Please update drivers on the condition of the roads.
The Ashbourne News Telegraph is again available on the counter at the Sycamore or on-line; not even any thing from our own DW. I struggled to find many mentions of our area, but here are some items that might interest our readers.
- p1 Councils have agreed to relax parking restrictions for Shrovetide Football and this year’s balls have been revealed (see also p.2)
- p3 Photo of unexpectedly early lambs at Kirk Langley. Don’t forget we here at PARWICH.ORG would welcome pictures of the first lambs or calves in our local parishes.
- p.4 Parking prices will rise in April.
- p.13 The new Robin Hood film with Russell Crowe shot in Dovedale is due to go on general release in May.
- p.38 Dominoes League: Division C the Sycamore stands in 5th place.
- p.40 Thank you to the justifiably proud parent for pointing out the article on the back page, along with photo. Congratulations to Bertie L for being part of the Terra Nova team that won two events at the IAPS North West Cross Country Championships.
As always let us know of anything we have missed.
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Latest update from your Safer Neighbourhood Officer
December 2009/January 2010
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Dear Resident
Happy New Year from your Safer Neighbourhood Policing Team!
During the month of December several incidents of flooding (due to a blocked drain) on Spend Lane were reported by drivers, residents and the local Water Bailiff. The issue was also raised at the Safer Neighbourhood Policing Team Governance Meeting held on 9 December 2009 at Fenny Bentley School. Also mentioned was the missing ‘Warning’ sign from the A515 opposite Valley View, Fenny Bentley. All relevant agencies have been informed and hopefully the issues will soon be rectified.
The B5056 to Bakewell is still closed to traffic and this has caused many logistical issues. On 1st December a track machine being used by the workmen at the site of the landslide had its windscreen stolen. This is not common practice around this area, but it does happen!.
On 31st December at approximately 7pm at Mappleton a suspicious incident was reported. A resident was walking through the village, when a male pulled up in silver estate car and asked if they would like a lift to Ashbourne, offer refused and the vehicle drove away.
Dog fouling! ….this is happening at Fenny Bentley on a regular basis on the lane leading to Ashes Farm Barn. Please be considerate and think of the children, walkers and residents that enjoy the area.
If anyone has any information regarding these incidents please contact Ashbourne Police on 0345 123 33 33. Other useful numbers are at the bottom of this post.
On a lighter note, the Mappleton New Years Day Boat Race and Bridge Jump was a great success although it was very, very cold; apparently the water was the coldest for many years. No incidents were reported at the event.
At Fenny Bentley on 1st January a vehicle skidded off the road and damaged a fence, no injuries but a narrow escape for the driver. Two days later another vehicle skidded off the road into a garden, down a steep bank, again no serious injuries; this was at Kniveton during the day at around 1pm. Continue Reading »
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Thanks to Cheryl and Helen for sharing the following information.
Roads are very icy this morning, so care is needed. The Alsop road is quite bad all the way along where it has rained and then frozen, and there are patches of ice on the A515 to Ashbourne, particularly on the hill going down from Tissington gates to Fenny Bentley.
– Cheryl
I can second that. Going south to Ashbourne at 7:30 seemed OK, but going north at 8am there was significant black ice at the footbridge. Further north to Buxton is better, as it is actually milder here for a change!
– Helen
Latest this afternoon – Thanks Graham. Please be warned that if this rain freezes on the snow, the roads may well cause problems. Please update us.
Major bad journey home tonight (Wednesday). Left Buxton at 5:10pm (I know – part timer). Got stuck at Brierlow Bar on the A515, decided to cut across to A6 via Chelmorton. Driving conditions appalling. Home 1hr:45 mins later just a little bit stressed. Had to break NY resolution and reward myself with a pint of Oddfellow Ale.
I think the A6 and A515 are presently closed.
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We have received the following information from the National Park’s Live Work & Rural Team on free training for voluntary groups/social enterprises or businesses in the Peak Park:
Dear Live & Work Rural Business
We have responded to high demand for additional FREE LOCAL training around the use of websites to improve your business performance and are working with the Derbyshire Enterprise Agency (DEA) to run the following workshops.
We anticipate demand to be high, so please book early. We have some places reserved for you as L&WR businesses, but it is also being promoted via the DEA website.
You can either phone June Ogterop on 0845 603 8370 or go directly on line www.ebusinessclub.biz to book your place and more details of the contents of the course can be found on the website.
Planning a Successful Website – Action Planning Workshop
Dates:
- 3 March 2010 Losehill Hall, Castleton
- 16 March 2010 Bakewell Agricultural Business Centre
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Does anyone have a copy of this book, The Jolly Postman or Other Peoples Letters by Janet & Allan Ahlberg that I could borrow until mid next week. Thanks Jane. Tel 665
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Updated 2nd Feb: Since posting the information below, Karen Carpenter has offered to ring round different Oil Suppliers to get an overview of how various companies would work with local syndicates. Rather than having only one company attending the meeting, Peak Oil will be asked for their ideas, but not invited to the meeting.
A Peak Oil representative has asked Karen Carpenter (Derbyshire Dales District Council) if he could attend the open meeting at the Sycamore Inn on Thursday 11th Feb. She contacted me as the only member of the Blog Team whose phone number she had. We both felt that he may have useful information to share, but obviously it is essential that any co-op is not tied to any specific company. Consequently he will be offered a slot near the start of the meeting but will be asked to leave for the main discussion.
However, if anyone else has strong views on a company rep. attending the meeting please leave a comment, contact Karen Carpenter or email parwich@hotmail.co.uk.
Peter T
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Last week’s readings:
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Rainfall in mm |
Pressure in Mb am |
Pressure in Mb pm |
Temperature in ºC |
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Max |
Min |
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Sun 24th |
2 |
1020.5 |
1020.6 |
4.4 |
1.2 |
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Mon 25th |
0 |
1025.4 |
1032.6 |
2.4 |
1.3 |
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Tue 26th |
0 |
1035.4 |
1037.2 |
2.9 |
0.3 |
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Wed 27th |
0 |
1025.3 |
1020.5 |
6.7 |
-0.5 |
|
Thu 28th |
1 |
1015.9 |
1007.8 |
8.6 |
1.3 |
|
Fri 29th |
2 |
996.1 |
1000.5 |
4.4 |
1.7 |
|
Sat 3oth |
0 |
1003.0 |
1006.5 |
4.0 |
-3.1 |
|
Total |
5 |
|
Average |
4.8 |
0.3 |
Just a sprinkling of snow so far.
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| What’s on Where this Week | |||
| Date | Time | Event | Location |
| Sunday | 11am | Mattins and dedication of the new window | Parwich Church |
| Tuesday | 7.30pm | Council Meeting | The Pavilion |
| Wednesday | 6pm & 7.15pm | Pilates | School |
| Thursday | 7pm | Parwich Memorial Hall Committee Meeting | The Sycamore |
| Friday | 10am-12.30pm | Coffee Morning for Wellbeing of Women |
Rookery House Sue H’s house |
| Sunday | 11am | Mattins | Parwich Church |
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The next meeting of Parwich Parish Council is Tuesday 2nd February at 7-30pm in the Cricket Pavilion at Parson’s Croft (so wrap up well). As always the first ten minutes of the meeting are open to comments and questions from members of the public, who may also attend but not participate in the remainder of the meeting.
Click here to see the Agenda for this meeting.
Click here to read the unapproved Minutes of the previous meeting (12th Jan 2010).
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Hi there,
Just wondering if anyone has a digital slr camera for sale? Perhaps someone who got a new one for Christmas?
Allie’s camera got broken (camera on tripod + energetic kitten = disaster).
Thanks,
Debbie W
tel 568 or email c/o parwich@hotmail.co.uk
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Has anyone lost a smokey grey cat (young male)? The cat looks well cared for, and has obviously not been out in the wild for any length of time.
I noticed a cat miaowing outside our door last night, and it didn’t want to go away. I let it in, in case it had been abandoned. It stayed overnight, even though we have a cat flap where it could have gone out. I put the cat out this morning when I went to work, and have come back this evening and it’s still here.
Does anyone own, or know who owns this cat – please contact the website (parwich@hotmail.co.uk ) to be re-united with your cat.
Thanks for your help.
Regards
Keeley
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Welcome again to the Rev Andy Larkin and his family. Although they have now been living in Parwich for several weeks, yesterday saw Andy officially take charge of the five parishes of Fenny Bentley, Thorpe, Tissington, Parwich and Alsop en le Dale.
In St Peter’s, which was filled to capacity with members of the five congregations, representatives of the diocesan clergy and friends and visitors, Robert Shields Esq (on behalf of his father) and Sir Richard FitzHerbert, joint patrons of the parishes, presented our new vicar to the Right Rev Humphrey Southern, Bishop of Repton. Continue Reading »
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The three photos below show the attenuation tank being installed. This tank collects the water from the roof and car park and controls the rate at which water enters the main drain. The tank is under the entrance to the car park, between the four ground source heat pipes. All the rest of the drains for the hall are now in place.
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The Ashbourne News Telegraph can be purchased from The Sycamore or read online
p 3 Parking bosses ready to step up enforcement campaign. From Monday DCC will start being tougher on vehicles, particularly to those parked alongside dropped curbs.
p.7. Newspaper undergoes a radical new redesign.
p16. Flagg races planned for April. The first race was held on Easter Tuesday 1892 and it has run every year except during World War Two and Foot and Mouth. There are seven races scheduled for this year including the famous stone wall steeplechase. This race will now start in open country between the villages of Pomery and Flagg and navigation could be as important a factor as raw speed, agility and courage. Tuesday 6th April at 12.30pm.
P20/21 – Dreams of reviving the carnival glory. Plans are gathering momentum to revive the Ashbourne Carnival.
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Those interested in setting up a parallel LGP group are welcome to come along too. If you are interested but can’t make the meeting let Karen Carpenter know or email the Blog Team on parwich@hotmail.co.uk
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Thank you to Terry P for sending in this email. Please add your views & experiences to the comment box.
After the flooding events of 2008 in parwich, its quite evident that some bright spark sat in an office somewhere has designated Parwich as a High Risk flood area, even though the events of 2008 were as a result of a cloud burst. I would be most interested to hear from anyone experiencing difficulty in getting insurance against flood risk.
Click here to access the Environment Agency Flood map of our area and double click on the map to get further information.
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I have a 10ft x 8ft shed in very good condition, for anyone who wants to come and dismantle it. If you are interested, please give me a ring on 353.
– Jill L
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This week the Shop in the Sycamore will be opening an hour later in the mornings. From Monday 25th to Thursday 28th January the Shop will be open from 11am to 2pm in the mornings. Evening opening times will be unchanged.
The evening opening times will be as normal. From Friday 29th January the Shop will open as normal at 10am every day.
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Update on the New Year’s Eve post regarding the B5056 roadworks.
A desolate looking B5056, showing some of the tree removal.
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| What’s on Where this Week | |||
| Date | Time | Event | Location |
| Wednesday | 6pm & 7.15am | Pilates | Parwich School |
| Wednesday | 7.30pm | Induction Service for Revd Andy Larkin |
Parwich Church |
| Sunday | 11am | Mattins and dedication of the new window | Parwich Church |
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Last week’s readings:
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Rainfall in mm |
Pressure in Mb am |
Pressure in Mb pm |
Temperature in ºC |
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Max |
Min |
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Sun 17th |
0 |
1008.6 |
1014.5 |
7.6 |
0.5 |
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Mon 18th |
0 |
1017.9 |
1018.9 |
7.4 |
2.3 |
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Tue 19th |
0 |
1017.4 |
1014.5 |
4.9 |
3.4 |
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Wed 20th |
0 |
1010.0 |
1011.0 |
2.9 |
1.8 |
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Thu 21st |
0 |
1012.5 |
1010.3 |
5.9 |
0.5 |
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Fri 22nd |
17 |
1007.2 |
1009.7 |
6.9 |
1.1 |
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Sat 23rd |
0 |
1011.6 |
1012.6 |
6.2 |
1.6 |
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Total |
17 |
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Average |
6.0 |
1.6 |
Fortunately the freeze did not return this week, and the milder weather saw the early bulbs making their appearance.
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If you or anyone you know are planning to bring in bags of old clothes for bags 2 school, the collection day has been changed from Tuesday to Thursday so bring in the bags either on Wednesday or before 9am on Thursday.
Thank you.
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Do you have any old clothes, curtains, bedding (though not pillows or duvets), soft toys, shoes, coats or blankets? How about having a good old clear out, putting them into bin bags and taking them down to the school on Wednesday? The Bags 2 School scheme is a school fund raiser which allows the school to raise significant funds in return for your old clothes. So, please have a hunt around and see if you can put together a bag or two for us. It is valued on weight so heavy old curtains are particularly valuable if you have any!
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This week has been a busy week, with Wildgoose working today to help make up for some of the days lost during the recent snow. The joiners have been preparing the roof for felting, hopefully this will happen next week. Internal block work has been rapidly continuing, and all the internal walls can now be seen. The ground heat source pump has been pressure tested ready for future connection.
This photo is taken from the back on The Legion and the block work on the left will be the kitchen. The area between the kitchen and the main hall will be the meeting room. The ground in front will be the patio area with raised planted beds and will be a secure play area for Stepping Stones and the Toddler Group. Continue Reading »
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The A52s are playing a gig in the Barley Mow in Bonsall this evening (Saturday 23rd January) starting around 9.00pm.
Come on down for an evening of folk-tinged rock!
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Next week the Shop in the Sycamore will be opening an hour later in the mornings. From Monday 25th to Thursday 28th January the Shop will be open from 11am to 2pm in the mornings. Evening opening times will be unchanged.
The evening opening times will be as normal. From Friday 29th January the Shop will open as normal at 10am every day.
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Thank you to Parwich Parish Council for passing on this information.
For more details and a link to on-line registration click here. If anyone from our area is attending the Conference and would be willing to do a report for PARWICH.ORG do let us know via parwich@hotmail.co.uk (also anyone wanting to car share could let others know via the Blog).
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A quick reminder of the times for the rubbish collection tomorrow.
8.40-9.15am – Alsop
10.30-10.45am – Ballidon
The next collection for Parwich will be on 20th February.
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Minutes from the Tissington Safer Neighbourhood Policing Team Governance Meeting held on Wednesday 9th December 2009 at Fenny Bentley School at 7.30pm
1. Welcome and Apologies.
Sgt Steve Edwards opened the meeting and welcomed all attendees. Minutes from the last meeting were distributed and agreed.
Parking at Tissington village (fishpond area)
KC explained that the DDDC were very keen to help solve the issue of vehicles parking on the road outside the village hall and fishpond. The representative Harfan Kapoor from DDDC, Sir Richard Fitzherbert and the Police were in the process of arranging a meeting to discuss the matter before the end of the month.
Quiet Lanes
PC Ian Cooper would be furthering his investigations regarding the above and will report back at the next meeting with his findings. Continue Reading »
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Thanks to Cheryl W for telling us about this event, which takes place on Saturday and Sunday at the Derby Adoption Centre, Long Lane, Dalbury Lees, DE6 5BJ. If you’re thinking of adding a new feline member to your household, then why not pop in?
To find out more about Cats Protection in Derbyshire, please follow this link.
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Sue H has passed us this message:
I’ve been having a sort-out and realise that my collection of bubble wrap and jiffy bags has grown! I have way more than I can re-use myself. If anyone would like some then contact me.
If others have items or materials that they would like to offer (e.g. jam jars, glass bottles, fabric remnants) then email the blog team at parwich@hotmail.co.uk and we will publicise them here.
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Everyone is invited to
the induction of the Rev’d Andy Larkin
as Vicar of our 5 parishes
on Wednesday 27th January at 7.30pm
at St Peter’s Church
Come along and welcome our new Vicar
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Here’s an event which may be of interest to anyone in our area who is involved with social enterprises, community enterprises, charities or faith groups. Click here for full details.
Derbyshire-based company The Genesis Academy is to hold a free training event for social enterprises on 23 January 2010.
The day will offer the opportunity for groups to meet and network with potential funders and social lenders including UnLtd, the Coalfields Regeneration Trust, Kingdom Bank, Charity Bank, Unity Trust Bank and Social Enterprise East Midlands.
There will also be two workshops to show groups how they can progress in 2010. The first will demonstrate how to compose a successful funding bid and will be useful both for those new to bid writing and those who need a refresher. The second session will assess attendees’ entrepreneurial abilities.
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One of our readers expressed concern about the duck, now all alone at the Dam. Given PARWICH.ORG’s success matching up guinea pigs, do any other readers have any suggestions?
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Today I saw the first snowdrops in my garden. Here is a photo of them along with snaps of a couple of winter flowering shrubs also taken today:
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