourselves of Pope Francis’s view of climate change as a “global problem with grave implications: environmental; social; economic; political”, and of the “grave social debt owed by the rich to the poor because of it.” For more information please visit: E-voice.org.uk/ WaterCAN, Facebook, or email: watercan2025@ gmail.com On Easter Monday WaterCAN members enjoyed a guided tour of Warren Copse and Holbury Manor led by Eddie Holtham, chair of Warren Copse and Holbury Manor Conservation group. e area is something of a hidden gem, and is especially attractive at this time of year with its banks of bluebells and other spring wild owers. e manor has a long history dating back to the 12th century, and in the 13th century was taken over by Beaulieu Abbey as one of its granges to supply food, as well as farming carp for currency and gi s. Reminders of more recent history lie in the three bomb craters le by enemy bombers on their way home during the Second World War. A classic example of how conservation work can transform a landscape environmentally whilst preserving its historical links. For more information on the conservation group, who are always open to new volunteers, check out the following link: www.fawley-pc.gov.uk/warrencopse-and-holbury-manor-conservation-group A report from the community energy workshop covering the Waterside area has been circulated and is available on our website. Run by Energise South downs, it uses data from the Centre for Sustainable Energy to support discussions about the impact of four technologies (wind; solar farms; domestic solar and heat pumps) on local energy needs. For example, 12 plots of 12 acre solar farms could generate 30,000 megawatts a year, providing somewhere between a third and a half of the electricity currently used by the local community. e group were able to identify brown eld sites and disused industrial areas of unproductive land that might house small, discrete area of solar panels. Continental models of raised solar panels over car parks are also being tested within Hampshire. Two recent developments on Active Travel have prompted discussion within the group: the plan by Forestry England to charge for New Forest car parks has met with a mixed reaction, but takes account of the hole in the Commission’s nances, as well as being a measure which will reduce air pollution potentially. Active Travel England have a role in promoting alternative forms of transport, and there is a summary of their role on our website. e second development concerns the recent announcement from Grand Union Trains of a proposed service next year from Marchwood to Southampton and on to London Waterloo. Several of our members, with their parish council hats on attended a meeting with rail company representatives to explore the potential of this new service. is does leave the question of what happens to the disused rail line south of Marchwood which WaterCAN members visiting Holbury Manor has been unused now for 9 years. ere is a strong feeling that this is wasting an opportunity to use the line for cycling/ walking/jogging like the Via Verde model in Spain, or, closer to home, the Brockenhurst to Burley track or the Meon Valley Trail, both of which use old railway lines. Views welcomed! St Andrew’s church now has an aluminium can collection box outside the cafe and thanks to Black eld and Langley Football club for setting one up in their bar at Gang Warily. It would be helpful if the cans were clean and crushed please if possible.
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