A group of Belgian bikers – members of the Belgian BMW Club – paid a fleeting visit to Parwich as part of their Midlands and North Wales 2011 tour.
Nearly forty enthusiasts from Flanders, on more than twenty motor bikes, took a look at the village and church.
Pictured are some of them posing outside St Peter’s Church on Sunday morning, while vicar Andy Larkin led Matins.
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Thanks to Ed L for sending us a photo of this prize-winning choir, captured in concert at the Drummond residence yesterday afternoon.
Please click to enlarge.
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This year, eighteen Parwich gardens opened their doors to visitors – and with the rain thankfully holding off, this turned out to be another very successful event.
As well as the various horticultural delights, villagers and visitors alike got to enjoy the splendid children’s show in the Memorial Hall, along with delicious cream teas and a plant sale. Elsewhere, the Flaxdale art exhibition and bric-a-brac sale continued for a second day, as did Lewis Noble’s open studio. The school held an open day, Hayley Powell staged a blacksmithing display at The Barn, The A52s played a gig at Rookery House, and a talented vocal troupe, Terra Nova School Staff Choir, staged impromptu recitals at various locations round the village. The day finished with a Father’s Day barbecue at the Legion, while the Horticultural Society laid on a “thank you” buffet for weary and grateful exhibitors at the hall.
Hot off the presses, here’s a gallery of all eighteen gardens, accompanied by Lynette and John’s colourful and creative signage. As always, these photos will look so much better if they are enlarged; click on each image for a bigger version.
1. Brook Close Farm
2. Pond Cottage
3. Cosheton
Continue Reading »
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There’s an additional visual treat in store for visitors to this year’s Open Gardens, as Lynette C and John H have created a wonderful array of numbered signs for each participating garden. We’ll be displaying the full set on the blog in due course.
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Thank you to Rebecca for identifying this colourful caterpillar…
I know what this is from bitter experience, a mullein moth, or will be, but not in my garden as I have declared war on them. If you want to see what they do to verbascum leaves pop by.
The following information comes from the Gardeners World website
The mullein moth, Cucullia verbasci, lays its eggs on verbascum, buddleia and figwort at the end of spring. Shortly after, from late spring to midsummer, the caterpillars demolish the foliage. Bad infestations can actually strip a plant. They then hide in the soil to pupate.
Solution Organic
The bright yellow and black caterpillars are easy to spot as they crawl across the leaves, and can be picked off by hand.
Chemical
The moment you spot an infestation, spray them with bifenthrin or pyrethrum. If the plants are in flower, spray in the evening, so pollinating insects aren’t affected.
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Here are last week’s readings:
|
Rainfall in mm |
Pressure in Mb (am) |
Pressure in Mb (pm) |
Temperature in ºC |
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|
Max |
Min |
||||
|
Sun 12 |
20.2 |
1015.2 |
1006.3 |
11.9 |
1.4 |
|
Mon 13 |
0.9 |
1006.3 |
1010.1 |
18.2 |
10.2 |
|
Tue 14 |
0.0 |
1015.4 |
1013.5 |
21.0 |
3.9 |
|
Wed 15 |
3.6 |
1012.9 |
1010.2 |
18.4 |
11.4 |
|
Thu 16 |
0.4 |
1008.8 |
1011.0 |
19.7 |
7.6 |
|
Fri 17 |
2.2 |
1010.3 |
1001.4 |
16.5 |
7.0 |
|
Sat 18 |
4.0 |
1000.6 |
1002.0 |
17.0 |
9.7 |
|
Total |
31.3 |
Average |
17.5 |
7.3 |
|
Our weatherman on the hill says:
The Jet Stream is overhead, low pressure is in charge. It looks as though the weather will follow the same pattern as the week just gone.
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| What’s on Where this Week |
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| Day | Time | Event | Location |
| Sunday | 10-4pm | Lewis Noble Exhibition | The Studio |
| Sunday | 10am | Family Service | Parwich Church |
| Sunday | 10.30am-noon | Club Tennis | Tennis Courts |
| Sunday | 11-4pm | Cullen Hall Plant Sale & Open Garden | Brailsford |
| Sunday | 11.15am | Family Society Service | Alsop Church |
| Sunday | 2-6pm | Open Gardens & Children’s Show, plus Open School day | Parwich |
| Sunday | 6pm | Father’s Day BBQ Legion opens from 3pm |
Parwich Legion |
| Monday | 6.30pm | Bowls Club Practice Night | Bowling Green |
| Wednesday | 2pm | Pilates for the Over 60s | Memorial Hall |
| Wednesday | No Pilates this evening | Memorial Hall | |
| Thursday | 6-7pm | Circuit Training | Memorial Hall |
| Sunday | 9.30am | Holy Communion | Parwich Church |
| Sunday | 10.30am-noon | Club Tennis | Tennis Courts |
| Sunday | 2.30pm | Methodist Service Chapel Anniversary |
Parwich Church |
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Oh dear not at all good this week. Two losses.
Tuesday league
9 June – Away – Whitworth Park.
Really strange match this. Both teams won two games each, but we each had extreme highs and extreme lows in the games. As a result the match scores were very low for both teams. Whitworth just coming out on top 58 points to 55. Having been up to the giddy heights of second in the league and dropping to fourth, although we did not score many points we have still managed to stay fourth.
Next match 21 June – Home – Matlock Golf Club.
Thursday Friendly league.
16 June – Away – Matlock Bath.
As mentioned before this is a most peculiar green. Shaped a bit like a fifty pence piece and almost as small. Anyway we did very well in the double games. Winning two and only narrowly losing the third. Thank goodness we did for we ‘bombed’ in the six singles games, winning only one. Having said that because we managed to score heavily in the doubles we did get 111 points in all to 122 for Matlock. We had risen to fourth in the league, but this result will no doubt drop us a place or two.
Next match 23 June – Away – Bradwell A.
No friendly or club games this weekend, open gardens takes pride of place. Go along to see how much hard work has been put in.
Don’t forget Monday nights 6.30.
John B
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This weekend sees two days packed with Gardens Open and Arts in Parwich , with cream teas, cakes and a BBQ.
Saturday
Flaxdale Garden and Art Exhibition – 10am – 6pm
Lewis Noble Art Exhibition – 10am – 4pm
Sunday
Lewis Noble Art Exhibition – 10am – 4pm
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Colin B says,
Our resident bee eating spotted flycatcher has found a good place to perch.
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On Tuesday 17th May Robert Gosling of Hill Top Farm organised an open exhibition regarding his proposals for a wind turbine to be located at his farm. He originally sent a letter into Parwich.org explaining the reasoning behind this plan.
This post is the reply from Robert Gosling to questions raised on Parwich.org and also to questionnaire responses.
1. Can we see the other photomontage locations?
We used a selection which gave a representative view. All
photomontages are below with the map showing the relative
positions.
All photos in this section can be enlarged by clicking on them.
Map showing the location of the photomontages.
Posted in 2011, Environment, Farming, Planning, Posts of Note, Sustainability | 3 Comments »
Bric-à-brac
If anyone has any suitable items that would otherwise go to a charity shop, we could put them on our bric-à-brac stall tomorrow. Any unsold items will be sent to a charity shop. Do call us on 390433 if you can help.
Flaxdale Garden and Art Exhibition – Tomorrow – 10am to 6pm
Every year we make a great effort to try and get our gardens presentable for visitors to the village on Open Gardens day. This year we have decided to make the most of all our hard work and open our garden the day before Open Gardens day as well, i.e. on June 18th, to help raise funds for the DRCS, a local charity.
In the current climate DRCS (Derwent Rural Counselling Service) like many other charities, is finding it increasingly hard to make ends meet and risks having to cut the service it offers local people. We do hope you will be able to come, any time between 10am and 6pm to enjoy yourselves and at the same time enable DRCS to keep on with its good work supporting people in the area.
There will be an exhibition of original paintings by Gill, Gill Evans, Dorothy Littlewood, Evie Burlinson and Janis Castledine, who have all very kindly agreed to donate 25% of any sales to the charity. In addition we will have stalls for bric-à-brac, books and plants. There will also be a raffle. Continue Reading »
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I am holding an exhibition of my work in the studio this weekend, June 18-19th. You are all very welcome to come along! Anyone who wanted to get to the London show but couldn’t make it, now’s your chance.The studio will be open from 10am-4pm both days and if you message me I will send you directions (if you don’t already know where I am). It should be a very busy weekend with the Open Gardens as well so I hope to see you there.
Rain Breaking Through
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Avril and Keith have decided to move to pastures new, so their home at Fernlea House, Main Street is up for sale.
This is a Grade 2 listed limestone 18th Century former Yeoman’s house in the Conservation Area. It has been thoroughly and tastefully refurbished and is in excellent condition. One of the prettiest houses in the village, it is south facing and stands back 14 metres from the road behind a lovely garden.
4 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, kitchen, large utility room, cloakroom, dining room, and sitting room. Cellar with well! THERE IS AN ATTACHED BARN (with development potential) containing a stable, tack room, garage, store room and a workshop upstairs measuring 38 feet by 18 feet. THERE IS A LARGE SEPARATE GARAGE with storeroom across the road from the house. The property has been valued by local agents at £750,000 and is available at OIRO £735,000 FREEHOLD. For more details and photos click here.
Keith P
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Residents in the Parwich area are asked to be extra vigilant and report any suspicious vehicles/persons seen in the area to the police.
Some time between 12th-15th June, outbuildings have been broken into on Alsop Road, Parwich. Welding equipment has been stolen, together with a new bench grinder and a selection of DJ and disco equipment. Crime number: 30875/11.
Some time between 1st-15th June, a storage container was broken into situated in a field on Dam Lane, Parwich. Nothing has been stolen. Crime number: 30892/11.
Anyone with information is asked to call 0345 123 33 33.
Derbyshire Community Messaging Service
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Anyone with views on how the Peak District National Park should develop over the next five years and beyond is being encouraged to have their say during a public consultation.
The Peak District National Park Authority began the Join Our Conversation consultation on a draft new National Park Management Plan in April and has received more than 80 responses already. But the authority is keen to hear from even more people before the deadline on 1 July.
The plan will be the main policy document that guides what will happen in the national park between 2012 and 2017.
A draft plan has been produced by a range of organisations including farmers and land managers, local businesses, charities, voluntary and community groups, parish councils, tourism organisations, recreation user groups, local councils, public organisations and the Peak District National Park Authority.
The public consultation is intended to get the views of an even wider group of people and continue the conversations that will lead to a final plan being approved later this year.
Among the main changes in the draft new plan are:
• Doing more to support the local economy and communities
• Giving a bigger emphasis to supporting and promoting farming and land management
• Ensuring that climate change issues and managing the reduction of carbon emissions is integrated into all areas of work in the national park
• Maintaining the emphasis on protecting and improving biodiversity, cultural heritage and recreation opportunities
• Recognising the interaction of people, the landscape and the economy.
Jim Dixon, chief executive of the Peak District National Park Authority, said: “We are pleased with the response we have had to the survey so far but want to make sure that everyone who wants to has the opportunity to respond before the 1st July deadline.
“The National Park Management Plan is not an authority plan. It is designed to bring together all the people, businesses, charities and organisations that live, work or operate in the national park and get agreement on how we will all work together to make the area an even better place to live in, work in and visit.”
The consultation document and an accompanying questionnaire can be seen by clicking here.
Other documents:
Join our Conversation – a consultation documents of thoughts so far.
Short Questionnaire – online opportunity for you to submit your views on the ideas in the document
Longer Questionnaire – a longer and more detailed online survey
Deadline is Friday 1st July.
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THE ADVENTURES OF ROBIN HOOD
Special hi-fi headphones for those with hearing difficulties, please ask.
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Shaun M has informed the blog that the Strongest Man competition will not be happening during Wakes Week because of Health & Safety issues.
Shaun and Rob hope to organise the event independently at a later date.
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The Telephone Preference Service (TPS) is a free service. It is the official central opt out register on which you can record your preference not to receive unsolicited sales or marketing calls.
It is a legal requirement that all organisations (including charities, voluntary organisations and political parties) do not make such calls to numbers registered on the TPS unless they have your consent to do so. For more information and to register for this service, visit tpsonline.org.uk (all you have to do is type your number in– it takes 10 seconds) or call the TPS registration line on 0845 070 0707.
Once a number has been registered it will become effective in 28 days.
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If you have any prizes for the Horticultural Society’s tombola for Open Gardens please either drop them off at Knob Hall or ring Will on 318 and he will collect them.
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FREE! BEGINNERS RUNNING GROUP
10-Week Programme Starting 6pm June 28th Leisure Centre
Then every Tuesday 6-7pm
Running is a great way to get and keep fit in its own right or to be able to enjoy other sports. However many people are intimidated by ‘proper runners’ in all the gear or give up after aches and no-one to run with…!
Ashbourne Running Club (ARC) is an inclusive club catering for all abilities but recognise that a bridge is needed between occasional jogging and running regularly for enjoyment. We have successfully put on our walk-run beginners programme every couple of years and aim to get everyone to a level where they can enter the Ashbourne 3.5 Mile Fun Run on 11th September.
It is organised and supported by ARC and led by club member Mark Allen who is a Level 3 Registered Exercise Professional (REP).
Don’t worry if you can’t make all 10weeks, just come when you can….
Why not bring your friends and give it a try? Look forward to seeing you at the Leisure Centre on Tuesday 28th June at 6pm.
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The next two evening classes for Pilates have been cancelled because Georgie is away. The next class is on 29th June.
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Will Beesely is doing the Horticultural Society’s tombola for Open Gardens on Sunday and would be grateful for any prizes. Please either drop them off at Knob Hall or ring Will on 318 and he will collect them.
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We have a Rabbit Hutch needing a new home (Free) if anyone would like it. Collect or Deliver locally.
The rabbit is fine by the way, he just lives in the house now!!
Tel: 390552
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Apologies that the appearance of the Church Magazine on the Blog had slipped. Here is the current issue:
Click on the cover to access the Magazine as a pdf. The Magazine can also be accessed through the Church website. For previous missed issues Continue Reading »
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Here are last week’s readings:
|
Rainfall in mm |
Pressure in Mb (am) |
Pressure in Mb (pm) |
Temperature in ºC |
||
|
Max |
Min |
||||
|
Sun 5 |
0.0 |
1019.5 |
1015.3 |
17.8 |
8.9 |
|
Mon 6 |
0.0 |
1009.8 |
1008.5 |
18.6 |
8.9 |
|
Tue 7 |
4.5 |
1006.5 |
1004.1 |
15.2 |
5.5 |
|
Wed 8 |
1.8 |
1008.0 |
1007.8 |
17.1 |
6.9 |
|
Thu 9 |
0.0 |
1011.3 |
1013.2 |
18.2 |
8.2 |
|
Fri 10 |
2.2 |
1014.4 |
1014.1 |
17.4 |
5.0 |
|
Sat 11 |
0.0 |
1014.7 |
1016.7 |
16.8 |
2.9 |
|
Total |
8.5 |
Average |
17.3 |
6.6 |
|
Our weatherman on the hill says:
Another cool week to come with a little rain at times and some sunny spells but NO sign of a heatwave at the moment.
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| What’s on Where this Week |
|||
| Day | Time | Event | Location |
| Sunday | 9.30am | Holy Communion | Parwich Church |
| Sunday | 10.30am-noon | Club Tennis | Tennis Courts |
| Sunday | 11.15am | Holy Communion | Alsop Church |
| Sunday | 2pm | Pikehall Harness Racing | Pikehall |
| Sunday | No Methodist Service | ||
| Monday | 6.30pm | Bowls Club Practice Night | Bowling Green |
| Wednesday | 2pm | Pilates for the Over 60s | Memorial Hall |
| Wednesday | No Pilates this evening | ||
| Thursday | 6-7pm | Circuit Training | Memorial Hall |
| Friday – 3rd July |
. | Ashbourne Festival | Ashbourne |
| Friday | 7.45pm | Film Night – Summer Classics | Memorial Hall |
| Saturday | 7.45-8.30am | Saturday Morning Bulk Rubbish Collection | Alsop |
| Saturday | 10-6pm | Flaxdale Garden & Art Exhibition | Flaxdale House |
| Saturday Sunday |
10-4pm | Lewis Noble Exhibition Weekend | The Studio |
| Sunday | 10am | Family Service | Parwich Church |
| Sunday | 10.30am-noon | Club Tennis | Tennis Courts |
| Sunday | 11-4pm | Cullen Hall Plant Sale & Open Garden | Brailsford |
| Sunday | 11.15am | Family Society Service | Alsop Church |
| Sunday | 2-6pm | Open Gardens & Children’s Show plus Open School day | Parwich |
| Sunday | 6pm | Father’s Day BBQ | Parwich Legion |
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The second of this year’s Pikehall harness racing fixtures takes place tomorrow (Sunday June 12th) from 2pm. Entrance is £8 per person, with free admission to under-14s and free parking at the site. There’s more info at http://www.pikehallharnessracing.co.uk/.
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Janet & Steve would like to thank everyone for the cards and generous gifts received after the birth of their daughter Rosie Elizabeth Conway.
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Well at least we won one of our two matches this week.
Tuesday league – 7 June – Home – Hathersage.
Hathersage are, and still are, top of the league. Although we shared the games two each their points scored were considerably better than ours. Consequently we lost the match 63 to 70. We have dropped from second in the league to fourth.
Next match 14 June – Away – Whitworth Park.
Thursday Friendly league – 9 June – Home – Lafarge.
Our winning streak continues in this league. Lafarge from Hope were second in the league. We did play really well and won the doubles games three nil and five out of the six singles, giving us a 143 to 89 win. Having at one point been third from bottom we are now a very respectable mid table.
Next match 16 June – Away – Matlock Bath.
We were due to play another friendly match away at Ellastone on Sunday, but due to people being on holiday we could not send enough players to have a match. We therefore had to cancel which is a real shame. IF ONLY WE HAD MORE MEMBERS.
Don’t forget Monday nights 6.30pm
John B
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The A52s have sent us a message to say that they will be playing acoustic music during the afternoon of Saturday 11th June as part of the Hidden Gardens and Courtyards of Wirksworth event. The band will be based in the Wirksworth Community Garden near to the railway station.
The gardens will be open today and tomorrow from 12pm to 5pm. Further details can be found by clicking here.
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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!
In the warm and comfortable Parwich Memorial Hall FRIDAY 17th June 7.45PM
Free Entrance. Refreshments . Raffle
Silent projection
Hi Fi Sound
Special hi-fi headphones for those with hearing difficulties, please ask.
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Hot water boiler
Does anyone have a Hot water boiler they can lend Mike & Gill R for their fund raising charity event at Flaxdale House on 18thJune? Perhaps someone might know the whereabouts of the old water boiler from the Memorial Hall? If anyone has any ideas please telephone 390433.
Bric-à-brac
If anyone has any suitable items that would otherwise go to a charity shop, we could put them on our bric-à-brac stall at our fund raising charity event at Flaxdale House on 18th June. Any unsold items will be sent to a charity shop. Do call us on 390433 if you can help.
Thank you so much, Mike & Gill
Click on the poster to enlarge.
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Flaxdale Garden and Art Exhibition
Saturday 18th June, 10am to 6pm
Every year we make a great effort to try and get our gardens presentable for visitors to the village on Open Gardens day. This year we have decided to make the most of all our hard work and open our garden the day before Open Gardens day as well, i.e. on June 18th, to help raise funds for the DRCS, a local charity.
In the current climate DRCS (Derwent Rural Counselling Service) like many other charities, is finding it increasingly hard to make ends meet and risks having to cut the service it offers local people. We do hope you will be able to come, any time between 10am and 6pm to enjoy yourselves and at the same time enable DRCS to keep on with its good work supporting people in the area.
There will be an exhibition of original paintings by Gill, Gill Evans, Dorothy Littlewood, Evie Burlinson and Janis Castledine, who have all very kindly agreed to donate 25% of any sales to the charity. In addition we will have stalls for bric-à-brac, books and plants. There will also be a raffle.
The entry fee of £3 will entitle visitors to their first drink (tea, coffee, fruit juice or ‘bubbly’) plus a slice of cake. (We will not be doing cream teas!)
We have no idea how many will turn up, but we are promoting this event widely around the county and hope to attract a possibly different range of visitors from those who come regularly each year to the village Open Gardens event. Maybe some who visit Flaxdale garden on the 18th will be tempted to return the next day to visit all the other Parwich Open Gardens.
Thank you so very much for your support. If you can’t visit us on the 18th then you are most welcome to come another day to see the garden and paintings and any small donation to DRCS would be gratefully received.
With best wishes,
Mike & Gill R at Flaxdale House
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