RSS FeedOn Sunday 28th October 2018 Oakham hosted the Rutland Food and Drinks Festival. Stalls selling all different kinds of food and drinks were scattered throughout the Oakham Market Place and the castle grounds. The smells emanating from the stalls attracted thousands of visitors to the town coming from near and far. The various types of
For the next month the grounds of Oakham Castle will be awash with the colour red. All thanks to the Community poppy project display Over 10,000 ceramic poppies, all made by local people, will be displayed around the Castle grounds to commemorate the centenary end of WWI. The display will be here for a month Hand
Fire Fighters from Oakham fore station spent today, Saturday 15th September 2018, washing cars to raise money for the Fire Fighters charity. Drivers were encouraged to visit the station on South Street in Oakham to have their cars and vans washed to a very high standard and in return donate cash to the charity. After
Wednesday evening (12th September) in Oakham’s Market Place, visitors were treated to a spectacular performance of The Beating Retreat by the band of the Brigade of Gurkhas. The Band of the Brigade of Gurkhas Beating Retreat in Oakham Market Place Beating Retreat is a military ceremony that dates back to the 16th century and used
Recently the Morcott Loungers pétanque team played against the Old Plough team from Braunston The match, although a Rutland League game was played in the best spirit and an enjoyable evening was had by all. Afterwards a supper was enjoyed by both teams.
September 22nd 2018 is the official date for the beginning of Autumn. The time of year when the nights begin to draw in, the temperature drops and the countryside settles down for a rest. The Cambridge English dictionary describes Autumn as the season between Summer and Winter north of the equator. South of the equator
Just over a week ago I was lucky enough to be in Plymouth, Devon where I watched the Armed Forces Day celebrations. I was visiting my youngest daughter and her husband and their two years old son. During the weekend I went down to the Hoe where I watched and admired the military celebrate Armed
Sunday’s Oakham Food Festival (28th June 2018) in the Market Place, the Castle and the Victoria Hall was a huge success. The many visitors to the town enjoyed a feast of foods and drinks to taste and buy and with the glorious weather encouraging people to venture out, the Food Festival attracted numerous tasters trying
Last Tuesday evening, 19th June, the Old Plough Colts pétanque team were host to the Morcott Loungers. Despite being short of a couple of regulars, the Old Plough Colts were too strong for the Morcott Loungers and beat them by 3 games to one. The two teams played out the match in a sporting and
Oakham CC 1st XI had a comfortable win against Hinckley Town CC last Saturday 9th June 2018. On a fine but slightly overcast day at the Lime Kilns a small but knowing crowd watched as Oakham won the toss and elected to bat first. After 45 overs Oakham were on 262 for 2 with Vivek
A well laid hedge not only looks good, it also serves a practical purpose, that of maintaining habitat and keeping a valuable rural craft. Hedge laying is a skill that is centuries old. The art of cutting the wood part way through, bending it over without breaking it and making sure it grows and stays
Spring has sprung. The past couple of days, we have enjoyed all of this magnificent sunshine and dry weather. Beautiful colours and hues everywhere. Then there is the RUBBISH and the fly tipping. Sadly, as well as mother nature rewarding us with these beautiful sights, the litter louts have made their mark as well. Mattresses,
After a long and cold winter Spring has finally shown its face. Thanks to the sunshine and warmth we are now seeing a little colour in the hedgerows, parks and gardens. After this year’s splash of colour from the array of Aconites and Snowdrops comes the beautiful yellow Daffodils and the blue flowers that grace
Rubbish, illegally dumped, thrown out of our cars and vans, or literally just dropped appears to be blighting our beautiful countryside more and more nowadays. Wherever we look there seems to be an inordinate amount of other people’s rubbish thrown in the hedge bottom, left in a lay by, or thrown out of a car
When oh when are we going to be rid of all of these damned roadworks in and around Oakham in Rutland. I see they have now dug up Cold Overton road and installed three way traffic lights. For the past thirteen or fourteen months we in the Rutland county town of Oakham have had to
Morcott Wanderers petanque team this week enjoyed their annual dinner and get together. The Morcott Wanderers used to play their home matches at the White Horse in Morcott until the pub closed down. The team then moved to Barrowden, and from there Back to Morcott and now they play at the Horse and Jockey in
During the past 12 months or so, Oakham in Rutland have had to endure countless disruptions on their road network du to roadworks cropping up all over the place. Temporary traffic lights suddenly appear on the roads. Diggers then begin to excavate huge holes in the highway. Once the holes have been dug the workers
Autumn is but a month away before the winter takes over. 21st December the UK will officially become winter with trees bare of their foliage and vegetation dying off . The weather is now much cooler, the nights becoming longer. As the sun goes down the temperatures go down with it. We can now expect
