Since the middle of October our garden has been home for a one-footed robin; two legs but one foot, and I’ve no idea how it lost the other. It gets chucked mealworms and crumbs of cheddar from time to time and seems to do well on them, but does struggle perching, preferring to rest itself […]
Flora and fauna – almost bobbing along Read More »
It’s starting to feel more like Spring, but there are still not many flowers out yet. One brightly coloured fungus that does offer a cheery dash of colour at the moment though is the scarlet elf cup. If you’re taking a walk along the Sett Valley trail or Mousley Bottom, look into the wooded edges,
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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
Steaming through New Mills Read More »
This Sunday 1 November steaming through New Mills Central at 11:30am
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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
Flora and fauna – female Kingfisher Read More »
In my book there are wild creatures, and there are WILD creatures. The former include bluetits, rabbits, robins, blackbirds and so on…the sort we see every day, but the latter, they are the ones that haven’t seen much of humankind. They spend most of their lives in wild, sometimes desolate places and scarper at the
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As part of New Mills celebration of the opening of New Mills Central station on the Hope Valley line (Manchester to Sheffield) 150 years ago there will be  a ‘retro train’ heading up along the Cumbrian coastline on 11 July. The train will have several classes with everything from fine dining through to bring your
The train now standing on platform 1… Read More »
Article by Karl Sinfield In 2012, I was asked to create a design that could be used as a means to help raise some funds for my children’s wonderful little school, Newtown Primary. The idea for a bag came from a very successful school project in London that had just been in the press, featuring a very simple
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