TOMO 30,006 Posted Sunday at 09:38 Report Share Posted Sunday at 09:38 Another bit of nostalgia....this is my area...or just a handful of miles south...a place I hunted a lot ...and was at the dairy just before Christmas buying Stilton cheese 6 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
WILF 51,930 Posted Sunday at 12:23 Report Share Posted Sunday at 12:23 2 hours ago, TOMO said: Another bit of nostalgia....this is my area...or just a handful of miles south...a place I hunted a lot ...and was at the dairy just before Christmas buying Stilton cheese Love stuff like that mate, brilliant. The NFU offices in Rutland was a client of mine so I used to get up there a bit, lovely country round there at the time. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TOMO 30,006 Posted Sunday at 14:13 Author Report Share Posted Sunday at 14:13 Wasn't it interesting that the population of Leicester was only 300.000....back then.... Yeh Rutland has the small market town of Oakham next to it which I think was the town the narrator was referring when he talked about the stone houses similar to the cotswolds... 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mel b 4,626 Posted Sunday at 16:22 Report Share Posted Sunday at 16:22 That was a cracking watch tomo , thanks for posting mate. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Francie, 3,001 Posted Sunday at 16:38 Report Share Posted Sunday at 16:38 Good watch that tomo,notice they fed the waste of cheese making (whey) to the pigs an cattle,fattened them up lol Quote Link to post Share on other sites
THE STIFFMEISTER 17,967 Posted Sunday at 19:38 Report Share Posted Sunday at 19:38 Oakham and Rutland in general is still tidy Oakham is absolutely packed full of hares The royal Anglian regiment are based there and are known as “the poachers” The mess presentation piece and there freedom march hark back to this 6 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TOMO 30,006 Posted Monday at 12:47 Author Report Share Posted Monday at 12:47 Yes back in the mid 2000's....I had about 5000 acre on an estate just north of Oakham...keeper was an ex dog lad ..so I could run anything on there....I organised a couple of little coursing events...was a cracking little estate...lifting with hares...I would be there on my own twice a week back then... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Greyman 33,086 Posted Monday at 13:57 Report Share Posted Monday at 13:57 21 hours ago, Francie, said: Good watch that tomo,notice they fed the waste of cheese making (whey) to the pigs an cattle,fattened them up lol That was before they realised the value of it now it’s pro biotic yogurt for your breakfast lol Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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