The Dipper A couple of years ago we were walking along the river… not sure which one it is…between Hathersage and Grindleford and got talking to a couple who’d come up from Sussex looking for dippers (without any luck) because you don’t get them in the south-east. I didn’t say anything but they’d have been […]
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On Valentines Day at 11:45am the ‘Tin Bath’ will come steaming through New Mills Central. A real spectacle to see two steam engines pulling this retro train across to Sheffield via the Hope Valley line More details here
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A range of businesses including shops and cafes have joined the Derbyshire ‘Safe Place Scheme’ They offer their premises as temporary safe environments where adults with learning disabilities can go if they find themselves in difficulty while out and about, for example if they feel scared, unwell or are lost. Some GP surgeries and
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In the late 18th century, the boundary between the counties of Derbyshire and Cheshire largely followed the course of the river Goyt through New Mills. The area know today as Newtown was then a wholly rural area of wooded slopes and pasture leading down to the river Goyt, known as Warksmoor (now spelt Wirksmoor). It
New Mills Helping Hands is a food bank, set up early in 2013, to help those in our local area who find themselves in times of real hardship by addressing their most basic of needs – to eat. There are many varied circumstances that cause people to contact the food bank, often they have been
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Flora and fauna : Mistles I’ve been trying to come up with some Christmassy flora and fauna facts: in the past I’ve done holly and covered ivy. Then the thought came to me that we don’t get much mistletoe growing round these parts. By coincidence we’ve currently got a couple of mistle thrushes which have
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This Sunday 1 November steaming through New Mills Central at 11:30am
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Beechboy For some reason I’ve never felt comfortable with having favourites when it comes to the natural world. It just doesn’t seem right to prefer the bullfinch to the great tit, but when it comes to trees I certainly do have preferences and my favourite for many years has been the beech.For a start its
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Stunning pictures of a Kingfisher feeding on the banks of the River Goyt in New Mills, accessible from the steps beside New Mills Heritage Centre Pictures by jonkiddphotography.com
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One thing leads to another. I don’t know whether you saw it, but last winter I posted an entry about the large number of field voles there were in rough pastureland around town (increases like this are called ‘explosions’ and a similar thing occurs with lemmings – close relations – in Northern Europe). Well it
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