The Trustees of the Ridlington Playing Field have had to take the decision to lock the main gate to the playing field in order to manage the risk of vehicles accessing the field to dump waste now that the Council tips are closed.
We have also placed signage at the entrances to the field to remind people of the government guidance on social distancing and the closure of the children’s play area.
Keep safe
Ruth Lees
Chairman
For those who don’t know us, Diana my wife was born in Ridlington and has lived in Ridlington all of her life, I have lived here for almost 50 years and Daniel my son was born here too.
In the spirit of supporting our village where we can, especially those unable or unwilling to go out of the village, I would like to offer the following:-
Daniel and his wife Claire, who both currently live in Ridlington, run a local village pub/restaurant and tea room in Foxton; that was at least until it was forced to temporarily close earlier this week.! They are however supporting that local village community with the delivery of a weekly Fruit/Veg box, especially those who are finding it difficult to get out and about. It is very simple insofar as they take orders by telephone or email on a Monday and with the help of their local supplier, make up the veg/fruit boxes and deliver them on Wednesday.
Mobile – 07765873 253
Email – martin.bryers@btinternet.com
They would like to extend this community support to the residents of Ridlington village. The produce is high quality Class A produce as used in their restaurant and offers a great selection and variety of fresh fruit and veg each week delivered right to your door..
In addition to this I would also like to offer the facility of freshly baked artisan bread. Daniel is a qualified chef and I have been baking sourdough bread for many years. Daniel and I bake bread each week for his restaurant and tea room in a traditional stone bread oven and would like to take advantage of that to offer a weekly supply of Sourdough, or a non-sourdough French style tin loaf made with pâte fermentée (A portion of dough made ahead of time and left to ferment, usually overnight and at a cool temperature to enhance the flavour) to anyone in Ridlington who might like to take advantage. The standard Sourdough loaves are approx 900g in weight and offer a sizeable, highly nutritious, gut friendly bread made from only three ingredients, Stone ground organic flour, water and pink Himalayan salt. A sourdough starter made of rye flour is used as the natural wild yeast required to raise the dough. There are two sourdough loaves, one is a white sourdough made from white organic flour and the other is a country sourdough made with a blend of white and wholewheat flour.
As Sourdough takes up to 36 hours to produce I would propose that anyone wishing to place an order would do so by Monday lunchtime, we would then bake on Wednesday morning and deliver around the village later in the day.
All deliveries would be made with sensitivity and keeping in mind the need for social distancing. Payment can be made on a cash on delivery basis.
Veg/Fruit boxes are £15.00 each and the loaves are £3.95 each.
I have attached for your convenience an image of a recent Fruit/Veg box and a bake from last week of Rye based sourdough boules and French tin loaves made with pâte fermentée.
If you would like more information or would like to place an order for delivery next Wednesday, please let me know. You can call or email. Would you also kindly pass this onto your local neighbours..?
Many thanks and stay safe.
Regards,
Martin Bryers
Mobile – 07765873 253
We are writing to inform you today the Chief Medical Officer confirmed that 14,543 patients have been positively laboratory tested for Covid-19 infection in the UK.
One of these cases is a resident of Rutland.
We are about to inform residents through the local media, our website, our social channels and through Your Rutland.
Please find attached the official stakeholder briefing.
Regards
Communications
Rutland County Council
Thank you.
Dave Johnson
Rutland County Council would like to keep you updated about their response to COVID-19. Please share it with friends and family who may find it helpful.
Please click the below link to keep updated.
Thank you.
https://mailchi.mp/70ef6a35ae22/covid-19-latest-news-2717496?e=85edba0215
Martin Bryers would like to give them a complimentary Sourdough loaf each week that is if they would like one of course!
Please contact him on:
Mobile – 07765873253
Email – martin.bryers@btinternet.com
I hope you are able to enjoy the sunshine that we have had and find some good amidst our current restrictions.
Here are some snippets of news from around the Benefice this week; do please send me items to share for next weekend. It’s great that people are finding creative ways to care for their neighbours. Have you begun to wonder how society could change for the better as a result of our shared challenges? Have you found people want to talk about significant things? Although today is a day off for me, I wore a clerical collar when going shopping today and people queuing to shop and at the till talked about how they wanted churches open to pray in and more.
For Sunday here is a service of morning prayer, plus the readings to accompany this, a short reflection on the gospel reading from John and intercessions written by Jenni. These could be used at home on your own, but for the adventurous we are trying something I’d never heard of a week ago: we are holding a Facebook Watch Party. Those who have joined Facebook and The Rutland Water Benefice group can log on to Facebook, at 9.30am on Sunday morning, to watch a video of the service, together with Jenni leading the intercessions and John’s talk too. Doing this together I’m told we are able to contribute to the Party by typing in comments, so can share requests for prayer etc. Joining is far more straightforward than I’d thought, so why not be brave and try to do so . . . .
And do let me know if doing what we can online is helpful for you. How you are trying to support those who do not access online material?
May God bless us, our communities and world, now and always,
Pippa
Email – rectorrwb@gmail.com
The Farm Shop remains open for telephone orders and collections only, but is now closed to customers. This is to protect both customers and staff, and to enable them to continue to offer a service as best they can, but as safely as possible. So if you wish to purchase items from the Farm Shop, please do not turn up without having pre-ordered.
Orders are taken over the phone, with a member of staff walking round telling you what is in stock in whichever sections you are interested in, and filling a trolley with your shopping, ready for you to collect.
Payment is made over the phone. We have been offering a delivery service, but this has now come to an end simply because we do not have the capacity (vehicles/drivers/refrigeration) to meet the demand, and we want to focus the energies of our staff on serving as many of you as possible.
So we are requesting that customers collect, or share collections with other neighbours. On arrival at Gates, items will be put straight into the boot of your car so no contact is necessary.
The Garden centre itself is closed to the public, but items can be ordered over the phone, as above for collection. This includes plants, seeds, gardening tools, pots, etc as well as greeting cards, gifts, children’s puzzels and toys, outdoor games, books, small garden furniture, etc. If anyone is wishing to buy larger items, for example BBQs, large garden furniture, etc this can still be delivered.
We have some information about plants etc on our website, but if you are looking for anything else, just ring us and you will be put through to someone in the relevant department.
To Place and Order, please contact us on:
Tel.: 01664 454 309
Email – info@gatesgardencentre.co.uk
