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Anyway, I’m off to grab another one/six of those digestives before Jan ends …see you in March!

Just to re-cap, we got through Christmas and New Year relatively unscathed from the dreaded ‘C’ word but upon reflection I think that’s probably down to a massive reduction of parties that we attended – mind you, I think I’ve put on a good stone in weight, you wouldn’t believe the amount of wine and cheese there was at the work meetings that took place!! Anyway, that’s enough of that talk.

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Month 1 of New Year’s Resolutions and I’m doing quite well so far. I forgot how much I love reading and I will read anything & everything pretty much. So much so, Kev-John from our distribution team read my column last month and is sending some Jack Reacher books my way.

Apparently, I just have to disassociate the book from the film, as the main character has a different stature to what was portrayed on screen!

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Anyway, being the all or nothing person I am, I subsequently decided over New Year that, rather than set Resolutions for the year, I would do 1 mini-challenge a month (that’s the theory at least). For Feb, I am going with ‘no sugar’ Feb. I will confess, I am a sugar addict!

I would literally be half the size if I stepped away from all the refined sugar that migrates its way into my mouth most hours of the day! I did this once before about 3 years ago and it was absolute purgatory for me (and anyone in my vicinity) …..but it did break the cycle for a bit and a good exercise in self-discipline for me personally – wish me luck! *please note, that at the time of writing, designer Lisa has just brought the biscuit barrel downstairs and wafted lemon drizzle chocolate digestives under my nose – February is going to be very long month*

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Time to Talk Brits are a nation that still seems to embrace the “stiff upper lip” of the past, mental ill health is often not talked about, or worse, dismissed with a “pull your socks” up throw away comment. To some, it may appear that mental ill health is a new phenomenon - I don’t think it is, I just think that successive younger generations are more able to talk openly about their thoughts, feelings and emotions. They aren’t “snowflakes”, “wimps”, or whatever other derogatory term is applied, they are simply more in tune with themselves and aren’t afraid to express this.

Older generations were brought up not to broadcast emotions or talk about issues that negatively impacted them.

Mental health was seen as something to hide, something to be ashamed of, to deny, to not seek help for. And, should they be brave enough to admit to feeling mentally unstable, the best they could hope for would be pills antidepressants and antipsychotics or even an enforced stay in a mental asylum.

I wonder how many suicides could have been prevented if people had received the correct kind of assistance early on? How many marriages could have been saved? How many children not had to witness violence (emotional and physical) in the home? Keeping a stiff upper lip has never really been the best way to deal with anything, has it? OK, it’s perfectly acceptable to not want to broadcast your feelings to every Tom, Dick, and Harry, but pretending you don’t have a problem when you do… well, that way madness leads - literally in some cases.

Mind and Rethink Mental Illness, run Time to Talk Day, it is the nation’s biggest mental health conversation and this year it is on Thursday 3 February.

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It may be too late for you to organise anything for this year now, but you can at least promise to be more aware of the impact of mental health on those around you. Talk openly to family, friends and colleagues about your own mental health and encourage them to do likewise. Maybe you could consider becoming a volunteer at Mind or Rethink, or help raise much needed funds for these charities?

Mental health does affect all of us in some shape or form and it’s way past time for the associated stigma to be wiped out…we live in the 21st century, not the early part of the 20th - times have changed, attitudes have changed, WE have changed.

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HOPE VALLEY RUGBY CLUB BACK IN BUSINESS After another Covid enforced break brought their 2021 activities to a premature end, Hope Valley RFC were eager to get back to business when the opened the new year with the visit of promotion rivals, Burnage RUFC. A close encounter was expected, but in reality the visitors had no answer to Valley’s high tempo rugby in what was an entertaining game for the spectators.

Jake Oldridge obviously benefitted from his winter break as he was in irrepressible form, running in four tries whilst further scores from Club captain Matt Keeley and Rory Williams secured a 40-7 win that extended Valley’s lead at the top of Division 4 East to ten points.

Whilst Glossop briefly threatened a comeback, but Valley, to the delight of an impressive crowd, were in no mood to surrender and scored further tries through Harry Oldridge, Matt Keeley and James Hallam for a 38-12 win.

IT’S GETTING CONGESTED The only drawback to a successful season is fitting in all the necessary fixtures.

Alongside a full league fixture list Valley are in the NOWIRUL Shield quarter finals where they will face Stockport RUFC (05 Feb) and the NLD Vase in which they’ll host Castle Donington RUFC (date tba).

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Next up was The High Peak Derby as Glossop RUFC made the short trip over the hills. Fielding a strengthened side for the occasion the visitors were clearly looking to bring an end to Valley’s unbeaten start to the season, but they found the home team’s defence in no mood to give up any points and opportunist tries from Steve Rawson (2) and Jake Oldridge saw them open a 19-0 lead.

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Carbon Footprints In the aftermath of COP26 there has been lots of talk about the best ways to reduce our carbon footprints and the spotlight has shifted from the demons of road and air travel to the way our food is produced and the impact of our diets. Lots of people are moving to vegetarian and vegan diets in the hope of reducing their impact on the climate and biodiversity loss.

Of course, there are many health, ethical, and cultural connections to our diets, which may sway our thinking over that of carbon emissions reduction. There are far too many regional complications to provide a single ‘perfect’ diet choice for an individual, but a move away from meat at each meal would certainly lead to a reduction in carbon dioxide emissions.

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The carbon storage capacity of forests has been a given for many years now, so HVCA have been involved in several initiatives to stop cutting down trees and grow a lot more. We have recently become much more aware of the carbon storage capacity of healthy peat bogs.

Britain’s peat bogs hold more carbon than all the forests of Europe so we are very supportive of the work of Moors for the Future to restore degraded upland peat bogs in the Dark Peak. We are much less aware of the carbon storage capacity of our humble farm soil but it seems to make sense that healthy well managed farm soils will be species rich, carbon rich and productive.

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American writer Richard Ford writes about relationships – mostly between men and women, but others too. He explores big themes, but makes his stories intimate. These are people you can care about, for all their flaws and imperfections and for simply being human.

His latest book, Sorry For Your Trouble is a series of short stories – a form which people either like or don’t - and as with his longer novels they’re shot through with a wry humour at the absurdities of life and compassion for those of us who quite often make a mess of things.

They aren’t necessarily an easy or quick read and they’re probably not the thing to save for a beach read (yes of course it will happen this year!!), but they are thoughtful and rewarding.

If you don’t like the idea of short stories Mr Ford also wrote a brilliant series about fictional sportswriter Frank Bascombe – starting with The Sportswriter, then Independence Day, The Lay of the Land and Let me be Frank With You, which are also really worth a dive into and which may well get you hooked.

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Still, there will be good signs of the approaching growing season – snowdrops in abundance. Once they’ve flowered you can lift and divide while they still keep their green foliage and they’ll reward you with more plants next year.

Speaking of bulbs this is a good time to start getting many summer bulbs in the ground. Alliums planted now should still be in time for late spring/early summer flowering and anemones are good to go, but do soak them overnight to give them a head start. Check how hardy the plants will be, this info is on the packet to ensure you don’t risk frost damage.

Prune climbing and shrub roses if you haven’t already and cut back old growth on sedums as you see the new growth starting to come through.

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Strawberries, surprisingly being hardy perennials will have survived the winter but may be looking a bit bedraggled by now. Take off old brown growth to encourage the plant to put out new shoots and if you want an early picking, put them under a cloche from the end of this month and into early March, remembering to keep them watered.

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No hard and fast rules for February in the garden.

Everything depends on the weather and if there is a promise of really cold weather it is best to err on the cautious side.

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The First Signs of Springtime At this time of year nature emerges from the challenges of winter season with the optimism of spring and summer ahead. Changing winter weather patterns mean seasonal fluxes are no longer as predictable as they once were.

Many wildflowers have remained in bloom throughout the colder months. Some plants are frosted back but many survive for much or all of the winter. On the high moors for example, green bracken fronds have turned golden-brown, and deciduous purple moor-grass (Molinia) has turned pale straw colour across extensive areas of wet moor and bog. Both these plants are now viewed as ‘problem species’ by conservation managers as they have spread and this has implications for wildlife. However, what most people including site managers often don’t realise, is that this is a quirk of history and of what I have called ‘cultural severance’. This is the ending of traditional management and countryside usage by local people like farmers (and historically peasants). In this case, purple moor-grass was harvested as ‘moor hay’ from moors and heaths across and around the Peak.

Bracken was also cut and harvested as animal bedding and every farm in the upland zone had a ‘bracken stack’ close by the farm and its cowsheds. It was this use of local plants and vegetation which kept ‘pest’ species in check. Ending that usage combined with air pollution especially nitrogen fallout from powerstations and car exhausts triggered a modern-day crisis of moorland management; maybe we need to learn from history.

on waste or disturbed ground look for the yellow dandelionlike flowers of coltsfoot. At the same time, birdlife is responding to longer days and shorter nights. An early breeding species is the tawny owl active in woods, parks, and gardens across the area. Breeding tawnies are highly territorial and hence very vocal from December through until March. But don’t approach too close to a nest-site as they will defend it against all comers – including you!

Also in woods and gardens there are blackbirds, robins, and others all singing and displaying. On rivers, canals, and lakes, waterbirds are holding territories and forming pairs; some like mallards already have ducklings in abundance. The beautiful little grebes or dabchicks are paired and actively displaying and foraging within their chosen patch. Worth looking for along the Peak District rivers such as the Wye, Derwent, and Lathkill for example, there is a rather special bird of the area, the dipper. During the breeding season with their distinctive white breasts, these birds fly up and down stream to patrol their territory; every so often stopping to bob or dip on a suitable stone or rock. However, listen for the distinctively sweet, rippling warble of the male dipper, from October to July but most easily heard around February or March.

Nevertheless, spring will soon be on its way and bracken-beds will show green shoots of recovery. Lower down the hill, woodlands start to burst into life with the first spring flowers such as the white wood anemone and golden yellow lesser celandine. Along watercourses, the peculiar flowers of great butterbur emerge and Professor Ian D. Rotherham, researcher, writer, broadcaster on wildlife and environmental issues in the Peak District and elsewhere, is contactable on info@hallamec.plus.com. Follow his website www.ukeconet.org, blog ianswalkonthewildside, Twitter @IanThewildside 30 Don’t forget to mention Voice& Magazines when responding to the Ads

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