Voice Magazines - Selston, Pinxton, Jacksdale & Westwood Edition - January 2021

VOICE JANUARY ‘21

SELSTON, PINXTON, JACKSDALE & WESTWOOD

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Voice in the Community

Brew Monday 18th January

Shouting about businesses in the heart of your community

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HOME IMPROVEMENTS

From the Editor Yesss, we made it to 2021! Although I suspect many of us are battle scarred from 2020.

As I write (pre-Christmas), it’s all feeling very uncertain again in terms of who to have round for Christmas dinner, numbers going up, we’re still in tier 3, what it means for January, will there be another lock-down, what impact will Brexit have and many more questions. However, if there is one thing we have learnt this year it’s how resilient we can be. When it comes to it, we get on with it and make the best of it. Now I’m not saying that it is necessarily going to be fantastically better than 2020 but we have a vaccine and therefore we have hope, which many of us felt bereft of last year!

So, with that in mind, I’ve taken all my plans for 2020 that weren’t realised, re-assessed them and rolled forward those which remained!

If nothing else, 2020 really has made us take stock of the important things and for that alone, I will be grateful.

With that in mind, we thought that Brew Monday is a fantastic initiative that the Samaritans are raising awareness of. It will kick off on 18 January, the third Monday in January, which is usually known as ‘Blue Monday’ and the idea is the Samaritans are turning this day on its head and into something positive by encouraging people to get together over a warming virtual cuppa.

Christmas was a disappointment for many us not being able to get together and January can be a very difficult month for so many. So, reach

out to a friend, family member or colleague for a virtual cuppa and a chat. It doesn’t have to be a Monday or a cup of tea, just taking time to really listen to another person could help them work through what’s on their mind. ​ Because now more than ever, sharing a cuppa is more than a drink – it’s about reaching out, checking in and staying connected.

In other news, I am ridiculously hopeful that this is the year that we can bring you your events and clubs/community info back…..fingers crossed and we’re looking forward to it!

You may also notice a little minor facelift on the front cover; our logo! It’s good to freshen things up sometimes, as you know we’re always looking to bring new things to your Voice Magazines. Fingers crossed that this year is the year of the website – I get nagged daily and I can feel it in my water…..it’s been in the pipeline since 2018 and this is the year…..I can feel it!!!!

Happy New Year!

Emily x

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Book Review SJ Parris’s books about medieval master spy Giordano Bruno rightly have a big following, so it’s fun to discover three novellas in one book, perfect for winter reading.

Called The Dead of Winter, the book looks at Bruno’s early years as a young Benedictine monk in Naples. As always the tales are beautifully written, and Bruno is always an engaging protagonist. And in case you’re looking for an alternative to the politics of the here and now, these stories also great on the machinations of the church of the time and place and the intrigues surrounding it.

If you are already a Bruno fan, they’re a great way of delving back into what turned him into the super sleuth of later full length thrillers. If you’re a newbie, it’s a real taster for the treats to come. The books have been published as one-off slim books before, so check you haven’t already seen them.

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Slimming World Recipe Chicken Korma Slimming World are famous for their curries and this is a classic. So why not start 2021 on the right foot with this fab recipe?

Serves: 4

Ready in: 1hr

Syns per serving: FREE

Ingredients:

Method: 1. Put 300g yogurt in a bowl, add the paprika, turmeric and 4 tbsp tomato purée and mix well. Stir in the chicken, cover and marinade in the fridge for 4 hours (or overnight if possible).

2. Spray a medium saucepan with low-calorie cooking spray and place over a medium heat. Add the onions, garlic and ginger and cook for 2-3 minutes.

Stir in the cinnamon, cumin, cardamom, remaining tomato

purée and a few tbsp water and cook for 10 minutes.

3. Add the beans and 450ml boiling water and bring to the boil. Reduce the heat to low and simmer for 10 minutes.

4. Blitz the onion mixture until smooth using a stick blender (or use a food processor and return to the pan). Stir the chicken and its marinade into the sauce and cook for 10 minutes or until the chicken is cooked through.

For more information visit www.slimmingworld.co.uk

• 450g fat-free natural Greek yogurt • 2 tbsp paprika • 2 tsp turmeric • 5 tbsp tomato purée • 4 skinless and boneless chicken breasts, cut into small chunks • Low-calorie cooking spray • 4 onions, diced • 2 garlic cloves, chopped • 2.5cm piece fresh

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root ginger, peeled and chopped ½ tsp ground cinnamon 1 tsp ground cumin ½ tsp ground green cardamom seeds 200g canned cannellini beans, drained 1 chicken stock cube, crumbled 1 drop coconut essence (optional) Small pack fresh coriander, chopped

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Vintage Rambles a with raFf lake and

At the time of writing it has felt like it has been raining non stop for weeks. Hang on, there might be a reason for that! As a result every where is either muddy, boggy or flooded, which makes walking a little bit tough. But our four legged friends still need a good outing so why not pull on your boot and work on those calf muscles!

4 mile circular walk via Pilsley and along the Five Pits Trail.

A moderate walk for you and your dog. The route should take around 2 hours. Whilst the majority of the terrain is trails and paths here are some uneven and potentially muddy sections so a good pair of boots or wellies is a must, especially at this time of year.

START: The Five pits trail car park on Hardstoft Road, Pilsley, Derbyshire,

S45 8BL 1.

Walk back through the car park entrance and directly across Hardstoft Road to head north on the Five Pits Trail.

2.

Continue along the trail for approximately 3/4 of a mile, where you will reach a road. Go straight across the road and continue along the trail for another 3/4 of a mile, where you will reach a tarmac lane. Turn left along the lane and pass an industrial building on your left and two stone cottages on your right.

3.

Continue on a path for a short distance until reaching a signposted footpath and a tricky stile on your right. Cross the stile into a field and then turn immediately left keeping the hedge on your left.

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Continue to the far side of the field and then bear right to continue along the edge of the field. After only a few yards cross over a stile on your left. Once over the stile turn immediately right keeping the hedge on your right. When the hedge ends continue straight to cross an open field. Keep left of a stump roughly in line with a pylon.

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Using a measuring cup or mug can result in you over feeding your pet by 18-80%. Use scales to accurately weigh the food. To save time, you could weigh a week’s worth out and put each daily allowance into a sandwich bag.

Scarsdale Vets offer free nurse clinics to monitor your pet’s weight, give you tips on weight loss and advise you prescription diets designed to help your pet lose weight. We have had a lot of success using the prescription diets and these are ideal for pets that have more than 1.2kgs (in dogs) or 0.5 – 1kg (in cats) to lose. If your pet is more than 10% overweight feeding a prescription diet will give you the best results and by joining our free nurse clinics you will have the support to get your pet to their target.

2) Check you are feeding the correct amount of food.

Look at the back of the container/bag and feed your pet for their ideal weight, not their current weight. Each brand of food will have a different daily allowance so always check the packaging. The amount given is their daily allowance, NOT how much to feed each mealtime.

3) For pets that are always hungry/eat quickly Try increasing the amount of mealtimes. If they usually feed once a day, try increasing to twice daily. Split their daily allowance between how many meals you feed them. If they eat quickly, try using an interactive feeder to slow them down and make mealtimes last longer.

6) Cut down on treats Most have a high calorie content. Please speak with your Veterinary Nurse to discuss healthy alternatives to treats.

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People are just so quick to take offence these days and yet it seems that what many regard as stereotyping is often closer to the truth than they’re prepared to accept.

I was out shopping in Sutton recently when I came across this bizarre conversation.

It started off reasonably enough when this middle aged chap asked one of the assistants in which aisle he could find Irish sausages.

The young lady, putting her recent customer service training to good effect, looked up from what she was doing, smiled, said hello and then asked the gentleman if he was indeed an Irishman.

At this, the mood changed and my ears pricked up.

The guy had clearly taken exception to what the young girl had said and with a disapproving look replied, “As it happens, I am, but let me ask you something.

If I’d been looking for Italian sausage, would you have asked me if I was Italian?

If I was after Bratwurst, would you have asked me if I was German?

If I’d come in for a kosher hot dog, would you have then enquired whether or not I was a Jew?”

“If I had asked for Chorizo”, the man continued with barely concealed anger, “would you have asked if I was Spanish?”

Finally, as quite a crowd of gawping eavesdroppers listened in, the man asked “If I was wanting Kielbasa sausage, would you have assumed that I was Polish?”

“Well, to be honest”, the young lady interjected, “no, I probably wouldn’t.”

“Well why in the name of Heaven then”, came the exasperated response, “when I asked for Irish sausages, did you feel the need to ask me if I was Irish?”

“Quite simple really”, came her calm reply, “you’re in Halfords sir!” ______________________________________ Before anyone takes offence and I start getting irate comments passed on to me via mike. musings@outlook.com you ought to know that having been born in Ireland, raised in Scotland and made an adult choice to follow Notts County, I know better than most that you just can’t put a price on the ability to laugh at oneself!

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Whether we look back in anger, regret and with a sense of loss; or with a more positive slant is entirely down to us as individuals. The year itself seems to have flown by, despite the lengthy period we all spent in effective isolation from the end of March onwards.

Many of us, myself included, lost people we love. In my case both parents within 6 weeks of each other, just before lockdown part 1. Neither were COVID related, a fact for which I am extremely grateful.

Jobs have been lost, and doubtless more people will face the upheaval of redundancy in 2021. Many of us have had to adapt to working from home. Some having to juggle home schooling with a full workload.

But what have we all learned?

Top of the list has to be that we are VERY lucky in the UK to have a National Health Service and that we MUST fight to protect it anyway we can. When you look across to the US and see the death toll from COVID, it makes you realises that we could have been in a similar mess if we didn’t all have FREE access to healthcare.

I would add the return to feeling a sense of community with our neighbours to the list too. Certainly in the first lockdown, as we all stood and applauded the NHS every Thursday, it really felt like connections were being made and communities were pulling together.

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how many of them will allow flexible working patterns to continue when (if?) things get back to what we used to regard as ‘normal’?

There is a potential downside to this scenario though…How many companies, having realised remote working is not only possible but effective, will attempt to outsource work to regions of the world with lower staffing costs? Hopefully not many, especially if they take the time to remember how outsourced call centres put peoples backs up!

Another thing to add to the list of ‘what has 2020 given us’ is the word ‘pivot’ – used repeatedly by business owners to indicate they had either changed the way they work, OR found a new and unexpected way to earn an income.

Perhaps we should also add the word ‘unprecedented’ to the list too – after all, it must have become the most overused word in the English language during 2020!

Whatever we experienced in 2020, is over now and (unless we have access to a time machine) none of us can go back and change anything. All any of us can do is take the positives through into 2021 and face the future with a smile.

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Grebes are absolutely stunning. Rare species include Slavonian and black-necked grebes and both may occur in the Peak District and north Derbyshire but only occasionally. The former is a winter visitor to reservoirs and the latter a very uncommon breeder in smaller lowland lakes. The blacknecked is an amazing looking bird with jetDabchick black head, bright red eyes, and spectacular golden ‘eyebrows’.

However, come winter they lose their looks and revert to dull whites, greys, and browns. This means that in order fully appreciate grebes you really need to see them in full breeding plumage. Our two common species are the little grebe or dabchick, and its bigger cousin the great crested grebe. The names say it all, and the latter is a relatively large bird about twenty inches long, and during spring and summer it has a dramatically distinctive crest.

The showy adornment is necessary for the grebe’s elaborate courtship and pair-bonding. During the early breeding season, the birds spend a lot of time face-to-face and shaking their heads at each other.

The male offers the female bits of nesting material or perhaps a fish as an enticement and to maintain the female’s interest. The pair-bonding displays are elaborate and time-consuming, so birds spend long periods preening and posing.

Great crested grebes eat fish and were badly affected by the use of persistent pesticides such as DDT. By the 1970s, their numbers had plummeted; but like many other bird species populations increased as these chemicals were phased out. Recovery amounts to natural ‘rewilding’ with predators reestablishing populations in depleted ecosystems.

Recovery is aided by habitat creation and restoration projects such as Poolsbrook Country Park at Staveley in North Derbyshire and elsewhere across the region. Clean rivers and water-supply Dabchick reservoirs across

the Peak provide ideal habitat too. Furthermore, in smaller ponds and lakes, on canals, and in rivers there is our other common grebe, the dabchick.

I must admit that that the little grebe (or ‘Dabchick’ as it is commonly known) is one of my favourite birds being both full of character and also very approachable.

At about half the size Great Crested Grebe of a moorhen it is our smallest British grebe. Feeding on both small fish and aquatic invertebrates like crustaceans and insect larvae, these diving waterbirds are accomplished underwater swimmers. During summer they are highly territorial; a pair establishing and defending a territory along a linear watercourse like a Little Grebe canal or river. Here their nests are constructed of pondweed and other vegetation on floating platforms. In breeding plumage the adult birds are brightly coloured and also very vocal with a loud ‘whinnying’ song.

Indeed, they are often heard before they are seen.

But when winter arrives the little grebe assumes a gentle mix of subdued buff, off-white, and black; the dark bill is pale grey but retaining a bright yellow patch at its base. If the winter stays mild, then next year’s breeding numbers will rise again.

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