Thank you John F-S for this reminder of sunnier times and addition to our (albeit very short) series of places to visit this holiday season.
Archive for the ‘Environment’ Category
Carsington in Sunshine
Posted in Environment, Out & About, Photography on Monday August 25, 2014| Leave a Comment »
Sunday Morning Mist
Posted in Environment, Photography, Weather on Monday August 25, 2014| Leave a Comment »
‘Walking the Dog’
Posted in Environment, Pets of Parwich, Photography on Sunday August 24, 2014| 1 Comment »
The Sky Tonight
Posted in Environment, Weather on Sunday August 10, 2014| Leave a Comment »
If there is a clear sky tonight, watch out for the combination of full moon (a so called ‘supermoon‘, as its position in the sky creates an optical illusion of being significantly larger than normal) and the Persied meteor shower.
(See http://www.itv.com/news/2014-08-08/dramatic-supermoon-to-light-up-skies-alongside-meteor-shower/ )
Some photos from Tuesday
Posted in Environment, Flora, Photography, Wakes, Weather on Saturday July 5, 2014| 1 Comment »
The rain cloud on Tuesday evening certainly wasn’t welcomed by the runners, but it did result in some interesting photos. Firstly here are three by David G taken from the village:
and the others are by Peter T taken from the Hill:
Watch out for broken glass
Posted in Environment on Sunday June 29, 2014| Leave a Comment »
There were a number of broken glasses on the Green and by the playground. The early morning cleaning elves have tried to pick up all the pieces, but parents make sure children take care until the Greens have been mowed several times, pushing any small pieces into the ground.
Evening shadows around Parwich
Posted in Environment, Photography, Weather on Tuesday June 24, 2014| Leave a Comment »
Glorious start to the day
Posted in Environment, Photography, Weather on Tuesday June 24, 2014| Leave a Comment »
Bletch Walk
Posted in Environment, Peak Park on Monday June 16, 2014| Leave a Comment »
Village Tidy Up
Posted in Environment, Events, Parish Council on Friday June 13, 2014| 1 Comment »
Chip butties at the Sycamore Inn afterwards
for all involved in the Village Tidy Up.
Saturday Tidy Up
Posted in Environment, Gardens, Services, Wakes on Wednesday June 11, 2014| Leave a Comment »
Chip butties at the Sycamore Inn afterwards for all involved in the Village Tidy Up.
(Note: if you can’t make Saturday, you can still join in by doing some tidying or trimming by your house another day.)
Village Tidy Up
Posted in Environment, Gardens, Parish Council, Wakes on Monday June 2, 2014| Leave a Comment »
Chip butties at the Sycamore Inn afterwards for all involved in the Village Tidy Up.
(Note: if you can’t make the Saturday, you can still join in by doing some tidying or trimming by your house another day around that time.)
Bags2School
Posted in Environment, School, Young people on Friday May 30, 2014| Leave a Comment »
Village Tidy Up
Posted in Environment, Gardens, Parish Council, Wakes on Friday May 23, 2014| Leave a Comment »
Village Tidy Up
Posted in Environment, Gardens, Parish Council, Wakes on Wednesday May 14, 2014| 2 Comments »
‘A polite plea to village dog owners’
Posted in Environment, Pets of Parwich on Monday May 12, 2014| Leave a Comment »
Over the last couple of weeks a dog has been using our garden as their toilet. We have never seen the offending dog hence a round robin plea. The appearance of parcels on all my lawns today has made me see red especially as I stood in one of the piles!!!!!!
We close our gate and our garden is fairly well fenced so the particular dog is fairly agile.
If you suspect it might be yours do try and stop it jumping into my garden.
Many thanks
Sue and Alan Purvis
Sale of Parish Council Land in the Square
Posted in Environment, Gardens, History, Local government, Parish Council on Monday May 12, 2014| 28 Comments »
This post has been created at the request of a reader who was concerned the Parish Council land making up part of The Square off Pump Hill in the centre of Parwich village is to be sold without any public consultation. At the March Parwich Parish Council meeting Item 14 “it was agreed to sell Pump Hill back to the previous owner for the sum of £1“. (This “previous owner” is not named in the minutes, but it is presumed this reference in the minutes is an error as the previous owners have no current connection to the village, see below.) The minutes make no mention of any conditions as to the future use of this land being specified as part of the sale.
This land, in front of Parwich Hall, was originally part of the Parwich Estate. Some time around the 1820s it was made into allotments for use by villagers. The 1843 Tithe Map refers to it as ‘gardens’. The estate was bought by Sir John Crompton-Inglefield in the 1930s. After World War II the allotments went out of use, and Lady Crompton-Inglefield had trees planted here to hide the separately owned garden at the south end of the land, in front of the former Shop, which was then being used to cure deer hides amongst other things.
After the sale of the bulk of the Parwich Estate in the 1970s, this land remained in the hands of Sir John’s heirs, one suspects on the speculation that restrictions on building here might someday be removed. Over a number of years Dorothy L gardened this land on a voluntary basis, and created a very attractive woodland garden, much enhancing this part of the village.
When it came up for auction in the early 2000s, the Village Action Group raised buying it with the then Parish Council. There was strong local support for protecting this land in the heart of the village against any future development. In the light of this a number of potential buyers agreed not to bid at the auction and the land was purchased by the Parish Council.
A number of options then were considered for this land, but local opinion was strongly in favour of Dorothy continuing to garden it for as long as she wished. She has now left the village.
What are your views on the future of this land?
‘The Welcoming Land’
Posted in Alsop, Environment, Photography on Monday May 12, 2014| Leave a Comment »
Thank you to Anthony C for this link to his YouTube video of a WW2 poem, read by Sir Noël Coward, including local scenes:
Village Tidy Up
Posted in Environment, Gardens, Parish Council, Services, Wakes on Saturday May 3, 2014| Leave a Comment »
Easter Rubbish Collections
Posted in About this site, Environment, Local government, Services on Monday April 14, 2014| Leave a Comment »
Derbyshire Dales District Council have issued the following update about Easter rubbish and recycling collections:
Easter waste and recycling collection changes
Derbyshire Dales residents are being warned to expect changes to their usual waste and recycling collections over Easter.
The District Council’s contractor Serco will work as normal on Good Friday (18 April), but there will be no collections on Easter Monday (21 April).
It means collections that week will be one day later than usual and will include a Saturday collection on 26 April.
Looking further ahead, the same applies in the weeks beginning with Monday 5 May and Monday 26 May, both of which are also Bank Holidays.
The District Council is urging residents to use the online search at www.derbyshiredales.gov.uk/waste to see which containers to put out and download a collection calendar.
Local people can also sign up for a free e-newsletter at www.derbyshiredales.gov.uk/enewsreg to be kept informed of any changes to bin collections.
This means that our Grey bin and food caddy collection this week is on Wednesday as normal, but that next week’s recycling (Green bin, Blue bin and food caddy) collections are a day later on Thursday 26th April. Local collection days are shown on our Diary page here at parwich.org.
Assembling the wind turbine
Posted in Environment, Farming on Monday April 7, 2014| Leave a Comment »
Violets out in Monsdale Lane
Posted in Environment, Flora, Photography on Wednesday March 12, 2014| Leave a Comment »
Tomorrow (Tuesday) – Public Meeting on Flood Risk
Posted in Environment, Local government, Parish Council, Weather on Monday February 24, 2014| Leave a Comment »
Between Storms?
Posted in Environment, Photography, Weather on Thursday February 13, 2014| Leave a Comment »
Tissington Ford
Posted in Environment, Photography, Weather on Thursday February 13, 2014| Leave a Comment »
Update on a central recycling point in Parwich.
Posted in Environment, Local government, Parish Council, Services, Sustainability on Tuesday February 11, 2014| 1 Comment »
Somewhat belatedly here is an update on the situation re. the ‘bring’ recycling point at the Sycamore Inn. The general recycling here has now been removed.
Following a reader request we ran an on-line poll here at parwich.org on this ‘bring’ recycling point, to which some 78 individuals responded, with a large minority (45%) in favour of retaining some form of central recycling point in Parwich (click here to see our report in pdf format). This report was sent to the Parish Council, who were supportive of the need to retain some form of central recycling point in Parwich (click here to see their response posted here at parwich.org).
We also forwarded it to our District Council, Sir Richard FitzHerbert, along with a request for further discussion of what action could be taken to enable some central recycling to continue in Parwich. He passed the information on to Heidi McDougall (Head of Environmental Services) asking her to respond on his behalf. She has sent a full email (the text of her response is reproduced at the end of this post), explaining reasons why it would not be possible to retain the then existing service at the Sycamore. The District Council is strongly stating that any problems residents have must be dealt with on a house by house basis. Residents can contact the waste helpline on 01629 761122 to discuss their own particular situation.
Part-night Street Lighting vote now!
Posted in Environment, Local government, Roads, Services on Tuesday February 11, 2014| Leave a Comment »
The review of part-night street lighting in Parwich by parwich.org is ending shortly. So if you have not had your say vote now by clicking on this link.
So far, despite the strong views last spring, there is no consensus on individual street lights with only small numbers voting, however on the overall poll there has been 39 votes with strong support for the idea of part night lighting (77%), with making all lights part night the most popular option (31%). Do continue to vote!
Seeing Horses?
Posted in Environment, Photography on Sunday February 9, 2014| 1 Comment »
Star Gazing Survey
Posted in Environment on Monday January 20, 2014| Leave a Comment »
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Scour the skies for Orion over the Peak District National Park |
| The Peak District Dark Skies Group is seeking the help of residents and visitors to help monitor the impact of light pollution on our night sky.The group is asking people to join in an annual star survey by assessing the brightness of the constellation Orion over the Peak District National Park.
Orion – the hunter – is one of the wonders of the night sky in this early part of the year and can be recognized by his ‘belt’ of three bright stars in a line with a smaller ‘dagger’ of three stars below.On clear nights from 20 January to February 2 people are asked to identify Orion and, using the star charts available at www.peakdistrict.gov.uk/darkskies , record details of where they were and which chart best matches what they could see. There is no limit to the amount of observations that can be made, skies permitting. (more…) |
Home Fires
Posted in Environment, Photography, Weather on Monday January 20, 2014| Leave a Comment »
New Signs for Limestone Way
Posted in Environment, Peak Park, Roads, Walks & Rides on Sunday January 12, 2014| Leave a Comment »
The Peak Park Authority has organised the installation today of two new wooden signs in Parwich village to mark the route of the Limestone Way: one replacing a metal sign by Dam Farm and Japonica, and the other a new one by Hallcliffe gate.
The wooden signs look more fitting than the metal ones, though it prompts the query as to why there isn’t coordination between the Highways (County Council) and the Peak Park, with perhaps some consultation with the Parish Council, to have all the footpath signs matching.
Street Lighting Review So Far
Posted in Environment, Local government, Roads on Thursday January 9, 2014| Leave a Comment »
In the review of part-night street lighting here at parwich.org there continues to be strong support, with, at the time of writing, 77% in favour of some form of part night lighting, the most popular option (30%) being to extend the scheme to all Parwich’s street lights.
However, so far, in the polls on individual lights only a few people have voted, making any conclusions difficult. This is surprising given the strength of feeling in the original polls last March, where the Creamery Lane lights in particular raised a very strong response.
You can still vote in all the current street light polls below:
Plan of current street lighting in Parwich
(click on image to enlarge)
(Note. There is currently some discrepancy with at least one of the recent replacement street lights which should be on only part night staying on all night. This is the case with Light 056373 at the opening of Church Walk between Hallcliffe Barn and Church Cottage. If you know of any other anomalies do add a comment to this post.)
Continue reading to have your say on:
(i) the individual street lights where the previous polls were not implemented,
(ii) the lights along the Main Street/Shaw Lane route, and
(iii) other specific lights that have been raised here at parwich.org since the introduction of part night street lighting. (more…)
Stargazing at Minninglow
Posted in Environment on Tuesday January 7, 2014| Leave a Comment »
New information panels have been installed to give stargazers a guide to the night sky over the Peak District National Park.
The Dark Sky panels, which will be changed seasonally, can be found close to Arbor Low stone circle and Minninglow burial mound, where the position of the stars seemed significant to our neolithic ancestors more than 4,000 years ago. To help people appreciate the relation of these special sites to the stars, the panels are positioned at nearby National Park car parks which are easily accessible and on clear nights provide good conditions for stargazing.
The car parks are both beside the High Peak Trail at:
• Parsley Hay, off the A515 near Hartington (nearest postcode SK17 0DG) • Minninglow, off the A515 at Pikehall (nearest postcode DE4 2PN). (more…)
No longer required!
Posted in Environment, Services on Sunday January 5, 2014| 2 Comments »
Derbyshire Dales are removing the general recycling bins at the Sycamore Inn in the week beginning the 20th January as they are ‘no longer required’. Here they are photographed this morning:
With overflow:
What do you think? Though they do want to keep the clothing recycling bin:
We will be collating the information gathered here at parwich.org (see also Recycling at the Sycamore and Sycamore Inn Recycling Site to Close) and passing it on to Sir Richard FitzHerbert, our Councillor, and to the Parish Council. You can have your own say by contacting them directly or commenting on this post.
Recycling at the Sycamore
Posted in 2013, Environment, Local government, Posts of Note on Saturday December 21, 2013| Leave a Comment »
So far there has been a very good response to the poll about the future of the recycling bins in the Sycamore Inn car park. Thank you to all who have participated so far. At the time of writing this some 57 people/households have voted, with 65% feeling the bins are no longer required, but with a significant minority of 35% saying they are still required.
Here at parwich.org we would argue that although the majority do not use this ‘bring’ recycling point, a significant minority still do, and that it should be retained as it is used on a regular basis with the 3 bins requiring emptying at least once a week. Despite the fortnightly domestic collections this central collect point continues to be used because:
- Not every household in the village has domestic recycling bins and some people use these bins every week
- The domestic recycling bins are not always sufficient to hold all that accumulates between collections, if a household misses putting out the bins one week there will be then a month’s gap between collections, so some use this recycling point on an ad hoc basis
- At times the fortnightly collection may not be enough for an individual household (e.g. a party or accumulated packing) and the Sycamore bins are used for the excess
- Not everyone who uses these recycling bins has a car to take their recycling to Ashbourne
- Holiday makers staying locally, visitors and walkers regularly use these bins
Derbyshire Dales District Council are considering closing this recycling point and we will pass this information on to them in early January, however there is still time to have your say by voting in the poll or by adding comments to this post.
Nether Green
Posted in 2013, Environment, Flora, Parish Council, Posts of Note on Tuesday December 17, 2013| Leave a Comment »
This sunny day saw the planting of the new avenue on Nether Green. It looks very new, but in years to come it will be loved as much as the chestnuts were.
They’re closer …
Posted in 2013, Environment, Photography, Posts of Note on Tuesday December 17, 2013| Leave a Comment »
Christmas Approaches
Posted in Environment, Events on Saturday December 14, 2013| Leave a Comment »
Always a sign that Christmas is well and truly on its way,
when Barbara and Alan’s tree appears on the Green.
Part-night Street Lighting so far
Posted in Environment, Local government, Roads, Services on Tuesday December 3, 2013| 1 Comment »
In March of this year we undertook a poll of our readers’ views on the planned introduction of part-night street lighting (click here to see the poll results). In May part-night street lighting was implemented in Parwich village. Many of our poll’s recommendations were implemented, but some were not (click here to see what was not implemented).
How have you been effected by part-night street lighting so far? At the time, our Councillor, Simon Spencer, expressed a strong commitment to responding to any changes we felt were needed once we had experience of part-night street lighting. After Christmas, here at parwich.org, we will be offering readers a chance to have their say again. This will include polls on individual lights where our readers’ wishes were previously over ruled, and any other street lights that our readers have subsequently raised.
Let us know, using the comments facility with this post, about any street lights that you want to ask Derbyshire County Council to reconsider (be it part-night lights you feel should be on all night, or all night lights you feel only need to be on part-night) and we will include them in our review.
Carsington Wind Farm
Posted in 2013, Environment, Out & About, Photography, Posts of Note on Sunday December 1, 2013| 7 Comments »
Thank you to Martin for these photos and links relating to the controversial new wind-farm on Carsington Pastures. Whatever you may think of the merits this development, it certainly photographs well:
Here are some pics of the first wind turbine at Carsington Pastures. The second turbine is probably being erected today.
More details and a map on
http://brassingtonvillage.org/carsington-pastures-wind-farm-information-1
and about the local farmer
http://www.westcoastenergy.co.uk/landowners/case-studies/edwin-mosley/
Martin C
Note, You can see the turbine from Parwich (as you leave the village to the east past Mooredge, by the junction with Back Lane to Pikehall).
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