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13 Bees Knees walked from Beaulieu along the river to Bucklers Hard and had a lovely lunch at the Master Builders. The weather was very...

For our 2nd birthday meeting we had a fabulous talk about the history of handbags from Sarah Delves. We sang happy birthday, led by...

Congratulations are extended to those members who had entered items at the Bashley village show. Notable successes were for Karen Andrews...

Our gardening group had a wonderful trip to Hambledon House on 18th July 2019. It is the home of Capt & Mrs David Hart Dyke , parents...

Ladies from our Barton Bees Skittles group, the Stingers, were playing in a match on July 11th 2019 at the Walkford Skittles Alley with...

Thirteen ladies from the Barton Bees Knees had a lovely walk from Bull Hill around the surrounding countryside, through fields and woods...

Another fabulous day for the Barton Bees enjoying being part of our fabulous community here. July 10th was the annual ceremony at the...

Members of the Blooming Bees, our gardening group, enjoyed a wonderful day out at the RHS Hampton Court Palace flower show on Thursday.

Our first evening walk was to the Rhinefield Arboretum and we ended up at the Rising Sun at Wootton with 26 of us enjoying the evening...

One of our members has kindly donated these wonderful teddies to a local Stop Domestic Abuse women's refuge. They were delighted as they...

A fabulous day at the National Conference at the BIC in Bournemouth today. Lots of speakers and the resolution debates were really...

“A beautiful walk from the Rufus Stone led by Brenda and Joan.  11 ladies took part and the route covered just over 4 miles, past...

28 of our ladies enjoyed a Springtime BBQ Cook Dem on Wednesday 15th May with Ian Hewitt at Purewell Electrics Cookery Theatre. Ian...

The Bees Knees walk on Thursday 9th May was around Downton and led by Alison.  Nine ladies took part starting from Barton Cliff top. The...

The gardening group visited Furzey Gardens in the New Forest on May 7th 2019. Furzey gardens are part of the Minstead Trust, which...

At our April members meeting we were entertained by Aimee Durnell who took us on a visual and artistic trip around Lymington as we'd...

We walked from St John the Baptist Church at Boldre. It is thought that there has been a place of worship there for 2000 years. The main...

Our very talented photographers , Jo and Karen have only gone and won 2nd prize in the National "Elizabeth Bell Challenge" to create a...

Today saw the first proper gardening for the Blooming Bees . As many of you may know we have taken responsibility for the garden around...

23 members of the Bees Knees walking group had the perfect weather on 29th March 2019 for a 5 mile stroll around Milford on Sea . Led by...