RSS FeedJust 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
Halloween is one of America’s favourite holidays, but do you know the real story behind the tricks and treats behind Halloween. Falling in between Autumn and winter, plenty and scarcity, and life and death, Halloween is a time of celebration and superstition. Halloween is widely believed to originate from the ancient Celtic festival of Samhain
The Ministry of Defence and Rutland County Council have teamed up to explore the possible options for the St George’s Barracks in North Luffenham. St George’s Barracks has been identified for disposal by the MOD in 2020/2021 as part of the November 2016 Better Defence Estate announcement. Rutland County Council and the Defence Infrastructure Organisation
Greetham Valley Junior B team progressed to the quarter finals of the Poppy Cup by beating a strong Nuneaton team. This win puts Greetham Valley Junior B team just one win away from the National final stages to be held at Staverton Park. Junior Golf Challenge The Poppy Cup is for the Royal British Legion’s
The newly refurbished Willow Stores officially became a Costcutter on Saturday 23rd September 2017. After much work and re design and money spent by the new owner Nava Maheswaran, the Costcutter store is well stocked and ready to trade. The store was officially opened by the Mayor of Oakham, Cllr Michael Hayley when he cut
Kerry Hughes who works at Santander in Oakham is doing a skydive to raise money for charity. Despite being afraid of heights Kerry is doing her first ever parachute jump on 23rd September. She will undergo training during the day at Sibson airfield and do the jump sometime during the afternoon. Kerry, 37 years old,
Rutland County Council have approved the introduction of an annual charge for green waste services coming into effect from April 2018. Approved by Cabinet in August, Rutland councillors voted in favour of introducing a charge for the collection of green waste. At last night’s Full Council meeting (11th September) an annual charge was set at
