Recently went with a group of Yr 4's to the East Mids Children's Food Festival, an excellent educational day for primary school kids organised by local home economist Teresa Bovey.
We had a tractor ride, learned how to make pasta from scratch, found
I notice Funky Monkeys children's indoor play centre has opened in Loughborough - a long-overdue facility I think. I must get my two kids in there for a session. Nice to see new businesses opening up in town - good luck to them.
Well done to The Rush
Well I've just bought 2kg of pork shoulder, 0.5kg of sheep's intestines (sausage casings) and a mincer and attachment for my Kenwood Chef, so this weekend I'll be having a sausage-making orgy at chez thebestofloughborough.
My 8-year-old and I decided
Last week I had a meeting with Mr Ali of The Red Veil Indian Restaurant on Nottingham Road, just along from Putts Decorating Store.
Obviously I'd like them to feature on the site because a few people have recommended them, and their approach is a bit
Just wanted to give a shout to The Manor House at Quorn for the wonderful meeting facilities they have there.
It's not widely known about but their upstairs meeting space is excellent for small-ish business meetings, as well as private functions. We'
As food prices rocket there has been an understandable surge of interest in cheaper foods (not to mention free food - I'm expecting a lot of competition for the local elderberry and blackberry crops this year). We're lucky in our household because Mrs T
Thanks to the success of her three recent workshops on Handbag Making, Roman Blind Making and Bedding Making, textiles tutor and interior designer Brenda Needham of Creating Impressions is planning four more workshops near Loughborough over the next 6 m
Every time I go to Hathern Nurseries I'm amazed at the low prices compared to other garden centres. The reason is that owner Andrew Barker grows most of the bedding plants and shrubs himself right there at the nursery - many large garden centres don't grow
Loughborough interior design businessAccent Interiorshas recently become the area's only Luxaflex blinds dealer, the next-nearest outlet being in Hinckley. Currently on Great Central Road but shortly moving to Churchgate, Accent Interiors are also an
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thebestofloughborough member Linda Beswick ofBluebell Florawas recently featured on BBC1's program "Don't Get Done Get Dom" (9.15am, 9th June 2008). In this episode "consumer champion" Dominic Littlewood
was helping Mountsorrel couple Ant and Karen Davis
According to the Lotto website there is an unclaimed prize of £397,462 from 5th March, from a ticket bought in the Leicester area. So if you know anyone locally who buys tickets and forgets to check them then... I'm sure they'll be suitably thankful if it
With a Gourmet Society card you can obtain huge discounts at many restaurants right across the Midlands, including many in Loughborough, Leicester, Ashby and Nottingham.The card is valid for a FULL YEAR and the discounts are generally one of the following:
Calling all parents - school summer holidays are approaching, and there's a load of stuff going on in and around Loughborough. But how do you find out about it all?Well a good start would be to pop along to Loughborough Library on Saturday 21st June (11am
According to mouseprice.com the most expensive road in LE11 is Snells Nook
Lane, with an average house price of over £486k, but does that make it the most desirable road to live on? Handy for the golf course I guess, but personally I'd prefer a quieter l
Shouldn't we all be happy that the biggest item we'll ever buy in our lives is getting cheaper?If you're a first-time buyer you'll no doubt be delighted to see prices falling. If you're on the housing ladder (or should that be treadmill) already then it do