Martin Brookes Oakham Rutland: August 2010

Tuesday, August 31, 2010

Greetham Valley Hotel, Golf and Conference Centre in Rutland

Greetham Valley Lodges

Greetham Valley Trout Lake

Greetham Valley Golf

Lakes, ponds, mature woods and a naturally contoured landscape of scenic valleys and rolling hills make Greetham Valley a beautiful environment, restaurants, luxurious Clubhouse, hair and beauty salon and 45 holes of golf. Off-road driving, mud-buggies and quad-bike trekking, coarse and fly fishing, archery, water sports and a host of others. enjoyable. Isn’t it about time you discovered Greetham Valley?

All Welcome. Hotel has large free car park.

http://www.greethamvalley.co.uk/

Cottesmore Rutland Village

Cottesmore Village Rutland

Cottesmore is a village in the north of the county of Rutland in the East Midlands of England. In terms of population it is the largest village in Rutland, and the third-largest settlement after Oakham and Uppingham. This is due in part to the presence of RAF Cottesmore.

Cottesmore in Bloom

The Sun Inn Cottesmore

Oakham CCTV Failure

CCTV sign in the window of Abrakebra Restauran...

Image via Wikipedia

Tesco Oakham recently paid for an extra CCTV camera

to be fitted and connected to Oakham's CCTV system.

The anti social behaviour still continues around Tesco

Once again the childrens tiles were smashed outside the

store. The camera appears to bo no deterant.

A engineer was spotted adjusting the camera this morning so once

again I can only guess it was looking at the pavement.

Why are both councils still paying for this service?

A service that has brought no benefit to the town.

A councillor told me there has been no prosecutions aided by

CCTV evidence and council property is often damaged and the camera

was found to be pointing to the sky or the wrong way!

The only people in my view to benefit is a subsidary of Chubb Security

Rutland CCTV group

are plannimg to spend a further

£26,500 this year on new equipment

Victorian Oakham Rope making in the work houses

During the times of the Victorian work houses rope was made in Oakham.

A lady from English Heritage was interested to know if the hooks used to dry the ropes were still fixed to town buildings.

I asked at the Rutland County Museum as normal they know nothing!

I took a look around town and spotted on three buildings a number of these old hooks does anyone know if these would be the hooks used?

Greetham Rutland Discover Rutland

The Plough Greetham

I was going to visit then I saw the car!

it belong to the respectable leader of

Rutland County Council.

Mother guarding her young

A bird of prey in a Greetham front garden

Ducks Seated

Greetham is a village in the county of Rutland in the East Midlands of England.

It lies on the B668 between the county town of Oakham and the A1 and on the north-south Viking Way long distance footpath running between the Humber Bridge and Oakham.