August 2011 60P ISSN 1466-8211 School Tunnel Bike Ride Raises £2,000
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UNDER THE EDGE INCORPORATING THE PARISH MAGAZINE GREAT LONGSTONE, LITTLE LONGSTONE, ROWLAND, HASSOP, MONSAL HEAD, WARDLOW No. 151 August 2011 60P ISSN 1466-8211 School Tunnel Bike Ride Raises £2,000 On Saturday 9th July nearly 90 young refreshments at Upperdale. Little Longstone, Rowland, Hassop, cycle riders from Longstone School, Monsal head and Wardlow residents. clad in specially designed T-shirts, got each of the three tunnels twice, the It will consist of a few hours work each together to celebrate the opening of By 10.30 having passed through month collecting the publication from the old tunnels on the Monsal Trail, share stories with brothers, sisters and Clay Cross and dropping set numbers between Hassop and Millers Dale, friends.11 mile Aftergroup a fewgot refreshmentsback to Hassop at the to of copies off to people who deliver the whilst at the same time raising money new Hassop Cafe, everyone went home paper in the local areas. Some delivering towards a new outdoor adventure play in the knowledge that they had helped may be required occasionally to stand area for school. to contribute over £2,000.00 towards in for illness or holidays. There will Registration points were at Hassop the new adventure play area. be some postage work sending copies All the children completed their to our readership abroad which will rides and Longstone Station for the two rides, rode courteously and apart from involve enveloping and posting several mileStation ride. for With the staff five on and hand eleven to register, mile a couple of grazed knees returned copies once a month. The whole job all the riders and plenty of parents and intact. Well done! is well established and has been well villagers marshalling both on foot and A big thank you to all involved. managed so should be a matter of by bike, the cyclists assembled in the The Tunnel Ride Team routine in a short time. sunshine and by 8.30 am everyone was Mileage will be paid for collecting ready and raring to go, anxious to beat and dropping off at a standard rate the rush on the now busy trail. of 40p per mile. Stamps etc. will be Local Volunteer Needed reimbursed. bound for Millers Dale, the second An exciting opportunity has arisen for The job is intensive for a few hours groupThe first were to leaveaiming were for the Upperdale 11 milers someone with a few hours to spare per month but with good management Station on the far side of the Headstone each month to join ‘Under the Edge’ can be rewarding and very interesting. Tunnel and the Monsal viaduct (both magazine in Great Longstone. Our current distribution manager has It is a great opportunity to meet up the youngest riders at Longstone people, get involved with the village will be able and willing to assist with station,nearly 150 who years were old), also theyheading picked for and events and to get to know everyone. thebeen initial in post training. for more than 10 years and the viaduct. As the biggest group of Due to growing commitments our For more information please contact: current distribution manager has sadly Liz McDonald old, shot on towards Millers Dale had to hang up her paper bag and we Station46 riders, through aged Cressbrook from 6 to and 11 Littonyears or The job is on volunteer basis and [email protected]@suilven1.plus.com impromptu party as they took their theare nowoffer looking is open to to find Great a replacement. Longstone, tunnels, the rest of the field started an Scenes from the Fete White Peak Farm Butchery T.M. 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Highlights were green cakes, a toy £1 per unit; so small adverts will now be £7 per month and swap shop, walking to school and seeing the whole school dressed in green to raise funds for the planned trim trail. so we hope it won’t seem too harsh. largeSecondly, adverts we £14. are This moving is the permanently first increase toin pricea 16 inpage 10 yearsissue length. This means that we can include more advertising and LongstoneThe Team Hardy raffled Plant off Nursery. a water They butt also and participated each made ina hence keep producing this free local wonder-paper. It also classgreen activities pledge as using well theas planting on line linkout toflowers www.jointhepod. donated by means that more than ever we need people to send in their org . These activities included environmental games, bug interesting articles for inclusion. Everything that is locally hunts, discussions about stand by buttons and a quiz on relevant and not immediately offensive will be considered, so biodiversity. please get in touch. Our contact details are on the back page. Oona Gilbertson UTE Team A Royal Garden Party On Tuesday 19th July, my eldest daughter, into fours and put where the Duke feet so it was good to get back in the Sue Coe, who used to live in Great of Edinburgh would meet us. We felt Longstone, and I set off by train to take very honoured by being picked out part in yet another Queen’s Garden and we spent the time waiting by wasPalace exactly and find as onea seat would in the imagine dry. it, Party with a special invitation to meet chatting to Sir and Madam, Lord and Now to try and find a taxi – and it Prince Philip, The Duke of Edinburgh. Lady etc. and everyone was in a very quarter of an hour, we picked one up A taxi from St. Pancras took us to Café gracious and happy mood, especially ontraffic, his trafficway down and more, the Mall, but afterand itabout was in the Crypt in St. Martin in the Fields as the rain had stopped. good to relax and say “St. Pancras, where we had an excellent lunch. As The Duke came to Sue and me, please”. A long but fascinating journey it was such a pleasant day, we decided shook our hands and had a few across half of London by 6:40pm. to walk down to the Palace across questions suitable for our interest The train left at 7:55pm, arrived in Trafalgar Square, under Admiralty Arch and moved on. Then it started to rain and we got to Horse Guards’ Parade again so we found seats (there were when it suddenly started pouring, so plenty) and Sue went off to get our photographersChesterfield Station turned dead up on but 9:53pm we, as we continued under dripping trees, tea, dainty cakes and biscuits, and sat mostThe people, only minus were was able that to take no official some, dodging parking cars of others joining down on very wet chairs with only so we have a number of mementos of us. We reached the Victoria Memorial an unforgettable day. with it still raining and joined the did the rain, and we started off again Ron Meades thousands of those of all ranks and toone try umbrella! to walk all We around finished the garden,and so sizes waiting along the railings in front of the Palace. see the Royal Tent where the Queen, At 3 o’clock, the gates were opened Charles,which is Camilla, huge, stopping Princess brieflyAnne and to and we ‘paddled’ across the forecourt the Wessexs were meeting more and, following instructions, were met guests. We decided to walk on round by a very affable equerry in morning the lake but, seeing the sky, changed suit, black top hat and button hole. our minds and headed for the Tea We sat to wait and watch the crowds Tent and it was pouring by the time pouring in and admiring all the styles we squashed in. Tea ran out so they and elegance of all 8,500 invited. The brought out tubs of ice-cream. We equerry then called his group at about stayed in for a while as it was really 3:30pm and we then went out to the soaking down and then decided to huge garden where we were divided make our way out. Sue had very wet 3 WI Meeting growing and most stable economy in - or Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111 Africa. The Tutsi and Hutu uprising and Alternatively if you are the thief you A visit by 18 members to Fryers Nursery genocide was covered in heart breaking could return the table no questions asked in Knutsford on the 28th June was a big yet informative detail. Their website is and make someone very happy. success. I for one will buy ‘bare root’ www.gobokarwandatrust.co.uk roses this November, having seen the Our next indoor meeting is on 7th same roses in glorious bloom in July. September in the Village Hall.