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Fields Oct 2022 10:33pm, 29 Oct 2022 7,202 posts	Quote Pin Fields I almost went for a job there a few years ago, didn’t see much of the town but it might have been fun living there
stilldreaming Oct 2022 8:26am, 30 Oct 2022 1,052 posts	Quote Pin stilldreaming [Loughborough has some great trails round and about .... Bradgate Park, Beacon Hill and some fab trail races (Charnwood Hills, Nanpanton 10 etc), but you have to accept that while you're struggling to 'run' up the hills, some uni students kitted out in purple will come bounding past you barely breaking sweat!!].
Nicholls595 Oct 2022 8:29am, 30 Oct 2022 29,865 posts	Quote Pin Nicholls595 Is that where your lass is at Uni Nico? It is Fields, it does have an excellent rugby set up
Velociraptor Oct 2022 8:32am, 30 Oct 2022 60,624 posts	Quote Pin Velociraptor [I went to Loughborough once. Handed over money to relive the worst of school athletics for a couple of hours.]
GordonG Oct 2022 2:55pm, 31 Oct 2022 9,410 posts	Quote Pin GordonG That there is a charity to support pregnant women who are discriminated against at work called "Pregnant Then Screwed"
Snoot Oct 2022 9:39pm, 31 Oct 2022 5,637 posts	Quote Pin Snoot [went to a steel fab shop in Loughborough a few times for work, concluded the only decent hotels were at the Uni!]
DeeGee Nov 2022 11:53am, 1 Nov 2022 22,190 posts	Quote Pin DeeGee The Greek word for bear is ἄρκτος - arktos. The Greek word ἀρκτικός - arktikos, means "near to the bear", so the word Arctic gets its name because the pole-star, Polaris is close to the constellations of Ursa Major and Ursa Minor.
GlennR Nov 2022 11:56am, 1 Nov 2022 66,289 posts	Quote Pin GlennR [I believe Polaris is part of Ursa Minor]
DeeGee Nov 2022 12:26pm, 1 Nov 2022 22,191 posts	Quote Pin DeeGee [Is it the end of the handle?]
Steve NordRunner Nov 2022 12:45pm, 1 Nov 2022 2,138 posts	Quote Pin Steve NordRunner Thanks for that, DeeGee! The guiding stars were apparently the whole of Ursa Minor, known as the Dog's Tail, or Cynosaura, at the time of the Phœnicians. One star only became known as the Pole Star at the time of the Renaissance. This gives us the modern word cynosure for a guiding principle. en.wikipedia.org