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2018 Bobal Extreme Manchuela (Altolandon) (Coop £10.00)

Sunday 21 March 2021

How useful has this new footpath  been on Warwick Park?  Since the first lockdown it has been used, no doubt, countless times when folks have been taking their daily exercise. When the rains came in the autumn it was used in preference to the muddy recreation ground.  It’s a path that leads to the very newly installed Multi Use Games Area (MUGA). And now with the arrival of snow it is one of the safer routes for getting around our village joining together residents from the outer reaches of the village to the village centre.

It's been a long winter so far with all the covid restrictions in place. But the Easy Riders have continued to thrive, with nearly all the riders battling the elements either solo, or in pairs rides out. Membership is growing rapidly, mainly as a result of our highly successful Xmas bike appeal which saw a great effort from our members resulting in over 70 local children benefiting from the donation of the restored bikes.. We learnt a lot from this scheme and already looking forward to doing it again next year. 

We held our public Zoom meeting on 19 January, which is earlier than the usual fourth Tuesday, so that the budget could be agreed for 2021/22, and the figures sent into HDC for their 22 January deadline.

Our last two meetings using Zoom were on 7 January and 4 February.

Well, at this time of year, we would ‘normally’ have just finished Panto and hopefully brightened a dull and dark January for our audiences. As we obviously can’t perform at present, we thought the following would lighten our way towards Spring!

Here is a picture of some of our Well-being Waves to mark Children’s Mental Health Week made by 3rd Kibworth Rainbows.

THIS IS WHAT YOU NEED TO DO.

Dear Editor,

It was the snowiest day of the year. 23cm of snow lay on surfaces and I donned my wellingtons for the first time in 20 years, worn, but still waterproof with a good grip. I plodded up to the paper shop only to find it closed with no lights on. At the same time a car drew up. The driver offered me a lift to the Co-op as it was the nearest shop to be open and to sell daily papers. Both the driver and I wanted the same thing. I accepted the lift with some relief as I didn’t plan to return empty handed. The door of the car
was frozen shut but with a struggle I got it open.