Rural Voice - Hope Valley Edition - July 2020

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Hello, It’s wonderful to be back and creating a fresh new magazine!

It was important to deliver our April edition at the end of May for our advertisers but it’s so nice to be able to create a brand-new magazine again!

On that note, you may have noticed that we have changed the backgrounds and layout. We have introduced categorised sections, so it makes it heaps easier for you to navigate your way around the mag and search for the business or services you require. Its not exhaustive but it is a fresher look and a good starting point that we will improve upon as time goes by.

I’ve popped in a dog walk this month, which is incredibly dear to my heart in this particular area of Derbyshire. I’m sure some of you know the walk well and you probably love it too but just in case you haven’t walked it yet here it is!! I also felt that I wanted to keep this just for our mags in the peaks for now because you guys are taking quite the hammering from tourists since the lockdown ease (and a bit before to be honest). I’ve spoken to quite a few people

who are annoyed by it and I sympathise entirely!

We’ve also had a little move around of the delivery areas again in order to make way for our newest edition to the Rural family, which is our Darley Dale and surrounding villages edition. Hopefully, we will be as welcomed there as we have been here.

Finally, I’m looking for some good news stories for August please. Whether it is a business, individuals, groups or whole communities that have pulled together and done something extraordinary, please let us write about it and share the joy.

Contact us on 01629 364015 or info@voicemagazines.co.uk. I look forward to hearing from you.

See you next month,

Emily

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To advertise email info@voicemagazines.co.uk or call us on 01629 364 015 Printed by Phase Marketing, Design & Print and distributed to 5,000 homes in the Hope Valley area. Disclaimer: No responsibility is accepted by Voice Magazines Limited for claims, errors or omissions made in advertisements appearing in this issue. All advertisers are accepted in good faith and we are not responsible for views expressed by contributor or other sources. Reproduction of the contents of this magazine is not permitted without the prior consent To please call the Voice Team on 01773 549 035 3 of theadvertise publisher.

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OTHER SERVICES The social distancing measures we have lived by for the last 3 months have given us all insight into what it is feels like when life is mostly spent at home without contact with the “outside world”. In these circumstances it is very easy to start feeling isolated and lonely; before long, loneliness and isolation can soon become “normal”.

For many elderly people, even before this coronavirus, an isolated and lonely “normality” is a recurring risk; as health deteriorates or a person becomes frailer and less able to maintain independence, contact and interactions with other people and the outside world lessen. Adapting to and living with this is not easy; a multitude of emotions are experienced along the way and new challenges present themselves which often feel insurmountable.

For almost 20 years, Age UK Derby & Derbyshire’s Befriending Service has existed to help people experiencing such challenges. We try to help people find ways to deal with struggles they encounter as they get older and in doing so, aim to reduce feelings of isolation and loneliness, maintain independence and individuality, and enjoy the later years of life as much as possible.

Our Befriending service continues thanks to a superb team of volunteer Befrienders. Currently, sadly, no faceto-face visits are possible because of COVID-19 but we are continuing to support people over the ‘phone until we feel it is safe to resume visits again. A “usual” visit depends on a person’s individual circumstances and wishes; it may involve going to someone’s home for a chat and a game of scrabble, or going out somewhere to see a favourite local sight or for a cup of tea at a local garden centre café. At all times, making connections and encouraging enjoyment are key.

When face-to-face visits are possible again, our service will need more Befrienders so we are calling out to people in the Bakewell, Matlock, Hope Valley and High Peak areas of Derbyshire who might like to join our team of friendly volunteers.

To become a volunteer Befriender you don’t need to have any special skills other than being reliable, a good listener, have an open mind and friendly approach.

Training and ongoing support are provided throughout.

Any commitment you make is entirely dependent on your availability; it could be a couple of hours each week, every other week or once a month. You would be joining a dedicated team of existing volunteer befrienders who love what they do: “I find befriending so rewarding; it gives me a sense of purpose knowing that just a few hours a week of my time can brighten the life of someone who lives alone”.

The COVID-19 crisis has given many people an insight into what it feels like to be isolated or lonely.

We are seeking volunteers to join our Befriending Service to support lonely or isolated elderly people in the north Derbyshire Dales & High Peak areas.

Do you enjoy talking to people? Do you have a few hours to spare each week or each month? If so, you could make a real difference to someone’s enjoyment of life in their later years.

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Hopefully we all know the importance of making a suitable Will… it shows you care enough about what happens to your assets once you’ve died. But… shouldn’t you care just as much about keeping your assets and yourself safe while you are alive? If you are unable to manage your own affairs… a Will is not enough. The legal documents you need in place are called “Lasting Powers of Attorney”. They allow the people YOU choose now rather than someone appointed by the Court of Protection to deal with decisions in two key areas: your Property/Financial affairs and your Health/Welfare matters.

There may come a time in your life when you are unable to manage your financial affairs or personal welfare, owing to some form of incapacity and you will need someone to act on your behalf. Even when we are young, we can find ourselves incapacitated owing to illness or injury and it can be invaluable having a trusted, reliable person who is able to manage your personal affairs and remove the anxiety of having unpaid bills, at a time when you most need peace of mind.

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On the 14th of October 1066 in Hastings on the south coast, the Norman-French army of William the Duke of Normandy fought the men of the Anglo-Saxon King Harold Godwinson. As we will all remember from our school history books – William’s Normans were victorious, thus leading to the Norman conquest of the UK and to his pseudonym…William the Conqueror.

It was several years later before this latest set of invaders made it all the way to the Peak District but make it they did. One of William the Conquerors most favoured barons -William Peverel was at the forefront.

He had been rewarded with a large amount of land (manors) in Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire after the victory in Hastings, these became collectively known as “The Honours of Peverel” Peverel built a number of small forts following a series of attempted revolt in around 1080. On a grander scale, the ruins of Peveril Castle still stand proudly above Castleton to this day and he was also responsible for the first building at Bolsover Castle.

The Domesday book, commissioned

by William the Conqueror in 1085 was the largest scale survey of land and landholdings undertaken anywhere at that point in time. In it the northern part of the Peaks was reported as ‘waste’ (why we don’t know!) and the high ground was designated as a ‘Royal forest’. To the Normans ‘forest’ simply meant ‘unenclosed land’, not necessarily a heavily wooded area as per modern day usage. And it referred to an area of land reserved for the King and nobility to hunt.

We still know part of that area today as Peak Forest. Originally ‘the forest’ ran from Goyt in the west to the Derwent in the east: Longdendale to the north with the southern boundary east-west through modern day Buxton.

Large areas in the southern Peak District came under the control of monasteries from the 11th century…not as monastic sites in themselves but as outlying farms known as ‘granges’. You can still find places all over the Peak district bearing the name Grange…e.g. Boosley Grange, Newton Grange, Gratton Grange.

Farming back then was a communal activity, individuals would be allocated ‘strips’ of land belonging to the crown or a local ‘feudal’ lord which they could farm in return for their service. Land in the ‘peak forest’ was gradually cleared from the 12th century as the population grew – the climate was slightly milder during this period too meaning yields would probably be higher.

The growth of agriculture and population in the region came to an abrupt halt in 1349 when a really virulent strain of the bubonic plague (black death) arrived in the area. Around one third of the population of England is believed to have died from the disease and this, coupled with a deterioration in the climate led to large areas of land in the Peak District going out of cultivation.

These articles are researched and written by Laura Billingham, a local content writer and author. Laura moved the Peak District several years ago to pursue her passion for writing.

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Now that we are able to get back out there and enjoy the countryside we thought we would bring you one of our favourite walks in the Peak District. The views on this walk are incredible and Rafa and Flake absolutely love it!

Normally I would recommend a pub or eating place but for now I would take a nice picnic - and don;t forge to take your rubbish home with you.

The walk starts in the National Trust car park check out www.peakdistrict.gov.uk/visiting/places-to-visit/car-parkstatus to make sure the car parks are staying open. From the car park the walk takes you out along Baslow Edge, past the Eagle Rock before descending into Baslow village. You then walk along the river Derwent before edging Calver and then up through Curbar and climbing back up to Curbar Edge.

5-mile circular walk from Curbar Edge Car park A mid-distance walk which should take you and your dog around 2 hours to complete. The walk is mostly on trails and paths but there are a few short stretches of road so please take care. There may be some uneven and muddy terrain, so please wear appropriate footwear and as always, please follow the countryside code.

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short distance the path splits in two. Keep to the left staying close to the stone wall on your left.

When the wall ends continue straight ahead for some distance and pass by a large rock (Eagle Rock) on your left.

Standing in the car park facing the road, follow a

footpath out of the far right-hand corner of the car park, signposted for ‘Baslow Edge’. Cross straight over the road and continue along a farm track going uphill running parallel with the road.

Pass by a large metal gate on your left and continue with a stone wall on your left. After a very short distance pass through a wooden gate.

Continue along a footpath with open views on your right and a stone wall on your left. After a

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Continue straight ahead for some distance until reaching a small marker post with blue arrows on your left. You will have open views directly in front of you and at this point follow the path to the right, going downhill. After some distance pass through a wooden gate and then continue along a lane going downhill with a stone wall on both sides.

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Continue along the lane for quite some distance to pass by ‘Ladywell Farm’ on your right. Immediately after the farm follow the lane sharp around to the right and then after a short distance follow the lane around to the left. Continue downhill along the lane until it turns into a road and you begin to pass houses on both sides.

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Continue until reaching a road junction and pass a red letter-box on your right. Continue ahead along the road passing the ‘Village Store’ on your right, then passing a school on your left, eventually reaching a mini island on a main road.

Turn right along the main road and pass a church on your left. Immediately after the church turn left and cross over a river bridge.

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After crossing the bridge, turn right along a road keeping the river on your right. Continue along the road for some distance, passing all of the houses on your left and then continue into a no limits speed restriction zone. The road narrows and then begins to bend to the left. As the road bends to the left turn right to pass through a gate into a field along a signposted footpath.

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Pass by a marker post in the middle of the field and through a gap in a stone wall. Continue ahead to pass close by a telegraph pole and then continue with a stone wall on your right. A little further on pass through a wooden gate and continue with the stone wall on your right.

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Continue ahead until passing through a gap and then continue with the stone wall on your right.

When the stone wall ends continue with a river on your right. After some distance pass through a gap and then immediately through a wooden gate to continue with the river on your right.

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Further on pass through another gap into a field and continue with the river on your right. At the far side of the field pass through a wooden gate, cross a river bridge and then continue along a footpath with the river on your right and houses on your left. Continue straight ahead, pass underneath a road bridge and then continue until reaching a road.

10. Cross the road and take the path to turn right and cross over a river bridge. After a short distance ignore the sharp turning left for ‘Dukes Drive’ and take the road on the left, going uphill called ‘Curbar Lane’. Continue for some distance going steep uphill and cross a crossroads with a red telephone box on your right to continue straight

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11. Continue for some distance until you have passed by all the houses.

Eventually the road begins to bend to the left at this point continue straight ahead through a gap in a wall into a field along a signposted footpath. Continue steep uphill with a stone wall on your right. At the far side of the field, pass through a gap and then through a wooden gate to continue uphill.

12. After a short distance pass through a gap in a wall and then continue uphill until reaching some steps directly in front of you. Climb up the steps, pass through a gap and continue straight ahead. After some distance you will pass through a gap in a wall and onto a road. Turn immediately right just prior to reaching the road and continue going uphill on a footpath running parallel to the road. Continue to the top of the hill and the car park on your left.

Eagle Rock This walk is for illustrative purposes only. Voice Magazines takes no responsibility for anyone Baslo w who chooses to follow this route and encourages all walkers to r a obey all byelaws and signs and to rb respect the area they are walking Cu in, ensuring they pick up all dog mess and obey the countryside code at all times.

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If you’re looking for a book full of heart and hope in these strange times, then The Offing by Benjamin Myers may be the one for you.

It’s a lovely generous story, set just after the second world war and telling how a 16-year-old lad, son of a miner, sets out to experience a different world to the awful one they’ve all just lived through.

He walks slowly through the countryside towards the coast, longing to see the sea and swim, sleeping in barns and sheds or making a tent out of the sheet he’s brought, eating gifted food and windfalls.

Then near one bay he follows a lane to its end and meets Dulcie, an eccentric old woman who lives alone in her secluded cottage. Dulcie of the nettle tea and gin cocktails. A clever, brave intelligent and big hearted woman from a different world in just about every way possible, Dulcie shows him immense kindness and friendship. And she offers this awkward boy a glimpse into how his life might change.

He camps on her land then later in an old hut nearby which bit by bit over the next few months he repairs for her. Then her story also starts to emerge and it’s quite different to what the reader might think.

It’s a book to read slowly. You can feel the sun and the sea of that perfect English summer and the delight of being able to swim in the freezing sea. Myers is always brilliant at describing landscape, but he makes you also long for the food Dulcie cooks and the simple casual life they lead.

It’s also full of surprises and quite uplifting without being sentimental. Maybe just what we need.

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Gardener’s Calendar - Part 1 For those lucky enough to have a garden or allotment, the past few weeks have meant we had somewhere to safely escape to, even if we didn’t have access to an awful lot of new stuff to put in it. For some of us there were plants we could either order online with a long wait or maybe get delivered by friendly neighbourhood garden centres and nurseries while we were locked down But now of course, with garden centres open again we’ve all been piling in to stock up, hoping they’ve got the staples like lobelias and bizzy lizzies alongside a few treats.

A combination of warm sunny weather (mostly) and few serious frosts over the spring period has meant everything, weeds and all, have been growing like mad, and early, so we’ve loads to be getting on with.

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If you want some cheap and easy and very colourful flowers from seed into pots or soil try nasturtiums which will germinate in about seven to ten days.

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THINGS TO DO NOW: Divide primulas, cowslips and primroses to get more plants next year.

Deadhead, deadhead, deadhead. Don’t let plants think they’ve done their job by producing seed, this will greatly reduce flowering. Take all dead flowerheads off and in the case of sweetpeas just keep picking them. Their scent is amazing indoors. When deadheading roses take back to a leaf below to encourage more flowers.

Remove old foliage from daffs now. Lift and store tulip bulbs if you want to keep them. Leave the foliage on when you lift then keep them warm and dry and they might give you another year or two – in fact some are being specially bred to do this now.

Pinch out tips of fuchsias and bedding plants to make them bushy and produce more plants Tie in stems of climbing and rambling roses as horizontally as possible. This will encourage more flowers.

Slow release pellets on the top inch of soil or compost is a good way to give your plants a boost over a long period.

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The growing season doesn’t just extend to pretty plants sadly so now is also the time to keep on top of whichever weeds you don’t want, always remembering that weeds are simply plants in the wrong place and some can be quite attractive.

Giving the borders a shallow hoe can control weed growth. Try to do it in dry conditions with light wind so they dry out on the surface and don’t root themselves back into moist ground.

It’s also worth remembering, especially if you’re trying to conserve water, that when you water your garden you’re also watering weeds so try to keep near the stem of the plant that you’re trying to grow rather than an indiscriminate spray.

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The Hawks Return To the Peaks…

Part of the argument for ‘rewilding’ is the need to reinstate broken ecological systems and especially what we call ‘trophic levels’.

In reality this means encouraging or even reintroducing some of the predators and similar species ‘lost’ from the food-chain Common Buzzard through pesticides, habitat loss, and persecution. Here we are talking of the birds of prey like peregrine falcons, common buzzards, red kites, and the rest, and mammals such as polecats and pine martens. Many species have been lost over the last two hundred years or so, but remarkably there is a quiet revolution going on and in many places the Peak District is ‘self-rewilding’! It may be necessary to actually bring back and release some lost species but a surprising number have arrived by their own efforts. I was out at Chatsworth recently and in a single five-minute spell saw a pair of buzzards very close by, a peregrine stooping overhead, a raven cronking loudly amongst the great oak-trees, and then an osprey heading northwards along the line of the River Derwent. This was all quite remarkable, but then on another weekend day, this time at Froggatt, I had buzzards overhead, a peregrine go through, and ravens doing victory rolls over the Edge. Then a kestrel flew into the woodland with a sparrowhawk not far behind.

Amongst the carnivorous mammals the otter is back, and so is the polecat, and in fact, the pine marten never went away – we have a small relict population. So in that case, we really need to better conserve what we have than reintroduce the species. Sometimes, as was the situation with red kites in mid-Wales for Sky Dancing example, some fresh blood may need

to be brought in to boost the breeding performance.

The last British kites were reduced to fewer than twenty birds and then a solitary German female was introduced.

Within just a few years her Garden Sparrowhawk genes were in every Welsh-born kite and the numbers leapt into the seventies and beyond.

Maybe that is the answer for the pine martens; along with better protection (of course).

However, this revolution is happening all across the area and into back-gardens too as sparrowhawks in particular are on the up. Of course, this is not welcomed by everyone as these birds will take blue tits and other smaller birds from the garden and especially from the bird-table. But then, even birds of prey have to eat and nature is red in tooth and claw! Increasingly, sparrowhawks are finding our garden bird-tables and bird-feeders to provide very easy pickings. Furthermore, once the local hawks have ‘cased the joint’ then they seem to plan effective strategies to get the best results.

Male sparrowhawks being relatively diminutive concentrate on the smaller song-birds, Common Buzzard whilst the females, bigger and heavier, target anything from a blackbird to a woodpigeon. Tactics then vary from a surprise hop over a fence or hedge to sitting stock still next the bird-feeder to pounce on unsuspecting prey.

Do let me know what visits your garden!spray their feathers with stinging formic acid, which appears to both control feather parasites and be an enjoyable experience too!

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