Valentine’s Day ... soon upon us! Cards and chocolates, red roses and romantic evenings ... I recall the thrill as a teenager of receiving cards with cryptic messages and no signature. Does that still happen in this electronic age? And what’s it all about? Love ... love ... love (echoes of The Beatles, for those [...]
By now the nights are starting to get lighter, and this year’s batch of Seville Oranges have been made into delicious marmalade. Keeping with the citrus theme, this month’s recipe is for Lemon Curd, quite simple to make but absolutely gorgeous. LEMON CURD You will need the following: Grated zest and juice of 4 medium [...]
May I be the first to wish you a Happy New February! Makes a change don’t you think? I thought I would save my New Year good wishes until February only to be different you understand ... ’twas ever thus’ she who must be obeyed would say! In any event please have a happy, successful [...]
Whissendine Environment Group (WEG) is looking for Volunteers willing to go on a rota to maintain the area and be trained in hedge laying / coppicing, a 2 day course over a weekend, which will take place in March 2015 at Rutland Water. The training is fully funded (thanks to a grant from The Cory [...]
Knitted Purse This pattern for a knitted purse comes courtesy of Operation Christmas Child and is popular with us Knit and Natterers as not only do we knit lots of them for Christmas Shoeboxes but also it uses up those oddments of yarn that are not big enough for anything else. They can be filled [...]
At the January 2015 WI meeting, talented Tom Phillips, who has a shop in Quorn, gave an informative talk about chocolate, meanwhile stirring two pots of liquid chocolate (obviously good at multi-tasking). He demonstrated how chocolates are made using plastic moulds and bubble wrap! We were able to eat the delicious truffles later. Sarah Bysouth [...]
Notice is hereby given of a village pancake tossing competition to be held at St Andrew's Church on 17 February. See the Calendar for more details. Coffee morning from 10.30 to 12 noon, 17 Feb 2015. Come and join the fun and see if you can win the pancake tossing trophy! Children are welcome to [...]
The High Sheriff of Rutland in nomination for 2015-16 is Mr Andrew Brown. Mr Brown's term of office starts on the 9th of April. Mr Brown is available to speak at village and association events. Contact Mr Andrew Brown Fairchilds Lodge Lyddington Road Caldecott Rutland LE16 8TE Email: twbfarms@aol.com Tel: 07801 057417
The “VOGUE 2015 It List” identifies lawn bowls as the trend to watch in the new year: “Lawn bowls was once the preserve of the elderly, but now that they’re all off travelling the world, the sport has had an injection of youth. At Brockwell Park in Brixton, hipsters hired out the greens for birthday [...]
There is currently no Rainbows group in Whissendine and the village would welcome somebody to step up and become a leader as there is demand amongst our primary age girls. If you are interested, please contact Melanie Weaver on 01572 759899 or Pam Gilbert on 01572 723133.
As reported in the December 2014 edition of the Grapevine, there are plans to put signage near to both entrances to The Banks to give a little information about the area, as it’s land Whissendine residents have owned for around 250 years. The purpose of the orignal donation to the village was for sheep washing, [...]
Congratulations to Aakash of Mace Whissendine village shop who shaved his beard off for Rainbow Hospice and raised over £350!
Hooray and dippidy doodah, congratulations and all that sort of thing! Why? You might ask, well........It is my anniversary, yes good reader January 2015 marks the 20th year I have been churning out this appalling nonsense and the amazing thing is I am still using the same jokes! You kind people are so patient, brave [...]
Rehearsals are well underway for next year’s panto 'Cinders, the True Story' by David Tristram, performed by S.T.A.R.S. This is a traditional pantomime, fun for all the family, with an inventive and very funny script. There will be a few surprises in store and one thing is certain, when all has been revealed, you will [...]
The Sports Club committee is continuing to develop the facilities up on Melton Road. We were delighted to receive a grant of £2500 from the Parish Council which we have added to our own funds to enable the purchase of the first pieces of equipment for the outdoor gym. The committee would like to extend [...]
Beanie Hat For this month’s pattern I have chosen a warm, cosy Beanie Hat with a curled brim and hidden slightly tighter band that helps it stay on. I used Pure Merino wool as it is soft and machine washable, but any Double Knitting yarn will be OK. For this hat, you will need: DK [...]
Volunteers came together to celebrate Christmas at a Rutland pub restaurant in December. Gwen Griffiths thanked all volunteers for their dedication to the Scheme which is being used as a model by other villages in Rutland and Leicestershire. Sam Asplin, the new parish councillor came to talk to us about the scheme recently and has [...]
On Wednesday the 3rd December, Happy Circle Club Members enjoyed their annual Christmas Lunch. A delicious three course meal including wine was cooked and served by Annette Hatton and her merry band of helpers. The meal was rounded off by mince pies and each member received a bag of mixed chocolates. There followed a short [...]
Four of our talented members took on the job of instructing the rest of the members in making Christmas decorations at the November meeting. There were plates to paint that were later baked in the oven, cards to make from cut out paper designs, wreaths were constructed using Christmassy fabric and cones were produced from [...]
Parson’s Pints monthly gathering makes a welcome return to Whissendine under a different guise: Whissendine Saintly Social. Come along to welcome in the New Year, tell us what you got for Christmas and for a chat and good company - All welcome! Venue will alternate between pubs on the last Thursday of each month. First [...]
On February 1st Whissendine will be having a visit from Bishop John Holbrook, the Bishop of Brixworth (Assistant bishop in our Diocese of Peterborough). He will be coming to the 11am communion service at Whissendine, during which four of our youngsters will be confirmed. If anyone else has been thinking about taking further steps in [...]