I ran the Race for Life last night at Castle Donnington. Great Event - we ran the 5km around the race track - tremendous atmosphere and wonderful to see so many women all running or walking to raise money for Cancer Research UK. I was running in memory of
The Crown at Old Dalby is in the news yet again. This time in The Leicester Mercury, putting the journalists into a delimma, because they couldn't decide which of the delicious looking dishes to try. To read the article, click here. To visit their feature
River Nene Organic Vegboxes in Melton Mowbray won an award at their recent Annual Conference, beating over 100 other franchisees. They were awarded the Franchisee of 2008 Runner Up, for their continued commitment to Customer Service, Product Development
I've just about recovered from the 100km Pork Pies and Pot Holes that ride I did last weekend. It was a superb route and I had a thoroughly enjoyable day. The organisation was excellent and my thanks to everyone who sponsored me for local rotary Chariti
I went to Marshall Land Rover on Leicester Road, Melton Mowbray this week and got to read some interesting material whilst in their comfortable waiting area. Land Rover it seems won not one, but two Best Car Awards this year in the What Car 2008 awards.
Congratulations to Jack and Carolyn Harrison from The Crown, at Old Dalby. The pub got a great write up last week for its food, ales, wines and atmosphere in the Daily Telegraph. Over the past years, only three Leicestershire pubs have been reviewed by the
Throughout May, thebestof ran awards across the country to find the best new businesses for each town and city. As you would expect there were hundreds of businesses nominated across the country and thousands of local people voted. In the Melton Mowbr
Dreadful news about the fire at the Melton Borough Council Offices, which started at 7.30am on Friday 30 May. Luckily, with it starting so earlier only a few people were in the building - thank goodness no-one was injured. It's goood thing these days th
Congratulations toThompson's Family Butchers on Market Place, Melton Mowbraywho have won a Best Business Award in the Best Family Business Category.Owned and run by husband and wife team, Diana and Ivan Thompson, they have been established for over 18 year
I've just got back from another training run - they don't get any easier. I'm training for 2 events at the moment.
The first one is on Sunday 15 June. I'm doing a 100km cycle ride to raise money for Rotary Charities. This should be a great event. As
We're looking for authors for our Melton Mowbray Blog. I'm afraid these aren't paid positions, but will give you the chance to tell local people about things that you consider important or interesting. Blog authors should be non political, and remember
Sorry that this Blog has been left to fend for itself for the last 2 weeks, only I've been on holiday. Have just come back from a canoe camping trip to Sweden. Highly recommended if you fancy something a bit different - but if you've not done much canoei
White Orchid Tattooing and Piercing have a new tattooing
apprentice, Sam Johnston. Owner, Karen Laffar, is
looking for plenty of willing guinea pigs for him! He has
been practising on absolutely loads of pig skin for months and he
now needs to
What a brilliant event to have finishing in Melton. Ciaran Power won the race which took place on Sunday afternoon. Jan Bos was second. Malcolm Elliott, who won the race last year, was in third place.
Thousands of people turned out to watch the ra
Did anyone catch BBC1s Inside Out programme on Friday 18 April at 7.30pm? The last 10 mins was all about independent cafes and restaurants - it featured some of our great Melton Mowbray businesses - and sadly about the sad loss of Miguelʼs Taverna. There
Buying insurance can be a substantial outlay for some of
us. Many of us will log onto a 'compare online' website in
an effort to get the best deal. But what exactly is the
best deal? The cheapest price? The widest range of
eventualities cove
Throughout February, Best Of Sites across the country ran an award, looking for the Best Tradesmen in each area (there are currently 350 Best Of Sites covering most towns in Great Britain). The general public and other businesses voted, and in Melton Mowb
Congratulations to
Piano Teacher, Liz Sampson and her pupils for their recent exam
successes
Inez L. Grade 1 distinction
Laura C. Grade 8 merit
Megan B. Grade 4 merit
Alex B. Grade 3 merit
Trevor L. Grade 2 merit
Gwilym R. G
Steve Evans at The Eating House in Melton Mowbray is
asking vegetarians to get in contact with him with their
favourite recipes. I am told that most vegetarians are
rather fed up of going to restaurants and being faced with the
usual rather lim
For their 38th Birthday Promotion, Barry's Household Supply
of Burton Street, Melton Mowbray, are offering 20% off all
types of blinds during April.
Tel. 01664 565498.
Click here to find out more about Barry's of
Melton
Wymondham May Festival is taking place on 31st May 2008
at the Sedley Playing Fields in Wymondham from 11.30am to
4.00pm. It is a traditional village May Festival
with maypole and morris dancing and the crowning of the May Queen
as well as fun
Have you got what it takes to be a First
Responder?
The group was first established in February 2004 as a joint
venture between St. John Ambulance and the East Midlands
Ambulance Service.
The aim was to get help to Category A Medical Emergencies
Learning the piano can be a great
thing, as long as you have the right teacher and the right
resources, and as long as you learn music that you love. If
you love to hear it, then you will probably love to play
it. There are many reasons for learni
Some have feathers, others fur or perhaps scales. Some crawl, creep, hop, jump, slither or fly. Letʼs be honest, theyʼre generally things we donʼt want around. Iʼm talking of course about pests.
Not many of us like to even think about it, but we ha