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Town & Country Veterinary Centre, a veterinary practice based in Market Harborough, have kindly continued their sponsorship of the Mini/Junior

“You may say I’m a dreamer, but I’m not the only one” – John Lennon

The Twenty’s Plenty notices, The hello yellow board Bedraggled, broken, sad, forlorn And generally ignored -

The snow and lockdown has lead to a course invasion at Kibworth Golf Club.The course was invaded by the friendly chaps shown below. They are a few of the many that appeared recently along with the droves of dog walkers who regularly enjoy our beautiful course.

As regular readers of my County Council Gartree News column will know, I  have been monitoring the positive Covid-19 cases. I have been looking at the numbers and rates per 100,000 daily for the  Kibworth and Great Glen Middle layer Super  Output Area (MSOA) since mid October.  There was an unexpected spike in the  numbers for this MSOA for the 7 days to 23  January. The increase in case numbers continued for a few days. Case numbers rose  from 26 (rate of 239.2) to 54 (rate of 445.5)  over a 4 day period. I was alerted to a possible  outbreak and contacted the Director of Public  Health over the weekend. He was able to  confirm that 35 people (23 residents and 12  staff) had indeed tested positive at a local care  home. The residents had been offered vaccinations prior to the regular testing process giving the positive results. The majority were  asymptomatic. I understand relatives were  informed as a matter of course. 

During 2020 most of our patients didn't travel very far. Some took up new hobbies during lockdown. Others started new fitness regimes.So when we were approached by one of our patients with an unexpected request during a most unusual year, we did our best to help. We were helping a rowing team to "see at sea!"

(4^th January to 28^th February)

Normally for this month's Chronicle I would be writing about our preparations for the Regional Area Brass Band Contest in Bedworth. Unfortunately like so many other events this has been cancelled and as the band room remains closed and the band silent we must wait until next year.

The recent snowfall in late January, brought some beautiful snow scenes around our villages. Gumley was turned into a Winter Wonderland by the deep covering of snow.