Posted in Housing, People, Planning, Services, Transport on Thursday May 8, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Thank you to Peter Trewhitt for providing this interview with Simon Spencer, Councillor for the Dovedale and Parwich Ward of Derbyshire Dales District Council
Simon Spencer should be well placed to understand our local issues. His family have lived and worked in the area for sometime, the family firm, Spencer’s Bakery of Ashbourne, having been founded in [...]
Posted in People, Transport on Sunday April 27, 2008 | 7 Comments »
I could do with a bit of advice…
Back in March I was issued with a parking ticket; since I thought the ticket was completely unfair I immediately appealed against it, only to find out yesterday that my appeal was turned down and I must, “pay the full amount of £80 within 7 days” or be [...]
Posted in Transport on Friday April 25, 2008 | 3 Comments »
This morning Ben caught for the first time the bus into Ashbourne, for an 11.30 appointment. I checked the timetables & assured him he could catch the 13.10 to Carsington Water & then onto Parwich arriving about 13.57. When he alighted in Ashbourne he asked the driver about the return journey & was told that [...]
Posted in News, Roads, Transport on Wednesday April 23, 2008 | 3 Comments »
This week’s Ashbourne News Telegraph reveals us to have one of the most dangerous stretches of road in the country for motorbikes: “Figures released to coincide with a new campaign show that the short stretch of A515 between Ashbourne and Alsop-en-le-Dale has seen more bikers die or be injured than most other roads in the [...]
Posted in Roads, Transport on Wednesday April 23, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Have you noticed that the potholes seem to have been “repaired”. An orange DCC van was seen yesterday at various points around Parwich filling the many holes. Is our blog & the phone calls to County Council making a difference.? I have been told that there is a book open in the village, bets being [...]
Posted in Transport, Uncategorized on Wednesday April 23, 2008 | No Comments »
Tomorrow we have an appointment in Ilkeston at 2pm, if anyone wants to visit Ikea or Decathlon Sports, we’ll glady drop you off for 1 1/2 and pick you up on our return. We’ll be leaving Parwich just after 1pm. Give us a ring on 665
Posted in Favourite posts, Opinion, Roads, Transport on Sunday April 20, 2008 | 3 Comments »
I have been driving up and down the A515 most weekdays for around 12 years. From 1995 when we lived in Doveridge, near Uttoxeter to work in Buxton, and from 2002 when we moved to Parwich. The past month, I have witnessed more dangerous driving incidents than most of those 12 years put together.
What [...]
Posted in Roads, Transport on Sunday April 6, 2008 | 1 Comment »
We have had several comments on the potholes appearing in Smithy Lane as it approaches Townhead Green, at the edge of the village. A lot of water runs down the Dale road and the Hilltop road, and also there seems to be a collapsed drain in the middle of the road adding to the water [...]
Posted in News, Out & About, Roads, Transport on Friday January 18, 2008 | No Comments »
I went to Matlock on Tuesday and when I returned I saw that the speed limit had changed on the B5056, it is now down to 50 mph an hour. Remember this is the road that runs from Bentley Brook to the Hollybush, past Longcliffe.
