Ashmount Close is a development of 32 new homes, built by Westleigh Homes, that was built on the site of the Ashmount Special School, for which it is named, which relocated to Thorpe Hill in 2014. It is located off Beacon  Road, adjacent to the Sacred Heart Primary School. Planning approval for the scheme was granted in 2016, and the development, of which about 30% was affordable housing, was completed in 2019. The development was called Beacon Place, but the new road created was named Ashmount Close, after the former school. Homes fronting Beacon Road. Ashmount Close was named after the special school that stood on the site previously. Looking towards Beacon Road. Looking into the development, which was built by Westleigh Homes. Looking towards Beacon Road. The corner houses are a nice touch. Some of the affordable housing.

 In February 2019, Arriva Leicester unveiled a retro-painted bus to celebrate 35 years since the creation of its predecessor, Midland Fox. In 1981, Midland Red East was formed from the break-up of Midland Red. It was renamed Midland Fox in 1984, and was privatised after a management buyout in 1987. Afterwards it absorbed several smaller operators, including the Loughborough Bus and Coach Company. In 1989, Midland Fox was sold to the Drawlane Group, and in 1992 was then sold to British Bus,  which in turn was bought by the Cowie Group in 1996. In 1997, the Cowie Group became Arriva, and Midland Fox became Arriva Fox County. The picture shows the repainted bus, fleet no. 4752 (FJ06 ZSX), entering Alan Moss Road on its way to Shepshed on the 17th of August 2020.

The shutters of the central portion of the branch of One-stop in Thorpe Acre.  27th June 2019. A similar incident happened over a year later.  18th November 2020

The Co-operative supermarket at Hall Croft, Shepshed. Shepshed has two Co-op stores (Loughborough has only one). A new development at Hall Croft. Shepshed Library. Field Street, looking towards the Bull Ring and Kirkhill. The Bull Ring, looking towards Kirkhill This building was formerly a branch of the Westminster Bank. Legend has it that the plans for Shepshed's bank were mixed up with the plans for another bank in Derby! The branch at Shepshed is now a dentist's. Queen Street.

 A male mandarin duck appeared in Queen's Park in around late 2019, and was seen up until after Queen's Park was flooded in February 2020, when, legend has it,  it moved to Charnwood Water after a new pond created by the floodwaters dried up. But yesterday, when I went to Queen's Park to feed the ducks, I discovered, much to my delight, that the mandarin duck had returned! The Mandarin duck is a species of duck originating from the Far East. Some of them have escaped captivity and there are now estimated to be around 7,000 Mandarin ducks in the wild in the UK. Mandarin duck feeding Mandarin duck with Mallard girlfriend! Smart-looking Mandarin duck standing on the side of the pond Mandarin duck resting

A rather romantic depiction of the Beacon Bingo on Baxter Gate. This photograph was taken from a traffic island on Jubilee Way from behind some flower baskets.