Leigh984, The creative portfolio of Leigh Spencer

Join us on a tour of the Ice House built in 1843 in Bouskell Park Blaby. Once the site of a medieval village and later parkland for Blaby Hall, a Manor House built in 1837. The Ice House itself is now a Grade II Listed Building and was restored by the 'Buried Bouskell' project In December 2019, when £156,000 was awarded to Blaby District Council by The National Lottery Heritage Fund as part of a £173,000 project which will help preserve its structure and heritage for the future. Tours of the Blaby Ice House are now available to book online on the "Visit Blaby" website at www.visitblaby.org.uk/heritage/bouskell-park-ice-house

A twist on the traditional scarecrow festival format saw the residents and businesses of countesthorpe in Leicestershire decorate their car boots garage doors and house fronts to create The Boot Route. The trail spread around the village and featured all sorts of creative scenes from giant Minnie Mouse ears (complete with signature red and white polkadot bow) to The Wizard Of Oz, the famous yellow brick road winding from the boot out onto the driveway below. Some entries had chosen to create the Mad Hatters Tea Party both in car boots and on the front of their houses, the local messy church group had turned a garage door into a shoal of hand decorated fish creating an aquarium that wouldn't be out of place in a sea life center. My film shows a selection of the entries on the trail which included over 21 different scenes and was organised by a dedicated team of volunteers and supported by local businesses and Visit Blaby District.