Monday August 8, 2011 by Esther T
Wednesday evening.
At Swanage pier, I have my second open water dive. Damon is my instructor for the evening and Jim is my buddy for the skills. I’m nervous as we approach the floating jetty, but as Damon pulls on his fin, the strap comes away. My mind is focused on his fixing it, and then on trying to stand solid as he leans on my shoulder for balance while donning his fins… so much so, that I’m calm and ready to take the first skill.
Damon steps off the jetty first. All’s well and he signs “OK”. I step over to the edge. “It’s a flippin’ long way down there”, Jim is happy to inform me that at only a metre “it’s not!” Right gloves heal on reg, fingers on mask, while left hand holds down any dangly bits. I step off the jetty, go under and surface. OK, but with a little water in my mask. Jim’s turn.
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Monday August 8, 2011 by Jane B
A survey will be held on four recreational trails in the Peak District National Park to get views on how they could be improved in the future.
Trails Saturday is being organised by the Peak District National Park Authority on Saturday 20 August to ask users what they most like about the trails and to get their ideas on what would make them even better.
Staff will be collecting the views of walkers, cyclists and horse riders between 10am and 4pm at:
• Ashbourne Cycle Hire Centre on the Tissington Trail, a 13-mile route from Ashbourne to Parsley Hay
• Parsley Hay Cycle Hire Centre on the High Peak Trail, a 17.5-mile route from High Peak Junction, near Cromford, to Dowlow, six miles south of Buxton
• Millers Dale Station on the Monsal Trail, a 9-mile route between Bakewell and Wye Dale
• Carr Lane car park on the Thornhill Trail, a route which goes from Ladybower Dam towards Bamford station.
Abi Ball, who manages the trails for the Peak District National Park Authority, said: “All four trails are well used because they are easy access routes along old railway lines in beautiful national park countryside that is rich in wildlife and historic interest.
“The recent opening of the former railway tunnels on the Monsal Trail has really generated a lot of interest and use of all of the trails.
“We want to build on that interest by preparing a five year management plan for the trails. Because of their importance to locals and visitors alike, we would like to give as many people as possible the opportunity to feed their views directly into the process.”
Anyone who is unable to visit the survey points on Trails Saturday can still give their views by completing a short online survey.
The survey will be available until the end of August. All ideas given in the survey and on Trails Saturday will shape the new management plan.
For further information, please email Abi Ball at abi.ball@peakdistrict.gov.uk or ring 01629 816345.
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Monday August 8, 2011 by Jane B
I need a dress taking in for next weekend and I was hoping that there may be someone handy with a needle and thread who would do it for me, I don’t think it will be a major job and I will pay for the service. If anyone can do it they can call 552.
Thanks Tracy
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Monday August 8, 2011 by Mike A
Jason and Emma, who ran the village shop until 2008, have decided to sell the property. It has received a change of use notice from the Peak Park, so there is now development potential for turning the former shop into accommodation. The upstairs apartment is already refurbished to a high standard. There is also a garage; a rarity in Parwich? The property is available for sale at £399,000.
Thanks to Keith P for this information. The sales details can be found here or email turnerjason1@sky.com with any further enquiries.
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Sunday August 7, 2011 by Mike A
…for there’s a new star in town! It was great to see Parwich’s Hazel B playing such a confident and well-received three-song set this afternoon, in the Acoustic Tent at this year’s Y-Not Festival. This was only Hazel’s second public performance, following her recent debut at the Miners Arms in Brassington, and PARWICH.ORG predicts that she will go far!
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Sunday August 7, 2011 by Blog Team
This month’s training involved us taking on board a couple of minor changes in how we respond to patients if we are called out. I won’t go into the technicalities but these changes are the result of ever-continuing research which shows what treatment gets the best results. So we will actually go back to how we worked a year or so ago. It’s a challenge to wipe our brains of one set of actions, especially when we don’t use our skills regularly. Rest assured, your First Responders are on the case!
Due to family commitments and hols I haven’t mentioned our small stall at Wake’s Week. We sold heart shaped shortbread and had the dummies available for people to refresh existing resuscitation skills. It was great to see how many youngsters were keen to have a go. We also demonstrated the crucial and potentially life-saving Recovery Position. I think all of our CFR group feel that however scary it might be to contemplate resuscitating someone, it’s nothing compared to the helplessness of facing a dying loved one and not knowing what to do – the “if only” scenario. As a group we are very keen to help people gain or improve life-saving skills. We have put on training in the past and if people feel the need for another short course we would love to hear from them.
It is worth mentioning that some of our Responders who are no longer available to go on the rota nevertheless join us at training to maintain their skills. This means that we have a good pool of basic knowledge within the village.
Lastly, for anyone interested in how we spend any funds raised, here are a few examples:
- the pads on the defibrillators have a shelf-life and need replacing
- training dummies
- extra defibrillators and kit bags
- travel expenses for our volunteer trainers
- hire of the village hall
- funding First Aid training sessions
- buying new items of kit as and when they are advised by EMAS
Thanks for reading and best wishes for a lovely summer form your CFR group.
Sue H
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Sunday August 7, 2011 by Mike A
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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Sunday August 7, 2011 by Mike A
Here are last week’s readings:
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Rainfall
in mm
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Pressure
in Mb (am)
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Pressure
in Mb (pm)
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Temperature in ºC
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Max
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Min
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Sun 31
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0.0
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1018.1
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1016.2
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23.8
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9.5
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Mon 1
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0.0
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1014.3
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1013.3
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24.2
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15.8
|
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Tue 2
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0.0
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1014.4
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1014.9
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25.0
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14.8
|
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Wed 3
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0.0
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1016.9
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1016.2
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27.2
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12.8
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Thu 4
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1.8
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1013.7
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1010.1
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19.3
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11.7
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Fri 5
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0.0
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1013.2
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1015.8
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22.5
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11.7
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Sat 6
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1.8
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1010.2
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1006.2
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20.3
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11.9
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Total
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3.6
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Average
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23.15
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12.60
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Our weatherman on the hill says:
A mixed week of weather with moderate temperatures, cloudy with sunny periods, and the possibility of a thundery shower on Thursday.
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Sunday August 7, 2011 by Jane B
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Saturday August 6, 2011 by Blog Team
Thankfully we have had a change in fortune in one of the leagues we play in and in the other, although we lost, we tried very hard.
Tuesday League – 2 August – Home – Matlock Bath
After struggling for a few weeks in this league we finally managed to win, and what an emphatic win it was. We won three of the four games and the game we lost was only lost by one point. The result therefore was 83 to Parwich and 60 to Matlock Bath. Not so sure how we will get on next week – we are playing a very strong side.
Next match 9 August – Away – Bradwell.
Matlock Thursday Friendly League – 4 August – Away – Tideswell
The venue at Tideswell is really lovely, but for us it is a difficult place to play. They have lots of members in their club and their teams are always very strong. This week continued to prove the case. We thought we had done well in the doubles games only losing 50 to 41. However they obviously saved their better players for the singles games where we only managed to win two out of the six. The final result was 129 to Tideswell 98 to Parwich.
We do not have a match next week in the Thursday League as the ‘Greenaway’ competition takes place. This is the annual charity competition to support the Greenaway Centre in Darley Dale. The league players have managed to raise thousands of pounds for the centre over the years. Let us hope for another good day next Thursday.
On Sunday we play one of our own competitions, the Round Robin. It lasts all day as you will probably gather from the name each doubles pair plays all other pairs. The game starts at 10.30am this Sunday 7 August. Come down have a look.
John B
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Saturday August 6, 2011 by Jane B
A satirical photo from JF-S, just remember when you see it in Private Eye, you actually saw it here first!
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Friday August 5, 2011 by Jane B
We would very much appreciate any clean, empty cardboard boxes (not too big as must be liftable). Will collect. Tel.390500
Avril
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Friday August 5, 2011 by Jane B
The Parish Council needs one more member to have its full quota of Councillors. To fill this one vacancy a legal process has to be followed.
Firstly, the Parish needs to decide if a full election process is the way forward preferred by parishioners. To do this 10 people, or more (registered electors), from the Parish need to write to the Returning Officer in Matlock: The Returning Officer, Derbyshire Dales District Council,Town Hall, Matlock, Derbys, DE4 3NN by 1st September. When this has happened a full election process will go ahead. This has cost implications for the Parish Council, (approximately £1,000 if the election is contested) which will be met from the budget received each year .
If there are fewer than 10 people who want the election process to be followed, the Parish Council can go ahead and co-opt somebody from the Parish. This will mean that everyone (providing they are on an electoral role) will have the opportunity to volunteer their services to fill the one empty post.
To read the Parish Council Vacancy Notice, click here.
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Friday August 5, 2011 by Jane B
JF-S – easier to take than the swallows!
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Thursday August 4, 2011 by Mike A
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Thursday August 4, 2011 by Esther T
Parwich artist Esther Tyson is working on a project to immortalise the seahorses of Dorset in art – but first of all, she has to learn to dive and swim under deep water. Esther’s project diary continues below…
6 days later.
There’s a big grin on my face right now, but I’m already starting at the end of my story and that won’t do.
Damon was Lou’s buddy tonight and my instructor for the evening. We talked about my experience of the dives to date, a brief history of my progress in swimming underwater and the forewarned mask problem. Why am I doing this? Work? Recreation? To overcome fear? Yes, overcome FEAR sounds about right! Continue Reading »
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Wednesday August 3, 2011 by Jane B
It seems appropriate that after such a successful evening last night at the PP5, today Parwich.org has broken another record,which was set after the Hill Race in early July. Today we have had the highest number of hits on the blog in one day, 2478.
Thank you to everyone who uses the Blog, don’t forget to keep your comments coming in.
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Wednesday August 3, 2011 by Jane B
JF-S, our talented ornithological photographer has finally hit the big time, as his photo of baby swallows feeding in Patti’s barn was published in the Ashbourne News Telegraph this week. But remember, you saw it here first!
Well done John.
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Wednesday August 3, 2011 by Jane B
PARISH COUNCIL OF PARWICH
NOTICE OF VACANCY IN THE OFFICE OF THE PARISH OF PARWICH.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN pursuant to Section 87(2) of the Local Government Act 1972 that ONE CASUAL VACANCY exists in the office of Councillor for the said Parish Council.
An election to fill the vacancy will be arranged on receipt of a valid request in writing from ten local government electors for the Parish.
If no such request is made, the vacancy will be filled by co-option by the Parish.
Requests for such an 1st September 2011.
The Returning Officer,
Derbyshire Dales District Council,
Town Hall,
Matlock,
Derbyshire,DE4 3NN
Date 2nd August 2011
Lesley Bramwell
Clerk to the Council
For further details on this click here.
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Wednesday August 3, 2011 by Jane B
Now we are moving house, we have to decide what not to take with us! So I am disposing of a Triton 2000 woodworking centre (new £354, mine £190) with a powerful Hitachi C9U circular saw (£170, mine £80). Also a substantial ‘Freud’ professional level three and a quarter horsepower plunger router using half inch router bits (£140, mine £60). Also there is a box of 12 varied (and mostly unused) half inch router bits (£15). Plus there is a ‘Trend’ router table with a dust extraction connection and stop button (Cost me £135, accept £40 The total price of the above is £385. You can have the lot of £320. Separately, the Triton centre won’t be sold without the Hitachi saw. The router table won’t be sold without the router. Visit Fernlea House to take a look, or call 01335 390500.
Thanks Keith Parsons.
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Wednesday August 3, 2011 by Jane B
This was the third Parwich Panoramic Five Fell Race (PP5) with the best turnout so far, 112 runners. There were 24 clubs represented and 34 non affiliated runners. The overall winner was Chris Nicoll from Derby Tri Club and he just missed the course record by 37 seconds. 28 ladies ran, with the leading lady, Jo Bednall coming in 42nd overall and 70 veterans participated: aged 40+. Four juniors ran, all finishing in the top 78% of the field, with the fastest coming in 28th position aged only 11!
“Best fell race”, “Great course and views”, “Best marked course” and “Friendliest marshalls” were some of the comments that have been made about this year’s race – a tremendous amount of work was put into last night’s events, so these words are very much appreciated.
The event is co-ordinated by Graham J, with a very supportive band of workers, who deliver, fetch, carry, marshal, photograph etc etc.. So big thanks to everyone, who helped, ran and supported this fabulous evening. (Below is Graham busy organising his “troops”!)
The evening also saw the running of the Junior Fell Race which is organised independently by David Denton: another great success. For those youngsters who would like to do more running, just check out his website for more local runs.
Finally a quick plug for next year’s PP5, which is provisionally booked for Tuesday 7th August 2012 – tbc.
Parwich Panoramic Fell Race Results 2011
Junior Fell Run Race Results 2011
More Photos Continue Reading »
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Wednesday August 3, 2011 by Jane B
Even more photos of the Junior Runners
Thank you to JF-S for these great photos Continue Reading »
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Wednesday August 3, 2011 by Peter T
Here are yet more photos from last night’s Panoramic Five race, most were taken as the runners neared the finish:
Continue Reading »
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Wednesday August 3, 2011 by Peter T
A few photos from last night’s Junior Races:
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Sorry there are so few, but I was marshalling in a bad spot to get photos.
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Wednesday August 3, 2011 by Jane B
Provisional date for the PP5 next year is Tuesday 7th August 2012 – TBC.
Lots more photos Continue Reading »
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Wednesday August 3, 2011 by Jane B
| PARWICH JUNIOR FELL RUNS |
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| Tuesday 2 August 2011 |
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| RACE 1 : U8 |
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| 1 |
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Lucy Bednall |
4.49 |
| 2 |
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Abbie Fryer-Winder |
5.06 |
| 3 |
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Flora Kanan |
7.00 |
| 4 |
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Zizi Peck |
7.11 |
| 5 |
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Jack Webster |
7.18 |
| 6 |
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Caitlan Grainger-Spivey |
7.35 |
| 7 |
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Lordez Aylott |
6.01 |
| 8 |
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Oliver Kent |
6.10 |
| 9 |
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Megan Harris-Wood |
6.10 |
| 10 |
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Lawrie Peck |
7.10 |
| RACE 2 : U10 |
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| 1 |
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Betheny Fentem |
7.00 |
| 2 |
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Ben Wainwright |
7.43 |
| 3 |
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Josh Leiper |
7.44 |
| 4 |
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William Kent |
7.48 |
| 5 |
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Lexie Linnell |
7.49 |
| 6 |
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Dan Stevenson |
8.01 |
| 7 |
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Adam Bostock |
8.30 |
| 8 |
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Miriam Aylott |
9.56 |
| RACE 3 : U12 |
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| 1 |
… |
Alex Slade-Walker |
12.27 |
| 2 |
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Jacob Buckley |
12.30 |
| 3 |
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Lewis Forshaw-Perrings |
13.33 |
| 4 |
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Sam Leiper |
13.35 |
| 5 |
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Matthew Holt |
13.49 |
| 6 |
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David Fryer-Winder |
14.33 |
| 7 |
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Jane Uprichard |
15.03 |
| 8 |
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Oscar Wainwright |
15.28 |
| 9 |
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Josh Stevenson |
15.28 |
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Wednesday August 3, 2011 by Jane B
Click on the timesheet for a full list of results.
Overall Winner of the PP5
1st – Chris Nicoll
2nd – Darren Holloway
3rd – Peter Northall
1st Female – Jo Bednall
1st Male Veteran – Chris Nicoll
1st Female Veteran – Jo Bednall
Provisional date for the PP5 next year is Tuesday 7th August 2012 – TBC.
Click here to see the photos from the Parwich Panoramic Five
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Wednesday August 3, 2011 by Blog Team
The following gallery shows the valiant runners from the Parwich Panoramic Five Main Event as they reach the top of a particularly gruelling hill. Impressive performance from all runners!
Click on ‘Continue reading’ to access the rest of the pictures. We think we have a shot of each runner…
Provisional date for next year’s PP5 is Tuesday 7th August 2012 – TBC.
Continue Reading »
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Tuesday August 2, 2011 by Mike A
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Tuesday August 2, 2011 by Mike A
Caroline H writes:
Would anyone be able to look after our cocker spaniel Lily for us for next week?
Ideally, this would be from the morning of Monday August 8th to early evening on Sunday August 14th.
However, we do have a bit of flexibility and could adapt to Thursday to early Sunday evening, or from Friday morning to early Sunday evening.
Commercial rates paid!
As all local kennels are fully booked, it would help us a lot if anyone could have her.
Please phone me on 07767 426107.
Many thanks
Caroline
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Tuesday August 2, 2011 by Jane B
An Ifor Williams horse trailer has been stolen from a field on Washbrook Lane, Tissington, Ashbourne, during the night on Sunday 31st July to Monday 1st August. Description: green in colour, model number: HB505. The offenders cut the chain securing the metal gate to gain entry.
If you have any information or saw any suspicious vehicles/persons in the area please call 0345 123 33 33, quoting crime number: 39859/11.
Thank you.
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Tuesday August 2, 2011 by Jane B
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Tuesday August 2, 2011 by Peter T
If you need any jars:
I have possibly the World’s largest collection (at least Derbyshire’s) of jam/chutney/pickle jars! Please help to release them from captivity.
Avril at Fernlea House.
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Monday August 1, 2011 by Mike A
The Y-Not Festival takes place in Pikehall this coming weekend, from Friday August 5th to Sunday August 9th. All tickets have now sold out.
To whet the appetites of those who are attending, we will be providing a series of previews over the next three days, starting with the acts who will be performing on Friday.
Click here to preview the acts on the main (Big Gin) Stage.
Click here for the acts on the Quarry Stage.
Click here for the acts on the Allotment Stage.
On each page, you’ll find a YouTube video for each act, plus links to official websites for each artists.
Finally, if you have Spotify installed, click here for a playlist featuring most of Friday’s acts.
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Monday August 1, 2011 by Jane B
From today, Monday 1st August NO cardboard can be put in the green bin, it has to be placed in the Blue Bag along with newspapers etc. The Green Bin is for garden and kitchen waste, and it will be inspected before being emptied, the next collection is this Thursday.
Cardboard will next be collected on Thursday 11th August in your Blue Bag.
Don’t forget the Saturday Morning Bulk collection finishes from the end of the month, but Alsop and Ballidon just scrape in with one more collection on the 6th & 13th August.
For full details read last month’s post.
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Monday August 1, 2011 by Jane B
Welcome back JF-S, delighted that you have got your camera back.
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Sunday July 31, 2011 by Esther T
Click here to read all of Esther’s diary posts on one page.
Friday, 5pm.
Panic is irrational. Though kitting up when instructed, it was far too soon and sitting in a wet wet-suit for half an hour on a cold overcast evening wasn’t a good start. Already shivering, and the unexpected entry plan just about finished me off.
We had our briefing. Listening to what Lee had to do for the end of his open water put my head in overload. Lou and Eileen would be concentrating on his efforts; Lou would move between Lee and myself; Steve (the Dive Master) would keep an eye out for me. This again conspired against my rational thought. To my mind I’m hearing: one or the other will keep an eye on me, but they are watching how Lee progresses, so they will be distracted and that is when things can go wrong…
Next, we trudge to the pier where we are to step off the floating jetty. A boat pulls in just as we arrive. A quick change of plan and we are stepping off the back of this boat, just like stepping off the edge of the pool. But my head is crowded. I stand on the edge of the platform, don’t want to bang the tank as I step off. 3,2,1 – go. A giant stride (with a helpful shove, once I step out) and it is OK.
I surface and I’m too buoyant. I need to let air out of my BCD, but I don’t; I feel unbalanced and my feet are up. I feel like I did when I first got in the pool with an oversized BCD. My weights feel unbalanced and I am starting to panic. I won’t signal OK. I don’t thrash around in panic, but mentally I’m freaking out. Tears fill my eyes. Lou is facing me the whole time, but I am not able to verbalise how I feel, and why I feel panic. I can write it here, after the fact. She is calm and helps me work through it. It takes so long to calm down. I want out, but I won’t let myself, not after the age it’s taken to get in! Continue Reading »
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Sunday July 31, 2011 by Peter T
Major Benjamin Imgham writes:
Before sitting down to write this article, I took a minute to reflect on the last six months. There is no doubt that it has gone exceptionally quickly, but having only completed half of my tour there is the pervasive sense of disappointment in missing out on so much back in the UK. Despite the wonders of technology and the ability to receive emails in seconds, Skype and satellite telephone, there are times when the contact only heightens the feeling of being disconnected from the real world. Whilst being away, two new additions to the Ingham household have appeared in the form of the twin girls Alice and Charlotte, but equally we have lost two family members: the dogs Tyro and William. Being away, I have been unable to share the delight of watching the nephews and nieces grow up, but I have also avoided the pain of loss. The key question is: ‘do the benefits of deploying for a year outweigh the significant sacrifices?’
At this time it is impossible to answer the question. But as we reach a significant tipping point in the conflict against the insurgency within Afghanistan, it is evident that the coalition forces play a role in the prevention of the spread of global terrorism through the disruption of the terrorist network and safe havens. I am pleased that I am contributing to the campaign.
The last month has also been marked with a few highlights in terms of getting ‘out and about’. The first occasion was to a location within the far eastern side of the country, to conduct an assessment of some of the Pakistan and Afghanistan border observation posts. The journey, by helicopter, took us across some spectacular landscapes that would not look out of place on Mars. Red and grey treeless mountains weathered by centuries of wind and rain and baked for years of seemingly endless scorching summers rose out from the barren, dust-ridden deserts. The occasional river, a shocking turquoise blue with cultivated banks, formed a small ribbon of vivid colour set against an otherwise lunar landscape. Small hamlets nestled within the inhospitable terrain, interconnected by thin tracks that looked like a lattice of spider webs when viewed from above. The absence of roads, telephone or electricity pylons and no obvious signs of economic development indicate that those individuals living within these rural areas lead a medieval, subsistence, existence. It was during this trip that we landed in a small outpost where the remnants of an old British fort still doggedly stood, a sharp reminder of our inauspicious colonial past in the region, which was marred by defeat. An American Infantry Battalion ran the outpost and the irony of western soldiers back in the same location 200 years later was not lost on us. Continue Reading »
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