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Chair Melton Mowbray Pork Pie Association, UK Protected Food Names Assn, British Pie Awards, Artisan Cheese Fair, East Mids Food Festival, MM Food Partnership

Melton Mowbray
Joined October 2010
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New Year Swim in Ice.
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Winter Solstice 2025. Newgrange, Ireland 5,200 years old. 8.58am Sunday 21st Dec the sun's rays will enter through the roof to light the passage onto a carved stone at the end of the chamber. Tune in to the live broad cast from 8.40am Sunday Morning. gov.ie/.../winter-solstice-a…
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Matthew O'Callaghan retweeted
#Zelensky is not a saint; he has his faults, and he will be criticized for them. But this man has balls. Video from Kupiansk. #Putin said that Ukrainian soldiers were surrounded in Kupiansk and that anyone who wanted to could come and see for themselves. So Zelensky went there.
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Nativity Scene - comes out every year - roll of cotton wool as snow with white glitter.
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A whiskey in Connolly's Bar, Sligo.
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We're open today 10am-4pm. Tickets on door. We've taken every care to minimise adverse weather risk. Halls full, outdoor non-street food traders undercover in Food Court Marquee & Food Theatre Hall. 170+ traders. Come and visit them. Workshops running Food Theatre tomorrow only
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Despite the bad weather forecast for the Saturday, the Food Festival will still be running, but with minor alterations on the Saturday, eg Food Theatre, Street Food. The rest of the festival, mainly in halls, will stll be open. Enjoy.!
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BBC Radio 4 Food Programme - kind enough to interview me as part of today's programme on Food Tourism. I'm on 10:30 mins into the programme and again 28 mins in. Worth listening to the whole programme - Melton Mowbray: Rural Capital of Food. bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m002j6…
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I hosted a delegation from the Korean Ministry of Agriculture and the Food Research Institute today studying UK Protected Food Names and of course Melton's famous pies.
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Food Tourism - Melton Mowbray. We earn £100m in Melton per annum from tourism connected with Melton's Food Heritage (STEAM Analysis), with 4 food festivals, Pie Awards, Cheese Awards, Food Tours etc @SheilaDillon @BBCFoodProg @robinmarkwell meltonfestivals.co.uk
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Food Tourism - Melton Mowbray. We earn £100m in Melton per annum from tourism connected with Melton's Food Heritage (STEAM Analysis), with 4 food festivals, Pie Awards, Cheese Awards, Food Tours etc @SheilaDillon @BBCFoodProg @robinmarkwell meltonfestivals.co.uk
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Matthew O'Callaghan retweeted
🚨Holy shit. Someone made a new ad for Trump’s ballroom and it’s absolutely perfect. Trump would hate if this went viral…
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Matthew O'Callaghan retweeted
Beautiful song from Irish and Palestinian mothers, lead by Irish singer Mary Black 🇮🇪🇵🇸 #FreePalestine #Paddystinian 🇮🇪🤝🇵🇸
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Quick Mango Crumble Costa Rica Style -rich, crunchy crumble top. Mix 1 large cup flour, 50 g sugar pinch salt. Mix in 1 beaten egg to give crumbs. Line dish with mangoes softened in microwave sprinkle crumble mix on top. Drizzle 50g melted butter over airfry 15 minutes. Or apples
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Melton featured in Sunday's BBC TV Countryfile programme. The Eggleston family supply milk to Long Clawson Dairy, Inteview on Stilton and MM Pork Pies and the British Pie Awards. Great promtion of Melton bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m0…
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Matthew O'Callaghan retweeted
The illusion of floating in the air is such an amazing technique…
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Partner still waiting 5 hours later for @GreenFlagUK dark, vulnerable alone in Leicester now told needs to wait till 10.30pm. What do you think of their service?
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Partner broken down central Leicester and after 4 hours still no @GreenFlagUK and it's getting dark. what does it take to get a vulnerable woman rescued...
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Now she has been told that no one will reach her until 9.30pm It's dark, she's alone, scared and vulnerable. Why keep texting her to say you'll be there in an hour and then another hour and then another hour etc where are the rescue people being diverted to? @GreenFlagUK
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