Fancy a new way to keep fit and healthy? Why not give yoga a try?
2 new classes begin this week on Tuesday 3rd September at Preston Village Hall.
The morning class runs from 9.30 – 11am and consists of gentle strength building exercises to help with posture followed by a lovely guided relaxation.
The evening class (8 – 9pm) focuses on releasing tension from the spine and relaxing the body and mind. For more details have a look at the Do-Yoga! website or contact Deb King.
Having promoted the Rutland Ride and Stride in the Rutland Times this week on my Penny Farthing, I have decided to enter riding one and will be starting at the church 10.00 am on 14th September.
I have set up a just giving page, if anybody would like to contribute.
via Keith Read, Just Giving
This initiative by British Cycling and Sky encourages you to get out on your bike.
Luckily there are some arranged near to North Luffenham for various abilities.
via Linda Burrows, Knit and Natter
Following the arrival of super-fast broadband in North Luffenham, BBC Radio Leicester conducted an interview with Pete Burrows (LHW) and Terry King (RCC) on Thursday 15th August as a follow up to the launch.
Having trouble playing this? Listen on Youtube instead.
via Pete Burrows, Home Workers
Having trouble viewing video? Watch on YouTube instead.
via Pete Burrows, Luffenham Home Workers
North Luffenham’s Annual Show will be held at The Community Centre on Sunday September 15th. As well as the traditional Fruit and Vegetable categories there are classes for Home Produce, Art & Crafts, Ptotographic entries, flowers and pot plants and there are separate children’s classes. Show schedules can be obtained from Katy Ellis on 722173 or Ian Ferguson on 720793
A bit late notice, but the weather is looking good to observe the partial flyover of the ISS this evening starting at 11pm, on the horizon from the direction of Uppingham.
The ISS will move in an easterly direction towards Easton on the Hill, but will fade away after about 5 minutes, shortly after reaching its maximum height in the sky, when it will be eclipsed by the Earth’s shadow.
Date/time: 8/6 23:00:20
Azimuth: 245.09° (WSW)
Elevation (altitude): 0.14°
Magnitude: 1.4
Distance to satellite: 2349.3 km
In Earth’s shadow (eclipsed): NO
Date/time: 8/6 23:05:40
Azimuth: 165.60° (S)
Elevation (altitude): 53.28°
Magnitude: -1.9
Distance to satellite: 520.4 km
In Earth’s shadow (eclipsed): NO
Date/time: 8/6 23:11:0
Azimuth: 81.56° (E)
Elevation (altitude): 0.44°
Magnitude: –
Distance to satellite: 2311.7 km
In Earth’s shadow (eclipsed): YES
Good visible pass
Data courtesy of Real Time Satellite Tracking
The next meeting of the North Luffenham Camera Club will be on Tuesday, 17th September at 8pm at the Community Centre.
Please bring along photos for the display on the theme of MOVEMENT.
Also do bring your entries (hard copy please) for the 2014 calendar, North Luffenham and Surrounding Area.
Please keep the e copy in high resolution so that if chosen it can be put onto flash drive for printer.
The Exton photos would be suitable to include.
All are welcome to our meetings, please contact us for more information.
via Pam Plant, Camera Club
The Active Rutland website contains lots of hidden gems about activities in Rutland for all ages and abilities.
Please browse the Active Rutland Event pages for more information on how to participate in each of these activities.
via Linda Burrows, Knit and Natter
The Minutes of the Parish Council meeting of May 20th 2013 have now been signed as a true record and are published below
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