Category: Community

Despite everything that the year has thrown at the country, this fundraising event went ahead on September. It proved ever popular raising an unexpected amount of money.

I write this to give overdue and public recognition to a member of Kibworth village, who has made a significant contribution to the well-being of our local community over many years, indeed decades!

As of 5 November, we are back to square two. All navigation is stopped except in special circumstances. The locks only open by pre-booking 24 hours in advance with a valid reason, and not at weekends. Pubs are closed, and the shop/café selling drinks and food for take-away only. People are allowed to drive out to take exercise this time. This is within reason (although there seem to be different interpretations of ‘reason’). Since we have had some beautiful warm sunny late-autumn days there have been plenty of visitors. Thankfully the car park toilets are open. The colours in the trees and reflections in the undisturbed water have provided some good photo opportunities.

Foxton Choir is really pleased to announce that we will be singing Christmas carols in the village this year but not quite as usual. Rather than the Choir coming to your front door, this time we hope that we can tempt you to leave your snug front rooms, wrap up warm and join us to sing some of your favourite carols, as well as some other lovely festive songs that you may not be quite so familiar with.

We are actively looking for volunteers to join our talented and imaginative Editorial Team.

Here’s my top 10 tips for Burglary Crime Prevention. I hope you will find these useful and ensure that you keep a daily routine to keep you all safe.

The mathematician and Philosopher Alfred North Whitehead said that ‘we think in generalities but we live in detail’. That ‘but’ is a subtle hint that thinking in generalities has its disadvantages.

The monthly meeting was held on 3 December using Zoom.