New Forest family breakdown? Consider mediation

Life Matters for Lymington from Lester Aldridge: How mediation can help in family breakdown

Continuing a similar theme from last month, and aware that at any time most of us seem to have friends going through this awful crisis in their lives, this month's Life Matters for Lymington from Lester Aldridge focuses on the subject of Mediation - which might make all the difference and has certainly proven to do so for many.

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Family breakdown - almost guaranteed to be emotional…

High Solent Seas and an exciting week for junior sailors from Lymington!

Royal Lymington Yacht Club Junior Regatta 2019

Whilst the most experienced sailors in the country battled it out on the high seas of the Solent at Cowes Week last week, the previous week was also a breezy and challenging one for the sailors of the future at the Royal Lymington Yacht Club Junior Regatta.

The Junior Regatta is an important annual fixture at RLymYC. Like so many sporting events it's dependent on its willing volunteers but even more so in the case of children's sailing because the ratio of

Have your say about Lymington Quay

Is this the opportunity to turn Lymington Town Quay into something special for locals and visitors?

New Forest District Council (NFDC), Lymington and Pennington Town Council and the Lymington Harbour Commission are inviting people to give their views on improvements to the facilities at Lymington Town Quay. The three organisations are working together to look at improving the public areas of the quayside, including the toilets.

Use the opportunity to have your say

Residents have until 23 September 2019 to submit their ideas to improve this area of Lymington: a focal point for visitors

Beautiful kitchens, fabulous showroom brimming with ideas

Introduction to the full range of Crestwood Kitchens, Lymington New Forest

Suddenly in Lymington we have an enormous choice of new dream kitchens – ranging from a brand new top notch hand-made glossy magazine model to a simple mix and match with our current kitchen, and all shades in between!

Everything for your home under one Lymington roof

Crestwood of Lymington is a unique independent interior showroom offering an exceptional range of soft furnishings, flooring, beds, lighting, furniture, paint, in fact everything for your home under one roof  and now including the widest range

SenSpa scoops three awards for its ‘free from’ range

New Forest spa awarded for natural beauty products that are refreshing, uplifting and excellent value for money.

SenSpa has won three awards for its natural beauty products.The Thai spa, SenSpa, part of Careys Manor Hotel in the New Forest, picked up two silvers and a bronze at the Free From Skincare Awards 2019.

Expert judges described the products as refreshing, uplifting, and excellent value for money.

In the Body Care (Leave On) category, SenSpa’s Uplifting Daily Ritual Body Lotion was awarded silver, winning praise for its texture and fragrance. One expert judge

Start of the Fastnet 2019 and finish for some

Local Lymington Rogers Contessa 32 in continuation of historic story from 1979

It seemed like a good proportion of Lymington folk with any means to be afloat last Sunday were on the Solent enjoying the hugely impressive spectacle of the Fastnet yachts reaching past Hurst Castle and out into Christchurch Bay on their way to that little rock which has been the subject and cause of so much past challenge, delight, tribulation and indeed tragedy.

You can watch a video of the amazing sight of the start and early stages of the race, and

No11 The Salon: Lymington's excellent hair stylists at the top of town

Hair styling, hair treatments and now responsible tanning at No11 The Salon

No11 The Salon offers a range of hair services for both men and women including hair styling (including wedding hair), hair colouring, hair extensions and hair treatments, using professional products from KMS, Goldwell and Paul Mitchell. 

Claire Allen and her friendly and professional team are trained to the highest level, both within the salon and at the Goldwell Hair Academy in London. From simple cuts to hair extensions, professional colour and the latest in creative styling, the

Lymington rules the waves!

Congratulations to Santi, National Optimist Champion and Emma, Junior National Optimist Champion!

Last week a fleet of Lymington sailors headed to the Weymouth and Portland National Sailing Academy for the 2019 Optimist British National Championships.

With over 340 sailors from 17 different countries the great wind conditions (and blue skies!) certainly made for a memorable week's sailing for all competitors. On the last day of racing the light but changeable winds meant that the final results were only decided after the last race. 

A wonderful week for Lymington!

In the Senior Main Fleet, Lymington sailor Santi Sesto

New Forest and Hampshire County Show 2019

A brief appreciation of a brilliant show

Others will report on the facts and stats of the 2019 New Forest and Hampshire County Show once they’re available; meanwhile social media feeds have as usual lamented the traffic jams but with the greatest respect they’re really missing the point. This is after all THE biggest event of the year in the New Forest calendar and actually the organisers do an amazing job at vehicle management but there are simply bound to be some delays when you’re moving this amount of traffic in a short