During the super-fast broadband switch on ceremony yesterday, Rob Persani from Rutland Radio conducted an interview with village resident Pete Burrows, which was broadcast this morning,
Good job Pete 😉
Download/Play this mp3 audio file to listen » Interview with Pete Burrows
Pete burrows is the membership secretary for the NLCC.
Rob Persani is a long standing presenter on Rutland Radio.
Ribbon cutting
North Luffenham has become the first village in Rutland to benefit from the £3 million Digital Rutland project.
Now that the new FTTC (Fibre To The Cabinet) has been switched on and we have a super fast optical fibre communication link with the virtual world outside our village, you should now be able to talk to your internet service provider about switching to a faster service of up to 80Mbps, such as BT Infinity.
Camera Club will be having a break for the month of August.
The next meeting is in the Community Centre on Tuesday Sept 17th at 8pm.
The theme for this meeting is “Movement” and the photos for the next Calendar (North Luffenham Village and surrounding area) will be selected.
via Pam Plant, Camera Club
There will be a ceremonial switch on for the FTTC cabinet in Church Street, North Luffenham, (near to the school entrance) Tuesday 16th July 2013 between 12:30 and 13:00, by Digital Rutland / OpenReach / BT.
An OpenReach display bus will be parked in the Fox and Hounds car park from 11am, for information purposes.
Not sure if this means we will actually be able to get fibre packages from tomorrow – first question of the day 🙂
via Pete Burrows, Cricket Club
The members held a Photographic Exhibition in the School Hall on July 14th to coincide with NGS Open Day at Mima and Jim Bolton’s garden.
We displayed all sizes and all subjects of our favourite pictures and there was a steady stream of visitors between 11am and 6pm.
The School very kindly lent us their display boards, as did the School Photographer who happened to be in the right place….
We were so lucky with our weather again, and we received many favourable comments on the display.
Thanks go to the many members involved.
via Pam Plant, Camera Club
The next meeting of North Luffenham Parish Council will take place at The Community Centre on July 15th and the agenda is set out below
Under 9 Cricket Team July 2013
After another win at Uffington, the U9 cricket team remain at the top of the league alongside Burghley Park.
We play Ketton this Sunday, at home on the Oval, starting at 10am. You are welcome to join us for tea & coffee, and cheer the team on!
via Sally Ann Marson, NLCC
Three members of the Carpet Bowls Club took part in Cambridgeshire County competitions recently.
The competition is of a very high standard consisting of the best players from local clubs. However, both the singles and the triples won their respective matches, which entitled them to go forward to the National Championship which, of course, is of an even higher standard.
The Championships were played over a period of 2 days in Blackpool. The team played extremely well but seemed disappointed that they only took third place. They usually come first. Better luck next year. We are proud of you.
via Sylvia Lawson, Carpet Bowls Club
The under 9’s had a great day on Father’s Day (Sunday 16th June 2013) cheered on by all the dads.
They played 2 matches. Lost the first game against a very good Burghley Park by 30 runs. Fortified by sandwiches, cakes & scones, and they won the 2nd game against Billingborough!!!
They are currently joint top of the league with Burghley Park so all to play
for.
This weeks game is away against Uppingham.
via Sally Ann Marson, NLCC
Digital Rutland is a Rutland County Council and BT partnership which is funded by the Department of Culture, Media and Sport (dcms) as part of the Broadband Delivery UK (BDUK) Project to bring superfast fibre broadband speeds of up to 80Mbps to businesses and homes across Rutland.
Openreach is currently in the process of upgrading the infrastructure to bring fibre optics from the local exchanges to new cabinets in each village. The plan is to provide access to superfast broadband speeds for the majority of the 17,000 properties in Rutland by the end of 2013.
If you would like to keep up to date with developments, Digital Rutland will be publishing regular newsletters about the progress of the Rutland broadband upgrade project.
If you have any questions visit the Digital Rutland FAQ page to find out more information.
This video explains the various phases of upgrading the UK’s broadband network infrastructure:
via Syd Overington, NLPC
The North Luffenham Camera Club recently visited Exton to photograph the village and the gallery below includes a selection of photos taken by the club members.
ISS Cupola [photo courtesy NASA]
Tonight, the ISS will reach a little higher than Tuesday, about 2/3 up from the horizon and will rise at 11:30pm in the direction of Morcott and set at 11:41pm in the direction of Collyweston.
If you are curious to know what it is like living on the inside of the ISS then this video by Sunita Williams of NASA provides a very extensive tour:
Data courtesy of Real Time Satellite Tracking
photo by: lovingyourwork.com
Many thanks to all who supported my coffee morning for Marie Curie Cancer Care, held 31st June at the Fox and Hounds.
We raised £240 which added to money raised for my Skinny Dip organised by Marie Curie Cancer Care amounts to £1,177 for their funds.
Further donations can be made on my JustGiving page or direct to me.
via Eric Abell, Just Giving
![ISS in orbit [photo courtesy NASA]](https://northluffenham.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/ISS-Space-Station-300x204.jpg)
ISS in orbit [photo courtesy NASA]
The ISS is the largest man-made space object ever built, it cost $150 billion and and took just over 12 years to assemble in space.
The ISS is very easy to view if the weather is clear and you look out at precisely the right time, there is no need for binoculars or a telescope. Unless you have some sophisticated telescope equipment the best way to view it is with the naked eye. Just look towards South Luffenham/Barrowden and half-way up into the sky and you should see it.
Typically the ISS will appear as the brightest object in the sky (unless the moon is up) moving from East to the West, faster than a typical passenger aircraft would flyover, and without any sound. The brightness of the ISS may change as it rises and falls due to the changing angle of the sun reflecting off of the huge solar panel arrays and whether it passes through the Earth’s shadow or not.
Don’t worry if you miss it, the ISS passes over frequently and it is expected to stay in orbit to at least 2020, so plenty of time to catch a glimpse of it yet.
Date/time: 6/4 23:32:10
Azimuth: 236.71° (SW)
Elevation (altitude): 0.15°
Magnitude: 1.3
Distance to satellite: 2317.8 km
In Earth’s shadow (eclipsed): NO
Date/time: 6/4 23:37:25
Azimuth: 156.79° (SSE)
Elevation (altitude): 41.40°
Magnitude: -1.6
Distance to satellite: 604.1 km
In Earth’s shadow (eclipsed): NO
Date/time: 6/4 23:42:35
Azimuth: 80.05° (E)
Elevation (altitude): 0.43°
Magnitude: 1.3
Distance to satellite: 2292.5 km
In Earth’s shadow (eclipsed): NO
Good visible pass
Data courtesy of Real Time Satellite Tracking
North Luffenham Cricket Club First team today played the initial game of a series of weekend friendly matches, against Burghley Park at their almost impossibly picturesque pitch in the grounds of Burghley House with an excellent view over the roof tops of Stamford.
The team was a mixture of young blood and what might generously be termed “experienced” players…. A great day was had by all, the sun shone, Burghley laid on an excellent spread in their pavilion including home-made Guinness and chocolate cake and North Luffenham won 🙂
Action from the game:
Teams coming off of the pitch at the end of the match:
via Pete Burrows, Cricket Club
| Wednesday 6th March | Hand massage & scarf tying |
| Wednesday 3rd April | How to make a bird box |
| Wednesday 1st May | Cooking demonstration followed by eating… |
| Wednesday 5th June | Village History & photo sharing |
| Wednesday 3rd July | Talk entitled ‘Living with Eskimos’ by a local resident! |
| Wednesday 7th August | Sing-a-long with Allan Black |
| Wednesday 4th September | An ‘off-the-wall’ gathering – bring along a treasure to talk about |
| Wednesday 2nd October | Handicrafts with Pauline |
| Wednesday 6th November | Making Christmas decorations |
| Wednesday 4th December | Christmas lunch |
In addition, the annual outing will be to Skegness on Wednesday 26th June. This is free to all over 60’s.
Other activities include the opportunity to go a little further afield to venues such as: Downtown, Foss Park, Wisbech Rose Fair & the Theatre.
Download or Print 2013 Event Calendar [pdf]
For more details please contact Evelyn via the Good Companions contact form.
via Evelyn Pickard, Good Companions
Just a reminder that the Rutland Sailing Club Open Day is this Saturday.
I’ll be there in the afternoon with the Catamaran (and some of the other Cat sailors with their boats), if anyone is interested in that.
Also dinghy’s and larger sailing cruisers will be giving demo rides.
via Pete Burrows, Rutland Sailing Club
The North Luffenham Cricket Club are looking for players to take part in a friendly Cricket Match and BBQ against Burghley Park this Sunday 2nd June at 2pm.
If you can play, please give Woody a call or email info@luffenhamcricket.org.
via Pete Burrows, Cricket Club
On Friday 31st May between 10am and 12noon there will be a Coffee Morning at the Fox and Hounds in aid of Marie Curie Cancer Care by kind permission of Sian, George and Maz.
For more information please contact the website and your enquiry will be passed onto Eric Abell who is organising the Coffee Morning.
5/6/13 UPDATE: £240! was raised from the coffee morning.
via Eric Abell, Just Giving
photo by: lovingyourwork.com
Thanks to everyone who supported our Spring Time Songbook in Empingham Church on Saturday 18th May. We are delighted to have raised £600 for the Stroke Association.
Choir line-up for Springtime Songbook
If you were not able to make it, you can watch the concert below, or go to the Springtime Songbook playlist on the Chater Community Choir YouTube channel:
As we return to practices every Tuesday night in North Luffenham School, new recruits always welcome, no experience necessary! Next practice 11th June after the Whit break.
via Linda Burrows, Chater Community Choir
