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From the Editor Dear Readers, As predicted, February has been a long month (at the time of writing, it is still February and it appears to be rivalling January for its endurance)!! So far, the ‘no sugar’ Feb was uphill for the first week and a half but I have been pretty much ok from week 2, the cravings and wall climbing have virtually stopped but it’s the little things that have really gotten to me. For example, Mad Aunty had a significant birthday meal out (well, it was technically a significant birthday last year but thanks to lockdown, she has deferred it a year!) and I ordered a delicious, spritely looking Kopparberg cider (other ciders available) for myself as Mr Emily was driving. It was effervescent and enticing and I was ready for it after a tough week.

The waitress handed it over, I happily poured it into the glass complete with a big toothy grin, akin to a lion just about to tuck into its prey, I lifted it up and then said, “Oh bother and balderdash, this has got flippity sugar in it, hasn’t it? This whole thing was a rather silly thing to do and I can’t wait for February to be over, so that one can enjoy lashings of lovely delicious cider again. Here you go mother dearest, please enjoy on my behalf as an early Mother’s Day present” or very similar words to that effect!! All’s well that ends well, I swapped it for a gin and the mad uncle picked up the tab, so a good night was had by all!!

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The reading is going well, I now seem to be the recipient of everybody’s cast offs, which is great – I’m considering starting my own book club! It’s lovely really, I’m all for recycling/up-cycling and I am very much enjoying it.

I haven’t decided what I’m doing for March as yet, as at the time of writing, the shortest/longest month in the world, won’t end! But I’m sure I’ll come up with something! Maybe something outdoorsy now that we’re practically into spring (apparently)? I’ve had a few outings, so I must be stirring from my hibernation.

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The First Day of Spring This year, here in the Northern Hemisphere, the first day of Spring is designated as Sunday March 20th. The date varies very slightly over the years because it matches the Vernal or Spring Equinox - one of two days during a year when day and night are of equal duration.

Although, strictly speaking, apparently that isn’t quite true; daylight is several minutes longer than darkness at both the Spring and Autumn equinoxes. At the Spring equinox the sun crosses over the (imaginary) equator line and begins to head north…much to the relief of most of us! It happens at 11.33am this year should you be interested in the precise time.

The Met office however have a different date for the start of Spring - and it never changes, it is always 1st March, with meteorological Spring ending on May 31st. Meteorological seasons are based on the annual temperature cycle, not the movement of the sun, and are matched to the calendar to give clearly marked seasons. However, as we all know - seasons don’t always follow nice predictable dates, do they?

I always think of Spring as being the season of new beginnings, rebirth, regrowth, and the sense of expectation in the air is to me at least, palpable.

Living out in the Peak District I am definitely more aware of the seasons than when I was a city dweller. I only have to peek out my front door to see the new growth in the fields, and the birds are definitely beginning to ramp up the morning chorus.

In a city, although the signs of renewed plant life is visible as the season changes, it tends to be in a more controlled, less abundant way. Spring bulbs, planted in regimented fashion in gardens and public parks, begin to

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poke their green shoots shyly above ground level, and gardeners begin to fettle their tools in readiness for the first assault on grass and overgrown branch.

Spring is my favourite time of the year, as we break free of the gloom of February and look towards longer, lighter nights.

I love the clean fresh colours of the season, the vibrant greens of new plant life, the clear cerulean blue of the sky, spotted with fluffy white clouds, and the varied colours of newly blossoming trees and flowers. The air is cleansed by spring showers, and rainbows arc across the sky.

We begin to shed the heavy layers of winter, almost as if we humans are shedding our skins and emerging into the new season in the same way a butterfly struggles out of its cocoon.

Spending time outside (without catching our deaths of cold!) becomes pleasant, and we all suddenly want to become more active - as if we’ve woken from our Winter hibernations.

Anything seems possible at the start of Spring…doesn’t it?

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Bakewell Town Juniors FC launches it’s very own “Kidriculum”! (PART TWO) Responsibility & Freedom Give your players some responsibility. Have ball and bib collectors. In older kids have players who are responsible for motivational music or leading warm ups and warm downs. Giving players responsibility leads to a feeling of trust and freedom.

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One of the basic things a coach should realise is that learning names improves activation by 25%. A child who’s name is used by the coach will feel cared for as though the coach really knows them. Knowing about a child’s interest, family and generally talking to a child or young person will make them feel special. In older players, a coach should know players strengths and weaknesses and help them to become better players Control & power.

Give your players some say in the matter. Ask them what they think their strengths and weaknesses are as a player and design appropriate programs to help them to get better. They will feel that they have some control which will make them feel strong.

To a 5 year old fun is playing Disney animated games.

To a 13-18 year old it is about peak performance, playing as a team, figuring out how to win a league or a cup, bonding as a team.

Coaches at Bakewell Town FC are mentored and taught about the cognitive stages of learning that all children pass through.

They are taught how to create an environment that taps into the young persons psychological Need pathways. We do not motivate our players for that suggest external methods such as threats, bribes, screaming and shouting. At BTFC our coaches know how to tap into players psychological need pathways - they “Activate” the players and help them to want want to learn.

In summary coaches at Bakewell Town football club create and environment where children can develop and grow beyond their vision of capability. This is the educational philosophy that is defined and carried out at Bakewell Town FC.

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3. Meanwhile, spray a large non-stick saucepan with low-calorie cooking spray and put it over a medium heat. Brown the sausages on all sides for 5 minutes, then add the garlic, onion and peppers and cook for 5 minutes, stirring occasionally. Stir in the tomato purée and smoked paprika and cook for 5 minutes.

4. Stir the stock cube into 200ml hot water, then add to the sausage pan along with the mixed beans, baked beans, sweetcorn, Marmite, Worcestershire sauce, vinegar and spring onions.

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Ingredients: • 500g floury potatoes, such as King Edward or Maris Piper, thinly sliced • Low-calorie cooking spray • 12 Slimming World Pork Sausages, chopped into chunks • 4 garlic cloves, chopped • 1 large red onion, diced • 2 red peppers, deseeded and diced • 2 tbsp tomato purée

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International Women’s Day - a brief history The first decade of the 20th Century witnessed an upsurge in women demanding equal rights.

The first decade of the 20th Century witnessed an upsurge in women demanding equal rights. Here in the UK, Emmeline Pankhurst founded the Women’s Social and Political Union (WSPU), an all-women suffrage advocacy organisation dedicated to “deeds, not words”, receiving repeated prison sentences (and force feeding during hunger strikes) in order to ensure women’s voices were heard.

In 1908, over in the US, 15,000 women marched through New York City demanding shorter hours, better pay and voting rights.

And the following year the Socialist Party of America established National Women’s Day on February 28th.

Two years later at the 2nd International Conference of Working Women, held in Copenhagen, a German lady by the name of Clara Zetkin, proposed an INTERNATIONAL Women’s Day, the first one took place on March 19th, 1911. In 1914, the very eve of WW1, Russian women campaigning for peace held their first Women’s day on February 23rd - the last Sunday that February in the Gregorian calendar. This date translates to March 8th in the Western (Julian) calendar and March 8th has been denoted International Women’s Day ever since.

It took until 1975 for the United Nations to mark the event, and then in 1977 they adopted a resolution proclaiming a United Nations Day for Women’s Rights and International Peace to be observed on any day of the year by Member States, in accordance with their historical and national traditions. (Wouldn’t it have been easier to run with March 8th?).

During the last few decades of the 20th Century International Women’s Day seemed

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to lose focus and was perhaps perceived to be an irrelevance during a time of improved women’s rights. However in 2001 a website internationalwomensday.com was launched in a bid to breathe new life into International Women’s Day (IWD) and to reignite the debates around gender parity (which, let’s face it, still hasn’t been achieved).

This era of mass communication via social media and the internet has certainly brought IWD, and gender rights in general, back to the forefront. Women are far more likely to stand up for their rights than at any time in history, and now have the tools to spread the messages of parity and equity far and wide.

IWD is apparently an official holiday in many countries including Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Burkina Faso, Cambodia, China (for women only), Cuba, Georgia, Guinea-Bissau, Eritrea, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Madagascar (for women only), Moldova, Mongolia, Montenegro, Nepal (for women only), Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uganda, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Vietnam and Zambia. And in some countries IWD is on a par with Mother’s Day, with children giving gifts to their mothers and grandmothers… now this I like!

Whether you see yourself as a feminist or not (and yes, men can be feminists too) surely we should all accept that parity across the genders is best for all of us…long live International Women’s Day!

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The original intended route onwards from Rowsley was across the Chatsworth estate where the line would be obscured from view via a tunnel. When William Cavendish became 7th Duke of Devonshire in 1858, he objected. So after much argument and a delay of almost ten years, the route was finalised.

Trains were to travel along the Wye Valley passing through Bakewell.

Initial celebrations in Bakewell turned to dismay when the Duke of Rutland objected to this route, insisting the railway be constructed out of sight.

The line had to be taken through a tunnel in the hillside behind Haddon Hall. Having achieved that height meant the line travelled well above the valley, arriving in Bakewell half a mile (up hill) from the town centre, where the station still stands.

A mammoth renovation project in 2011 made the tunnels safe, allowing the trail and tunnels to be opened to the public. With level access at Bakewell, Hassop and Millers Dale, the Monsal Trail welcomes walkers, cyclists, horse riders, wheelchair users and anyone with access or mobility problems.

At 8.5 miles long, the trail is a tremendous asset to our area. Although discussions continue as to the future of this fabulous old railway line hopefully, in one form or another, the Monsal Trail will be here for us all to enjoy for many years to come.

From Bakewell the railway proceeded onward via Hassop and Longstone then through the 533 yard long Headstone Tunnel. With trains emerging from darkness onto the iconic Monsal Viaduct, travellers were awarded the fabulous views of Monsal Dale more familiar to walkers and cyclists these days.

Of course not everyone was happy about the railway.

As John Ruskin famously declared, ‘the valley is gone and the gods with it, and now every fool in Buxton can be in Bakewell in half and hour and every fool at Bakewell in Buxton.’

Trains ran until 1968. The line was taken over by the Peak District National Park Authority in 1981, with the Monsal Trail opening as a walking route. Due to safety considerations, alternative paths were used to avoid the tunnels.

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International Day of Forests happens every year on March 21st. It was created by the U.N. (United Nations) in 2012 in recognition of the fact that our planet needs forests, and WE need to protect and care for them. A theme is selected each year; this year, it is forests and sustainable production and consumption; and people across the world are encouraged to plant trees and look after their local woodlands.

When woodlands and forests are carefully managed, the wood produced is a sustainable and renewable resource that can be used for so many things. We probably all think of the wood we burn in our now fashionable log burners, but what else is wood used for?

Well, obviously, furniture, garden fences, and in construction - but wood can be, and is, used for so many other purposes, and new technology is constantly expanding the things that can be derived from or made of wood.

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Britain every year! Most of that plastic winds up in landfill as it is hard to recycle, and it takes hundreds of years to finally break down.

And what about construction? The 20th and early 21st centuries has seen the building industry rely almost exclusively on concrete and steel to construct our towns and cities, but in 2020 a group of Yale University scientists proposed that wood could largely replace these materials. Don’t believe it’s possible?

Google Mjøstårnet (or The Wood Hotel) in Norway, 18 stories and 85.4-metrehigh. The entire building, including the elevator shafts, is made entirely from CLT (cross laminated timber), and columns made from glued laminated timber (known as, glulam made from wood that is planed then glued together to form columns or beams, which can be used in the place of concrete or steel).

The next time you are in woodland, go and hug a tree - I’m an inveterate tree hugger - and thank it and its brethren for the good work they undertake on our behalf. A world without trees is unthinkable; we need them far more than they need us, and we should cherish our woodlands and forests.

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Ms McDermid sets her novel 1979 in that year. 1979, as we know, became historically tagged as the year of discontent for the strikes and civil unrest which nearly tore “broken Britain” apart. In Scotland thousands of lorry drivers were on strike and it was the run up to devolution. The rich were getting richer and it was a time when businessmen doing dodgy tax deals were actually frowned on, rather than greeted with a shrug.

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If you’re lucky enough to have cornus (dogwood) or salix (willow) in your garden you will have been enjoying their vibrant colour during these grey months.

But to ensure they keep on giving you the same show year on year, late March is the time to prune right back close to the ground. Cornus should be left uncut the year after planting, willow can be pruned first year. If you want to propagate new plants in a new spot just push one of your cut stems into the ground. It’s as easy as that.

Cotinus or smoke bush is another plant grown for its colour – in summer you get deep burgundy leaves with paler fluff flowers which do look like smoke around the head of the bush. If you do want to prune it for shape, do it now. You’ll probably get larger leaves but fewer flowers this year. Best position for flowering is a warm and sunny spot.

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Dahlia tubers need to go in round about mid to end of March – reckon on about six weeks before the last frost – their tender new shoots are very vulnerable to icy conditions. But if you miscalculate, put a cloche of some sort – a clear plastic container if there’s no glass - over the growth. Alternatively start them off in pots indoors and bring out when it’s safe.

You can start beans and sweet peas off from seed now indoors or in a cold frame, greenhouse, or conservatory. But they do best with long roots and empty toilet rolls are ideal for this. Be careful with the watering though as the rolls have a tendency to disintegrate quite quickly – great when you’re planting into their final spot, not so good before that.

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The Mere Hen or Water Hen A familiar bird of ponds, lakeside, canals, and rivers, the moorhen is distinctive and approachable too. Not a bird of moorlands, their name is a corruption of the old ‘mere-hen’.

They are highly territorial in their ‘patch’ which they need to defend against rivals but also against other birds such as the bigger and more aggressive coot. The pairs of moorhens are not faithful but promiscuous so inter-pair mating frequently take place. Known as ‘skitty coots’, moorhens always seem to be rather nervy and twitchy with a constant flickering of their tails (or scuts) with their striking white undersides that are a visible announcement of presence and ownership of territory. With oversized legs and feet, the moorhen on land can appear almost comical and as they run or walk have a sort of characteristic rhythmical pumping action with head and neck. The call during any anxious moments is usually a ‘krrrruk’ and a highpitched ‘kik-kik-kik’ and this is often the most classic sound of many of our wetlands.

Nationally there are perhaps a quarter of a million pairs breeding and in wintertime with European migrants, the numbers rise to around a million. These birds are found in almost every type of wetland in the lower lying regions including even muddy ditches and sometimes garden ponds. (I had one overwinter in my own garden a few years back). They are absent from higher ground of moors and peat bogs. When they occupy nest sites in less natural situations moorhens love to utilize articles discarded by humans such as shopping trolleys and car tyres for example. There may be more than one nest with one for the eggs and a secondary platform

for the young birds and adults as the chicks hatch out. A little like magpies it seems that moorhens have a penchant for brightly coloured often human objects with which to decorate their nesting platforms.

In the mid twentieth-century, youths might take moorhen eggs from the nest by either wading out or else using a dessert spoon attached to a bamboo cane to scoop the eggs one at a time.

For hungry mouths in the rural countryside, these eggs were a favourite fried treat. Recorded as far back as the 1500s, moorhens were hunted as ‘game’ for the table. Indeed during times of food shortage such as Second World War rationing, the strongly-flavoured dark meat was considered a welcome supplement to the diet of country dwellers. They might be driven into the water by teenagers and then pinned down with a forked stick, dragged out, and their necks wrung. They were then taken home to be presented to mother for stewing with vegetables.

They are still hunted in European countries such as Greece and in recent decades were even seen in Greek-Cypriot butchers’ shops around London; albeit obtained and sold illegally.

Whereas in Britain the moorhen is easy to see and if anything a bit of an extrovert, in Greece and the surrounding countries they have learned (with good reason) to keep out of sight.

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