Turn off Southampton Road into Sway Road and the entrance is immediately on the left. The house is at the end of the drive.

THANK YOU STEVE

The New Forest Art Exhibition at the St Barbe Museum was shown to members by Steve Marshall, the musem's curator.

As ever, Steve's introductory talk and guide to the exhibition was tremendously informative and entertaining. The Society has one or two exclusive evenings at the museum per year, hosted by Steve Marshall, and they are always a great success.

THANK YOU GEOFF

Green Marine's Geoff Stock gave a fascinating talk to over 50 members at the Stanwell House on Nov 8th. No amount of intricate detail into the making of high tech boats was enough for his audience, who peppered his talk with questions. Now we know what it takes to make boats that are lightweight and immensely strong, and why they cost so much! Geoff included pictures of several construction techniques, and the reasons for chosing a particular technique for a particular boat. Now we know exactly how to specify our next £15M yacht!

THANK YOU JOANNA

Joanna Close Brooks gave a fascinating talk about Buckland Rings, our own iron age fort, at the Society's AGM.

We then followed up with a picnic at Buckland Rings on May 11th, using Joanna's excellent pamphlet as our guide. The weather was beautiful, and the picnic was a great success.