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From the Editor Dearest Readers, Spring has sprung and I can eat sugar again!!!! As it happens I’m still sugar-free but that’s another story …..saving myself for all those Easter Eggs! Also, I still haven’t decided what I’m doing for March (it has virtually passed!) and in fact, April but I do appear to have given up sleep for lent! I am reliably informed that this might be hormonal as apparently, I am getting to that age – but let’s not talk about that!!

Remember when, at the start of the decade, everyone was talking about us experiencing the ‘roaring twenties’ again, when in fact it seems more like we have the ‘terrible twenties’. We’ve gone from Brexit chaos to Covid pandemics, a cost-of-living crisis and now war in Ukraine! Like you I’m sure, my heart goes out to all the people of Ukraine either fighting for their country or being forced to flee for their own safety. My heart has been swelled by all the people and businesses offering help and even opening their homes to refugees. I hope, at least this series of crises have shown us how much better we are when we focus on what unites us rather than what divides us and how much stronger we are as communities, both local and global, when we tackle our problems together.

On a (literally) brighter note, the clocks sprung forward last weekend. I am beyond happy about that tiny win! I always feel like I have more hours in the day when this happens (of course, I am not daft enough to believe this to be the case!).

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One last thing… I went to watch the new Batman film last week (how many batmen have there been now?!

He has more incarnations than the Dalai Lama). The film was pretty good but Robert Pattinson – blimey, Rafa has brought me sticks with more acting pizzazz!!

It’s just as well he has a mask on for most of it!

Barry Norman signing off, see you next month.

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Is Time Running Out? Is time running out to “save the planet”?

And is it the planet we are actually trying to save, or simply our (western) way of life? Let’s face it, planet Earth will continue to spin around the sun long after we puny humans have wiped ourselves out (well, as long as any aliens watching the mess we’re making of everything don’t decide to step in and blast us all to smithereens!).

What would you sacrifice if you knew it would make a difference to the planet, make a more sustainable future for your children, grandchildren, greatgrandchildren?

Would you stop driving a diesel or petrol car? Could you even afford an electric or hybrid vehicle?

Perhaps you’d consider switching to public transport, or even a bicycle not easy commitments to make in the Peak District National Park, as public transport is sparse and it’s very hilly for bike riding!

Maybe you’d become vegetarian (or vegan) although you would also have to commit to not consuming processed plant-based meals, soy products, almond milk etc., as they can be as bad for the planet as meat - and are not always a healthy option due to the mass of additives. And don’t always believe what you read; there are widely reported stats that it takes 1800 gallons of water to produce 1lb of beef; what is rarely stated is that figure relates to the US industrialised way of rearing beef in feedlots - NOT the way we do things over here.

How about not watering your lawn, or even better re-wilding your garden, or growing your own fruit and veg?

You could turn off your gas central heating and install green energy alternatives - if you could afford to.

Would you be happy for a new

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nuclear power plant to be built nearby?

Contrary to popular belief, they can be a clean source of electricity when designed, built and run effectively.

Plastic anything could be permanently crossed off your shopping list, and charity shops could become your new best friend when it comes to clothing.

Could you live without your mobile phone, laptop, or any other bit of kit that relies on lithium type batteries (including electric cars!)?

When it all comes down to it, yes, all of us could do all of the above and more.

Our way of living would have to change dramatically, and we’d effectively have to adopt a lifestyle that is more akin to the way people lived 100 or more years ago - albeit still with “green” technology! But would that necessarily be a bad thing?

Knowing we could cope however, is a very different thing from wanting to adopt such changes - and I’m afraid that until such ideas become seen as mainstream and normal, not simply “tree-hugging hippy” ideas (and yes, I’ve heard that said!) then we will never do anything.

Bring on the aliens…?

These articles are researched and written by Laura Billingham, a local content writer and author. Laura moved to the Peak District several years ago to pursue her passion for writing.

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HOPE VALLEY RUGBY CLUB WATER, WATER EVERYWHERE

The weather played a huge part in another month of frustration of Hope Valley RFC. After three successive away games the Club were due to have three successive home fixtures, however, the first two against Congleton RUFC and Bury RUFC both fell victim to waterlogged pitches.

With no spare Saturdays left both games were referred to the league’s “Pools Panel” and, whilst some Valley players (who shall rename nameless) quite like winning without getting muddy, it left the majority of squad frustrated, despite both games being awarded as Valley wins.

The Club was more optimistic as the rain subsided, but their next scheduled opponents, Didsbury Toc H, chose to concede the game, leaving league leading Valley inactive for four weeks going into a game against fierce rivals Stockport, who had knocked the Club out of the NOWIRUL Shield in contentious circumstances.

rustiness, produced some flowing Rugby, scoring six tries on the way to an emphatic 36-7 win that maintained a healthy 13-point lead at the top of Division 4 East. Fly half Ed Oldridge was in imperious form, scoring two tries and sharing the man-of-the-match award with all action back rower Jae Rodgers.

THE END IS NIGH The end of the season is looming and Valley will need to maintain their high standards to ensure they finish with some silverware. After the visit of Castle Donington for a NLD Vase quarter final (19 March), the Club will have a week off before the visit of fellow title chaser Manchester Village Spartans (02 April) and the always tricky trip to Marple to face a team who also have promotion aspirations (09 April).

There was nothing contentious this time as Valley, having brushed off the inevitable

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Renewables in Hope Valley Hope Valley Climate Action was set up just over two years ago . It has 860 supporters and three main groups: Travel, Energy and Land. The Energy Group has been conducting a feasibility study of solar, wind and hydro.

The UK Government has pledged to more than halve our carbon emissions by 2030 and to get to net zero by 2050.

The strategy for achieving this includes electrifying our homes and vehicles. Our study suggests that the annual base electricity demand in Hope Valley will rise from 23 to 60 GWh by 2040.

National policy prohibits large scale renewables in national parks. To gauge public opinion and reflect the view of our supporters we conducted an internet based survey in January.

675 people responded to the survey. 400 live in Hope Valley, 100 elsewhere in the Peak and the rest are visitors from further afield. Half are members of a climate group or are HVCA supporters and half are neither. The scope of the survey covered energy savings, retrofitting and electric vehicles as well as attitudes to renewable options.

Over half of all respondents (61%) are prepared to consider large-scale renewables in the Peak Park; a quarter might consider them and 13% said no.

The majority of respondents are in favour of solar generation in Hope Valley and solar on houses and non-domestic roofs was liked by 90% of respondents. Twothirds are in favour of ground-based or floating solar arrays and small wind turbines.

There is less support for large wind turbines.

Nevertheless, 59% of respondents like single large wind turbines and 46% like multiple turbines.

There was little difference in opinion by age or where people live. However, members of climate groups are significantly more in favour of all large scale renewables than those who are not members.

Three-quarters of respondents are in favour, in principle, of large scale renewables in Hope Valley being owned and managed by a Community Benefit Society. Hope Valley Renewables, set up by Parish councillors from Hope and Bradwell and separate from HVCA, aims to install and operate these large scale renewables if they can get planning permission. Together we have been investigating various sites in the Valley, including Breedon’s, Bradwell Moor, Sir William Hill and Redmires Reservoir.

Two things prevent this happening planning policy, and grid connection issues. The National Planning Policy Framework states permission should be refused for major development in national parks other than in exceptional circumstances, and where it can be demonstrated that the development is in the public interest. Northern and Western Power, our two distribution network operators, charge millions to connect large renewables into the grid and don’t guarantee the supply contracts. We need the Local Electricity Bill to become law to make community power viable. HVCA will be advocating on both issues. We will also be working with the Peak Park to define the criteria to be used in deciding where renewable schemes might be permitted.

HVCA was established in late 2019, and as their name suggests, it is based in and around the Hope Valley in the Peak District; its aims are to address the climate emergency by reducing carbon emissions and increasing biodiversity. The group was granted Charity status at the end of 2020 and is run by a board of trustees. The work they are doing, and the messages they are sharing, are just as relevant to the rest of the Voice Magazine distribution areas, and we’re delighted to have them on board.

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Derbyshire charity is asking for donations to support people struggling to deal with the 400% increase in the cost of heating oil.

Many households in rural Derbyshire rely on oil for heating and hot water. The Russian invasion of Ukraine has meant the cost of oil has risen drastically.

The Oil Bank relies solely on donations, and the charity is hoping to raise as much money as possible to deal with soaring demand.

In the last year alone, the average price of oil has skyrocketed, rising by an astonishing 60% between February 2021 and February 2022. But, since 24th February the cost of heating oil has gone up from about 61 pence per litre (ppl) to over 150ppl.

Emma Simpson, manager of the Community Oil Buying scheme, said: “We started the Oil Bank in 2020, but it’s needed now more than ever. What we have in our oil bank would have helped 3 or 4 households last year but now it will just about help one. We really need to significantly boost funds. Without it some people will be left in the cold, literally.”

The minimum order quantity for heating oil is 500 litres which at today’s prices is around £800! In March 2021 it was only £200. Households struggling to make ends meet just can’t afford it which therefore means no central heating.

Matlock-based Rural Action Derbyshire is asking for donations to its Oil Bank, which provides a delivery of heating oil for those who are struggling to make ends meet.

One beneficiary of the Oil Bank said: “During a very stressful and worrying time, the delivery of oil from the Oil Bank took away the difficult decision to choose between hot water and heating or food and essential personal products for my daughter and myself. I will be eternally grateful for this support.”

Those wanting to contribute to this vital fundraiser can do so by visiting ruralactionderbyshire.org.uk/appeal/oil-bank-appeal or by emailing e.simpson@ruralactionderbyshire.org.uk.

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We should now be at the stage when you can sow hardy seeds and plants outside. It’s always a good indicator that the soil is warming up enough to give things a good start, when you see the weeds coming through.

Hardy annuals are usually fairly cheap and cheerful and there’s plenty to choose from. They prefer lighter soil, - it warms up faster after winter. And there’s plenty of hardy plants to choose from – the likes of nasturtiums (the easiest seed in the world to grow), marigolds, cosmos, sunflowers, cornflowers and nigella.

If sowing fine seed, get rid of weeds first and lightly firm the soil then mix with sand and scatter. The sand means you can see where you’ve sown and also makes it easier to spread the seed.

You can even grow hardy annuals under glass in a conservatory or greenhouse if you want them to move faster. They will grow in trays with compost or pots. But as soon as they have two pairs of leaves be sure to gently prick them out of their compost (easing out by the leaves) and pot them on into a pot where they have more individual space.

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One of springtime’s first flowers – the Primrose The common primrose is a flower which surely brings joy to many people – following as it does from the darkness, cold, and damp of winter chill. The appearance of primroses in woodland edges, glades, meadows, and roadside verges and hedgerows is a messenger that spring is now on its way. The scientific name is Primula vulgaris and it is one of our most familiar and much appreciated wild flowers, the common or English primrose.

I recently saw my first Yorkshire primroses flowering near Whitby just a few weeks back and now they are appearing across the Peak as well. There are many other ‘Primula’ species which often also go under the common name of primrose and garden cultivars or varieties are abundant. In the wild, the closest relatives are the cowslip, the (very rare) oxlip, and the false oxlip (a hybrid of common primrose and cowslip). The latter does cause confusion, although when you see the genuine article in nature it is quite obvious; oxlip is only found in East Anglia and is the county flower of Suffolk.

There is more confusion possible, particularly for the gardeners amongst you, because this flower is not related to the ‘evening primroses’ which are in the genus Oenothera; and so are not really primroses at all! In the case of the actual common primrose, the scientific name of Primula comes from the Latin primus or first i.e. one of the first flowers to bloom in early spring, and ‘primrose’ itself means ‘first rose’. These delicate but gorgeous flowers, spectacular when en masse, are mostly pale yellow but also appear in a range of colours from pink to almost mauve, and

white. It seems that this is usually just natural variation but the more striking colour variants probably result from hybridisation with garden cultivars and escapees. It is worthwhile taking a close view of the flowers as they are particularly interesting as they come in two forms.

Individual plants have either ‘pin’ flowers with the female stigma protruding beyond the male stamens, or ‘thrum’ flowers with male stamens prominent and a female stigma hidden deeper within the flower. Each flower bears one or the other, and each plant has only one type.

Successful fertilisation only occurs between ‘pin’ and ‘thrum’ flowers with pin-to-pin and thrum-to-thrum pollination not working. This is one way nature ensures mixing the genes to ensure evolutionary success, adaptation, and survival.

Primroses thrive in suitable habitats which are moist, sheltered, and low in nutrients. In some cases, they will cover the ground of shady hedgerows, alongside streams, under shrubs, and in meadows, orchards, or open deciduous woods. They do well in ancient woods on lime-rich soils such as in the Dales. It is now generally illegal to pick the flowers or to uproot the plants, as used to be done in the past when they were taken for Victorian gardens or to sell ‘down the market’. Visitation by an early spring butterfly, the Brimstone, seems especially fitting.

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