Today, on Day 46 of the relay and with less than a month to go until the start of the Olympic Games, Rutland saw its first glimpse of the Olympic Torch. The Torch had made its way from Leicester that morning, and huge crowds gathered to see the Olympic Torch pass through Oakham High Street […]
Today the Dambuster Triathlon took place on Rutland Water which has become a well-recognised feature on the Triathlon calendar. Starting at the base at Whitwell in front of the Harbour Bar from 7am, the swim was one lap of a designated 1500m course on Rutland Water (I believe that this is the only time you […]
As part of the Jubilee celebrations, the Queen visited Burghley House today. Unfortunately due to illness during the Jubilee weekend, the Duke of Edinburgh was not able to attend. The Queen arrived at Burghley House by Helicopter at about 12:30pm from Nottingham. According to the Stamford Mercury ‘About 8,000 people from voluntary groups, school children […]
The Stamford Shakespeare Company present a season of plays from June through to August in the grounds of Tolethorpe Hall, which is 2 miles north of Stamford. This evening, we headed off for an evening at the theatre to watch Twelfth Night, one of the three plays running this summer, the other two being Henry […]
