UPDATE - AS AT THE BGINNING OF MAY 2022, RITA HAS STOPPED VISITING KETTON AS REFILL REVOLUTION ARE SEEKING A NEW DRIVER. WE WILL PROVIDE AN UPDATE AS AND WHEN THE SERVICE RESUMES. A new way of shopping arrived in…
GET READY FOR GREEN HEARTS EVERYWHERE. FEBRUARY 2022 Climate change doesn’t care about our differences, and that’s why people here in the UK and across the world are putting them aside and doing what we can to tackle climate change…
I am pleased to say that Rutland has already contributed to the Queen’s Green Canopy but I am hoping for lots more! – Rutland needs it! The QGC campaign has been chosen by Her Majesty to provide a lasting beneficial…
The Lottery's Awards for All programme is now accepting applications that celebrate the Platinum Jubilee. These should still meet our standard aims and eligibility criteria. Although not a requirement, the strongest projects will also promote relationships across generations or develop…
I type on a dark and deep November – short days and long nights – the perfect time to curl up with a cuppa (or something stronger) and have a little stock – take. The Rutland Conversation continues; how we…
It seems pertinent to talk about verges this week. It is certainly a policy area whereby you are damned if you do and damned if you don’t: in this context to cut or not to cut; that is the question.…
I always like something that can be immediately actioned and with noticeable results – a ‘take home’ if you will. My ‘take – home’ after our first virtual climate summit on Wednesday was ‘No Mow May’: this is a prime…
I start with a washing up brush – my mother, a woman for whom frugality was an art form, appeared many years ago to have been swept up with the wild consumerism of the 1990s with the purchase of a…
I had an interesting / reasonable enquiry this week: apparently if you have a bus pass issued by Leicester City you also get half price rail fares. Could Rutland do the same? Unfortunately, the answer is a ‘no’. This sounds…
Some of you may be aware that I organise a monthly litter pick – first Saturday of the month, 11 – 12 – the picture shows the amount of rubbish collected from roughly a half mile stretch from Leicester Road,…