UNDER THE EDGE INCORPORATING THE PARISH MAGAZINE GREAT LONGSTONE, , ROWLAND, HASSOP, MONSAL HEAD, WARDLOW www.undertheedge.net No. 256 May 2020 ISSN 1466-8211 Travelling to Africa in these Strange Times

about a dairy farm in East Africa that we visit regularly to see our daughterSeveral months and grandchildren ago I promised in theirthe Editor Easter I wouldholidays. write Times a short and articleglobal

circumstances change, so I felt it more appropriate to describe events andWe actions decided happening to make thein connection trip despite with all thatthe COVID-19was going outbreakon in Europe, here in Tanzania, as I become the UTE African Reporter.

Asia and North America but was yet to make any mark in Central and inEastern the morning. Africa. WeManchester self-isolated airport at home was not for asover busy a week as usual before since leaving, many to ensure we were virus free. Our first flight was to Amsterdam very early

mustflights apologise were cancelled, for this but generic our check-in assumption queue as was they as were long mostly as normal dressed with insignificant all in one numbers plastic suits, of Chinese, face masks, presumably goggles makingand hats! their Bizarre way andhome. not I a little scary but we kept our distance and were armed with surgical

gloves, alcohol wipes and hand sanitisers. Security and boarding were no different to previous years and the plane was packed. No medical checks! I was sitting next to one of the ‘protected’ who in excellent English offered both of us fresh face masks and demonstrated how to fit them accurately. shut.At Amsterdam Touristy shops we went were through open but to wethe keptmain apart hall to as find much our asgate possible, for the Off to milking at Ndoto Farm onward flight. Like Manchester, it was not that busy and all food shops

regularly washing, sanitising and using gloves. Still no medical checks. Our flight to Kilimanjaro Airport in Tanzania only had 55 passengers in a 350 seat plane! Hardly worth running but according to the cabin crew the return flight was full of those wishing to get back home, and I’ll wager, no discounted tickets. We spread ourselves out and enjoyed a trouble free flight over Northern Italy knowing theirs was not a pleasant time. It crewwas then to complete I felt some two guilt forms. and We apprehension recognised atone the as trip ahead and the distinct possibility that our return flight might not thefly. Ourstandard apprehension immigration increased form we when could asked use to obtainby the a longer visa than we had purchased online. The ofother our was movements a hugely detailedin the country, medical withquestionnaire multiple contactasking for details flight so and we couldseat numbers be traced and should exact a nearbydetails passenger prove infected. Clearly the Tanzanian authorities were taking COVID-19 very seriously, with an efficiency not usual in that part of the world - far more so than our experience in Europe. immediatelyOn landing, askedwe and to half use the a sanitiser, passengers then disembarked organised (the rest going on to Dar es (Continued Salaam) onand page were 2) Tanzanian tractor on its ‘starter’ hill! into a queue two metres apart.Coronavirus lockdown - Under The Edge delivery To minimise the risk of spreading the virus, UTE will no longer be delivered to every household during the lockdown.

www.undertheedge.net by clicking on Current Edition. • Nick Casey has very kindly offered to include a copy of UTE for everyone on his paper delivery round. • Otherwise,Please youlet your can readneighbours the all-colour who may UTE not online have at a paper delivered know of these new arrangements. • If you have no (or limited) internet access, you can collect a copy of UTE from the Village Shop. (Continued from front page) health forms double checked again,There very were thoroughly. more officials Then than on passengers,to visa application all wearing and immigration,gloves and masks. all very This correct in a country and in starkwith at contrast the time to only Europe. three confirmed cases and no deaths! We were temperature checked and then questioned, with our since the schools were still open, we arranged to be collected by a hotel car and stayed the night in an isolated cottage in Originally our daughter was to greet us and take us to her house near where she teaches, but as we were viewed as a risk grandchildren south to the farm, with our daughter staying at school to set up distance learning for all pupils at home. the grounds. Our son-in-law collected us the next morning, as by then all schools had been closed, and drove us and our

Our journey was far from uneventful. We started before dawn as it would take over twelve hours to complete, the roads being in a very poor state following torrential rains in previous months. We could average only 35mph, partly to avoid the jagged potholes and partly as every village had a speed limit of 50kph, almost always with a speed trap. We were caught once for speeding on this trip but as our son-in-law is fluent in Swahili we got off with caution. This still requires payment but ‘no receipt’. We were also stopped and accused of overtaking when there was a solid white line. We knew we had not and so ensued a five minute argument, as the police Sargent could not find a photo from his informant’s camera. This was clearly a ‘try on’ to extract a bribe, and eventually we just drove off! The final 20 miles of our journey to the farm was over a dirt road, mostly single track, on which continual work was being testingcarried merelyout. The a dreamsloped as parts no vehicle, were just including covered our in slimyown, would mud, while pass and the theflat countryparts collected would grind water to and a halt. therefore The main became fault mud pools. Bad enough in daylight - but in the dark? The standard of vehicle maintenance in East Africa is woeful and MOT a motor cycle to an oil tanker, all of whom are in the middle of the road as there is no edge. The one advantage of night seems to be headlights - indeed any sort of light would be a bonus! You have to drive on full beam to pick out anything from backdriving anyway! is that mostWe eventually consider itmade too dangerous it without andmishap, so don’t! to an If empty you do farm get forced house, into where the sidewe lit culvert the wood there’s burning nobody stove to help, and as the vehicle that forced you off will be long gone, without a care for those in their wake. Without mirrors, they can’t look after emptying the car (it was raining by this time) managed to cook supper. At least the electricity was functioning for tea! A few days later our daughter made the same journey with a fellow teacher and two girls. Having been warned, she started even earlier, but a leaking radiator meant several stops to top up and to find a garage with some Radweld to fix it. Then, in the dark, with only five miles to go, they met an obstinate truck whose occupants seemed incapable, or too scared, of reversing ten yards to allow her to pass. After a ‘discussion’, a hazardous pass was attempted with inevitable consequences. Fortunately, we were tracking them on our phone and could see they had not moved for 20 minutes. We phoned them and our son-in-law set out with tractor and chain. We greeted rescued and rescuer with a hot but somewhat overdone supper. Life now continues on the dairy farm, which is so remote that isolation is not an option, but neither is a visit to the nearest town, Iringa, back down the impassable road. In any event shopping in a large town is perhaps not wise. Most expats have returned or been recalled home, particularly charity and NGO staff, so a white face in the crowd is a rarity. COVID-19 is seen by locals as a European disease, potentially imported by us. Though not yet widespread (13 cases and no deaths as of 26th March), they are undoubtedly right, which makes one a little uncomfortable. In the other direction, the ‘county town’ of Kilolo is nearest for shopping, though of a poor standard, as all goods have to arrive up the mud road. The ‘county authority’ are not happy about the state of this road as the one to the farm is good and even part tarmac! A ten mile trip in that direction takes only 15 minutes but across the border to Iringa it is appalling. Iringa does not see why they should spend money on a road that does not directly benefit them, apart from the timber trade. Kilolo has a half decent bank with two ATMs, a local authority office, local road and electricity HQ’s, and a petrol station (often without fuel). There are up to 25 tiny shops of all varieties but whose stock is limited to the very basic. We will never starve (milk and meat are all ‘in house’) and basic food is available, though not as fresh as you might like due to the road. But no tonic water (we stick to a local beer) or strawberry jam (a local concoction has to suffice). Tinned goods are plentiful (no Heinz Baked Beans though), but you might have to shop around, as are basic plumbing bits, toilet seats outsidefencing wire,on a stool, hinges with and a so bowl on. underneath,None of the shops a soap are dispenser, much larger and paperthan a towels. standard The shipping shopkeeper container. now hasIndeed nowhere most towere sit andcontainers his neighbouring in a former hardware life! All without store owner exception, a large including smile on histhe face bank, and in hardly these coronavirusany buckets leftdays for have sale! a bucket Richard with Carter a tap Next month Richard will describe the farming operation in Ndoto for a special African version of Farming Notes

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I have had a good number of offers to provide help and support. It is also heartwarming to know that many people were already active in the community helping neighbours, friends or family. I have registered with the County Council Community Response Unit:At this they time are weespecially have not concerned received the with expected those demandon their forvulnerable help requests. list, and However, may contact we do expectme for thehelp. demand I’ve advised for adult a few social volunteers, care and whoassistance have specialistfor the ‘vulnerable’ skills, to signand up‘shielded’ directly groups with them.to continue The Response for some timeUnit andsent will the befollowing, in touch on when 21st an April: appropriate request for help is received. You can contact Jenny if you need help or wish to volunteer on:

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mostlyAt the engaged start, I had with a shopping,lot of contact collecting with the prescriptions Parish Council and and some with hot our meal District delivery. Councillor, There are Clare more Gamble. volunteers Every onday my there list seemed to be new guidance or information to digest. I’m pleased to say that this has settled down now. Volunteers are that I haven’t had to call on yet which is a great position to be in. I have been encouraging people to keep in contact with their friends and neighbours regularly just for a chat. Sometimes people say ‘I wonder how so-and-so is?’ This is definitely the time to give them a call! If you Jennyare volunteering Croft in any way, there is plenty of advice on the Derbyshire County Council website including ‘Good practice for volunteers’. Thank you again for everything everyoneNews is doing From in ourthe community. COVID Frontline Stay Safe and Well. other thing you have to know and must do if you are to survive this pandemic and remain well. Stay at Home, Protect the NHS, Save Lives. By now we are all familiar with this message of social distancing but there’s one

I am a Consultant in Stroke Medicine at King’s Mill Hospital, Mansfield where I have worked for the past fourteen years, having been at the Chesterfield Royal Hospital prior to that. I look after adult stroke patients of all ages from when they canarrive be anda sign need that urgent a more treatments, serious stroke through is around their therehabilitation corner. in the hospital and then into the community. I also see patients who have had transient ischaemic attacks (TIAs) which are strokes lasting minutes or hours (but no longer) that

Since the start of the viral pandemic I have of course also been involved with looking after patients with COVID-19 and I and my colleagues are always careful to follow all of the procedures to keep ourselves and our patients safe. My hands have never been so clean and well moisturised. However, whilst coronavirus is at the forefrontDew of everyone’s Ponds thoughts, haveI have seen other the concerns number ofthat patients really turningworry me. up Over to our the hospitalpast month fall we to record low levels. My stroke unit, I was interested to read the article by Dan Cox on restoring the dew pond at the head of Stanshill Dale. It reminded storyjust like on all the of the coronary others aroundcare unit, the restorationme of many with years the ago help when of volunteers. the Peak country, is half empty. It’s the same Park had a program of dew pond operating theatres. Everywhere. on the children’s ward and in the Len and myself, along with tograndchildren clean out the Nathan pond aged on aboutthe left nine of People are just not turning up. and his younger sister Cara, helped into hospital risks catching the virus. But this worryAlthough comes the atexact a cost. reason Figures for this from is unknown it’s likely that at least part of the explanation is worry: worry that going bythe a path fence. from Beggarway to Stanshill dying over the past month is way up on this time last year and that only a part of Dale, now protected from the cattle around the UK, as well as from Italy and Spain, show that the number of people and other illnesses are all up. Avoiding coming to hospitals or seeking medical theIt crackwas to in saythe concretethe least wea very stood smelly back assistancethis rise is meanscaused missingby COVID-19. out on The vital numbers urgent treatments dying from that strokes, can save heart lives attacks and job, but having cleaned it out and found trying out different methods to restore avoidance with individuals whose strokes are worse than they might otherwise to admire our work. The Peak Park was havereduce been. disability. In our unit we are not alone in seeing the consequences of this relined but this one was sealed with dew ponds. Some were completely you are concerned that you have a serious medical problem that you seek urgent Like all hospitals we are still very much open for business and it is crucial that if againbathroom since sealant. but if notQuite it amazing!must have I Martin Cooper don’t know if it has had Suto Woollenbe done assistance. So remember: stay at home, protect the NHS, save lives BUT if you 3 think you have a medical emergency then ring 999 and get help. lasted at least 18 years. Farming Notes May 2020 This month we feel very fortunate that the weather has picked up and we have had a great spell of dry weather. Just before the lambs started to arrive on the 5th April we had a great couple of weeks to chain-harrow and roll the fields which promotes new growth and flattens the manyour rutsbusiest that time had andformed we areover halfway a very wetthrough autumn lambing and winter. at the time of writing on Despite lockdown we continue pretty much business as usual on the farm. It’s

Sunday 19th April. We rise at 5.30am and get up to the fields to check on the ewes by 6am. Then we keep checking every one to two hours right through until 8.30pm. It’s a long and tiring day but rewarding when healthy lambs come along, and we comfortinghave enjoyed at spectacular a time when sunrises the and vistas across the surrounding hills from worldthe fields is aunder somewhat the moor. dark The and morning bird song and new life has been extremely depressing place. Joanna has been sharing lots of photos and videos on our Facebook and

had a wonderful number of responsesInstagram frompages people and we all haveover the world who have thanked us of some positive news when the main mediafor issharing largely the a scary joy of place. lambing. It’s comforting to be reminded in people wanting local meat and we took a highland bullock to be Our local abattoir and butcher are still very busy with a steep increase part of farming life. slaughtered last week. It’s the cycle of life and death that is so very much

So how are we affected by the Coronavirus? John’s eldest daughter and Joanna’s sister, Emma, was due to be married at Little Longstone Chapel on April 4th but this was hastily rescheduled to a smaller ceremony at the Chapel on the 21st March. Thisdespite was just having to cut the guest list down to a handful of before lockdown and Emma and Danny were delighted to beclose married family members and abandon plans for a wedding

reception. There were only six allowed in the chapel so theyeven hadEmma’s planned bridesmaids but it certainly had to was stand memorable. outside in a very cold wind to watch from a safe distance! It wasn’t the day

course this did not happen due to the lockdown. Financially Our camp site business was due to open April 1st but of

circumstancesit’s a blow but buthopefully we are weall looking can reopen on the later bright in theside year and beingand start thankful to recover. for our It’s wonderful been strange surroundings. adapting to our new Joanna and John Shimwell 4 Clap for our Community! Thanks for your support

took time to clap and support all our We all know about the weekly ‘clapping for the NHS and Carers’. I imagine that keyThank workers you to and Villagers hospital who staff kindly over many of us are now feeling that we should be ‘clapping for our community’. As the last two weeks. My husband, who wouldthe restrictions shop for food,kicked obtain in, many prescription local residents, medication particularly etc. And the this elderly is where (which our is an Emergency Medicine doctor and communityincludes the stepped 70+ years in. young at heart!) and vulnerable, wondered how they humbled by this incredible act. We two areVolunteer thinking Ambulance of everyone Doctor, at this was time.truly haveThose worked of us together who have to take not ordersbeen in and the deliver habit toof our using doors. the TheyVillage even Shop weighed have May we continue to show resilience discovered what a little gem it is. Heather, Will, and their band of volunteers and such reserve as a community. Thank you and stay safe. thereforeand bagged been up noseveral need different to venture types out ofof theflour village, received so minimising in wholesale contact quantities with Name and Address supplied from Caudwell’s Mill; indeed much of the shop’s stock is sourced locally. There’s we must remember this and still support our shop. Letter to the Editor others. The Shop has supported us admirably. When things return to ‘normal’ collecting them from Baslow surgery. But no worries, they had offers from some Will from our village shop for their of Prescriptionsour younger residents were another who collected worry, particularly and delivered as it over to us. 70s Many are other banned younger from I would like to thank Heather and our door step. excellent service delivering food etc to ones have also volunteered, with notices offering help popped in our letterboxes. these, lots of others will feel the same We’ve all tried hard to observe ‘social distancing’ but still keep in touch and I’m sure, in such difficult times as endureconverse once with the others pandemic across subsides. the road, overName the and garden address wall etc.supplied Hopefully no one Many thanks, Pam Mason

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Danger - Shooting in progress. At one point there wasIf you also live a insign Rowland that said or Private Great Longstone Property -you No Trespassingmay hear the sound of shotguns being fired up on the Edge. There are a couple of signs just below the beech woods above Rowland that say also seen the area littered with shotgun cartridges and it would and a seem barbed that wire the fence; shooters these are have not since observing been taken the current down. This particular area is open access land which means the public can use it for walking, running or watching wildlife. I have regulations regarding staying at home and taking just one hour’s exercise per day.

The photo on the left shows a footpath fingerpost that used to point down the public footpath towards Rowland and back towards Black Harry gate. In an act of vandalism, this post and another one further up the edge have been pulled out and thrown aside. A smaller post has been put in with one finger still pointing towards Rowland and the other pointing in a westerly direction, see photo on the right. They have tried to create a footpath diversion: this required planning consent. momentI am not are sure unable what to they visit are the shooting site. Andyup there Hanna but it seems quite dangerous to have shooting parties mingling with the public who have a right to roam on access land. The Peak Park are aware of what is happening but as things stand at the Would you do the Right Thing? attackedA few weeks by a ago, dog Ifour was days walking earlier. down The towards sheep usually Dale Farm run awayfrom whenthe top approached, of Chertpit Lane and I saw a sheep that looked unwell. I was aware a sheep up there had been saw it had a gaping wound to the face and neck with blood stained wool. but this one was stood still like a statue, with drool coming from the mouth, and I

I contacted Linda and Peter Wood and waited for Peter, who came to collect the sheep immediately. I was able to carry the sheep to the back of Peter’s Land Rover. Peter and Linda were aware the sheep was unwell and had been visiting daily to check it and take water. But the condition had rapidly deteriorated. I asked dogwhat attack had happened on the sheep, with andthe dogconfronted attack. Peterthe dog Wood owner said while he had out been walking. informed The by someone (who wanted to remain anonymous) that they had witnessed the dog owner, believed to be from Longstone, said they would contact Linda Wood about what had happened. Peter said they were still waiting to hear from anyone. I followed up on the condition of the sheep a week ago, and sadly Peter informed beme so that irresponsible not only did to the have sheep loose die dogs from around the injuries, livestock but and the todog allow owner this never to happen. came Theforward. farmer This has is extremelynow lost an shocking animal andand I the am personoutraged responsible that local dog did walkers not choose would to the owner appears to be hiding from the realitydo ‘the ofright the thing’fact their and dog confess is a killer, to the and incident. Executive In my mind the Car worst Hire part is that Longstone Taxis apologise to the farmer. isn’t offering to compensate or at least

This is a small community where I Airports, Stations, Hospitals, ifwould anyone expect has people any informationto do the right about thing, Long Distance travel even if it is not the easiest to do. Please,

Underthis, come the forward.Edge anonymously I would urge so youwe Reliable service canto contact keep this Linda community Wood or andalternatively the farm 4 seater taxi animals safe. Nick Johnson Richard Tel: 01433 631905 07388 824822 6 Open Gardens Great Longstone Virtual Open Gardens 2020 This will come as no surprise but we will not be able

In these exceptional times our gardens have never had so much to organise the Open Gardens weekend this year. attention! And they provide so much joy. While we cannot atIrrespective least the middle of what of July happens and, as in his connection health is vulnerable, with the www.greatlongstone.net/Open-Gardens-2020.share this with friends and family we are setting Unfortunately up a Virtual COVID-19 virus, Peter has been confined to home until Open Gardens on the Great Longstone Community Website at of those who normally open their gardens are likewise year so we hope this can provide an alternative way of sharing an restricted.Jennifer is self-isolating. Also, we understand that some insightit will not to thebe possible wonderful to runarray the of annual gardens Open in the Gardens village. event this loseRegretfully, much of its with annual this cancellation income but itand is vital the cancellation that people TheIf youaim would is to set like up to separate ‘share your areas garden’ for individual you can do gardens this by ontaking the areof the protected Flower Festival,during this the worryingChurch and and its sad charities time. will photos and videos that we can post on the Community Website. [email protected] if you would like towebsite be involved, so we can in order follow to your receive garden more through information the summer. around Please how of However,a virtual garden as many display people in have this editionhad time of toUnder beautify The email Sara on their gardens this year, Sara Barrett has included details Jennifer and Peter Rowson happymany photos/videos, snapping! Sara how Barrett often, &and Jennifer any confidentiality Rowson issues. Edge. So do please get your cameras active. We look forward to sharing our gardens. Happy gardening and Photography Competition GREAT LONGSTONE PARISH COUNCIL The Annual Parish Council Meeting has gotThis some year’s categories Photography for you,Competition images that is going can ahead.be safely If we created can’t provisionally been moved from hold it in the village hall we will exhibit the work online. I have May 13th to Wednesday 10th June in your homes and gardens. So have some fun and get shooting! 7.30pm - Great Longstone Village Hall Categories are: The Annual Parish Meeting will be held A. Full Bloom B. Garden Creatures later in the year (date to be confirmed) C. Still Life D. Family Portrait Jane Littlefield Please share - let’s get lots of people involved in these difficult times. Something positive to think about! Thinking Outside the Store Cupboard

taken for granted. The opportunity to go far and wide visiting family and friends, the ability to stockRecent my events larder have without for me, restriction, and for many and others, the availability made me ofevaluate such things some asof themedication, things that have I have all

on to the positives from the current situation. comeWe underare fortunate scrutiny. to The live list in issuch endless. a community However, spirited it’s not allvillage. doom We and look gloom after and each we mustother cling and genuinely show concern for our neighbours, irrespective of traumatic events. Thank you to all those in Great Longstone who support us in many ways. Some of the positives that have come out of this difficult time for me is that I have searched my cupboards and become more creative in my menus. I am more mindful of ‘best before’ and ‘use by’ dates. For example, my packet 2018 semolina which I might have discarded, has just been turned into a delicious tray of shortbread! I am also more aware of theWhy cost not of ingredients.experiment usingSix eggs cranberries, for a sponge mixed cake peel, is extravagant apricots, cherries when you that could may bemake lurking two cakesin and a couple of decent omelettes your for cupboards the same quantity. from Christmas, So, in the as spirit well ofas economy, the usual Iraisins, give you sultanas my recipe etc for Honey Tea Bread. 8 oz (225g) dried fruit Teapot remains from your last cuppa Left over from your last cold. If it’s gone solid, just warm it up in a pan to turn it back to liquid 5 fl oz (150ml) cold tea 4 oz (100g) honey But you could use baking margarine instead 8 oz (225g) self-raising flourYou only need the one!! 4 oz (100g) butter 1 egg Simply put all your fruit in the cold tea and honey, mix and leave overnight for the fruit to absorb the liquid. Then, fold the flour into the plump fruit mix, add the beaten egg and beat well until all the ingredients are combined and then finally add the melted butter. Give it all a final stir then place the mixture in a prepared 2lb loaf tin and bake for 50 minutes or until a skewer comes out clean at 150C/300F or Mark 2. Once it’s gone cold, cut yourself a slice, make a good cup of tea or your favourite beverage, sit back, relax and enjoy! PS If your dishwasher needs a clean after your baking, fill a cup with white vinegar and place the cup in the top basket of yourJane appliance Crossan and run a hot wash. Once the cycle is completed, sprinkle baking powder or bicarbonate of soda (handy for so many cleaning jobs) in the bottom and run another wash cycle and you will end up with a sparkling, odour free dishwasher. 7 May Gardening Notes John Lomas-Fletcher

kindness shown after their sad loss. The grand total of donations sent to the waterloggedAs I look back and to keepinglast month’s off the notes, soil. Pam and family would like to thank everyone for the cards, messages, love and I was talking about the ground being RSPCA was £817. A hugeAn thank Appeal you to to everyone. Dog Walkers managedHow things to haveplant changed! my potatoes, Hardly onions any andrain leeksin the and last sow four broad weeks beans, and I peas,have Please, dog walkers, can you please collect your dog seeds in the greenhouse such as runner faeces on footpaths? beetroot etc. I have sown quite a few Today whilst exercising our young children (which is akin to dog walking) we came across three different beans, courgettes and squash which sites on the same track covered in dog dirt! One of I will not be able to plant out till all itthese seems was the fresh. lazy Duringdog owners tourist have season gone the one paths step danger of frost is past, say mid-May. backwardsare littered andwith are little not tied collecting bags of it dogat all! waste; now ratePlants with such all theas tomatoes, recent sunshine. sweet corn and cucumbers are growing at quite a particular to young children who can easily step in down the garden centres as it is the Dog waste, like fox waste, is dangerous - in busiestI think time it was of a yearbig mistake for them to shutand middle of the footpath. Today the track up behind or fall onto the mess, especially when it’s left in the restriction of numbers could have Name and Address Supplied Sign in Much Wenlock keptourselves. them open Simple as gardening distancing has great and Dale Farm was littered in mess. Thai Prawn Noodle Soup This soup recipe is truly scrumptious! until fragrant. Add ginger and stir for plantshealth threeand mental days ago wellbeing and have benefits. had no Serves 4 a further minute. Add chicken stock, I placed an order for compost and 225g Thai rice noodles the odd bags of compost from Aldi and 1 tbsp sunflower or vegetable oil paste and brown sugar. Bring to a boil, response so far. I have been picking up 1 shallot, chopped reducecoconut heat milk, and butternut simmer until squash, butternut curry 2 garlic cloves, chopped the Co-op but not enough for my needs. 1 tbsp ginger, freshly grated As daffodils and spring flowers die 500ml chicken stock squash is just tender (about 10 to 12 minutes), stirring occasionally. Add beenaway Isplitting have been up dead primroses heading, etc leaving for a 400ml can cocunut milk the foliage to die away naturally. I have 400g butternut squash, forshrimp about and a minute, cook for until 1 to bright 2 minutes, green. until opaque. Add mangetout and cook Andy Hanna peeled and cubed bigger and better display next spring. 1 tbsp Thai red curry paste noodles into four bowls and top with 1 tsp dark brown sugar soupStir in and lime torn juice basil and leaves. fish sauce. Divide The Ralph Rider Trust 450g large raw shrimp, Jill Thornton peeled and deveined grants to organisations or individuals 125g mangetout peas (15 to 20 pods) The Ralph Rider Trust makes small 2 tbsp fresh lime juice Bakewell Pet area to help relieve sudden distress or 1 tbsp fish sauce in the Monyash and Little Longstone meet a particular need. Fresh basil to serve Supplies

according t o hospitalSome examples visits, convalescent of help given homes,include Wide range of pet products packetCook directions. noodles orpayment similar ofinstitutions, travelling and expenses assistance for Free local delivery Meanwhile, heat oil in a large and books for further education, towards the supply of tools, equipment saucepan over medium high heat. Add shallot and andinstruction funds for orrecreational examinations, pursuits also or garlic and stir for about a minute, 8 Water Street, Bakewell grants towards provision of equipment THETel: 01629 814264 standard.training intended to bring the quality of OLD EYRE ARMS lifeApplicants of the beneficiaries must to be a reasonable able to HASSOP demonstrate evidence of need, although they will not be means tested Wood Fired Pizzas from own Pizza Trailer Now Delivering! but must be able to produce receipts, Wine and Real Ales Free Local Delivery (Minimum Order £15) etc. All applications are confidential to the Clerk and Trustees only. Wednesday-Sunday 4-9pm To apply please( contact01629 John 736831, Caws, 16or Call or text your order to 07788 800215 from the new Online Menu: emailKennedy [email protected] Court, St Elphin’s Park, Darley www.oldeyrearms.co.uk/eat-and-drink/doughology-wood-fired-pizza Dale DE4 2RT, 8 Dear Friends, Pam Smith 1938-2020 COVID-19

active, but our buildings must remain So much seems to have happened The Church continues to be alive and submissionssince I wrote inmy and last the letter present for UTE! one that we must distance ourselves from weBetween have seenlast month’sthe introduction deadline ofto theget oneclosed. another Government and prevent guidelines the spread say of lockdown measures that have radically infection in order to save lives. changed the way we live our everyday Therefore, as well as public worship lives. As we all know, we now have to being suspended, all church buildings adjust to a completely new situation. carein the for Church each ofother continue must but,remain for possiblyI’m finding can withinthat I have our communities,had to do this now,closed. cannot Our worshipbe done inof this God building. and our but,as your for veryVicar. necessary I like to be reasons, as visible this as is I at derby.anglican.org/streams and thereYou are can prayer find localresources online to beservices found now impossible. I would, however, like at www.churchofengland.org Pam died at Chesterfield Royal Hospital assistanceto repeat what please I wrote do not in last hesitate month’s to letter. If you think that I can be of any on Saturday 14th March aged 81. The Vicar led a private funeral service for Instead of ringing the church bell contact me either by phone or e-mail. the family on Wednesday 8th April at on Sundays, I shall be praying for the Chesterfield Crematorium. morningSo, yes, andI have evening to adjust prayer to new at home, ways villages from the Vicarage at 11am and of being a Vicar! I now need to do Pam was born in Acton, London 6.30pm - the times when we would and was involved firstly with St. currently done via the good old phone, prayingnormally for hold the services village. in St Giles. Thomas’s, Bromyard Road and then not byin church.any house Pastoral visiting. ministry A regular is her grandfather was churchwarden. JamesKeep safe Croft, everyone, Vicar we shall be St Mary’s, Acton High Street where (01629 640257 She sang in the choir there and was prayersweekly Newsletternow gets sent containing out by email the a member of the PCC, becoming very weeklySunday soBible as to readings maintain together contact with knowledgeable on Church affairs. She church members. These are some of was also a keen Girl Guide and became a Queen’s Guide. She was also a leader am acutely aware that you have had to of the group in Acton. Pam moved makethe changes so many that more. I have had to make. I here in 1998 and immediately became 9am–12noon Tuesday, Thursday, Friday With all change goes an inevitable and always did the window by the 9am–3pm Monday & Wednesday involved with St Giles, joining the choir, We are a small, friendly and independent pre-school for children from 2 to school age. that embracing the new does open vestry door for the flower festival. Our focus is on learning through play in a sense of loss, yet I’m discovering affairs for many years which were stimulating and safe environment. Pam did the jottings in UTE on church my prayer life, without being High staff:child ratios Ofsted rating: Good became unable to walk very far there sanctimoniouslyup exciting possibilities. pious, has Iwidened believe ( 01629 640842 werealways a fewan enjoyablepeople who read. would When take sheher www.greatlongstonepreschool.org.uk shopping to Bakewell or Ashford and theand communitydeepened. Inand some my dailystrange walk way in Local Milk I feel more connected than ever to occasionally to Chatsworth Farm Shop. Pasteurised on the farm me so much closer to the goodness of the countryside has, I hope, brought andThese will were be alwayssorely enjoyablemissed by and all goodwho & Unhomogenised for a laugh. Pam was a bit of a character to all the goodness around us vitally knew her. importantGod’s creation. as we I’m go findingthrough holding this awful on pandemic so destructive of life. Our thoughts and prayers go to all of Pam’s family in their sad loss. A service on Thursday evenings to clap and of thanksgiving for Pam’s life will take makeIt was a sonoise good as to a join way in of with thanking others possible. place in St. Giles when this becomes hornand supporting blowing and our other NHS sounds and key by doingcare workers. a bit of hand I joined bell ringingthe whistles, on the (Derbyshire) Ltd.

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With churches closed this Easter for the first time for over 800 years, this display of Easter lilies from last year is a Narcissi and daffodils herald Spring in a Longstone garden reminder of happier times. The closure from 1208 to 1213 was due to a spat betweenLongstone Pope Innocent salutes III and the King NHS John. and all Carers and Key Workers

Residents of Station Road applauding the NHS, carers and key workers on Thursday. Some are having to self-isolate for 12 weeks Thanks, Heather! Back to the Future Spread Hope!

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flour, and Gavin and withfamily a smilefor delivering!). on her face, offeringShe is a total deliveries star, always to those isolating. A deserted Monsal Trail after the controversial Derbyshire all of us. Police drone footage, as it often Two of many rainbow images LornaThanks, Cooper Heather, from used to look ten years ago. now adorning the village 12