The Barnby Dun & Edenthorpe Arrow February Issue

Welcome to the February 2023 issue of the Barnby Dun & Edenthorpe Arrow.

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The deadline for the March issue is Thursday 16th February.

The Friends Of Quarry Park

The Friends had a successful start to the New Year with the first Volunteer Work Party of 2023 on Friday 6th January.

It was a beautiful morning, cold but dry and sunny. There were 13 volunteers and 2 DMBC rangers who split into groups and set about the tasks for the day. Around 100 daffodil bulbs were planted along the railings at St George’s Avenue, which will hopefully give a colourful welcome in Spring to people entering the park. Other tasks included removing a number of tree roots from along some of the paths that were trip hazards, cleaning graffiti from a couple of the litter bins, and collecting five bags of rubbish from across the park.

We enjoyed our hot drinks and cake at the end of the session when we had a visit from Gareth from the Doncaster Green Spaces Network. He popped along to meet our volunteers and to give an overview of the role of the DGSN and the training opportunities that will be offered throughout the year to all volunteer groups across Doncaster. We are expecting delivery of our one hundred tree saplings shortly. These are native woodland trees of different varieties, which are being supplied by the TCV I Dig Trees Initiative. These will hopefully be planted in February at our next Work Party, the date of which will be published on Facebook in due course. The Conservation Volunteers’ I Dig Trees community tree planting scheme is a partnership programme helping to deliver OVO Energy’s Planting Promise; planting 1 million trees each year around the UK on behalf of their customers. Over 2 million trees have been planted on publicly accessible land, with a further 1 million trees now available to communities, for free.

Work parties are usually held on the first Friday of each month, weather permitting. There is always plenty of work to be done, from litter picking, clearing paths and cutting back vegetation. Equipment is provided but please ensure you wear suitable clothing and footwear. We meet at the Green Flag at 10am. Full details will be published on our Facebook page ‘Friends of Quarry Park’ or you can email us at thequarrypark@gmail.com or call us on 07546 595144.

THORNE CAMERA CLUB

The club starts the year with renewed enthusiasm with the prospect of a new Webpage for the club and an exciting new programme to May that includes competitions both print and digital with distinguished judges, award winning photographers speaking on their genre of photography, practical photography sessions throughout the year and summertime outings to interesting places for photo-shoots.

Highlights in the programme for January and February :January 16th Where do we go from here Speakers David and Lynda Ulyett January 23rd How to Judge Images DVD's and discussion

January 30th DPI Open Competition Judge, The Members

February 6th Know Your Camera Speaker Malcolm Hayes The cameras we use are constantly evolving and that includes the cameras in smart phones of today and they will improve greatly with future development. With the majority of people owning these phones, taking excellent images, it is up to the club to encourage smart phone users to join our camera club. So all you smart phone photographers together everybody interested in photography, take the plunge and join our club on Monday evenings at 7.30 pm at the Methodist Church Hall, King Street, Thorne. The membership for the club is £15.00 per annum with a weekly subscription of £2.00 for meetings attended., the first two meetings are free and on the third meeting you will be expected to join the club. For further details please contact :Chair thornecc2022@gmail.com Secretary horburyjune@gmail.com Membership Sec. jackiew512@live.co.uk

Monty's

Monthly Tip

Macro photography can be very rewarding but it has its challenges. Many cameras have a 'Macro Mode' that works well, however for those who prefer to take control of the camera settings, the use of aperture, shutter and manual modes can produce some outstanding results. When shooting close-up or 'macro', the depth of field is extremely small. In order maximise the depth of field a setting of f16 to f22 for the aperture would be appropriate, however if using the 'Aperture Mode' remember this will give a slow shutter speed, which is not an issue if using a tripod for photographing still life. In the case of insect 'macro' photography a fast shutter speed is required to freeze the action and therefore in order maintain the required amount of light onto the sensor the ISO will need to be increased with possible loss of detail and increase of image noise. Alternatively the use of a flashgun to provide the additional light and effectively freeze the action with the very short duration of the flash is an option. The shooting of close-ups of insects can be difficult even in good light and the acceptance rate can be improved by selecting AIServo (continuous autofocus) together with high speed continuous drive mode and keeping the shutter button pressed to capture a rapid burst of images.

DONCASTER CANCER DETECTION TRUST

The results are in! No, it is not "Strictly", but the count has been finalised and the Memory Tree in the Frenchgate Centre made £2,070 over two weeks.

Thank you very much to everyone who donated, it was good to see 'old' faces as well as new ones. We are very grateful to Frenchgate Centre management for their wonderful ongoing support. Also our thanks to our lovely volunteers who make this possible by giving their time at a busy part of the year.

Some of you may have spotted the plaque and photograph of our founder member, the late Jeannette Fish in the Frenchgate Centre. lt is situated on the ground floor opposite Boots, underneath the stairs. We had an official unveiling on 10th December where several dignitaries were present. Do take a look next time you are in Doncaster.

We are currently in the process of buying another couch for the Urology Department. We will donate £12,676 and the hospital will make up the remainder. We are still in talks with other departments regarding various pieces of equipment and will keep you posted. Doncaster Wheatsheaf Singers along with the Hatfield and Askern Colliery Band raised over £1,000 at their annual Christmas concert at the Minster.

A huge thank you to Dot Miller and to everyone who took part for their continuing support over the years. ls there a secretary out there who would like to help in our office (and maybe help organise one or two events)?

Our office is in Wood Street and if you have maybe four or five hours a week on average to keep things ticking over then please get in touch.

Our address is: 22 Wood Street, Doncaster DN1 3LW (entrance by the side of Kerry Gough Florists), first floor (lift available), Room 111.

Tel. 01302 325029 Email: info@dcdt.co.uk Website: dcdt.co.uk

As the office is not fully manned it is best to Email or telephone. We are all volunteers including the Trustees, and have no paid staff. We're a friendly bunch and if you are interested in joining us please do send an Email and we will get back to you.