TOMO 30,179 Posted January 4 Report Share Posted January 4 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 52,120 Posted January 4 Report Share Posted January 4 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 30,179 Posted January 4 Author Report Share Posted January 4 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 4,685 Posted January 4 Report Share Posted January 4 That was a cracking watch tomo , thanks for posting mate. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Francie, 3,009 Posted January 4 Report Share Posted January 4 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 17,996 Posted January 4 Report Share Posted January 4 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 30,179 Posted January 5 Author Report Share Posted January 5 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 33,405 Posted January 5 Report Share Posted January 5 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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