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

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