A strongly worded complaint has come in regarding riders ignoring "Road Closed" signs, breaking down safety fencing and putting themselves, their horses, and council workers in danger.
If it says Road Closed this means you too! You can be prosecuted for disobeying these signs - so be warned! Do not do it, however much it disrupts your normal exercising route. Repairs have to be done - riders can be the first to complain about bad surfaces - and the road is closed so the work can be done in safety. A work site is not a safe place for unexpected visitors, which is why it’s closed off.
The specific complaint related to an unsealed road - Hyde Lodge Road, Owston - being repaired at enormous expense and more quickly than planned, so by getting up the Highway Dept’s nose, the local riders were shooting themselves in the foot. Next time, local work won’t be given such a high priority for cash or time.
Please think about the effect your behaviour will have on the image of all riders. If it will do us ‘no good’, don’t do it.
This may be a good opportunity for riders to brush up on their road signs. A horse & rider logo in a circle means Riders Forbidden, not Riders Welcome. In addition to the traffic signs, there were large signs at each send, saying clearly Road Closed so there was no possible room for doubt.

”Pennbury Eco Town” a small town that will save the world or a town the size of Hinckley that will destroy beautiful countryside and cultural heritage.
A petition has been set up on the Number 10 website calling for residents to be consulted on proposals for up to 20,000 "green" homes between Oadby and the A47 by Billesdon.

The Eco Town has now been shortlisted. Please act now if you do not want this town on your doorstep. Eco towns do not need the same planning permission as other dwellings. So it is down to all of us to prevent this town from eating up the countryside and removing us of Leicester’s Historic Airport 

Details are on view at the Great Glen Parish Office, where you can sign the petition in person or you can do it online at

HTTP://PETITIONS.PM.GOV.UK/PennburyEcoTown

Further Reading :
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pennbury,_Leicestershire