When Amanda entered the lottery for Olympic tickets, I must say I was quite dismissive of our chances of getting good tickets and told her it was more likely we would get back row for synchronised underwater basket weaving than anything good (I realise that may offend the massed ranks of underwater basketweavers – but hey….). We couldn’t quite believe our luck when we got a pair of tickets for Super Saturday in the athletics stadium!
We set off from our central London base with two and a half hours to spare and the organization is so slick we were in our seats 45 minutes later. The whole event was truly awesome in every way. London is like one big party at the moment (all the people coming through St Pancras were greeted with offers of help, maps and even free ice creams!!). The Olympic Park is enormous and the stadium was deafening. Highlights of the events we saw………our golden girl from Sheffield on her quest for Heptathlon glory (long jump and javelin), Oscar Pistorius showing the world that a positive attitude can get you a very, very long way in life and right to the top in the 400m, …..that modest Jamaican sprinter (…….what’s his name again ???????) plus all the other 100m men’s sprinters, women’s pole vault and 3000m steeplechase. It was such a day to remember, and a true adventure we will never forget.
1.The face of the games discussing with her coach how to improve her first round long jump distance.
Parwich based singer songwriter Hazel B treated the Y Not Festival to a heartfelt and true to the heart performance on Friday.
The audience was captivated by Hazel’s self-penned songs, delivered with a refreshingly honest emotion. We hope to see her play the festival again next year.
Update: Here are some further excellent photos of Hazel’s performance, courtesy of Martin H: Photo 1 Photo 2 Photo 3 Photo 4
Update: the set was, we are happy to report, a triumph. Exclusive video to follow later this evening!
Update 2: Here’s a video of The A52s in full effect, folk-rocking the Hog & Barrel tent into a state of frenzy with their cover of The White Stripes “Seven Nation Army”.
Today saw the marriage of Sarah Ann Howard and Phillip Leslie Carroll in St. Peter’s Church. The bride arrived in a 1966 St Helen’s double-decker bus. The poor church warden (Helen) ringing the carillion had more work than she bargained for (an hour of bell ringing); the bride was delayed by 40 minutes, because the hairdresser arrived late. Hopefully the groom did not get too anxious.
Dave Denton, the organiser of numerous Junior Fell Races, including those that are on the same evening as the Parwich Panoramic Five, ran in Buxton carrying the Olympic Torch. He said that it was the most wonderful experience.
We are extremely fortunate in Parwich, as he is going to bring his Olympic torch on Tuesday evening. Throughout 2012 he is hoping to raise £10,000 to enable his charity, IDEAS to either build a school in India or to convert a building to provide a permanent base for a school currently in rented premises.
If you would like to have your photo taken with the torch, David would encourage you to make a donation to the charity, however large or small. He will also be raffling the torch later this year and on Tuesday he will be selling tickets at £5 each or 5 for £20.
His charity, “IDEAS”, which stands for International Development through Education, Continue Reading »
With the London Olympics creating a buzz throughout the country, Derbyshire Dales District Council has re-launched a range of summer holiday sporting activities for local youngsters.
StreetGames, a Safer Communities through Sport project, offers ‘doorstep’ sport to young people, helping to increase youth participation in sport, prevent youth crime and create volunteering opportunities.
All sessions are funded externally at no cost to Derbyshire Dales Council Tax payers and StreetGames for local young people are being staged by fully qualified coaches weekly across the Dales.
Here’s the Summer 2012 Street Games programme:
Ashbourne (Clifton Road Multi Use Games Area) – Thursdays 5.00pm to 6.00pm
Matlock (Helicopter Park, Hurst Farm) – Tuesdays 6.00pm to 7.00pm (11+ years)
Middleton-by-Wirksworth (Village Hall and playing fields) Thursdays 7.00pm to 9pm (8+ years)
Yesterday was my day off, so I went and had breakfast at Carluccio’s and then went to see Billy Elliot, a way of relaxing away from the pressures of my Olympic work.
I have to say that if you are coming down for an event it really is worth spending the day in the Olympic Park. So far there haven’t been any queues, it just slows down a bit as you go through security. There might be a few more queues once athletics starts, but they have it pretty well sorted.
It is good to hear how many people enjoyed the opening ceremony, not only have I met Danny Boyle, I know him as I went to school with him (same bus, him boy’s school, me girl’s). I also know Seb Coe from when I was at Loughborough and met his mum and dad, so I was contemplating interrupting their joint press conference to say ‘Hi’! Continue Reading »
Having started the season poorly we managed to get better, however we appear, on occasions, to be going backwards with a vengeance.
Matlock Tuesday League.
Away – 31 July – Matlock Golf Club.
Have you ever played in a match or a sport where whatever you did you were on a hiding to nothing? This match was one of those. We did not play badly, but our opponents could do no wrong. The outcome of the match was never in doubt, Matlock won by a country mile and we had our worst score of the season. For the record Matlock 68, Parwich 44, our lowest score of the year. Looking at the fixture list I’m not sure we will do very much better next week. I suppose we can always take up double slalom canoeing or trap shooting!
Next match – Home – Whitworth Park – 7 August 6.30pm.
Thursday League.
Home – Chatsworth – 2 August.
At least we pulled ourselves together for this match. Chatsworth were third in the league, but we had a good win. In the doubles we only won one out of the three games and trailed by 54 to 38, but we had a cracking time in the singles winning five out of the six games. The overall final score was Parwich 124 to Chatsworth 115. Our average score this year in the Thursday League is 124 so we should remain about half way, all being well. No Thursday League match next week, it is the Annual charity competition to raise money for the Greenaway Centre. I’ll let you know how we get on.
Next match – Greenaway Charity Match – 9 August.
Lovely day last Sunday entertaining Ashbourne in a friendly. This Sunday we are playing our annual square robin competition. Not sure if the weather is going to be all that great though. We start at Parsons Croft at 10.30am. Bring your umbrella!
Mike through his time at Parwich Shop and involvement in local groups and Dales Housing, is well known to most of our readers. Thank you to David for allowing us to reproduce this:
The invisible ribbon that connected Mike’s journey in life ran right across the open landscapes of the North of England…. the dales and the hills, the moors and the lakes. Continue Reading »
The Peak Park Authority are launching their annual competition to find individuals, groups or projects that contribute to making the Park a special place. Nominations can be made via the Peak Park website. For more information: Continue Reading »
What an amazing weekend Trev and I had. We had tickets to see the Olympic Tennis, but as the friends we were staying with live at Box Hill, managed to “catch a freebie” and roll up to watch the road race on Saturday.
From our vantage point, the riders went past eight times – then we legged it back to our friends as quick as we could, to catch the end of the race. The people behind us had a stop watch, so we were keeping track of the splits. It was really exciting.
The atmosphere was wonderful – the crowds were happy, everyone well behaved, the police were just fab – I can’t say how impressed I was with the whole thing. I was so proud to be British – even though American by birth.
The next day we went to the tennis. Again, so well organised. Saw quite a few soldiers helping with security and made a point of thanking them – they actually seemed to be enjoying themselves, I think many people were also expressing their gratitude to them.
Andy Murray, for all his grumpy reputation, was really gracious to the crowd and spent AGES signing autographs for children after the match – longer than any other player we saw by far. Boys: Maria Sharipova is very tall, and very beautiful in real life. This does not, however, make up for her funny little squeaks and squeals.
We thanked heavens for the roof on centre court, as the heavens certainly did open on the day.
I urge anyone able to catch a glimpse of the Olympics, either by “catching a freebie” or buying a ticket, to do so. It really is something special. All weekend Trevor and I just kept saying “We are so lucky to be doing this!”
Debs
To scroll through Debbie’s gallery in full size – including an exclusive Andy Murray action shot! – please click on any thumbnail image.
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.
Sue and David have asked us to post the following information:
Monday 30th July
The cortège will leave the Rathbone Flats at 2-45pm
if any vehicles wish to follow on
The Service will be held at 3-45pm
at Markeaton Crematorium in Derby
(click here for address and link to map)
Whether you can make the journey to Derby or not,
please everyone, from the village and beyond, do come along to a short “Farewell” in the Memorial Hall starting at 5.30pm.
There’ll be a bit of “pub grub” (but no quiz)
and a glass or two for a final toast.
In addition to our correspondent from the Olympic Media Centre, it has been suggested by several people that it would interesting to get accounts from residents of Alsop, Ballidon, Pikehall and Parwich who visit the London 2012 Games.
If you want to share your experiences having visited the Games, including any photos, do email the Blog Team at parwich@hotmail.co.uk or add comments to the various Olympic posts as they appear.
We are lucky to have had this email from our very own Parwich Olympic Correspondent, Val S :
I went to the dress rehearsal for the Opening Ceremony last night. The opening scenes were shot in Parwich and then they move on to Belper. We are not allowed to tell – see #savethesuprise – but if you are going out, record it, trust me, it is worth it and it does start in Parwich!
I am off now for another day of slog and fun, so many languages, so many countries. The Park is packed and there is no public in there yet! I am working down here on the Help desk in the Main Press Centre (MPC) which together with the International Broadcasting Centre (IBC) forms part of a large media complex at the northern end of the Olympic Park to which there is no public access. The work is 24 hours a day as some-one is always awake somewhere! Continue Reading »
A week of festivities across the Peak District have been planned to celebrate National Park’s Week 2012. The celebrations start on Sunday July 29th , at Castleton visitor centre and throughout the week there will be lots of family fun activities and guided walks. Although the events are spread over the Park, some of the events are quite local to Parwich, so scroll through this PDF and look for the events in bold.
Having played in all sorts of weather it feels strange to be able to dispense with the oil skins and wellies. Not complaining, however. We managed a win and a loss this week.
Matlock Tuesday League. Home – 24 July – Bakewell.
Bakewell were, a few places ahead of us in the league. We had a good evening winning three out of the four games. Giving a final result of Parwich 72 Bakewell 60. I think that with the 12 point difference in the scores we should move above them in the league.
Next match – Away – Matlock Golf Club – 31 July 6.30pm.
Thursday League. Away – Matlock Golf Club – 26 July.
Another team who are ahead of us in the league, but not such a good result as the Tuesday match. We did not manage to win any doubles games although we came close in one. We were 63 to 43 behind. We faired a little better in the six singles games sharing them three each. The scores were Parwich 72 Matlock 68. This made the final score 131 to Matlock, 115 to Parwich. We are back at the Golf Club on Tuesday next week. Hopefully we will do better.
Next match – Away – Matlock Golf Club – 31 July – 1.45pm.
A good day was had by all last Sunday when we played Hazelwood in a friendly. This Sunday we entertain Ashbourne. Come along to Parsons Croft and relax in the sun you will be fed up with the Olympics by then. Usual start 2.00pm.
Peak Five Churches are holding their “Let There Be Light” children’s summer party on Sunday July 29th, at the Memorial Hall, between 10:00am and 11:30am.
The party is billed as featuring “MAD Games” and “Making Things That Fly!”, and party snacks will also be provided.
If the sun is shining, then the party will be held outside, within walking distance of the hall. If that’s the case, directions will be posted on the door of the hall.
To book your place at the party, please RSVP to Tracey F: 07772 758470 or tracey@peakfive.org.
Please click on the advert to enlarge it. The advert is also suitable for printing, and folding into a paper aeroplane!
JF-S has sent this sequence of photos into the blog catching Wyatt on the move. Just click on any photo to enlarge the image and see them all as a slide show.
Sue and David have asked us to post the following information:
Monday 30th July
The cortège will leave the Rathbone Flats at 2-45pm
if any vehicles wish to follow on
The Service will be held at 3-45pm
at Markeaton Crematorium in Derby
(click here for address and link to map)
Whether you can make the journey to Derby or not,
please everyone, from the village and beyond, do come along to a short “Farewell” in the Memorial Hall starting at 5.30pm.
There’ll be a bit of “pub grub” (but no quiz)
and a glass or two for a final toast.
Planning Sub Committee Meeting
at 1 Croft Ave on Sunday 29th July – 10am
To discuss this planning application (Erection of an agricultural building on Dam Lane) which requires a response from the Council before the next scheduled meeting in September. This meeting is open to the public.
Parwich’s resident make-up expert Jo-anne Jewett has written an article for the blog maybellinebook.com, which is hosted by Maybelline heiress Sharrie Williams. Please click here to read it.
If you hear the church bells ringing on Friday morning, then don’t worry, it really isn’t Sunday and World War III hasn’t started!
To mark the opening of the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games, the London Organising Committee is calling for thousands of bells to be rung across the country, and St. Peter’s will be joining in.
The mass bell ringing will begin at 8.12am on Friday, and it will last for 3 minutes.
Next Monday (July 30th), Ragtex UK are holding a charity collection, with proceeds going towards the church.
Working together with local councils, Peak Five Churches are actively trying to encourage more charities to participate.
The following items are requested:
Unwanted clothes
Paired Shoes
Handbags
Blankets
Sheets
Curtains
Soft Toys
If you have any bags that you would like to donate, please contact Tracey F at tracey@peakfive.org, or call 07772 758470 for her to arrange to collect them.
Peak Five Churches are holding their “Let There Be Light” children’s summer party on Sunday July 29th, at the Memorial Hall, between 10:00am and 11:30am.
The party is billed as featuring “MAD Games” and “Making Things That Fly!”, and party snacks will also be provided.
If the sun is shining, then the party will be held outside, within walking distance of the hall. If that’s the case, directions will be posted on the door of the hall.
To book your place at the party, please RSVP to Tracey F: 07772 758470 or tracey@peakfive.org.
Please click on the advert to enlarge it. The advert is also suitable for printing, and folding into a paper aeroplane!
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