14 inches in JF-S’s garden, but after today’s snow, what will the depth be?
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Absolute Proof
Posted in 2010, Photography, Posts of Note on Thursday December 2, 2010| Leave a Comment »
Pictures From Ballidon Moor
Posted in 2010, Ballidon, Photography, Posts of Note on Thursday December 2, 2010| 1 Comment »
Many thanks to Fiona H, who sent us the following snowy pictures from wild and woolly Ballidon Moor. Please click on each image to enlarge it.
Even More Pictures Of Snow
Posted in 2010, Photography, Posts of Note on Thursday December 2, 2010| 3 Comments »
According to legend, eskimoes have at least 49 words for ‘snow’. Well, even if we have far fewer ‘snow words’ in English, we can at least make up for it with the number of pictures we have of the stuff!
Click on ‘Continue Reading’ to view a slide show depicting varied snow-filled scenes from around the village.
More readers’ snow photos
Posted in 2010, Photography, Posts of Note, Weather on Wednesday December 1, 2010| Leave a Comment »
Snow!
Posted in 2010, Photography, Posts of Note on Wednesday December 1, 2010| Leave a Comment »
Children at play – it really is this deep.
Around the village
The Church and Churchyard
Click on any picture to enlarge.
Anyone for tea?
Posted in 2010, Photography, Posts of Note on Wednesday December 1, 2010| 1 Comment »
What made this?
Posted in 2010, Ornithology, Photography, Posts of Note on Monday November 29, 2010| 3 Comments »
This photo was taken at about 7:30 on Saturday morning, near the sledging field. It was in fresh snow and was about 12 inches at its widest point. Most likely it was a bird about to take off – two feet and tail feathers possibly – or have we received a close encounter of some other kind?
Parwich Temperature Reaches A Low
Posted in 2010, Posts of Note, Weather on Sunday November 28, 2010| 1 Comment »
Many thanks to Graham J, who sent us the following email:
Last night was the coldest recorded by our live village weather station which has been recording data since the beginning of 2007. At 6:30am this morning the temperature had dropped to a staggering low of 12.9 degrees below zero Celsius. This is over 4 degrees cooler than the previous low of -8.8 degrees C recorded on 7th January earlier this year. Traveling back from Ashbourne at around midnight last night, our car external temperature gauge fell to -15 degrees C at Bradbourne Mill (a consistent cold trap area, typically 3-5 degrees colder than Parwich on a still night). One wonders what the low at 6:30am would have been there?
Graham and Amanda kindly make the readings from their weather station available to all. Click here to see the reading right now.
Snowy Saturday
Posted in 2010, Photography, Posts of Note on Sunday November 28, 2010| 1 Comment »
For many it was quite a surprise to look out of the window on Saturday morning and see the perfect powdery covering of snow.
For the photographers of Parwich, snow offers a great opportunity to capture the village in its sparkling glory. Of course John F-S – the master of Parwich photography – was out and about early.
For others, the snowy weather can make life more difficult. This is especially true for the farming community whose animals still need caring for. The Kirkhams are pictured here making sure the animals on Back Lane are well fed.
One animal feed supplier had a particularly bad day. Not only did the tanker need pulling out of the village, but it also lost a wing mirror as it came back down the hill at Townhead! Repairs were needed before the vehicle could make its way back out of the village.
For many Parwich people however, times of snow are to be enjoyed. If you click ‘Continue Reading’ you will see a selection of photos taken around the village. Hope you enjoy them. As usual, click on any image to enlarge it.
From (almost) dawn to (nearly) dusk: Parwich in the snow.
Posted in 2010, Photography, Posts of Note on Saturday November 27, 2010| 3 Comments »
Parwich always looks particularly beautiful after a snow fall, and today was certainly no exception. Here are a selection of photos taken during the course of Saturday, starting before breakfast and ending just before tea time. As ever, these photos look at their best if you click to enlarge each one.
Spot the difference!
Posted in 2010, Photography, Posts of Note, Young people on Sunday November 21, 2010| 17 Comments »
Take a careful look at these two photos. Although they may look identical at first, there are in fact ten differences between the top photo and the bottom photo.
How many can you spot? We particularly welcome answers in the comments box from our younger readers.
HINT: Try clicking each photo to enlarge it. Each photo will then open in a new window. This might make the differences a little easier to spot!
Last Weekend’s Concert
Posted in 2010, Church, Music, Posts of Note on Saturday November 20, 2010| Leave a Comment »
The concert by the Choir of St. Mary’s Church, Nottingham here in Parwich on Saturday 13th was by all accounts a great success. Certainly these two clips posted by Martin at YouTube increased my regret at having missed it, but then went a fair way to make up for that.
Also there is an excellent mp3 audio download at:
http://www.ashbournechurches.org/concert/download.htm
The concert was in aid of the Parwich Church restoration fund and for Help for Heroes.
Where Parwich leads, Ambridge follows?
Posted in 2010, About this site, Local Links, Posts of Note on Wednesday November 17, 2010| 2 Comments »
If you’re an Archers fan, then the newly launched Ambridge village blog might be of interest. But has the Ambridge blog team been taking inspiration from PARWICH.ORG, we wonder?
Saturday’s Concert
Posted in 2010, Church, Music, Posts of Note on Tuesday November 16, 2010| 1 Comment »
A big thank you to all of you who supported the Choral Classics for Remembrance Concert in Parwich church on Saturday. The choir gave their services for nothing, the audience enjoyed some lovely village-supplied nibbles, and we raised almost £500 to go to the Help for Heroes Fund, and Parwich Church Restoration Fund
Martin
Heather’s Jewellery Means Business
Posted in 2010, People, Posts of Note on Tuesday November 16, 2010| 1 Comment »
From an early age Heather H has loved making arts and crafts. A while ago she started creating funky jewellery such as necklaces, bracelets and earrings. Last year, when she needed to raise money to fund her Duke of Edinburgh expedition, she started selling some of her work on stalls at the St. George’s Day Fayre, Wakes Week and Wirksworth Farmers’ Market.
Her jewellery-making skills have steadily developed. Some of her work has recently been taken by the Opus Gallery in Ashbourne. This picture shows Catherine from Opus Gallery and Heather selecting items of jewellery to be displayed.
(I have previously bought some items from Heather as presents, which went down very well, so would recommend having a look in Opus when doing your Christmas shopping.)
Remembrance Sunday
Posted in 2010, British Legion, Church, Posts of Note on Sunday November 14, 2010| Leave a Comment »
Thank you to JFS for these two photos: the first in St Peter’s Church Yard when this morning’s service moved out to the War Memorial for the two minutes silence and the Last Post.
And the second at the Legion afterwards.
Online book of Open Gardens
Posted in 2010, Gardens, Photography, Posts of Note on Wednesday November 10, 2010| 1 Comment »
Audrey, a friend of Mike & Kevin’s in America , visited Parwich over an Open Garden Weekend. She so enjoyed the day that she has produced an online book of the afternoon. It is a delightful snapshot of the day, with some magical photos. Click here to enjoy the story. The photo below is a sample page from the book, by clicking on any page you can enlarge that photo.
What are these?
Posted in 2010, Ornithology, Photography, Posts of Note on Sunday November 7, 2010| 6 Comments »
Flying over Parwich today – JF-S
The Dovedale Dash
Posted in 2010, Events, Photography, Posts of Note, Sport, Young people on Sunday November 7, 2010| 2 Comments »
2010 saw the 55th Dovedale Dash and although chilly and a little soggy underfoot, it was a wonderfully sunny day. Parwich and Alsop were well represented, fielding 21 runners (including 5 friends) out of 1500 runners. Apologies that the photos are not as sharp as they could be, but the runners were just too fast and sorry if I have missed anyone out.
In the children’s race, Bethany was the first girl in the Under 10’s and Emily the first girl in the Under 8’s and Ben was one of the younger runners.
In the main race, Clive R, veteran, led the Parwich group in, followed by Sue P, Jacob (only 9) and then Graham J. Well done to the rest – Izzy, Seth, Nia, Thayer, Lexie, Reuben, Josh, Brian G, Jamie D, Mark W and the Linnell’s friends.
Next Year’s run is on Sunday 6th November!
Click on any photo to enlarge.
Autumn colours
Posted in 2010, Photography, Posts of Note on Saturday November 6, 2010| Leave a Comment »
On a bright, clear Saturday lunchtime, this year’s autumnal colours seemed to take on an extra glow. Please click each picture to enlarge it.
Chatsworth House Beyond Limits sculpture exhibition 2010.
Posted in 2010, Arts, Out & About, Photography, Posts of Note on Saturday October 30, 2010| Leave a Comment »
For the third year running, here are a selection of images from this year’s Beyond Limits sculpture exhibition, in the grounds of Chatsworth House. The exhibition ends tomorrow (Sunday October 31st).
These images are best viewed in full-size, so please click on each thumbnail to enlarge.
Lynn Chadwick: Ace of Diamonds III
Lynn Chadwick: Three Elektras
Arnaldo Pomodoro: Cubo I
(more…)
They Came, They Grew, They Conkered
Posted in 2010, Flora, Photography, Posts of Note on Thursday October 28, 2010| Leave a Comment »
In tribute to the magnificent horse chestnut trees, some of which had to be felled due to disease, here is a mini-slideshow showing some photographs taken recently.
Cool for Cats
Posted in 2010, Pets of Parwich, Posts of Note, Pub on Thursday October 28, 2010| Leave a Comment »
Thomas the pub cat is no mug. Whilst ‘normal’ cats would be content to sleep on the floor, this particular moggy has made himself at home in a traditional thatched cottage!
From his vantage point, he can survey The Sycamore’s customers as they relax in front of the pub. Woe betide any bird who may think this particular birdhouse was made for birds!
In memory of the chestnuts
Posted in 2010, Flora, Posts of Note on Sunday October 24, 2010| 5 Comments »
The avenue of horse-chestnut trees at Nethergreen was planted to celebrate the coronation of the Queen nearly 60 years ago. For some fifty years they flourished, supplying several generations with conkers. A number of years ago they were discovered to have a disease, that could not be treated.
Professional advice was for the disease run its course, cutting down the worst effected trees as necessary. Unfortunately some more had to go today:
The disease is spread in the ground water so any replacement chestnuts would succumb. However here is a reminder of the same view a year ago:
Photos by JF-S (At least the very old chestnut tree in the Churchyard is up steam, and a ‘left over’ tree from the avenue is still going strong in Hallcliffe garden, where it was planted by Mrs Dodds.)
Best wishes to Colin & Lisa
Posted in 2010, People, Posts of Note on Sunday October 24, 2010| Leave a Comment »
Thank you to Cheryl for
a photo of Colin and Lisa Keyworth’s wedding yesterday at St Marys Church, Tissington. It was a happy family day and a big thank you to Revd Andy Larkin for a lovely service.
Ron Birch
Posted in 2010, People, Posts of Note on Saturday October 23, 2010| 1 Comment »
It is with sadness that we report the death of Ron Birch on Friday 15th October, such a kind and gentle man.
His funeral is to be held at St Peter’s Church in Parwich on November 1st at 2pm.
Family flowers only, with any donations to be divided between Parwich Church and the Hartington Surgery.
Everyone is welcome after the service to attend the Memorial Hall for refreshments.
Up Up and Away…
Posted in 2010, Photography, Posts of Note on Saturday October 16, 2010| Leave a Comment »
Many thanks to Patrick D, who sent us the following pictures of Parwich taken from the Wicker’s World balloon on 12th October.
Christine home
Posted in 2010, People, Posts of Note on Saturday October 9, 2010| 3 Comments »
Excellent news from David G, who is delighted to report that Christine is back from hospital. He and Christine would like to thank all the kind people for their cards and good wishes which have been wonderful to receive. Christine will get round to writing to thank everybody when she is feeling a bit stronger.
At the moment she is building up her strength and still needs a lot of rest so if you are thinking of planning a visit please ring David first.
Memorial Hall Opening – Video
Posted in 2010, Memorial hall, Posts of Note on Tuesday October 5, 2010| 3 Comments »
Many thanks to Martin C who has compiled the following video showing the official opening of the Memorial Hall:
Wet Start To October – A Rainfall Analysis
Posted in 2010, Posts of Note, Weather on Sunday October 3, 2010| 1 Comment »
Our thanks go to Dave R, who has submitted a very interesting comment on today’s post entitled ‘Wet start to October‘. Dave has sent us a couple of graphs by email that illustrate his point. We have therefore created this post so they can be shown…..
I note with interest the Parwich rainfall statistics. This current fall of heavy rain brings back unpleasant memories!
To my way of thinking, the 2008 flooding was a consequence of the ground being soaked during the previous week to the flood and then a downpour with nowhere to go. Looking back, the 2008 rainfall data shows a wet week followed by heavy rain on Friday (32mm) and heavy rain Saturday (40mm). The floods occured early Saturday morning so I guess that most of the Saturday’s 40mm were in the early hours and thus very intense. The cumulative rainfall for that week tots up to 97mm.
I’ve totted up the rainfall for this week and got 43.9mm and thus told myself not to panic.
Is it possible for ‘The Weatherman’ to keep a rolling weekly total of rainfall and then notify us all when it reaches say 50mm? Thus we could prepare our lifeboats in case the next day yields a damaging 40mm rainfall.
Does anyone else have any thoughts on the subject? I’m sure I’m not the only home owner with one eye on the clouds!
Dave”
Slideshow – Memorial Hall Opening
Posted in 2010, Events, Memorial hall, Posts of Note on Saturday October 2, 2010| 3 Comments »
Please click on ‘Continue Reading’ to view a slideshow of the opening ceremony that took place on 25th September. There are quite a few pictures, so it may take a while to load.
Many thanks to John F-S for the expert photography!
Some more on road safety
Posted in 2010, Posts of Note, Roads on Thursday September 30, 2010| Leave a Comment »
Road safety is an issue raised by our readers at regular intervals, as illustrated by the post last Saturday, which has attracted a lot of interest and comments sharing the author’s concerns. Here are a couple of earlier posts on the same topic:
- Watch your speed (an accident February 2010)
- Speeding and other traffic concerns (Police report on local speed survey to the Parish Council September 2009)
It is great to see the increases in children playing out and in cycle use, and a majority (73%) of parwich.org readers support the idea of a 20mph speed limit in the village.
The Village Action Group raised the idea of the Parwich roads as a shared space (pedestrians having priority) including a 20mph speed limit with the Peak Park who are supportive of the idea. (These ideas grew out of the traffic survey undertaken in preparation for the new Memorial Hall planning application.)
Parwich Parish Council regularly discuss roads and footpaths at their monthly meetings. So look out for details of the next meeting.
Coincidently one of our readers has sent in these notes from a recent National Speed Awareness course: (more…)
Andrew Robinson 1937-2010
Posted in 2010, People, Posts of Note on Monday September 27, 2010|
To all our friends in Parwich,
How can I find words to thank you for all the love and comfort that you have shown to Andrew during his illness, and now to me and my family as we face life without him.
Your wonderful cards, phone calls and offers of help brought Andrew much happiness and encouragement as I took them into hospital each day. He just loved Parwich, and all of you, and our years of retirement here were some of the happiest of our lives.
It was so comforting that he knew of the love that surrounded him. We just wish that he could have seen everyone at work in the Church getting ready for the funeral service. Thank you for all the beautiful flowers and foliage you brought from your gardens, and all the time and skill you gave so freely to make the Church look so beautiful. My family and I found it very moving to see you all at work and hear the shared memories of Andrew’s life here.
And now the healing goes on as I receive your loving messages of sympathy. Two passages in the Bible were very special to us – Jesus said, “I am the resurrection and the life; they who believe in me shall never die” and “Nothing will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord”.
Rachel Robinson
For Andrew
Posted in 2010, Church, Flora, People, Posts of Note on Sunday September 26, 2010| Leave a Comment »
Official Opening Of The New Memorial Hall
Posted in 2010, Events, Memorial hall, Posts of Note on Sunday September 26, 2010| 3 Comments »
The September weather was perfect for the landmark official opening of the new Memorial Hall. The sun shone down, setting the facility off perfectly as people began to arrive for the opening ceremony.
Click on ‘Continue Reading’ for an account of the event.
Does Parwich Have A Road Safety Problem?
Posted in 2010, Opinion, Posts of Note, Roads on Saturday September 25, 2010| 9 Comments »
We have received the following message from Sue H:
I sit in our kitchen and listen to the whoosh of cars or the great clanking of tractors that are simply going too fast. (For the most part lorries and vans approach at a much more acceptable speed). I can’t say whether vehicles are actually breaking the speed limit but they are certainly driving too fast to be safely under control. I really fear for a serious accident at some point. There have already been 2 kittens killed on the road and I hate the thought that at some point it could well be a child. We have 9 youngsters along this stretch, some of whom are old enough to be road savvy but others who will just be starting to venture out on their own.
Perhaps drivers are not aware that they are already in the village when they come down from Townhead. Or perhaps they think that they have already left all civilisation once past the Hall on their way up through Parwich Dale. Nobody seems to take notice of the existing “school” sign. I seem to remember someone mentioning Brassington’s idea for slowing down traffic at entry points to the village: white road markings and white fencing to give the impression of the road narrowing. Is this something we should be considering? Or what about setting a 20 mph limit through the village? Maybe this would be the only way to make people more responsible in their driving.
What do you think….?
Harvest Supper Snaps
Posted in 2010, Church, Memorial hall, Posts of Note on Friday September 24, 2010| Leave a Comment »
Thank you to JF-S for sending in these photos, which show the Harvest Supper and Auction on Monday night. The event raised £350 which will go to The Padley Centre in Derby. Click on any photo to enlarge.
Ashbourne Half Marathon and Fun Run
Posted in 2010, People, Posts of Note, Sport, Young people on Sunday September 19, 2010| 4 Comments »
Parwich were represented by 4 runners in the Ashbourne half marathon and fun run. Bertie L the 6th boy to finish the fun run, just ahead of Izzy P who was the third girl to finish.
In the half marathon Sue P was only a few minutes ahead of Graham J, he was running his first half marathon and has never run more than 10 miles. Both runners finished in less that 1 hour 50 minutes, on what is considered a tough course, going up a number of hills near Thorpe and Blore before finishing back at the rugby ground.
Well done to everyone – a great morning.
Thanks to Ben for the photos
Hayley & the Wirksworth Art Trail – This Weekend
Posted in 2010, A52s, Arts, Crafts, Events, People, Posts of Note on Thursday September 9, 2010| Leave a Comment »
Hayley Powell’s first piece of blacksmith art was creating the cuckoo for the field in Monsdale Lane, now better known as the Cuckoo Field. This piece of art was made when she was only 16, studying for her A Levels at QEGS. Hayley grew up in Parwich, she always loved walking around the countryside and could be seen regularly walking the family dog Axel: the Irish Wolfhound.
Not always happy with the conventional methods of learning, Hayley hunted out extra curriculum workshops and events including helping out at art workshops and then becoming heavily involved within an organisation that delivered courses on rural crafts to young people. These included dry stone walling, woodland management at Chatsworth, hedge laying and blacksmithing. Hayley was hooked.
Between studing for a Degree in Design Technology at Derby University she was able to gain work experience with blacksmith Charis Jones, who is still a massive inspiration to her. Once her degree was completed back in June, she decided to follow her heart and really make a difference to preserving the rural skill of blacksmithing.
Hayley, an Artist Blacksmith has called her new business Forever Forged . She is committed to creating hand forged creative, yet functional items, for your home and garden. Inspired by tradition, forged with passion.
Hayley can be seen at the Wirksworth Art Trail this weekend, 10am-5pm. Her venue will showcase a wide range of fun and artistic pieces, filling the courtyard and garden of the Old Tinsmith.
Tickets for the Trail are £5 and free to under 16’s. A fabulous opportunity to see more than 100 artists, including Lewis Noble, exhibiting their work in dozens of different venues throughout the town. There will also be a Makers Market, stalls with food and street entertainment, including the fabulous A52s.
A selection of some of Hayley’s work, more can be seen on her website.
Photographic Competition
Posted in 2010, People, Photography, Posts of Note on Tuesday September 7, 2010| 3 Comments »
Thank you to Colin B, Kevin S, Jill L, JF-S, Ben and John H for emailing in their photos from the competition held at the Horticultural Show on Sunday. The winning photo was the bee and poppy from Colin.
Well done to everyone that entered and a massive thank you to Paul Hill for judging the competition. His new photographic book will be published in November. Paul, lives in Bradbourne and you can find out more about him and courses that he helps to organise by visiting The Photographers’ Place.
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