Category: Community

A huge thank you to everyone who supported the Friends of St Wilfrid’s concert on Friday 28 February.

Boat movements were down all last year. The winter was pretty quiet too. The seemingly unending storms wreaked havoc across the waterways system, bringing many trees down to block the navigation. There seems to have been a small spurt of activity for the February half term. Nobody is sure how the season will pan out. Some hire firms report bookings are slow. Private boats, whose numbers are increasing, tend not to travel far, and the trends are not very encouraging. Perhaps if we are blessed with some good weather, and not so many floods, things will pick up. 

Those of you who are aware of the much lamented Michael Mosley and his ‘Just One Thing’ suggestions to encourage healthy living, might like to consider a similar theme. This time for improving our environment and supporting wildlife.

Saturday 22 March

Our Local History Season is going very well. Graham Watts’ talk about Kibworth Harcourt Post Mill was a fascinating look at the past. We are working hard to retain that knowledge today.

Finally Kibworth Beauchamp has a sign!

Many of you will associate this ‘tag line’ with the wonderful Sarah Poli, and never has it been more apt than now, when Sarah and Lino announce that they will finally be closing the doors to Boboli’s.

Over the two days of Thursday 13 and Friday 14 February, Cameron Scott with the help of members of the KH Post Mill volunteers group carried out some remedial work on the mill following the annual inspection.  The Society for the Preservation of Buildings (SPAB) who actually own the building signed off the work which was initially on the brake wheel however other areas were looked at and where necessary maintained.

As editor of this newspaper I have been sent, by email, a copy of this month’s Neighbourhood Link. This is an online newsletter with information about neighbourhood support, neighbourhood watch, and neighbourhood action groups. In the top right hand corner is the Neighbourhood Watch logo.

Who’s noticed the slightly lighter evenings and early spring bulbs starting to push their way out of the earth?  A sign of the warmer days ahead...