Checking out the field this evening I’ve just discovered this lovely patch of Devilsbit Scabious. A magnet for bees and butterflies it’s less common than its bruiser of a cousin the Field Scabious which you may have seen lining the roadsides of the Peak District in midsummer. Devilsbit (weird name eh) prefers damp spots and […]
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New Mills moves another step nearer self sufficiency… well we can dream can’t we! New Mills Schools Solar PV panels have finally been installed at New Mills School. Electricity generation started on Sunday 18th September from a 21kW array on the Maths and Swinburn Buildings. In late 2012 the PTA launched the Solar Schools Project at
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A look back on a very busy 12 months for Torrside brewing. We love seeing our own brewery at New Mills events and wish them well for the future. We did our first full-size commercial brew on 30th August 2015 – A 4.0% pale bitter called “Futureproof” We have brewed just short of 40,000L to
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Here is an update of events over the next few weeks: Saturday 27 August : Walk to Marple Bridge via Linnet Clough, train back from Marple Bridge. Meet at New Mills Heritage Centre at 10.30 am. Stout footwear recommended as Linnet Clough is a bit rocky Sunday 28 August : Bat Walk Meet at the
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Boss Hog I was driving down Dolly Lane earlier today and was so taken by the cow parsley on the verges that I decided to write a bit about that family of plants, the Umbellifers (think umbrella). It’s a large group of plants all with these lovely creamy white (occasionally yellow) umbels of flowers which
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Saturday 30th April for a very early 5:30am start to hear the dawn chorus. Meet at New Mills Heritage Centre event details
It’s an odd time of year this..feels as though Winter is over but Spring hasn’t quite peeped round the corner; everything is on the point of happening. Yesterday a friend texted to say he’d been down to Waterside meadows as there were some interesting things to see. Having a wander down there (somewhere I must
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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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