Page 38 • The HERALD • 8th January 2026 v THE HERALD - ENCOURAGING LOCAL ENTERPRISE v DAY TRIPS Saturday 17th January – 8am - Street or Glastonbury - £20 Wednesday 21st January – 9a - Hedge End & Haskins - £5 Sunday 25th January – 9am - January Jaunts - £15 Sunday 25th January – 7.30am - Abba Voyage - £120 Friday 30th January – 9am – Winchester - £5 Sunday 1st February – 9am - Snowdrops at Welford Park & Newbury - £29 Monday 9th February – 9am - Christchurch Market or Stewarts - £5 Sunday 15th February – 9am - Beat the Winter Blues - £15 Wednesday 18th February – 9am - Dorchester Market - £20 Sunday 22nd February – 7.30am - Abba Voyage - £120 Tuesday 24th February – 9am - Salisbury - £5 Saturday 28th February – 8am - Brighton & Its lovely lanes - £25 Sunday 1st March – 9am - Orchid Festival at Kew - £49 Monday 2nd March - -9am - Whiteley or Fareham - £5 Wednesday 11th March – 9am - Hedge End & Haskins - £5 Sunday 15th March – 7.30am - Abba Voyage - £120 Sunday 15th March – 9am - Mothering Sunday Dorset Tour - £25 Wednesday 18th March – 9am - Dorchester - £18 Wednesday 25th March – 9am - Longacres, Bagshot - £18 Friday 27th March – 9am - Winchester - £5 Sunday 29th March – 9am - RAF Hendon - £30 Wednesday 1st April – 7.30am - Bletchley Park - £60 Friday 3rd April – 9am - Portsmouth/Gunwharf EASTER FRIDAY - £15 Saturday 4th April – 8am - Windsor Easter EASTER SATURDAY - £25 Monday 6th April – 8am - Cotswold Tour EASTER MONDAY - £30 Wednesday 8th April – 8am - Blenheim Palace & Gardens - £70 Monday 13th April – 9am - Christchurch Market or Stewarts - £5 Saturday 18th April – 7.30am - Ideal Homes or Westfields - £33 Sunday 19th April – 9am - Stourhead - £45 Tuesday 21st April – 9am - Salisbury - £5 Saturday 25th April – 8am - Bath - £25 Sunday 26th April – 9am - Arundel &/or Littlehampton - £25 Saturday 2nd May – 9am - Cuckoo Fayre, Downton - £19 Sunday 3rd May – 8am - Weymouth & Bennetts Water Lilies Gardens - £40 Monday 4th May – 7.30am - Sidmouth or its Donkey Sanctuary - £32 Saturday 9th May – 7.30am - Cardiff - £36 Sunday 10th May – 8am - Wye Valley Tour £35 Monday 11th May – 9am - Fareham - £5 Wednesday 15th May – 9am - Chichester - £18 Sunday 24th May – 9am - Swanage - £25 Monday 25th May – 8am - Eastbourne - £30 Wednesday 27th May – 8.30am - Poppy Factory & Richmond - £50 Friday 29th May – 8am - Lyme Regis - £28 Thursday 4th June – 9am - Arundel Carpet of Flowers - £25 Sunday 7th June – 7.30am - Abba Voyage - £120 Thursday 9th July – 7.30am - Badminton Flower Show (Replacing Hampton Court) - £72 Thursday 6th August – 7.30am - Buckingham Palace - £99 Pop into the Hythe office at 1a High Street, Hythe SO45 6AG Telephone: 023 8084 4788 or email: enquiries@watersidetours.co.uk OUT & ABOUT Hythe Indoor Market As well as the very popular Hythe Market held on the High Street, you will also nd an Indoor Market on Tuesdays in St John’s Church Hall from 9am to 2pm. e indoor market has been running for over 30 years, o ering a wide variety of stalls from local cra ers and sellers. e regular stalls include baby hampers, clothes and gi s, greeting cards, jewellery, homemade cakes, preserves and jams, knitted and textile cra s, engraved wooden gi s and much, much more! You can also take a break from the shopping whilst you are there and enjoy a hot drink from the small café, enjoy a tea, hot chocolate or a choice of co ees, accompanied with a biscuit or two! e Indoor Market will reopen on Tuesday 13th January running fortnightly, until 7th April when the market will be weekly. 2026 Bobby Scheme Hythe Townswomen’s Guild’s next meeting on Wednesday 15th January will be a talk about the 2026 Bobby Scheme. On Wednesday 12th February will be a talk on Minstead Trust and Furzey Gardens by Julie Baker. Meetings take place at St Andrew’s Church starting at 2pm. New members are welcome to join this great group of ladies who make it a lovely way to spend two hours. As well as regular meetings they also have interest groups including Knit and Natter, lunch club and a skittles team. For more information about Hythe Townswomen’s Guild please email: dukie9@gmail.com DORSET CRICKET SOCIETY UPCOMING TALKS e Dorset Cricket Society is in its 23rd year, with members joining from across the New Forest and the wider Hampshire area at their weekly meetings held in Hurn Bridge Sports Club, Christchurch, BH23 6DY. e line-up of speakers for this season includes ex international players, as well as others that are prominent in other aspects of the game. Meetings take place every Thursday afternoon commencing 1.45pm, running until late March 2026. Upcoming talks: 15th January Luke Webb (Captain) and Andy Coleman (CEO) Dorset Cricket, 22nd January Eddie Jack, Hampshire Cricketer and 29th January Je Mostyn, former Chairman AFC Bournemouth. For more information please contact Graham Jones, Webmaster and Membership Secretary via email: grahamc.jones@ntlworld.com or call: 01202 248211. Weather Forecasting Ashurst & District Ladies Probus are a very friendly group of Ladies and would love to see you. ey meet on the 3rd Thursday of every month at e Happy Cheese, Ashurst at 11am. ey have a speaker every month on a great variety of topics and a erwards most of the members stay for a lunch and general chat. eir next meeting is Thursday 15th January for a talk about Weather Forecasting. Followed on Thursday 19th February for their AGM. ey would love you to go along, it’s a lovely way to spend the morning, with some interesting, informative speakers. If you would like more information, please do not hesitate to contact Marian Quantrell, Treasurer on: 023 8029 2381 or: 07849 410323. Wildlife in the New Forest Totton South u3a will hold its rst general meeting of 2026 on Friday 16th January – doors open at Colbury Memorial Hall at 1.30pm when the presentation will be given by Brian Pettit on ‘Wildlife in the New Forest’. Visitors are welcome to attend two meetings before joining, either at general meetings or their co ee/quiz mornings at Hanger Farm Arts Centre at 10am on the 2nd and 4th Wednesday of the month, or a combination of the two. For more information search for Totton South u3a or ring/text: 07305 178402.
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