Leisure Archive
(November 2011)

1 November 2011

Equestrian Life – November 2011

Welcome once again to Lincolnshire Life and we are now at that stage where the woolly jumpers have come out of moth balls and the bedding is getting thicker in the stables. However, don’t go into hibernation just yet as November still promises a few fireworks as our Diary reveals. Also, have a good look Read more…

Shooting Times – November 2011

It is November already and the autumn is slowly giving way to winter. The shops are reminding us how many days are left before Christmas – yes really! So, time to start dropping hints about what you want as a festive gift. You might want to start a collection of antique guns and that’s where Read more…

A Royal encounter

With the interest in this year’s Royal wedding, I thought it appropriate to share an experience I had with the Royal father-in-law, HRH The Prince of Wales, some years ago. I left Caistor Yarborough school in July 1969 with only one aspiration: to follow my father, and great-grandfather, as gamekeepers. My father at the time Read more…

50 glorious years…

“It certainly doesn’t feel like fifty years have passed since I first went to Burghley,” says the jaunty 85-years-young Roy Bird MBE, who half a century ago was asked by the late Lord Exeter to join the committee of the first Burghley Horse Trials. Roy, then secretary of the Peterborough Agricultural Society, was asked to Read more…

Pure heaven…

Aston Martin’s newest stablemates: Virage and Vantage S Aston Martin is one of the coolest automotive brand names on the planet, so getting a chance to drive one of the beautifully crafted cars from the British motor manufacturer has to be on the wish list of many. Well, luckily (and I don’t want to sound Read more…

Audi Q3 is on the money

The new Audi Q3 SUV, starting from £24,560 OTR, has arrived… For the third Q-model in the series, the Q3 will have the distinction of being the first Audi SUV to offer the efficiency-focused option of a 54.3mpg front-wheel-drive variant. Four engines will initially be available, all combining direct fuel injection with turbo charging and Read more…

Enjoy winter

This time last year who could have known what the great British weather was going to throw our way. 2010 proved to be one of the coldest winters on record with some significant levels of snowfall which simply refused to disappear for a good number of weeks. The arrival of the snow and ice brought Read more…