RCC Highways provide a notice and associated diversion route of the Temporary Road Closure at Luffenham Level Crossing, which will come into effect on 16th September 2017.

Anglian Water may have some good news for residents who have a private pumping station on their property and have not yet registered it with Anglian Water.

Currently, homeowners spend hundreds of pounds every year for electricity running costs, maintenance and repairs to look after these private pumping stations. They may even have been flooded if it’s broken down in the past.

As of 1 October 2016, many of these private pumping stations automatically transferred over to Anglian Water and became their responsibility. They have taken over all of the maintenance and the running costs too, saving customers hassle, worry and money.

If you think you have a private pumping station Anglian Water would like you to get in touch with them by:

• email: privatepumpingstations@anglianwater.co.uk
• phone: 03457 145 145

To help customers identify and report the pumping stations, further information can be found at: www.anglianwater.co.uk/privatepumpingstation

Rutland Sailing Club welcomes everyone to its Open Day on Saturday 10th June 2017.

We’re passionate about sailing – and we believe that sailing is a sport for all people of all ages!

• Our club members include youngsters from about 7 years old to grandparents in their 80’s!
• We have Olympic sailors and we have sailors with disabilities.
• We have those who want to race and those who want to just enjoy the freedom of sailing on one of England’s biggest and most beautiful inland waters.

So why don’t you come and find out about sailing and Rutland Sailing Club?

 Our Open Day’s on Saturday 10th June 2017

• It’s free, of course!
• There’s plenty of free parking
• There’s free rides with experienced sailors in sailing boats including dinghies, catamarans and cruisers
• There’s a bar and café open all day.

Entry is from 10 AM to 4 PM and you can spend as little or long as you want at Club.  Many visitors spend about 2 or 3 hours.

There’s no commitment to join – but you can find out about the Club and our Sailing School. You can talk to our members, who come from all walks of life.

http://www.rutlandsailingclub.co.uk

Rutland County Council have advised that Cottesmore recycling centre is to close for two weeks from 12th to 26th June 2017 to allow sections of the main yard to be resurfaced.  Find out more about Cottesmore recycling closure.

During this time, the recycling centre at North Luffenham (usually closed from Tuesday to Thursday) will be open every day, ensuring the county continues to have a civic amenity site open seven days a week.

As a result, from 12th to 26th June, North Luffenham recycling centre will be open from 10am to 6pm every day, with extra site staff transferred from Cottesmore to North Luffenham to help receive materials and assist members of the public.

Once the work is complete, both sites will return to their normal operating hours.

Should you have any questions about the closure, please email: Environment@rutland.gov.uk

BARROWDEN OPEN GARDENS
SATURDAY 24^TH AND SUNDAY 25^TH JUNe
12 NOON TO 4.30 PM.

9 INTERESTING GARDENS AND HOPEFULLY THE ALLOTMENTS WILL BE OPEN

LIGHT LUNCHES AND CREAM TEAS AND CAKES WILL BE AVAILABLE IN GARDEN SETTINGS

£5.00 PER ADULT FOR A 2 DAY PASS AND ACCOMPANIED CHILDREN GO FREE

PLANT STALL

In aid of St. Peter’s Church Barrowden

Opera in Morcott
Saturday 17 June 2017
7pm for 7.30pm ‘curtain up’
Morcott Church

Lovers of light opera have a treat in store on Saturday 17 June when a group of musical friends – Amici – present Gilbert & Sullivan’s ‘Trial by Jury’ and other operatic highlights in the beautiful setting of Morcott Church.

Amici Chamber Choir has performed the length and breadth of the UK, from Manchester’s concert halls to National Trust stately homes, and on TV for Songs of Praise.

The 18-strong choir is boosted by professional soloists Nick Hardy (Opera North), Joanne Rondel and Judith Tinston who all perform under the leadership of George Robey.

The first half of the programme is Gilbert & Sullivan’s ‘Trial By Jury’, a comic opera in one act.  After a relaxed interval during which drinks will be offered, the second half of the concert is a mix of operatic hits including a show-stopping ‘Nessun Dorma’ and memorable choral pieces, some of which have been arranged specially for the concert by choir members.

 Tickets £12.50 from Alison Johnson on 01572 747381.

Unreserved seating.

Interval refreshments available.

See www.morcott.wordpress.com for further information.

Proceeds to church funds.

There was a wedding today at St. John the Baptist Church, North Luffenham, and the flowers. all white, are still in place. There is no service tomorrow and the church is open:  you are welcome to visit and enjoy.

Thank you very much to all villagers who have completed the Village Plan Questionnaire (paper copy or the on line version). There has been a very good response from across the village and this will enable a valid assessment of how the residents of North Luffenham feel about the present state of the village and thoughts and ideas about future developments.

If for some reason your questionnaire was not collected, or you haven’t had time to fill it in, then completed copies can be delivered to The Fox, or completed on line. If another copy is required then they can be obtained from The Fox.

AND there is still a chance to WIN A PRIZE: a two course meal for two with a bottle of house wine at The Fox.

Closing date for questionnaires to be returned is the 22nd May.

Our next meeting is this Thursday 13^th April @7.30pm in the Community Centre, when we welcome Dr Andrew Ward  with his talk on ‘Plants that Excite’  (A personal selection, mainly of herbaceous perennial plants – these are a mixture of unusual varieties of more common plants and some rarer ones which are just as “growable”.)

Andrew set up his nursery at Norwell near Newark over 22 years ago and specialises in choice and unusual herbaceous perennials and alpines. The nursery is based around a one acre plantsman’s garden which holds over 2,000 different species.  Andrew is a well known and respected speaker to the Hardy Plant Society and many other gardening groups, and he really knows his stuff! Well worth listening to….and he provides a list of all the plants illustrated in his talk so you don’t have to write it all down yourself!

Guests welcome – £2 with tea/coffee/biscuits beforehand and a raffle.  Don’t forget to bring along any spare seeds  or plants you have yourself to sell too.

A reminder that a mobile post office service is available 12.30pm-1.30pm, in Butt Lane, adjacent to the Oval every Friday.

Services offered include:

• special delivery
• travel money
• car tax
• passport check and send
• banking services for personal customers and small businesses
• cash deposits and withdrawals
• withdrawals using a Post Office card account
• sending funds abroad using Moneygram
• paying bills

Please try to support this valuable service.

Four Temporary Diversion of Vehicular Traffic notices have been received recently from Rutland County Council.  Documents containing details of road closures, dates, times and alternative routes are listed below.

• road-closure-ketton-road-20.04.2017
• road-closure-moor-lane-20.04.2017
• road-closure-s.luffenham-level-crossing-02-03.07.2017
• road-closure-s.luffenham-level-crossing-15-16.07.2017

Hi

Just heard on Rutland Radio that a tree is blocking the Fosters Bridge Road

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