Rural Voice - Bakewell & Villages Edition - December 2020

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Yay, we’ve staggered through to the end of the year! However, it’s not the usual excitement at the end of the year that we’ve all come to expect, is it?

This year, many of us have sacrificed our livelihoods, our relationships with loved ones, our businesses or jobs, our metal health, all whilst trying to dodge contracting a novel virus.

My heart goes out to those on the front line – who have sacrificed all of that and, in some cases, their lives too.

It has truly been tough for everyone. What’s the analogy doing the rounds – we are all in the same storm but in different boats? It’s very true isn’t it? Nobody is unscathed from this year, its battle wounds will run deep for the years to come, not least financially as many say we will be paying for this for years. However, what has warmed the cockles during this turgid year, is the support that our communities (and our very special readers) have given to local businesses.

I’ve seen it happening more this year than any other in the last 10yrs of producing Voice Mags and it is absolutely marvellous that everyone is onboard with buying local where possible and I think Christmas will be no exception to this.

So, thank you on behalf of myself and all local businesses, we appreciate it.

On that note, as you know, I always try and avoid politics; it is not my place and this magazine will continue to remain politically neutral, but throughout the ongoing barrage of rubbishness one hot potato hit the news recently that I could not make sense of. What so many of us saw as a simple principle, ‘that no child should go hungry as no one gets to choose their parents’, others saw as a political issue to be debated and argue over. Meanwhile the rest of us got on with

it, and people and businesses across the land acted out of kindness and dipped into their own pockets to provide meals for those children who needed them.

I can think of several local businesses (advertisers past and present) that have stepped up to this plight.

All those wonderful people didn’t ask who was going to pay for it, nor did they point the finger at those who did not or could not, they just did the right thing. In the end a small Christmas miracle happened and, after all the finger pointing had stopped, the politicians all stopped talking and good old common sense finally shone through so that no child should go hungry during the Christmas holidays, so thankyou to our local businesses, not all heroes wear capes!

So, a big shout out and pat on the back to us all for getting through as best we can and, let’s drop kick 2020 out of the calendar and raise a glass to 2021 at the end of this month…..it can’t be any worse – can it!?

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year,

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We have recently found ourselves amidst another national lockdown due to COVID19. Thankfully, unlike the o you enjoy talking to people? Do you initial lockdown back in March, the recent lockdown was due to last just 4 weeks (at the time of writing, fingers real shame it was and that the spread of COVID-19 under control yet, but hopefully ve acrossed!). fewIt is ahours toneeded spare each weekisn’t or this 4 week period of people moving around less will work to reduce infection levels considerably again. ch month?

If so, you could make a real Many might feel this is especially important at this time of year as we approach Christmas, but being able to see and talk to friends, familyolder or neighbours is important all year life. round. For those without family or friends close by ference to an person’s and for those who have never before felt the need for help in day-to-day living, the coronavirus pandemic has highlighted, or exacerbated, what it feels like to be isolated or lonely.

We That are seeking volunteers to join is what Befriending services, other social connection groups and wellbeing services try to help with; we try reduce feelings of isolation andService loneliness, try to bring cheerfulness into a person’s life, and try to help ur toBefriending toa littlesupport them connect or reconnect with other people and with their local community. onely or isolated elderly people in It might be easier than you think to ask for help from services like ours so if you think you would benefit from some support atDerbyshire the moment, at Christmas, or Dales at any time, please hesitate to ask for help. Here are some he north &don’tHigh contacts you may find useful: Peak areas.

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Kamila Shamsie’s novel Home Fire has a story which could have been lifted from a newspaper, and certainly from the files of MI5.

It’s a kind of thriller, a Greek tragedy in a topical modern setting, a tale of love and hate and politics and faith. It runs from the suburbs of London to the heart of Syria. A complex love story worked around two sisters and their jihadist brother and their connection to the naïve son of a UK politician, who seems more interested in showboating than the need to do the right thing.

It’s a clever and in places funny narrative, but it’s also psychologically very shrewd. What are people prepared to do in the name of love? It’s also not afraid to look beyond the headlines at the darkness of what happens to people when they get caught up, for whatever reasons, in politics on a world-wide scale.

This is the political against the personal. The role of the state against family and love. Best of all it helps you understand how things might get to the pitch they are at now, both in this country and elsewhere and how easy and dangerous it is to fall for prejudice.

It also moves at a terrific pace – you can easily imagine it as a film - and is both gripping and emotionally powerful.

Home Fire was a finalist in both the Costa and Booker Prizes and was a worthy Women’s Prize for Fiction winner.

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Slimming World Recipe Beef Tagliatelle One of the things Slimming World are always great on is their pasta dishes. I think it’s the way they pack so many tasty veggies in their Serves: 4

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Ingredients: • Low-calorie cooking spray • 500g lean beef mince (5% fat or less) • 1 large onion, finely chopped • 1 medium carrot, finely chopped • 1 celery stick, finely chopped • 250g closed-cup mushrooms, sliced • 3 large garlic cloves, crushed • 150g cherry tomatoes

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Eclectic Delights of Serendipity

Entrepreneur Cheryl Knowles opened Eclectic Delights of Serendipity a few years ago in Hope and then another shop in Matlock Bath in 2019! These shops are run by a mother and daughter team who do the utmost for all their customers.

paint in both Hope and Matlock Bath, giving advice and guidance on how to use the paint and handy with a paint brush themselves.

With these uncertain times ahead they have now created a website in which all customers can now do online shopping, but you can also This business prides themselves on having a contact them on Facebook for a Click and little something for everyone! Whether you Collect service as well. Even with a pandemic are wanting children’s toys, personalised gifts, happening, this dynamic duo does not stop jewellery, furniture, dog mad items, or even working and will continue to provide gifts and just a good old mug these shops have it in stock to all their customers to the best of their bucket loads. Not only do they stock gifts, but abilities. they are the official stockists for the Frenchic

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Jo, at Kip, helped me to see that I wasn’t struggling as much as I thought with my GCSEs. Hi I am Amy and I am nearly 15 and in year 10 at school this year starting my GCSEs like so many of you. I missed so much during lockdown and the school closures and it was really bothering me. However, compared to many I am in a good place with my family but I was worrying about my English GCSEs as my spelling is bad and I can never come up with good things to write about.

me, she asked how I was getting on with my GCSEs particularly Maths and English. She was so nice so I told her I was not so good at my English and some of the Maths was hard and that I had missed so much I was really scared I wouldn’t get the grades to get into the 6th form college to do A levels. I want to be a teacher so I have to get good grades for both GCSE English and Maths.

I have a little brother, Kris, he is only 9 and not doing so well at school so my grandma decided to pay for him to go to Kip to try and catch up.

He started in the summer as preparation for going back to school and he is doing great. He has already improved his reading, even I can see that. Anyway I have to take him to Kip for his lesson on a Tuesday, which he loves, and while he is in there I sit and wait and do some of my homework. Jo is really nice and often around. She asks me about what homework I am doing and even let me sit at a spare desk once because they had one free to make it easier for me to do my work.

Jo said that if I wanted to she could do a free assessment in both subjects and then we could see if I really did have gaps or if it was just because I was only starting in Year 10. As she said, you don’t know everything when you start a subject, it comes gradually until you look back and see how much you know. My parents agreed. I was really scared in case I was really bad at them.

A few weeks ago some kids came in and went into their lessons. I could hear loads of laughing and some clapping at one point. I asked Jo what they were clapping for and she said that one of the students had just achieved reading 100 words. From the 15 or so when he first joined in the summer. Kris told me all about it on the way home.

The following week I got really stuck on my English and asked Jo for help. After she helped

I did the tests and Jo sat down and explained that I was actually pretty good in Maths and my English spelling was a bit weak but my overall writing scores were fine. She said that they could help me if that was what was needed but right now I was doing ok. I felt so happy to know I wasn’t behind at all and that if I did get lower marks in the end of year tests or found a particular subject hard to understand they could help me with a few lessons on just that. I don’t think I need it right now but I love knowing Jo is there if I need her in the coming months.

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If you think you need help with your GCSE’s why not ask your parents to get Jo to do an assessment for you. Maybe they or your grandparents could pay for it like mine did for my little brother. Good luck! Amy.

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Haddon Hall Derbyshire is blessed with a plethora of stately homes and grand houses, but my personal favourite is Haddon Hall, just outside of Bakewell on the road to Matlock.

Unlike some of the grander mansions Haddon retains the feeling of ‘real people’ having lived there; the rooms are of a scale where it is easy to imagine yourself living a life – if not of complete luxury then at least a fair degree of comfort.

Haddon Hall holds a special place in my heart because it is the last place I took my mum for a day out before the ravages of Alzheimer’s rendered her unable to enjoy such a trip. She became more animated than I’d seen for a while and thoroughly enjoyed herself.

The house itself has its roots in the 11th Century; William Peverel (Peveril) was granted the ‘Manor of Haddon’ by William the Conqueror following the ‘Domesday’ survey. He didn’t hold onto it for long though as it was ‘forfeited to the Crown’ in 1153 and then passed to one the Peveril’s tenants – the Avenell family. Eventually, Sir Richard Vernon claimed the hall in 1170 when he married Alice Avenell.

The building we see today was mainly constructed by the Vernon family; the exceptions being the Peveril Tower, part of the chapel and the Long Gallery – an addition dating to the 16th century. Haddon became part of the Earl of Rutland’s holding following the marriage of Dorothy Vernon to John Manners (second son of the then Earl) and John’s inheritance of the Earldom in 1565.

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Manners family chose to live in their main seat – Belvoir Castle in Leicestershire. So for over two hundred years the house remained empty and unchanged.

From around 1912 the 9th Duke of Rutland, realising the importance of Haddon as an example of untouched 16th century architecture, began to sympathetically restore the house. Where original features could not be reused craftsmen used local wood and stone to replace them. Every care was taken to ensure the building and contents were restored to the way they would have appeared when originally made or constructed.

One feature – the frescos in the chapel, dating to the 15th century – were covered by layers of whitewash for centuries until a clean up in 1858 revealed them again. They were subsequently restored in the 20th century.

The garden’s at Haddon are also gorgeous and the halls location, raised above the River Wye, makes for some wonderful views over the surrounding countryside.

Visiting Haddon Hall really does feel like stepping back in time; whether you choose to wander around alone or join a guided tour, you can’t help but succumb to the quiet old beauty of the place.

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The Derbyshire Derwent – a wildlife artery through the Peak Winding its sinuous way through the Derbyshire Peak District, the River Derwent is a wonderful natural artery for wildlife and as such forms a ‘green corridor connecting the uplands Fallow Deer of the Dark Peak to the dales and valleys further south. Once the river has reached Chatsworth House and Park its full glory becomes obvious and it is a vital, living part of one of the UK’s most popular tourist attractions, the ‘Palace of the Peak’.

At Chatsworth the Derwent is home and habitat for a rich diversity of wildlife species, particularly birds.

Grey herons are nowadays ubiquitous along the watercourse and always easy to spot. Kingfishers on the other hand are present but often quite secretive. However, I did spot one flying along the riverbank in front of the House; diving for fish and then landing on the bank to survey its territory.

For such a brightly coloured bird, the ‘jewel of the riverbank’, they do hide away surprisingly well!

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Grey Heron Wagtails are very adept at finding cosy, sheltered spots to roost overnight.

At my university’s citycentre campus they gather in shrubberies near a huge hot air vent – and believe me, there is plenty of hot air given out! At Chatsworth Park, watching the riverside birds is complemented by chance to see deer at close quarters. In the late afternoon as light is fading the fallow deer drop down to the riverside and if you are really lucky they may troop across the river to look almost like caribou on an Alaskan migration. The Peak is a wonderful place for nature.

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