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Scanning the Stars

The Peak District Darker Skies Group are asking people to help monitor light pollution in the Peak District, by looking at Orion and associated stars later this month. If you are interested in being involved, either go to the Peak Park website or first read their full press release below. 

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Two rather lovely YouTube videos, from Peak District TV & Peak District OnLine, were sent into the Blog. On a misty morning in the Peak District, the mysteriously named Chrome Hill and its neighbour Parkhouse, near Longnor, are brought to life.  Like a weary dinosaur, Chrome Hill appears to be sleeping. The spines on its [...]

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The following statement was issued today by the Peak District National Park Authority. This relates to the recent planning application for a wind turbine at Hill Top Farm.

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For a large-sized, printer-friendly version of these photos, please open the current school newsletter PDF.

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Would-be archaeologists and stargazers are invited to meet the experts to explore ancient history and the night sky from a prehistoric stone circle on Sunday December 4th. Nottingham Trent University in partnership with the Peak Park are offering 60 free places for people to find out more about the Nine Ladies stone circle, on Stanton Moor, both [...]

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Thursday 17th November 2011 at 8pm, Calver Village Hall Please visit our website.  Contact us by email: info@peakparkwatch.org.uk or 01433 631436 “Peak ParkWatch are an independent organisation, and the opinions expressed on their website do not necessarily represent the opinions of the PARWICH.ORG blog team.”

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Help – What am I?

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The planning application from Robert Gosling at Hill Top Farm has been registered with Peak District National Park. Application number: NP/DDD/0911/0933 Proposal: Erection of a single wind turbine and stone build plant rooms. All the planning documents can been seen on the National Park website or by visiting the Peak Park at Bakewell.

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Mysterious White Powder?

A reader asks: Does anyone know what the small piles of white powder around the village are for? The children are obsessed with what it is and one tried to taste it. Could you post and find out for me.

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The Big Butterfly Count

As this year’s Big Butterfly Count is about to get underway, here is some more information about the project, which might appeal to anyone with an interest in nature conservation. The Big Butterfly Count is a nationwide survey, which aims to help in assessing the health of our environment. 10,000 people took part last year, [...]

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A free guided walk through wildflower-rich hay-meadows, and the chance to search for the elusive “Ratty”, is on offer on Monday July 4th in the Bletch Brook Valley, between Parwich and Tissington.  Meet at 6.30pm outside The Sycamore Peak District National Park ecologists and experts from the Derbyshire Wildlife Trust will lead the walk, looking [...]

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Congratulations to John and Marion F-S, who have been awarded a Peak District Environmental Quality Mark for Tom’s Barn and Douglas’s Barn. Click here for the full news story, and click here for Marion’s report of the awards ceremony on the Tom’s Barn blog.

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A free guided walk through wildflower-rich hay-meadows, and the chance to search for the elusive “Ratty”, is on offer on Monday July 4th in the Bletch Brook Valley, between Parwich and Tissington. Peak District National Park ecologists and experts from the Derbyshire Wildlife Trust will lead the walk, looking out for rare species including the [...]

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On Tuesday 17th May Robert Gosling of Hill Top Farm organised an open exhibition regarding his proposals for a wind turbine to be located at his farm.  He originally sent a letter into Parwich.org explaining the reasoning behind this plan.   This post is the reply from Robert Gosling to questions raised on Parwich.org and also to questionnaire [...]

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Anyone with views on how the Peak District National Park should develop over the next five years and beyond is being encouraged to have their say during a public consultation. The Peak District National Park Authority began the Join Our Conversation consultation on a draft new National Park Management Plan in April and has received [...]

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Robert Gosling posted this as a comment. Many thanks to those of you who attended our display on 17th May, we were very pleased with the discussions and conversations on the night. Many of you have filled in questionnaires and returned them to us. These, along with the posts on the blog have given us [...]

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For those who were unable to attend today’s meeting in the Memorial Hall, here are copies of the display boards, in PDF format. These provide detailed information regarding the proposal. Use left-click to open the files in your browser, or right-click to save copies to your own computer. Click here for the main set of [...]

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PARWICH.ORG has been contacted by Steve Garidis of the Electric Bicycle Network, which is part of a major initiative to create a network of electric bikes and charging points across the Peak Park, copying similar schemes in Switzerland and Germany etc. Steve says: Have you seen cyclists whizzing past, seemingly unconcerned about hills and headwinds? [...]

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We have received the following open letter to all village residents, from Robert Gosling at Hill Top Farm. There will be a meeting, to which you are all invited, to discuss the proposal plan which he outlines below, pop into the Memorial Hall anytime between 6pm and 9pm on Tuesday 17th May. Dear Resident, You [...]

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Parsons Croft Tidy Up Tomorrow

Can you lend a hand Tidy up at Parson’s Croft, weeding etc for all users of the hard court area Saturday 9th April 10.30am onwards

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Does anyone know what has happened to the sheepwash and pond? Have they been contaminated by some sort of effluent? asks Fiona H.

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Meet at the Dam at 10am.

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Parwich work day

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Parson’s Croft clear up tomorrow

The Tennis Club invites as many people as possible to come to their last morning of the season on Sunday 31st October starting at 10.30am followed by a general clearing of the Parson’s Croft sports area at 12am all other sports groups, users of the sports facilities and any other willing hands are encouraged to [...]

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Parson’s Croft Clear Up

The Tennis Club invites as many people as possible to come to their last morning of the season on Sunday 31st October starting at 10.30am followed by a general clearing of the Parson’s Croft sports area at 12am all other sports groups, users of the sports facilities and any other willing hands are encouraged to come along too [...]

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Alien Plant Invaders

Several escaped garden plants are a nuisance in the Peak Park, including Japanese knotweed, rhododendron and Himalayan balsam. Locally there is Japanese Knotweed in Parwich churchyard which fortunately was spotted in time.  Once established, Japanese knotweed is virtually indestructible.  (Neither weed killer nor digging it up help.  About all you can do is plant trees to hide it.)  [...]

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Dog fouling still a problem

Dog fouling continues to be an issue, as illustrated by the following email to the Blog from the School. Would it be possible to post another message on the blog regarding dog fouling in the village? We seem to have a problem with someone allowing their dog to leave its mess by the top gate [...]

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Thank you to Parwich Parish Council for passing on this information. For more details and a link to on-line registration click here. If anyone from our area is attending the Conference and would be willing to do a report for PARWICH.ORG do let us know via parwich@hotmail.co.uk (also anyone wanting to car share could let [...]

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Thank you to Parwich Parish Council for passing on this information. For more details and a link to on-line registration click here.  If anyone from our area is attending the Conference and would be willing to do a report for PARWICH.ORG do let us know via parwich@hotmail.co.uk (also anyone wanting to car share could let [...]

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Reduce, Reuse, Recycle

Sue H has passed us this message: I’ve been having a sort-out and realise that my collection of bubble wrap and jiffy bags has grown! I have way more than I can re-use myself. If anyone would like some then contact me. If others have items or materials that they would like to offer (e.g. [...]

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Thank you to our local Peak Park Ranger for this update on the maintenance of the Weather Way, a fantastic footpath along an ancient holloway going south up from Alsop Lane onto the Flatts.  If you don’t know it, it is well worth a visit. (Click here to find out more about some of the [...]

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Our thanks to Kevin “Magnus Pyke” S, for providing the following article. Radon is a radioactive gas which is produced in the Earth’s crust from the breakdown of radioactive uranium. Certain parts of the country are prone to the release of radon from the ground, and the Derbyshire Dales have been designated as a radon [...]

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Foul & Disgusting

Shaun & Tony Marshall are working on Kiln Lane and have said how disgusting the Green, opposite Gardeners Cottage, is.  This area is covered in dog faeces.  It would be impossible to walk to the Millennium Tree and enjoy the stunning view over the village without stepping in this foul mess.   It is sad that a [...]

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So, haven’t we seen enough of it lately? Why do we want to start collecting the damned stuff? It’s everywhere, after all! There is nothing new about rainwater harvesting; it was even done in pre-Roman times. However, in the UK we are far behind mainland Europe for collecting rainwater. Around 400 new rainwater harvesting systems [...]

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A big thank you to all the volunteers, adults and children who turned out this afternoon to clear the bog garden and stream. In less than two hours the job was complete, many thanks to Pete for his work in the mini digger.  Thank you to Ben for these photos. Lots more photos

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This week, drilling begins for the installation of the Ground Source Heat Pump (GSHP) for the new Memorial Hall.  Without wishing to bore you (sorry) with too much technical information about GSHPs (and I could, I really could), I thought this would be a good time to provide a little background about what they are [...]

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Water Power

This is probably not relevant to our area unless the new owners of Bradbourne Mill have any ideas, however someone might be interested in the workshop next month on small scale hydroelectric schemes.

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The web pages here at PARWICH.ORG for the Parwich Village Action Group have been updated, along with links to the 2004 Village Management Plan and the previous surveys and reviews that it is based on. The Management Plan has aims relating to: The Environment Affordable Housing Community and Sports Hall Facilities Roads, Traffic and Parking [...]

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A group of running enthusiasts (well Paul D, Don and me) are organising an event in aid of The Memorial Hall rebuild to be staged on the evening of Tuesday 4th August. There will be a series of fell runs for juniors (under 8’s, 10’s and 12’s) followed by the inaugural running of the “Parwich [...]

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Parwich Parish Council are gathering information on last September’s flooding in the village.  This is at the request of Derbyshire Dales District Council to determine if further preventative action can be taken. If you were effected please complete the questionnaire put through your letter box by 30th May.  If you don’t have a questionnaire but [...]

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