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Thanks also due to Tarmac

Posted in Roads on Tuesday March 26, 2013| Leave a Comment »

A big thank you to Tarmac

It was Ballidon Quarry, (Lafarge Tarmac) the quarry manager Carl Young that asked for help with clearing the snow on Saturday morning as no one else could get in, so I accessed over the fields and dug a way out, he did say that if it would help the village and others around he had no issues with me clearing a way through to Parwich, good effort by all as mentioned yesterday on the blog, but from reports last night we have little to contend with compared to the Newhaven area and beyond.

DS

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Video: Snow on the A515 at Newhaven

Posted in 2013, Posts of Note, Roads, Transport, Weather on Monday March 25, 2013| 1 Comment »

Our thanks to M.Lowndes for pointing us in the direction of this witty and wonderful piece of film, shot on the A515 at Newhaven on Monday afternoon. We have been advised that conditions have once again deteriorated since then.

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Ongoing Road Conditions

Posted in 2013, Posts of Note, Roads, Weather on Monday March 25, 2013| 14 Comments »

Now, on Monday evening, the road from Parwich to the B5056 is passable with care, and the B5056 south to Ashbourne is also clear. We understand it is possible to get to the A515 through Alsop en le Dale, however we have not had any current reports of conditions on the A515 (Buxton Weather report there are still closures on the A515).

With the temperature again well below freezing and the possibility of more drifting, please keep on adding comments on road conditions, especially first thing Tuesday morning.

Tuesday 6-30am Road out of Parwich to Red House all OK to travel, narrow in places with a little ice; to allow passing look for vehicles ahead and oncoming. DS

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Road Conditions

Posted in Roads, Weather on Sunday March 24, 2013| 18 Comments »

Thank you to everyone that has been keeping the Blog up to date on the changeable road conditions. With tonight’s temperatures well below freezing and the possibility of more wind, it is not certain what the Monday morning traffic will meet, so please keep the comments coming in.

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Street Light Consultation Ends Soon

Posted in 2013, Environment, Local government, Posts of Note, Roads, Services on Sunday March 24, 2013| 2 Comments »

There continues to be strong support for some form of reduction in street lighting (86%), with the largest group in favour of making a decision on a light by light basis. So far the individual street light polls in general suggest some lights remain on all night in Main Street (including Chestnut and Sycamore Cottages) and Shaw Lane, through routes, including some that the County Council propose part night, but there is a split vote in relation to Smithy Lane, also a through route. In contrast for the rest of the village the polls support all lights being part night, more than proposed by the County Council, with the exception of Kiln Lane where there is support for the Council’s proposal to turn some lights off completely.

Parwich Parish Council have set up a sub-committee to forward their views, and will be taking these poll results into account on Wednesday. The County Council’s community engagement runs to the 2nd of April, so you can still contact them directly. The polls here at PARWICH.ORG will continue open until next Sunday (31st March), so those who have not done so already can still vote:

Polls for individual Parwich street lights: (more…)

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Snow scenes on Saturday morning

Posted in Photography, Roads, Weather on Saturday March 23, 2013| 1 Comment »

Thanks to Ian P for these wintry photos.

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Your say on street lighting

Posted in 2013, Local government, Parish Council, Posts of Note, Roads, Services on Friday March 15, 2013| Leave a Comment »

So far there seems to be strong support for some reduction in street lighting (89%), with the largest group in favour of making a decision on a light by light basis. Up to this morning, Friday 15th March, 36 people have responded to our general poll:

  • Decide on a light by light basis – 50%
  • Turn all lights off for part of the night – 28%
  • Turn street lights off altogether – 11%
  • Keep all lights on all night – 11%

In relation to the polls for individual lights, so far, things are less clear cut: some indicate agreement with the County Counci’s specific suggestion, others indicate disagreement with the proposals, though for many there is a split vote giving no clear consensus. (more…)

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Part Night Street Lighting in Parwich – Have your say

Posted in Environment, Local government, Roads, Services on Thursday March 7, 2013| 6 Comments »

The poll in our previous post is so far indicating a majority support some form of part night lighting in Parwich. This further post contains individual polls for each street light in the Village.

You can have your say on which street lights are turned off for part of the night and which remain on by contacting:

  • Derbyshire County Council directly by Tuesday 2nd April 2013 on their Parwich consultation page  or by post to Street Lights, Derbyshire County Council, County Hall, Matlock, DE4 3AG
  • Parwich Parish Council prior to their next meeting on Wednesday 20th March 2013, by speaking to a councillor, by emailing the Clerk on sandra.hampson@hotmail.co.uk, or by attending the open section of their meeting.

or here at

  • PARWICH.ORG by completing the polls below and adding comments. We will then forward poll results and any comments to the County Council prior to the close of the Parwich consultation on the 2nd April.

The County Council’s rationale in deciding their proposals can be seen on their website, but they will not understand as well as us how we might be effected, so please fill in at least the polls for the lights outside your house.

There should be a separate poll below for each Parwich street light (based on plan circulated by Derbyshire County Council): (more…)

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Part Night Street Lighting – background

Posted in 2013, Local government, Posts of Note, Roads, Services on Tuesday March 5, 2013| Leave a Comment »

Although the Council have already consulted on the general issue, we felt our readers might like to have a say on whether ‘part night lighing’ in general is a good idea:

Parwich households should have received a letter today telling them that Derbyshire County Council is now consulting on turning some Parwich street lights off for part of the night. (Click here for the consultation timetables for Derbyshire communities.) (more…)

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School Newsletter #12

Posted in Music, Roads, School on Friday February 22, 2013| Leave a Comment »

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Click below for additional letters & forms:

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Road conditions this weekend

Posted in Roads on Saturday January 26, 2013| Leave a Comment »

Following Friday night’s heavy snowfall, how are the roads in and out of Parwich? Please share any information you might have.

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Road conditions and snow-related closures

Posted in 2013, Posts of Note, Roads, Weather on Monday January 21, 2013| 3 Comments »

Cheryl W reports:

Just to let you know that the road to Ashbourne are not good – even the A515 from the Bentley Brook (as at 8am)

Graham J reports (10:51):

Got to Harpur Hill (Buxton) this morning via Fenny Bentley in 4WD.

The A515 north is fine – well ploughed and gritted, but side roads are not that good in Buxton.

We have also received this update (at 8.20am) from Derbyshire Dales District Council:

It’s a pretty bleak picture in the Derbyshire Dales first thing Monday.

Some good news is that enough staff have somehow managed to get into our four leisure centres in Ashbourne, Bakewell, Matlock and Wirksworth, so all are open for business, but please be aware that parking could well be a problem. Staff at Arc Leisure Matlock have managed to clear the driveway up to the lower pedestrian entrance, but the main car parks are not accessible.

Our weekly Bakewell stallmarket has been cancelled but the Monday livestock market at our Agricultural Business Centre in Bakewell is apparently going ahead as planned.

So far as waste & recycling collections go, there’s no chance of our crews getting out onto the roads today. A supervisor has been out on today’s routes and it simply isn’t safe to do the collections, so we’ll be playing catch-up for the rest of this week. Our advice to residents is please leave your bins out and we’ll get to you just as soon as we can.

We’ll be posting regular updates on Facebook and Twitter.

For conditions in and around Buxton, the reports at http://www.buxtonweather.co.uk/ are always helpful.

If you have any more information on road conditions and snow-related closures today, please let us know.

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Falling snow

Posted in Roads, Weather on Sunday January 13, 2013| 7 Comments »

At present the snow is still light, but more is forecast. So if you encounter any difficulties on the local roads please add comments below.

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Overgrown Monsdale Lane

Posted in Flora, Parish Council, Roads on Sunday September 23, 2012| 1 Comment »

If you have tried to drive along Monsdale Lane recently, you will have seen it has become somewhat overgrown.

The Parish Council have been in contact with Highways (Derbyshire County Council), who have now scheduled the Monsdale Lane hedgerows to receive a trim some time this autumn.

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Street Lights going out?

Posted in 2012, Posts of Note, Roads, Services on Thursday April 26, 2012| Leave a Comment »

An article in yesterday’s Ashbourne News Telegraph indicated that Derbyshire County Council are considering turning off street lights in villages between midnight and 5-30am.

The first local village that could be effected is Brassingington that may see its streetlights off through the night as early as July this year.  At present the plans for Parwich involve a ‘risk assessment’ to be undertaken in December of this year, followed by ‘community engagement’ in March 2013, with ‘installation’ (i.e. switching off) in May 2013.  for more information see www.derbyshire.gov.uk/streetlights .

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Winter Returns

Posted in Roads, Weather on Wednesday April 4, 2012| 2 Comments »

With the return of snow this morning, please add comments to let people know about local road conditions.  Alternatively, if you are staying at home, send in any photos of snowscapes.

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Update to closure of Monsdale Lane

Posted in Roads on Monday March 12, 2012| Leave a Comment »

New Update – Monday 12, noon.

Following an update from Derbyshire County Council, Monsdale Lane is closed with restricted access throughout the week.  Currently there is a large hole which they will try to plate at the end of the day, to allow full access, but this may not happen.   So if the road is closed at the Creamery Road end, then access is via the longer way around, out the village & up Highway Lane, the road to Pikehall.

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Monsdale Lane closed next week

Posted in Local government, Roads on Wednesday March 7, 2012| Leave a Comment »

From Monday 12th for 5 days, Monsdale Lane will be closed, except for access.  DCC are doing drainage investigation work, so there is no problem for people needing to get to their homes or businesses but be patient if they are working and you need to pass.

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Driver safety following traffic checks in Ashbourne

Posted in Police, Roads on Tuesday February 28, 2012| 1 Comment »

Almost 50 motorists have been stopped for not wearing a seatbelt or for using their mobile phone while driving following a road safety check in Ashbourne.

They were found during the latest Operation Safedrive day, a partnership campaign to ensure drivers are road safe and legal.

The checks place on Friday, February 17 at Ashbourne Fire Station on Park Road, thanks to the support of Derbyshire Fire and Rescue Service, who are the lead on road safety.

During the checks the team, which included police officers and PCSOs from both CREST (Casualty Reduction and Enforcement Support Team) and the areas local Safer Neighbourhood policing teams, issued a mixture of warnings and fixed penalty notices to:

• 44 drivers for seatbelt offences
• 14 for driving while using a mobile phone
• 11 people for driving vehicles with tyre defects
• 2 motorists were asked to remove their vehicles window tinting because it was found to be below legal visibility levels.
• 1 for number plate offences
• 1 motorist for their manner of driving (more…)

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Slippy conditions

Posted in Roads, Weather on Monday February 6, 2012| Leave a Comment »

Just to warn that conditions underfoot are treacherous this morning. It’s currently raining into frozen ground so there is a lot of black ice on both the roads and footpaths.

Cheryl

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Travel conditions update?

Posted in Roads, Weather on Saturday February 4, 2012| Leave a Comment »

The snow has arrived, and I for one am not planning to drive this evening.  However, if you have any news to share on the condition of our local roads, please add a comment to this post.

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Tomorrow’s Motorsport Rally Route

Posted in Events, Roads on Friday November 4, 2011| Leave a Comment »

Derbyshire Constabulary have received notification for the annual AB Motorsport Rally taking place on 5th-6th November starting at 11.40pm on Saturday 5th November and finishing at 5.15am on Sunday 6th November.

The route is as follows:-

Chesterfield A619 – A632 – north to Holymoorside – Harewood Grange – Beeley Moor – Beeley – south on B6012 to A6 – S to Darley Dale – Darley Hillside – Darley Forest – Upper Hackney- Matlock – Limestone Way – Brightgate – S of Winster & Elton – Rockhurst Farm, The Nook – Pikehall – A5012 to Newhaven – N to Middleton – W to Parsley Hay – N to Monyash – Doehouse Farm – Flagg – Chelmorton – Midshire Way – Farditch Farm – A5270 – Blackwell – A6 – B6049 Millers Dale – Hargatewell – Wheston – Tideswell Moor – Bradwell Moor – S of Castleton – Hope – A625 to Hathersage – Bamford – A6013 Ladybower – A57 Moscar Lodge – Bradfield Moors – then into South Yorks – Burbage Moor – Hathersage Moor – Hathersage – Abney Moor – Great Hucklow – Bretton – Foolow – Longstone Moor – Great Longstone – Hassop – Baslow – A621 – Ramsley Reservoir – Unthank – Eastmoor – A619 – Chesterfield.

 

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Safety on the A515

Posted in Roads on Saturday October 15, 2011| Leave a Comment »

I was relieved to see yesterday that speeding motorists were being brought to book by an unmarked police car, patrolling on the section south of Newhaven. Specifically an unmarked blue VW Passat, slightly grubby and battered looking. With a set of those hidden blue lights that come on to the front and rear of the car when stopping motorists.

RickG

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School buses & vehicle checks

Posted in Police, Roads, Transport on Friday September 30, 2011| Leave a Comment »

School buses checked for safety in Ashbourne.

A number of school buses in Ashbourne have been checked as part of a police and partnership road safety operation. Operation Safedrive took place on Friday, September 23 and a team of police officers, PCSOs and officers from CREST (Casualty Reduction and Enforcement Support Team), VOSA (Vehicle Operator Services Agency) and Derbyshire County Council started the day at Queen Elizabeth’s Grammar School. The team examined over 15 buses and coaches to check the condition and safety of the vehicles bringing children to school. During the checks two buses were found with defects which needed to be fixed as soon as possible and one bus had to be towed back to the depot for immediate repairs after officers found two wheel nuts which had sheared off.

Vehicle Checks

They then moved on to Ashbourne Fire Station where the team were joined by the DVLA and a fire safety officer to carry out checks on passing vehicles. A mixture of warnings, notices and fixed penalty notices were issued to:
• 6 drivers for using their mobile phone while driving
• 3 drivers for having tyre defects
• 2 for number plate offences
• 1 driver for not being in proper control of the vehicle
• 1 for not having a valid MOT
• 28 drivers were stopped for not wearing a seatbelt;
these drivers  were also given advice and shown photographs taken by the fire service of cases where people a seatbelt.

In addition, VOSA issued:

• 5 immediate and 2 delayed prohibition notices,
these are given to drivers for defects on vehicles which seriously affect their roadworthiness. The owners then have to have their vehicle inspected at an MOT centre before they can legally drive on the public highway.

The DVLA also brought their camera car and a total of 3018 cars passed through, and seven were found not to have road tax.

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Improving the way Derbyshire’s roads are gritted!

Posted in Roads, Weather on Monday September 5, 2011| Leave a Comment »

Winter may seem a little way off but it is only 11 weeks to the same time that we were hit by the freezing weather and deep snow in 2010.  Derbyshire County Council has opened a consultation document asking for our views about improving the gritting of the roads.  Plans for our community appear to be no different from in previous years, but please do go online and submit your views by Wednesday 12th October.  These forms can also be picked up from the library.

The primary roads planned to be gritted are A515 and the B5056. (more…)

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Overnight road closures on A515 in Ashbourne

Posted in Roads on Sunday August 7, 2011| Leave a Comment »

The “Buxton Hill” section of the A515 in Ashbourne, from 100 metres north of the junction of North Avenue/Windmill Lane (by the Bowling Green pub) to the junction of Union Street (at the north end of the Market Square), will be closed between 7pm and 7am on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday (August 8th-10th), and again from Monday August 22nd to Friday August 26th.

There’s more information, including suggested diversions, on the Derbyshire County Council website.

Thanks to Sue H for alerting us to this.

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Surface dressing in Parwich

Posted in Roads on Monday July 11, 2011| Leave a Comment »

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Surface dressing of the roads in Parwich undertaken by Derbyshire County Council will be finished in the next few days, so if your road is due to be treated, please keep don’t park your car on the road until completion.

Any queries please contact
Paul Beckett, South Area Maintenance
Derbyshire County Council
Tel: (01629) 538585
E-mail: paul.beckett@derbyshire.gov.uk

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Temporary road closures: Wakes Saturday and Tuesday

Posted in Roads, Wakes on Saturday July 2, 2011| Leave a Comment »

Don’t forget that Main Street and Church Walk will be closed today (Saturday) between 6pm and 830pm for the Carnival.

Both roads will be closed again for the Hill Race on Tuesday, between 630pm and 9pm.

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Road resurfacing next week

Posted in Roads on Friday July 1, 2011| Leave a Comment »

Derbyshire County Council are undertaking some road resurfacing in Parwich next week; this will involve Smithy Close and Croft Avenue.  They had also planned to resurface Church Lane then, but will postpone that until the week after to avoid clashing with Wakes Week.

Residents of the streets involved should have recieved warning, but for more information contact Derbyshire County Council on tel 08456 058058.

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Road works next week?

Posted in Parish Council, Roads on Thursday June 30, 2011| Leave a Comment »

Some people have received notification of upcoming road works in Parwich next week.  A Parish Council rep is discussing with the County Council having the work delayed until after Wakes Week.

We will post more information about what is planned and when it will be happening as soon as possible.

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Brackendale Lane closed from today

Posted in Roads on Monday May 16, 2011| Leave a Comment »

From Monday for two weeks, Brackendale Lane from Bradbourne to the B5035 at Knockerdown will be closed.  It looks like the County Council are starting the resurfacing.

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Brackendale Lane, Bradbourne – Closed – Monday

Posted in Roads on Friday May 13, 2011| Leave a Comment »

From Monday for two weeks, Brackendale Lane from Bradbourne to the B5035 at Knockerdown will be closed.  It looks like the County Council are starting the resurfacing.

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Blockage In Back Lane

Posted in 2011, Photography, Posts of Note, Roads on Sunday May 8, 2011| 6 Comments »

Lewis N has sent us the following picture of Monsdale Lane…

Lewis says “I’m sure the Back Lane does not usually end there!”

Mike G sent in an email saying that Monsdale Lane was still closed at 10.45.

20.45 – Robert Gosling has just contacted the blog having seen the photo of the fallen tree. He will remove the tree tomorrow morning, as it was on his land, and the road will be open by lunchtime.

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More Urbanisation and Waste of Money‏

Posted in 2011, Local government, Opinion, Posts of Note, Roads, Services on Thursday January 6, 2011| 1 Comment »

John H writes:

Just to let you all know the Derbyshire Dales District Council has started (as of Wed Jan 5) to repair the section of footpath 21 from Croft Avenue to the squeeze stile by the electicity sub-station, between Croft Avenue and Church Walk.

Wednesday morning’s work involved four men, two lorries, a trailer, a van and a JCB digger – and they haven’t started laying tarmac yet! They are turning the former 0.9m wide footpath into a 1.8m wide ‘highway’ – as far as the squeeze stile. This work is being directed by Footpaths and Rights of Way.

I have pointed out to the workmen that the continuing footpath is 0.9m wide to the south of the squeeze stile and has no surface at all where it runs north through 9 Croft Avenue, but was informed that 1.8m was what they were told to provide.

I THINK THIS IS AN UTTER WASTE OF PUBLIC MONEY. A single man with a spade could have cut back the encroaching grass covering the underlying footpath in a few hours. The team working on this could have been more usefully employed filling in the holes in Alsop Road.

The Footpaths and Rights of Way officer has just returned my call, and has stated that 1.8m is the standard adopted wherever possible when they are reconstructing footpaths – whether it be in a conservation area or not, across public land or private land. He is also aware of the condition of the footpath alongside Smithy Close – are we going to see more tarmac there fairly soon?

These piecemeal ‘improvements’ are eroding the character of Parwich as creeping urbanisation. Do we realy need 1.8m footpaths, kerbstones, road signs and street lights, or are they being imposed upon us by County Hall bureaucrats wasting our money when it would be better spent repairing roads, providing care services and education?

As part of the Limestone Way, footpath 21, even in its ‘grassy’ state prior to this morning’s activity, was adequate for use by ramblers. As a local path, for use by village residents, it could have been better, but it did not need to be wider. In poor weather conditions, most villagers would choose to use alternative routes to avoid the hazards of the lower section of the footpath which still remain.

– John H.

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Road Reports – Wednesday 22nd December

Posted in Roads, Weather on Wednesday December 22, 2010| 4 Comments »

With a new dumping of snow overnight we are back to a familiar routine! If you have any info on the state of the roads in and around the village, please share it using the commenting facility on this post.

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Alert to sheet ice on Church Walk

Posted in Roads on Friday December 17, 2010| 2 Comments »

Due to a water leak on Church Walk outside Church View (Graham & Amanda’s), a section of the road (between Hallcliffe and Jasmine House) is now covered in sheet ice.  Please take care if you are driving or on foot.  It may be better to go around via Creamery Lane.

The Water Board and the Police have been informed, but even when the leak has been stopped the ice will remain.

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Snow Reports – Thank You

Posted in People, Roads on Wednesday December 8, 2010| Leave a Comment »

A big thank you from us here at Gibbons Bank for all you have been doing to keep us informed and safe over this recent spell of bad weather.

Because of my work commitments and our bookings for concerts etc, we had to stay in Derby/London and we kept ourselves informed about what was going on through the blog. We were only planning to stay away for one day, but we were away for five, so the blog allowed Martin to get home for clean clothes.

So a big thank you for all your efforts, and to all those contributors who have made the blog so very successful.

Happy thoughts,
Jean Compton

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Tuesday travel up-dates

Posted in Roads, Weather on Tuesday December 7, 2010| 1 Comment »

As Matt H pointed out, last night was another cold one.  So again beware of ice, also bear in mind road salt may may be less effective at very low temperatures.  Although conditions are likely to be the same as yesterday, do add any further information in the comments below.

Some relevant links:

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Monday roads & weather

Posted in Roads, Weather on Monday December 6, 2010| 7 Comments »

The lack of more snow recently should mean the roads already cleared remain so.  However the very cold night will have created dangerously icy conditions so please take care first thing.  (Click here to see the current temperature in Parwich.)  As always please use the comments facility to share any news or information and any requests or offers of help.

It is hoped that the Schools will reopen today, however you can click here to check for any Derbyshire School closures.

Also see BBC Derby Travel News for updates for roads across the County.

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Friday Snow Reports

Posted in Roads, Weather on Friday December 3, 2010| 5 Comments »

It’s a new day….with all manner of snowy, icy treats in store for the residents of Parwich, Alsop-en-le-Dale, Ballidon and Pikehall. Once again, it would be really helpful to pass on any information you have on the state of the roads and driving conditions around our area via the commenting facility.

It is forecast to stay well below freezing all day, but you can click here to see the current temperature in Parwich.

Parwich School and QEGS remain closed today, click here for all the Derbyshire School closures.

Also see BBC Derby Travel News for updates for roads across the whole County.

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