New Milton Advertiser 23rd Oct 2020

26 · Friday 23rd October 2020

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Looking to get active and improve your fitness?

It’s Frightfully Fun at the Farm this autumn half-term

C ome along to Longdown Activity Farm for a frightful- ly fun time on the run-up to Hallowe’en; there’ll be lots of spooky stuff to see and do. Enter the Haunted Barn at your peril from Saturday 24th October through to Saturday 31st October 2020. Look out for the grimac - ing ghouls, scary skeletons, and wicked witches who dwell among the cobweb-strewn haybales and blackened timbers of the dreaded Haunted Barn. Keep your eyes peeled and join in with the Pumpkin Quest. Ten rogue pumpkins have escaped from the Pumpkin Patch! Children will enjoy spotting the mischievous

orange faces around the farm as they discover each naughty pump- kin in unexpected places. No priz - es, just spookily good fun. Meet a real-life barn owl with The Creature Teachers who will be in the Haunted Barn along with some creeeepy creatures like spiders, millipedes and cock- roaches on Tuesday 27th Octo - ber and Saturday 31st October. If you have very young children (or nervous adults!), the zany chil - dren’s entertainer, Crazy M will be ready to calm everybody’s nerves in the Haunted Barn on Saturday 24th October and Thursday 29th October with her goofy gags and side-splitting mini shows.

After all the scary stuff, calm down with our friendly farm ani- mals. Join in when you want to with a full schedule of farm activities lasting all day, which includes bot- tle-feeding kid goats and calves, small animal handling in the Ani- mal Encounter Barn, and feeding the ducks. Capped daily numbers and COV- ID-secure controls will be observed at all times. Longdown Activity Farm and the Farm Shop will be open daily, as usual, for the whole of half- term. No extra charge. ENTRY BY ONLINE PRE-BOOKING ONLY. www.longdownfarm.co.uk

Keep your eyes peeled and join in

with the Pumpkin Quest. Ten rogue pumpkins have escaped from the Pumpkin Patch!

T here’s no better time to get moving! Enjoy our gyms, dip into our pools or join our fantastic instructors in one of our group fitness classes. However you choose to stay active, be active with us. All of our facilities are COVID secure with increased cleaning regimes, reduced capacity and social distancing markers. This offer is open to everyone 12yrs and over. Your six weeks membership includes use of the gyms, a gym induction, lane swim- ming (excludes Family Pod Swims), group fitness classes, and mul - ti-site usage. All activities must

be pre-booked before arriving at the centre to assist with track and trace. You can sign up in centre or join online. Join with us to start your fitness journey, as physical activity can benefit both your body and mind and also lead to improvement in immune health and metabolic health. For further information and to view the membership terms and conditions, please visit our web- site.

Miniature mayhem at Beaulieu this October Half-Term

“it’s the best play area they’ve ever seen!”

G o large with miniature may- hem at Beaulieu this Octo- ber half-term, as fun family activities celebrate new exhibition Motoring in Miniature – the Toys of Your Childhood and Little Beau - lieu, an enchanting new play area modelled on Lord Montagu’s an- cestral home of Palace House. Begin your big family day out in the National Motor Museum with new fun-filled exhibition Motoring in Miniature – the Toys of Your Childhood. Visitors of all ages will love displays packed with more than 800 toy cars and pedal cars from the 1920s to the 1990s, as these much-loved playthings of the past bring small-scale motor-

ing memories to life. Then let your imagination run wild in Little Beaulieu, with careful- ly managed Covid-19 safety meas - ures making this fun fantasy play area the perfect place for younger visitors to let off steam. From hid - den staircases, challenging climb- ing frames, spiralling slides and an exhilarating zip wire, to a fam - ily-friendly picnic seating area, this new addition is a must-see. Little Beaulieu has received high praise from visitors since opening, with one visitor saying “it’s the best play area they’ve ever seen!” During October half-term, from October 24th to November 1st, the miniature mayhem theme contin-

ues with a family activity trail. Ru - mour has it that some of the toy cars from Motoring in Miniature have mischievously motored their way around the Beaulieu attrac- tion after closing time, even ven- turing as far as Palace House and Beaulieu Abbey. Following their trail map, kids can keep their eyes open to help track down these missing models – how many will you find? Beaulieu is proud to hold Visit Britain’s ‘We’re Good to Go’ indus -

try standard, with Covid-19 safety measures as part of our visitor safety promise meaning that all visitors can safely enjoy their day out. Visit www.beaulieu.co.uk for more information. Motoring in Miniature – the Toys of Your Childhood, Little Beaulieu and the October half-term activi- ties are included in your general admission ticket to Beaulieu, which also includes entry to the Nation - al Motor Museum, On Screen Cars, World of Top Gear, the ances -

tral Montagu home Palace House, Secret Army exhibition, Beaulieu Abbey and its grounds and gar- dens. Advance tickets are now on sale for the October half term period. Visitor numbers are still limited each day to ensure that our spaces never become crowded. We there - fore request that you pre-book your tickets online ahead of your visit at www.beaulieu.co.uk.