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From the Editor Anyone who knows me, is well versed in the fact that I have no concept of time!

and would never think of writing/phoning in such ‘concerns’!

I rarely get anywhere on time….I don’t do it on purpose, it’s just always been there. I remember being pulled up on it at secondary school. I was only about 13 and my form tutor – Dr Parry for those who may remember him – had been flagging it up to me and I mostly just brushed it off as it was only a few minutes but the minutes grew to 5mins and then 10mins. On this particular day when I was 10mins late, he asked me why I had such a problem with time, do I not have any clocks in my house and why I was late today? I quite confidently said “Sorry Dr Parry, it’s because all the clocks in my house have stopped!”. He just burst out laughing and told me to sit down.

We are working pretty hard to make the magazines even more readable and as such, if you have a local hero that you wish to shout about (we love those calls!!) or if you want to send in some articles about your community group, historical group or even recommend an advertiser, please get in contact, we really appreciate the feedback and contributions and we’re all pretty friendly and love hearing from you.

Anyway, there were many, many experiences like this throughout school and Uni (although at Uni you don’t get in trouble – you just have to do the “Excuse me, pardon me” embarrassment as you walk past people trying to get to the only seat left in the middle of a packed theatre whilst the tutor is lecturing!). As I find myself wondering what day it is and what part of the magazine cycle I am during this coronavirus business, boy, do I wish I was a better time keeper – it really would help me out no end!

On another note, thanks for all the people that have taken the time to pass on lovely feedback about the mags – readers and advertisers alike! It has been hard work and words of encouragement are very much welcomed during these difficult times. I really should write a ‘grumblers list’….it would seriously entertain many of you with a sense of humour

In other news, I’m off to get my eyes tested in the coming weeks – it’s only 200 miles away, so it should be fine! Big thanks to Mandy at Travel Counsellors for sorting that – I won’t lie, I’m nervous about going anywhere as I’m sure you all are too but I need a break. Plus, I know if anything happens, Travel Counsellors sort it….Martin Lewis even said so!

See you next time,

Emily x PS: Don’t forget to mention the ‘Voice’ when you use any of the companies in this magazine

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Q: So, what is the new 6th box we can tick on the Divorce Petition as the reason or grounds for the divorce?

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What usually takes the time and money is sorting out a financial settlement. I cannot see the divorce law change having any significant impact on this. However, by removing blame I would hope this will help couples negotiate and communicate more and in a better way to reach an amicable settlement.

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Local Super Heroes Mr Richard Waples This month’s local hero is Richard Waples, who has been nominated for his awe inspiring efforts during the coronavirus pandemic lockdown, in particular for his help at Blackwell Primary School.

The nomination comes from Anna Huskinson a Teaching Assistant at the school. We’ve heard that Anna is a star herself, working tirelessly during lockdown to keep the school and children safe.

So Anna has been perfectly placed to see all the amazing things Richard has been doing at the school, collecting and delivering meals and food hampers for the children and dropping off home schooling packs. Rain or shine Richard has been there, often doing multiple trips, back and forth, dressed in his PPE equipment.

The headteacher of Blackwell Primary School, Rachel Boswell had this to say about Richard: “Mr Waples is so brilliant in getting things out into the community, which has helped the school enormously. The staff here just want to say a huge thank you for everything he has done for us” As well as being Super Duper School Courier, Richard is also part of the Notts 4x4 Response group. Which means he, along with his other responders, have been transporting carers, helping clear blocked roads and delivering PPE equipment to remote doctors surgeries, amongst other fantastic things.

Obviousy a dab hand with vehicles, Richard is also Mr Fixit. As a mechanic he has been helping local people with their cars so they can get by when the garages were closed.

Speaking to the school and his wife I was wondering how Richard has time to sleep, and then I fiound out he is also a registered carer for two of his children!

AND did I mention, his wife, Katrina, has suffered a shoulder injury, so he has been taking more of the load at home too, all whilst studying at college!

Wow! doesn’t even come close does it?

I think you’ll all agree Richard is massively deserving of the title ‘Local Hero’. What an example he is to us all!

Thank You Richard!

From Blackwell Primary school, all the team at Voice Magazines and everone in the local community!

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Slimming World Recipe Beef Meatball Bake with Feta Don’t you just love a pasta bake? This one includes juicy meatballs and crumbly Feta cheese to add that extra Slimming World pizazz!

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Whizz until combined then transfer to a bowl, divide into 20 portions and shape into meatballs.

Reduce the heat to medium and fry the remaining onion and courgettes for 2-3 minutes or until softened, stirring often. Stir in the chopped tomatoes, stock and harissa and bring to the boil.

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Stir the pasta into the tomato sauce, then carefully pour into a large roasting tin, about 35cm x 24cm. Top with the meatballs, cover with kitchen foil and bake for 20-25 minutes or until the meatballs are cooked through and the pasta is just cooked but has a little bite (‘al dente’).

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Evenly crumble over the feta, sprinkle with the parsley and serve hot with

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Spray a wide non-stick frying pan with low-calorie cooking spray and place over a high heat. Add the meatballs and cook in batches for 1-2 minutes or until browned all over, turning them

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Ingredients:

• 1 small onion, roughly chopped • 500g lean beef mince (5% fat or less) • 1 tsp dried Italian herbs • 1 level tsp Dijon mustard • 1 medium egg • 2 large courgettes, grated • Low-calorie cooking spray • 400g can chopped tomatoes • 900ml hot beef stock • 1 level tbsp rose harissa paste • 400g dried penne pasta • 50g reduced-fat feta cheese • Chopped fresh parsley, to serve

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Normally I would recommend a pub or eating place but for now I would take a nice picnic and don’t forget 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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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 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.

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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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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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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 ahead going uphill.

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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.

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

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When I brought home my rescue Czechoslovakian Wolfdog dog in 2009, I never imagined it would have such a huge impact on my life! I had always been into adventure sports and back then it was my full-time job, so getting into racing sled dogs seemed a little inevitable, with hindsight. Over the following years I was fortunate enough to be able to learn from some of the best, get more dogs and reach a standard where I was representing Great Britain at European and World Championship.

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One of the very few good things to come out of lockdown has been the way people have had time to appreciate the things around them, whether it’s watching birds out of the window or enjoying images on social media of sheep and deer wandering along roads and pavements while there’s been no traffic.

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Is social media making us antisocial when we are out in the actual world?

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How are you with Twitter, Instagram, WhatsApp, Facebook or whatever platform you use? Sadly, I’ve come to the conclusion that the 21st century phenomenon commonly known as ‘social media’ is, in practice, the exact opposite of what the name suggests and should be re-named ‘antisocial media’!

considered posh if you had a telephone. Life for most of us is much better in so many ways.

My gripe is that, paradoxically, modern means of communication have had the effect of making us appear, in public at least, entombed in our own little silo without being aware of life going on around us.

For example, am I the only one who

In short, we have slowly evolved into a less personalised socially interactive species and I reckon we’re the poorer for that. NB – those walking a dog are exempt from this observation.

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The ‘genie is out of the bottle’ and there is no way that I’ll be able to change that. However, from today, why don’t we all make the effort to smile (don’t leer as that will have the opposite effect!) and mouth a cheery “Good morning/afternoon or whatever” - providing the circumstances are appropriate - to a passer-by, person waiting at the bus stop/sitting opposite you on the train etc.

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Gardener’s Calendar The garden should be looking pretty good at the moment, and a lot of your work will be keep things ticking over.

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Watering is important for the whole garden at the moment, unless nature is doing it for you. Water at dusk so the plant keeps the moisture rather than it evaporating. Terracotta containers, while looking really pretty, soak up moisture. Try to keep them damp-ish or have the base of the pots shaded. Dahlias are also very thirsty, hungry, plants so give them regular liquid feed and don’t forget to stake tall versions so they don’t get damaged by freak bad weather.

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Summertime Blues Across the Peak District Summer is the key time for butterflies and moths, although the latter are in the grips of a major crisis with numbers plummeting in recent decades. With Common warmer weather some Blue Butterfly formerly rare species are now turning up in the Peak but overall numbers are well down.

You might think so what, but there are knock-on effects on other wildlife species such as bats and nightjars for example which feed on night-time moths. Furthermore, this type of decline is also a barometer that marks a wider malaise in the environment.

The causes are probably the usual culprits of habitat loss, climate change and widespread use of certain types of pesticides which are also affecting bee populations. In the 1980s, I recall returning to Sheffield on my motorbike after an evening’s lecturing at Losehill Hall (then the National Park Study Centre) and having to pull off the road near Hathersage because I couldn’t see. The amount of moths hitting my visor, helmet and gear made visibility impossible. That is a lot of moths! But sadly no more, and some one-time common species such as the spectacular magpie moth and the garden tiger have declined sharply.

These were species that as children we knew well and it is sad that kids today won’t have that same experience.

However, with summer weather and the dry spring things are looking good for many butterflies. In grasslands, look out for the common blue butterfly which has caterpillars feeding on the pea family such as bird’s-foot Burnett Moth trefoil. If you spot a ‘blue’ in your

garden or maybe in a woodland glade, then it is the other species which is reasonably common, the ‘holly blue’. This is almost silvery-white on the underside and lays its eggs on Peacock Butterfly holly (obviously from the name), ivy, and Berberis. So with these two species you don’t need to get a full identification because the habitat separation is very clear. If you look at a wildlife guide to butterflies you will notice several other species but you won’t find any of those in our Magpie Moth region.

Across the Peak though, whilst summertime blues may be relatively thin on the ground, there are plenty of quite spectacular butterflies to see along lanesides, hedgerows and in gardens. As plants like red valerian and buddleia burst into flower then watch for the evocatively-named red admirals, painted, ladies, small tortiseshells, commas, and peacocks. Garden Verbena is a magnet for butterflies and moths, especially hawk-moths on hot, sultry evenings. If the warm weather holds over the midsummer, then look out for hummingbird hawks and bee-hawks around these plants and on honeysuckle.

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Professor Ian D. Rotherham of Sheffield Hallam University is a researcher, writer and broadcaster on wildlife and environmental issues in the Peak District and elsewhere. He is contactable on info@hallamec.plus.com and you can follow his website and blog: & https://ianswalkonthewildside.wordpress.com/ 42 Don’t forget towww.ukeconet.org mention Voice Magazines when responding to the Ads

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