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According to NASA, the International Space Station (ISS) should be visible over our region this evening (Sunday), clear skies permitting.

The ISS will appear at 7.02pm. It will be visible for two minutes, at a maximum height of 72 degrees above the horizon. It will appear from WSW, and it will disappear at ESE.

To sign up for further alerts from NASA, please visit http://spotthestation.nasa.gov/

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Thank you to Graham for this:

Roads this morning:

The Dale road very treacherous and probably not a sensible option in 2WD although it was probably more tricky going down than up – I  passed one car that had skidded off and been abandoned – just checked there was nobody still in it as the air bags had obviously gone off.

Lower part of the A515 from Mount Pleasant to K&H was dangerous, especially on the hills – compacted slush which had iced over- didn’t look like it had been gritted. North of there through Lean Low was fine – this had been gritted.

Take care on high routes.

Graham J

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May I express a huge thanks to those who responded so generously to my cry for help with the loan of a Dell Laptop electrical power supply. I had a prompt response from a number of people and my computer was soon back in action. This demonstrates both the generosity of the folk in the village and also the enormous value of the village blog, so thanks are also due to the administrators of the blog.

– Mike Radcliffe

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My charger for my Dell Inspiron Laptop, about five years old, is not working. I am desperate to access documents. Does anyone have a Dell charger I can borrow to  print for a short while?

Mike Radcliffe
Telephone 390 433

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Full Horticultural Show Programme

Photography Competition

Cookery & Kitchen Classes

Gentlemen Classes

Vegetable Classes

For the entry form click here

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Lo and behold! Again a pile of dog faeces in exactly the same place as the last two ‘sightings’ on Creamery Lane near the small green!

I had become quite optimistic after my last ‘doggie-fouling’ blog post when the problem appeared to have stopped, even wondering whether the Parwich blog includes some canine readers who’d passed the message on to their fellow 4-legged friends.  Alas, my optimism was unfounded.

Whose dog was allowed to wander around between approx. 4 and 5 pm on Monday afternoon?

Please, please take responsibility for your dog and do not allow them to roam around unaccompanied or at least tidy up after them.

Thank you.

Saskia T

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Parwich Crown Green Bowls Club

One win one loss this week and we actually played one match in sunshine! Glad I didn’t buy a ticket for Silverstone though.

Matlock Tuesday League.

Away – 3 July – Matlock Park.

Whist we are mid table in the league Matlock are third from top. We gave a good account of ourselves however. We won two games and Matlock won two. Their wins, however, were by bigger margins than ours. The final score was Matlock 70 Parwich 64. Hopefully we won’t drop too much in the league.

Next match – Home – Chatsworth A -10 July 6.30pm.

Thursday League.

Away – Matlock Park – 5 July.

A week or so ago we were playing Wirksworth every match now it’s Matlock Park. Having lost on Tuesday it did not augur well. No need for doubt. We won the doubles games two one and the singles games 4 to 2. The final tally was Parwich 131 to 103. A great result. We were again half way in the league. Let us hope that these last two good wins will move us up a bit.

Next match – Home – Matlock Bath – 12 July – 1.45pm.

No Sunday match again this week, because of the weather we cancelled it. It was also a shame we did not manage to have some fun on Friday night during wakes week. Better luck next year.

John B.

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Debbie W, who works for the British Red Cross locally, writes:

Following the collection we had in Parwich for Red Cross Week, I just wanted to pass on a huge thank you from our Community Fundraiser, Alex Gadsby. This is what Alex had to say:

“The amounts raised in Red Cross Week via the shops have just come out. Donations for the Matlock store helped to raise a massive £270! This is amazing and I’m 100% certain it wouldn’t have been nearly as much without your support.”

Thanks very much for everyone who contributed to this worthwhile cause; I’m hoping to make it an annual event!

If anyone in the village wants to do any other type of fund raising event for the British Red Cross, I know Alex would love to hear from you.

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I need to get a lift to Calver Bridge on Saturday, and be picked up, and before I booked a taxi, I thought it might be worth seeing if anyone from Parwich would be interested in being a “taxi service”?
It is just under 20 miles and I would pay for fuel & time.
If interested, give me a call!
Debbie Webster 390568

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IF you would like a red rose buttonhole for the St George’s Day Parade on Sunday 22 April, please place your order by 6pm on Friday 20th.

Buttonholes are priced at £3.50 and will be available for collection on the day from the Legion

Delia P 390758/ 0777 3487882 / dee.pegg@btinternet.com

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In milk! If anyone can help with suggestions as to what I can do with my excess of high quality, very locally produced raw Jersey milk, please ring me on 191 or email the blog team. What you thought was a friendly wave is, in fact, a signal of desperation!! Fiona H

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Does anyone know what is happening at the Legion on New Year’s Eve? Is it Chris Hoolie as reported on the Blog or a Twenties night as advertised on the notice board?

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Thank you to all who came to my Christmas shopping and festive floral demonstration evening at the Memorial Hall on 5th December. Your support is much appreciated and I hope you enjoyed the evening as much as I did.

Thank you and Happy Christmas, Delia P

 

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I have a voucher for a family ticket for steam and diesel train rides and railway attractions at the midland railway Butterley. It expires on Sunday so needs to be used this weekend it is free so if you are interested give me a ring on 01335 390494 Lynda

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THE ADVENTURES OF ROBIN HOOD
This great, classic film starred Errol Flynn as the swash-buckling and daring hero, with Olivia de Havilland as Maid Marian, and with Basil Rathbone. It won 3 Oscars including Best Film score for the marvellous music by Erich Korngold. With a budget of $2 million, it was the most expensive film made to date, and one of the first to use the Technicolor process.

Now newly re-mastered from the original print, the superb costumes and sets look stunning; not a film to be missed!

Certificate U

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We are going for a few days to Venice later this year. Can anyone suggest a nice modest hotel or somewhere to stay?

We shall be arriving fairly late at night, and I am not sure how easy it is to get to places after the water transport has ended.

Any other tips would be welcome.

– Patti B

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We have received the following comment and e-mail from an imminent visitor to our area. If anybody is able to assist her, could they please contact the blog team at parwich@hotmail.co.uk.

A group of 22 family and friends will be staying at Uppermoor Farm, February 11th-14th, to celebrate my 50th Birthday.

I would like to organise a Treasure Hunt on the Sunday afternoon (13th) for my guests around the village of Parwich (on foot though, not chasing around in
cars). I have never organised a treasure hunt before, but think it would be an excellent way to get people out of the house to explore your beautiful village.

Pippa and Alan’s treasure hunt seems to have been a big success, and I was wondering if they would let me have a copy of their clues?

I hope this doesn’t sound too cheeky, and I am prepared to pay for the clues – or they could be our dinner guests on the Sunday night when we all go for dinner at a local pub.

Are Pippa and Alan still in Parwich, or has someone else taken over organising treasure hunts?

I look forward to your replies….
Many thanks,
Val (age 49 years, 11 months) 🙂

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Don’t forget to put your clocks back an hour tonight as we return to GMT from British Summer Time.

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I think she probably left it in the village somewhere.  If you see it, could you give me (Lynne) a call on 474.  It’s deep metallic pink and has lots of brightly coloured bits of plastic attached to the spokes of the wheels.  Thank you!

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Thank you to one of our readers for sending this in.

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Colin B asks:

I have a mystery sound recorded in Parwich in recent weeks. What is it?

CLICK HERE TO PLAY THE MYSTERY SOUND.

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British Summer Time ends tonight at at 2am (Sunday 25th Oct), when the clocks go back one hour, so 2am becomes 1am (Greenwich Mean Time).

Tomorrow we get an extra hour in bed and lighter mornings, but darker evenings.  The current system will continue to 2011, when the Government are reviewing it.  What are your thoughts on the clocks changing?

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My huge thanks to Wildgoose and all their delivery people for their kindness and consideration for my young horse. He’s recently had an operation and for his rehabilitation programme he has to be hacked out on hard surfaces in walk- for a horse who has just spent 3 months on box rest recovering, this is quite difficult! Wildgoose and co have been very considerate in stopping their machinery and vehicles when he gets frightened, so thank you. And of course a big thanks to all Parwichians who’ve been slowing down for him, your patience when passing in cars and on foot with dogs (very scary!) is greatly appreciated!
Alice Beasley and Red.

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If you have a log burner and have bought yourself a briquette maker to make firelighters out of old newspapers, here is my top tip.  Drying them out in the top oven of the Aga is inadvisable as they may dry out more quickly than you think and then spontaneously set on fire as you open the oven door, giving you quite a surprise and smoking the whole house out and making your hair and clothes smell as if you have been in a house fire.

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Did anyone happen to take a barbecue gas canister from outside the memorial hall at the end of July (after the school summer party on the last day of term)?   The half-full tank was replaced by an empty one – no doubt by someone thinking it had been abandoned.  If you have the canister, please email the blog or call Lynne on 474 so I can put the missing tank back in touch with its owner!  Thank you.

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Update 28th Aug – Cuddles found safe and well! Julie and family send their thanks to all who were looking out for him.

Please can you help!

Our much loved family pet, the cat Cuddles, is missing, we have not seen him since late last week, around August 22nd.  He was last seen in Creamery Lane, Parwich.

He is white, with orange ears and orange stripey tail.  He should be wearing a green collar, but may now have lost it.

Please could you to check your sheds and garages as he is very timid and could have got trapped somewhere.

There is a Reward for his safe return, or for information as to his whereabouts, whether alive or not.

Thank you,
Julie B.

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Happy July 4th to our adopted Americans, including parwich.org’s own recent roving reporter (though the more distant roving of her family restricted her role):

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Village SOS is a major new initiative from the Big Lottery Fund and the BBC. They will be searching for six UK villages with a great enterprise idea to benefit their community. They are also looking for six enterprising individuals to act as Village Champions and help them achieve their ambitions. There will be a chance to show the nation, what villages can do with a community enterprise idea and what change it can achieve in rural areas.

To find out more, tune into the One Show on BBC One on 01, 02, 03 June at 7pm. If you miss the broadcasts, log on to www.bbc.co.uk/villagesos after 01 June.

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Did you, or anyone you know purchase a dinner/tea service from Oxfam in Ashbourne? If so, then you will have noticed that one cup is incorrect.

If you can reply to lynnpoppy@live.co.uk or re-visit the shop, then your correct, matching cup can be handed to you.

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 Thank you Christopher for being part of the Parwich.org blog team.  We’ll miss your blogging, but if you do have withdrawal symptoms you can always send a post in.  We’d love to hear how your new job is going.  Good Luck & Best Wishes from us all.

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Derby Evening Telegraph are seeking nominations for their 2009 Community Champions awards.  Evening Telegraph editor Steve Hall said:

The Community Champions awards gives us the chance to recognise the work of those who have helped improve the lives of others and asked for nothing in return.

The nominations last year were fantastic and I’m sure that the standard this year will be just as high.

Click here to find out more about this.

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Christmas cards with a religious theme are wanted for recycling into new cards – Liz Round of Thorpe knows a nun who would be grateful for any such cards which you can give her. So instead of throwing them away, please give them to me, and I will take them to Liz.

Christopher

p.s. Sainsbury’s will reycle all your other Christmas Cards until 13th January.

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Wills serve many purposes over and above ensuring your worldly goods end up going where you want them to.  They affirm our relationship to the world, and are an opportunity for us to have positive consequences even when we have died.  Not least we would know a lot less about local and family history with out them.

Frighteningly 60% of the British population have not made a will.  If you have a will, is it up to date? The charity Will Aid is launching November as ‘national make a will month’.

Participating solicitors give their time for free to make up new wills or to up-date existing wills.  The testator (the person whose will it is) is then asked to make a donation to the Charity, which supports various other organisations, including actionaid, the British Red Cross, Christian Aid, Help the Aged, NSPCC and Save the Children.

Ms Ann Weaver of the Ashbourne branch of Flint Bishop is one of the participating solicitors, however you can click here to find out about other participating solicitors.

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