PEAK AREA Sheffffiielld ffrom Brown Edge.. Photo::Dave Parry.. NEWSLETTER

January 2018 [email protected]

Rocking Chair Rob Greenwood

First and foremost, On the topic of ‘the organisation’, Happy NewYear to something we are likely to hear a lot more you all! I hope 2018 has about throughout the year ahead is the got off to a good start. Organisational Review. In relation to area 2017 was undoubtedly a year to meetings, I have no doubt their importance remember as far as the BMC was within the fabric of the BMC is set to concerned, with an unprecedented number continue, but I am interested to hear plans of hot topics: the AGM to end all AGMs, on how greater membership engagement Aldery-gate, commercial partnerships, the can be achieved – both in and out of area rebolting of Horseshoe, and a whole lot meetings. Alongside your traditional climbers, more. Why do I recount this now? Simply there are now a great many hill walkers in to show how much goes on within the attendance, which is absolutely fantastic, space of a single year and the major role but a lot of work still needs to be done that the area meetings play: we are the focal (something I constantly repeat to both point for discussion within the organisation. myself and our hill walking reps!). Cont ...

Next meeting: Wednesday 31 January, 7.30 p.m. The Maynard, Grindleford, S32 2HE Kiinder Southern Edges.. Photo::John Coefiielld..

Access News Henry Folkard

By contrast, very few – if any – competition Happy NewYear climbers attend the meeting, so are we On the climbing front letting them down? Part of the appeal for things have been pretty quiet since the last the BMC for me is that it is a fantastically newsletter, apart from some concerns broad church, but it’s difficult to cater for regarding Millers Dale’s Squirrel and everyone within the current framework. Ravenfoot buttresses. The sensitivity here is So taking this into consideration, might about damage to vegetation, disturbance to I suggest we all keep an open mind, listen to wildlife and dislike of anyone being there by the opinions of others, and express our own one to whom aficionados of Water cum Jolly when the time comes – the organisation is will be all too familiar. If you do visit these stronger for it. crags – and not many climbers do – it’s as well to be aware familiar gripes have had P.S. Our next meeting on 31 January will another airing. feature two exciting features: first up, a raffle There is more to report from the Dark to raise money for Mend Our Mountains, Peak moors.Though no leases have been with prizes donated by Cotswold formally signed yet, National Trust will be Outdoor and Montane. And, second, letting the shooting rights on three of their Cumbria’s premier after-dinner speaker, four moorlands – but letting them with a James McHaffie, will entertain us difference. The difference is that while following the usual chips and butties. grouse shooting will be permitted, driven grouse shooting will not. Driven grouse shooting involves keepers driving birds

2 Peak Area Newsletter January 2018 towards butts where the wealthy lie in wait after the stream has been started, and the to blast them to pieces – having probably track behind Crow Chin. If there is time at been driven there in 4x4 vehicles. Plain the meeting to say more on each of these grouse shooting is really rough shooting, but I will, but if not, feel free to ask over butties. you have to do something called ‘walking’, The good news here is that Terra Firma have which the chauffeured elite perhaps don’t done a first-rate job on Foulstone Delf, so know too much about. On the fourth moor well done them, and thanks a lot! no shooting at all is permitted. On public rights of way and access issues Also, the National Trust, through their generally don’t forget the Peak Local Access preferred tenants on these moors, will Forum has a ‘wish list’ of improvements you actively encourage increased numbers of would like to see (and a fund you can donate raptors, in stark contrast to the to, to help deliver the wish). disappearance of nearly all such birds from Someone phoned to ask if it was OK adjoining moors. In a statement, the Trust to climb over a wall on access land – said:‘The tenants will have the opportunity over assuming there was no convenient gate or the next five years to work in partnership with stile. While remembering one should always theTrust to demonstrate that less intensive act responsibly, reasonably and respectfully, forms of grouse shooting can be compatible this is what chapter 1 paragraph 2 (1) of with the charity’s High Peak MoorsVision.’ the CROW Act (2000) says: Contrast that with a report in the news ‘Any person is entitled by virtue of this and comment section of the January edition subsection to enter and remain on any access of British Birds magazine:‘Multiple sources land for the purpose of open air recreation, if present at the November 2017 meeting of and so long as – (a) he [or she?] does so Defra’s Raptor Persecution Delivery Group have without breaking or damaging any wall, fence, informed the Raptor Persecution blog that the hedge, stile or gate, and (b) he observes general Moorland Association is seeking licences from restrictions in Schedule 2 and any other Natural England to kill Marsh Harriers.’ restrictions imposed in relation to the land And the next news item in the magazine? under Chapter II.’ Reports of the disappearance of yet two more tagged Hen Harriers. Behind the scenes the BMC has been busy I will know more about developments – locally making representation on the Peak sadly I can’t say progress – on five District National Park Authority’s draft moorland tracks after a meeting which is Transport Design Guidance and draft set for a couple of days after the newsletter Planning Guidance, and nationally on print deadline [stop press: now postponed important speeches by Michael Gove and – Ed].The plastic matting which crosses Theresa May regarding post-Brexit Cut Gate where it becomes Midhope Moor agricultural policy, including access, and has yet to be removed, and is now the environmental vision for the next 25 years. subject of a retrospective planning The BMC was party to a press release application.The BMC has written to object issued by the Wildlife and Countryside Link. to this unwelcome intrusion on an open I can’t pretend to have got my head round landscape before, and will do so again. all this yet, but hope to have done so by The other tracks are Cut Throat, the time of the meeting. Foulstone Delf, the track in between the One thing I have flagged (again) though, two where a new track to grouse butts just in relation to the announcement about the

http://community.thebmc.co.uk/peak 3 Faiirbrook Naze,,Kiinder Northern Edges.. Photo::John Coefiielld..

new northern forest along the M62, for A date for your diary: the Spirit of Kinder which £5.7m has been pledged, is the need event this year is being hosted by the to retain land that is currently open access Manchester Ramblers (how appropriate) as open access even if it becomes wooded. at the Friends’ Meeting House in As things stand the definition of open access Manchester on 21 April. land does not include woodland, so there could be very substantial losses when Finally, I do not usually quote poetry in (and if) the new mapping exercise happens. Access Notes, but how do you like these few lines from the Scottish poet Norman The Sheffield Lakeland Project, 'a more MacCaig in his poem A man in Assynt: connected and resilient landscape for people and wildlife,' progresses.This covers the land Who possesses this landscape? – between the national park and Sheffield, The man who bought it or roughly the Derwent Edges watershed to I who am possessed by it? Oughtibridge and Langsett to Redmires. It’s perhaps not prime BMC territory, but is False questions, for nonetheless a thoroughly worthwhile project, this landscape is and will, amongst other things, improve masterless facilities for water sports significantly. and intractable in any terms that are human. We said goodbye to Bill Gordon in grand style at the end of November, with lots of climbers popping in. Sad to see him go, but what a terrific contribution he made – Bill has left a legacy which will endure.

4 Peak Area Newsletter January 2018 Hill Walking Notes Peter Judd

Wintry Weather on the Hills The public donation phase of the campaign There’s already been some good snowy will be launched and heavily promoted at this conditions on the hills this year’s Sheffield Adventure Film Festival in winter and there is every prospect of more March.The PDNPA already has a range of to come. I hope you managed to get out profile raising and fundraising activities and enjoy the white hills while they lasted. planned, however, I am really keen that we, Should you take any good wintry photos BMC Peak Area hill walkers, get actively then do please consider sending them in involved in supporting our own two projects for our next newsletter, or for the Peak in as many imaginative and compelling ways as Area Facebook page. we can this summer. So: could you help? Do you have ideas for things we could do that Mend Our Mountains Make a Million would direct attention towards the scheme, Campaign or to help raise money to add to the total? The second BMC Mend Our Mountains Would you join a headtorch night walk along campaign got off to a grand start with a perhaps? Or a day walk along packed reception at the Houses of Cut Gate from Langsett to Slippery Stones? Parliament back in November (Peak Area If either of these is of interest or you have volunteers formed part of the BMC’s other event/promotion ideas then do please presence, encouraging attendees to look get in touch (my email address is in the favourably upon our own area’s projects). contact list on page 16). Please pop your I’m sure you’ll already know that the thinking caps on, get your boots ready and Peak District National Park Authority chose let’s make it abundantly clear for all to see to feature parts of the path along Great that we care deeply about our own damaged Ridge (its various eroded, boggy and multi- paths and wholeheartedly back this tracked sections between and tremendous campaign! Lose Hill in particular) and a section of the Mend Our Mountains Make One Million is Cut Gate bridleway (the so-called ‘Bog of about more than just raising money. It’s also Doom’ on the section near Featherbed about drawing attention to the importance Moss). The latter is a particularly interesting of our upland paths, the need for all users project being a very welcome collaboration (plus businesses and other organisations that with the local mountain biking community, benefit financially from people going out on who have already built up a tremendous to our hills) to share some responsibility for head of steam in support of that particular the impact we all have on these places we project. I was delighted to hear that this love. But it doesn’t end there, the campaign reception, aimed at corporate and larger also aims to show the powers that be just donors, led to some substantial donations, how much people care about our uplands giving the campaign an excellent start, so and by so doing that we expect them to I have every confidence that this early show better support for our national parks momentum will be sustained right through. and in other ways take more seriously our You’ll find our two projects listed on this concerns about our upland landscapes. page: mendmountains.thebmc.co.uk That’s why its success matters so much.

http://community.thebmc.co.uk/peak 5 Profiit of Rolllls,,Curbar.. Photo::Mark Rankiine..

6 Peak Area Newsletter November 2017 Climbing News & Gossip Dave Parry

So 2018 is here and we welcome in the Flat Cap boulder. That’s the big one that January’s largely abysmal weather with almost hangs over Mother Cap Quarry. the same degree of resignation that This problem bears all the usual Ned you would experience opening your hallmarks – high, necky, slopey, heels above front door to a bailiff intent on your head, mantel finish. Graded vaguely at repossessing your telly. But still as the 8a-ish, Ned did this before unfortunately arbitrary calendar threshold passes we making a solid attempt at entering the are forced to mull over the prospects Tommy Caldwell nine-finger club (see his of the year ahead. Instagram photo for grim detail). We would Will trad limestone in the Peak undergo like to wish Ned a speedy recovery and a renaissance? (Spoiler: probably not.) Will return to his recent good form. the price of rock shoes creep ever higher As you might expect in the dead of relative to hardware and other gear? winter, news from the limestone is thin on (Spoiler: yes.) Will the Cornice be dry? the ground, but it seems that steely next- (Spoiler: possibly.) Will you get parked at generation firebrands Will Bosi and Jim Pope Burbage on a sunny bank holiday? (Spoiler: both repeated Make it Funky (F8c) at the Tor only if you’re early.) Will Simon Lee finally in December.This hard classic Zippy do the Oak this year? (Spoiler: unlikely.) testpiece famously features a horror-show But looking back at recent big numbers mono move which sees most suitors first, Dan Turner has eventually succeeded in scuttling back to the car faster than you can his long running quest to repeatVoyager Sit say ‘tendon pulley rupture’. Might even have Start at Burbage. This is a good effort been done in a session by Will, which is especially considering Dan isn’t local so trebly impressive. Also on the fast- nabbing this problem ain’t trivial, the limestone-repeat-by-young-climbers front, difficulty of the climbing aside. You’ve got to Molly Thompson-Smith repeated Mecca in juggle finding it in good nick, decent weather November, clearly going well having done it and being in good enough physical shape to in three sessions, and also repeating Tsunami climb Font 8b+ on a problem with holds so at Rubicon (Font 8a) a couple of weeks sharp you can’t have many quality attempts. before. Kids today, showing no respect for Probably logistically easier to fly to the previous generations’ ideas of what hard Rocklands for your fill of 8b+s rather than climbing – which is, of course, exactly how project this one. Dan does a ‘vlog’, which it should be. millennials assure me is some variety of While the recent weather has been dank moving picture that you get on one of those and uninspiring, a few hardy and psyched interweb netsites they have now. It’s worth souls have kept the first ascent fires burning surfing over to download Dan’s Ceefax page over winter. James Jacobs and associates on Myspace or AskJeeves or something to lugged a few pads up to Curbar to knock off get an idea of the grief he’s gone through to what was apparently an unclimbed prow do this problem. I take my hat off to him. beneath Profit of Doom. Dropping off at the At the diametrically opposed end of the break, the landing looks a little stepped so crimp-sloper spectrum, Ned Feehally has some care required. Latterly a vague done a new line on the back highball side of presumptive retroclaim came to the surface

http://community.thebmc.co.uk/peak 7 (known in the trade as a ‘Pat King’) via with a ‘dog turd and glass landing’. Perhaps Countryfile regular and Cadfael tribute one for the Lancashire crew? Actually no, abseiler Adam Long, who attributes the he said GOOD rock. likely first ascent to Ben Bransby. Seems A Peak news report wouldn’t be plausible. But anyway, graded 7a and complete without a paragraph unnecessarily retronamed Profit Of Rolls it looks to be the padded out with superficial words to fill cream of the crop, no doubt climbed when some space, in the time-honoured fashion. the crag was otherwise deserted. Uses a This is a self-enforced tradition I intend to knee at the start although you’ll still need maintain even though it takes considerable a decent pair of rock-chouxs. Sorry. effort and is of no tangible benefit to neither In more timely Bransby news, inching reader nor author, and in fact is likely ever closer to ticking the entirety of detrimental to the overall quality of the Stanage, Ben has given us a fantastic and article.This time said time-wasting passage is hard looking 8a up at the north end of the dedicated to committed esoterist and new crag, left of Good Clean Fun.The new line problem supremo Jon Fullwood, so here is takes a sinuous line of flared vertical cracks that aforementioned paragraph which you and looks top quality. The problem was are reading now, currently. Jon has done a named Requiem for Klem after Ben’s recently couple of new things at Wharncliffe, north departed canine companion, thus ensuring Sheffield’s premier coal measure sandstone his immortality in climbing folklore.This is crag and one that it’s fair to say is not on a lot better problem name than most of many boulderers’ radar. Most of the existing Ben’s new problems (My Passing Acquaintance bouldering at Wharncliffe is down to Jon in the Passion Fruit etc.) but given Ben’s new some way, and now he’s unearthed a couple problem productivity this naming ploy of new ones, including a 7b called Up to a could exact a terrible rate of attrition Point at the main Hell's Gate bit of the crag, on any future pets Ben might have, so and also another 7b sit start on a free- I can understand if this is a one-off. standing block downhill from the route Mad Also at Stanage, the crag that keeps on as a MadThing (BelleVue area). Named My giving, Mark Rankine played safe with the Condition, it looks dynamic and technical. name of his new problem Wall End Dad, being Jon’s also added a couple of right of Wall End Grab. It’s a 6c slab/wall, the trad/highball/solo lines (delete as applicable), general location of which should be evident including an E2 direct start to the from the name. There’s also a similarly aforementioned Mad as a MadThing and imaginatively named 6a on the right side of another E2, an alternative proper start to the upper slab of Wall End Slab. Slab devotees the E1 Moment Of Madness. Search out Jon’s may also enjoy Nine Pebble Slab at Froggatt Instagram video for beta on all of the above. which has been cleaned recently. It weighs in I would give you a link, but it doesn’t work in at a highball 7a although pedants should note print and I would rather you experience the it now sports fewer than the advertised thrill of the chase. What am I, your slave? number of pebbles. If that trend continues it'll eventually be called 'Nein Pebble Slab'. Mark Get in touch also reports a new 7b+ problem at Jackson Send your Peak area news, gossip or article Tor by Neil ‘Old Cheese’ Amos. Named Full ideas to me at: [email protected] Time Sit Start it takes the left side of the classic 6a arete.Apparently good rock but

8 Peak Area Newsletter January 2018 Niine Pebblle Sllab,,Froggatt.. Photo::Chriis Tayllor.. http://community.thebmc.co.uk/peak 9 Beeston Tor back iin 2009.. Photo::JJohn Coeffiielld..

10 Peak Area Newsletter November 2017 Clean Climbing on Staffordshire Limestone Gary Gibson

Over the past couple of months a added to prevent damage to the fence at the major clean-up operation has been top of the crag. On the Left Celestial undertaken in line with an agreement Twin, many of the old threads have been re- made between the NationalTrust, assessed and replaced where necessary. Natural England and the BMC. This Similarly, Pikes Crag in Beresford Dale programme of effort was signed off at has been tidied up, even though it is on the June 2017 Peak Area meeting. private land. It is worth noting that both the National Trust and Natural England have been very On RavensTor in , the belay pegs supportive of this request, although it was on Southern Rib have been replaced with two agreed that any work undertaken would bolts, and on the cleaning front Central Wall, have to be done prior to the end of Aquarius, Raven, Gastrocnemius Rex,Venery and January 2018 in order that any nesting Parrot Face have had large amounts of ivy birds or wildlife would not be affected. removed and the routes cleaned up.

At BeestonTor a major cleaning operation On Tissington Spires in Dovedale, the to the lower sections of Midnight Mass, belays on Zulu Dawn, John Peel andYewTree CentralWall, Catharsis, Black Grub, Cleo’s Wall have all been replaced with new 316 Mood and The Fly has enabled removal of stainless steel belays. There are still the large areas of grass and ivy. These routes belays on Brutus and Caesar to replace but have also had all of their thread runners as there are no belays at the top of the cliff, re-assessed and replaced where necessary. these will have to be replaced in the spring On the right-hand side of the crag Solution when the routes can be climbed and the Pollution, Majolica, Faience and Go Budgie Go belays placed. have had their lower section of ivy removed, all threads re-assessed and replaced and bolt There is still a bit more work to be done on belays added replacing the old rotting and other areas, such as PickeringTor and unsightly thread lower-offs. Beeston Eliminate Dove Holes in Dovedale, but this will has been cleaned up and the large rose have to wait until the crags dry out. bush adorning the second pitch removed. TheThorn has had its in-situ gear re-assessed These are efforts to get the crags cleaned up and checked. as the new Peak Limestone South guidebook On the rebolting front, 666 and Honorary arrives on the shelves. Please help to keep Buoux have been completely rebolted with these crags clean by climbing on them in the new belays added. In all cases, any bolts near future. If they are lost to the vegetation that have been placed are composed of again, they may be lost forever. 316 stainless steel, glue-in or otherwise. The funding and work done on all of On DrabberTor in Wolfscote Dale these routes was provided by Gary Gibson most of the existing routes have been with some support from Jim Titt at cleaned up and a number of bolt belays Bolt Products.

http://community.thebmc.co.uk/peak 11 Full list of routes cleaned and re-equipped

The following work has been done in line Catharsis: recleaned down to the belay with the agreement made between the ledge and old threads replaced. National Trust, Natural England and the CentralWall: completely cleaned down to BMC in order to ‘renovate’ some of the the peg belay on the ledge. established crags within the dales listed. Black Grub: bottom of climb recleaned. Old threads replaced with new cord. Wolfscote Dale – Left CelestialTwin Cleo’s Mood: completely recleaned and Fingerdrive,A Man Possessed,The Man old threads replaced. They LoveTo Hate and Strangely Possessed: The Fly: completely recleaned. all threads replaced with new rope cord Solution Pollution: large area of ivy removed. where necessary. Threads replaced with cord and bolt belay (316 stainless steel glue-ins) added. Wolfscote Dale – DrabberTor Majolica: large area of ivy removed. War: thread replaced with new cord and Threads replaced with cord and bolt belay bolt belay added to prevent damage to the (316 stainless steel glue-ins) added to fence at the top of the crag. replace tatty and unsightly old thread belay. Perlusive: bolt belay added to prevent damage Faience: threads replaced with cord and to the fence at the top of the crag. bolt belay (316 stainless steel glue-ins) The crag has generally been cleaned up added to replaced tatty and unsightly as agreed. old thread belay. Go Budgie Go: all threads replaced. ManifoldValley –The Chimney Honorary Buoux: regeared and new belay The crag has been thoroughly cleaned up added (all 316 stainless steel glue-ins) with the veil of hazel trees covering the and large elderberry tree cut back. front of the crag removed in agreement with the National Trust. The existing routes have been re-cleaned and rebolted except for Rain Games which will be done as soon as possible.

ManifoldValley – BeestonTor The crag has had a general tidy up with all of the following routes attended to: TheThorn: peg and in-situ slings checked and top groove tidied up. Beeston Eliminate: large thorn bush blocking entry to the final pitch removed. Final pitch recleaned. 666: rebolted with stainless steel bolts and hangers (316) and new belay added. Midnight Mass: recleaned down to the belay ledge and threads replaced.

12 Peak Area Newsletter January 2018 Dovedalle..Photo::John Coefiielld..

Dovedale – RavensTor To do: Southern Rib: new bolt belay added to Bolt belays at the top of Caesar, Brutus,Yew replace rotting pegs.All 316 stainless steel TreeWall and John Peel could not be placed glue-ins. due to any available belays at the top.This CentralWall: ivy stripped back to allow will be done in the spring. route to be climbed. Bolt belay atop PickeringTor could not be Raven: ivy stripped back to allow route placed due to poor weather and difficulty of to be climbed. access. This will be done in the spring. Gastrocnemius Rex: ivy stripped back to allow route to be climbed. Venery/Parrot Face: ivy on lower section of route stripped back.

Dovedale –Tissington Spires Zulu Dawn: new belay added (316 stainless steel glue-ins).

http://community.thebmc.co.uk/peak 13 NationalTrust Update: January 2018 Luke Barley, National Trust

One of the many great things about couple of weeks are followed by concrete being a ranger is the fact that on the policies – and this process should be of best days our work takes us a long way continuing interest to all of us who care about from a computer! conservation and access in the Peak District. When the news is as depressing as that we’ve seen in recent months, it can be a great Back on those day-to-day tasks, most of our relief to bury ourselves in planting sphagnum major projects are funded by the or felling trees, and for a few hours just think government’s current, more limited system of about the ground beneath our feet and the grants for providing ‘public goods’ on the land. tools in our hands. It won’t be a new idea to In the White Peak, we’ve begun our BMC members that focusing our minds woodland management project in response completely on the task immediately at hand to ash dieback. This has seen us felling – be it felling or planting, or climbing or ‘coupes’ around the size of four tennis walking – centres our minds and improves courts or occasionally bigger depending on our mental well-being.There’s lots of the terrain and the height of trees evidence that engaging in this state of ‘flow’ surrounding them – we always aim for the in the outdoors has even better effects – coupe to be twice as wide as the trees are which again won’t be new to you. tall, to ensure enough light gets in. The But nature conservation can never really coupes are located mainly around specimens be an escape; it’s always political and we can’t of trees other than ash, in the hope that avoid the connection between our satisfying they’ll be able to seed in to the new day on the tools and the wider world of clearings and we’ll see more field maple, political decision making. On which note lime, elm and oak in our woods, with the (bear with me), as I write,‘our’ world has saplings getting a head start on the ash trees been high on the news agenda with the dying. In some areas, such as where there’s government’s proposals to restructure farm only ash, we’ll also plant some trees of other subsidies post-Brexit to ensure that they’re locally native species over the next few only paid in return for ‘public goods’.This years, and we’re growing some of these would mean that farmers and landowners from local seed and cuttings at the National don’t get paid just for owning land but for Trust’s plant propagation centre in Devon. providing benefits that are currently often Getting stuck in to the project has proved external to the market, such as improved a huge learning curve, with the coupes all biodiversity, flood prevention, carbon storage, located on steep dalesides and a good hike and recreational access.This is good news for in from any vehicle access, but it’s great those of us involved with nature conservation, work and gratifying to be taking positive sustainable land management and public action to improve the health and access and the ideas outlined are closely biodiversity of the woods in the face of aligned with the National Trust’s proposals for what could be a pretty depressing threat. the future of these schemes (which you can Improvements to the visitor offer at Ilam see by following the links below). We can have begun in earnest with a planning only hope that the bold words of the last application currently in for the proposed

14 Peak Area Newsletter January 2018 development of the car park. We’ve also started planning for improvements to the parkland that will benefit nature, the historic designed landscape, and the remnant historic built features, and for changes to the visitor centre, tea room and shop that will make our facilities more appropriate for visitors, including making them more accessible. MoorLIFE 2020 continues in the High Peak, with heather cutting and sphagnum planting ongoing in a really substantial work programme to restore the health of the moors.As mentioned in previous articles, it’s now thirty years since the restoration of Dovedale Kinder kicked off and you can see progress Photo: National Trust. from space! Toggling between old layers and the current layer on Google Earth shows a You’ll have noticed a woodland emphasis dramatic change from a black landscape of in this update and we’re also about to launch exposed peat hags – with carbon rich peat a Peak-District-wide Woodland Appeal.We’ll washing quickly off the moor during every be using a ‘click-to-donate’ button on the rain – to a green, revegetated expanse where website to attempt to raise £50,000 this year peat is locked up (and even building again) to fund our woodland management in the and the progress of water to the valleys and White Peak, clough woodland creation in the towns below is slowed. High Peak and the tree nursery at Longshaw. The restoration of the clough woodlands We’re planning a series of launch events also continues apace with some work this including a Coppice Day at Longshaw on winter and a lot of planning for the next Sunday 18 February that will feature a wide phase. Some of the existing planting is being range of woodland activities and demos affected by sheep getting into the enclosures, including green woodworking and horse so please do close any gates you see open logging. Follow us on Twitter, Facebook and into these areas and let us know about any Instagram, or on our pages on the National sheep you see inside by calling 01433 670 368. Trust website, to find out more (search for You may have seen Longshaw on National Trust Peak District). Countryfile on Christmas Eve – if not, For more information about the National check it out on iPlayer! The rangers have Trust’s position on farming and payments, been working alongside volunteers including have a look at these links: a working holiday group to restore a public www.nationaltrust.org.uk/news/our- footpath through Hay Wood that had plan-to-restore-nature-at-our-places become lost through disuse, and they’re www.nationaltrust.org.uk/news/grea also about to create a tree nursery where test-opportunity-in-a-generation-for- we can grow trees from seed gathered on our-countryside-to-thrive site into the next generation of saplings to plant back out as part of our wood pasture For more information about the National and woodland conservation work. Trust's work in the Peak District, please email: [email protected]

http://community.thebmc.co.uk/peak 15 Peak Area Meetings

2018

31 January, 7.30 p.m. 5 September, 7.30 p.m. The Maynard, Grindleford The Maynard, Grindleford

4 April, 7.30 p.m. 21 November, 7.30 p.m. The Maynard, Grindleford The Maynard, Grindleford

23 May, 7.30 p.m. The Maynard, Grindleford

Forthcoming Events BMC Peak Area Contacts http://community.thebmc.co.uk/peak

Banff Mountain Film Festival WorldTour Peak Area Chair: Rob Greenwood. 6 February, 7.30 p.m. [email protected] Victoria Hall, Stoke onTrent 17 March, 7.00 p.m. Secretary: Becky Hammond. Buxton Opera House [email protected] Find out more: www.banff-uk.com Peak Area Reps (your voice on the BMC Best of ShAFF: Mountain National Council): 8 February, 7.00 p.m. David Brown and Alison Cairns. Regather Cooperative, Sheffield http://community.thebmc.co.uk/peak A unique cinematic and musical collaboration between the Australian Chamber Orchestra Access Reps Co-ordinator: and BAFTA-nominated director Jennifer Henry Folkard. Peedom, Mountain is a dazzling exploration of [email protected] our obsession with mountains. Find out more: www.shaff.co.uk Peak Area Hill Walking Reps: Peter Judd. BAF:Alan Hinkes andTerry Abraham [email protected] 13 February, 7.30 p.m. Austin Knott. Buxton Opera House [email protected] Watch Terry Abraham's new film about Alan Hinkes; both Alan and Terry will be at the Peak Area Newsletter Editorial: event to present the film and hold a Q&A. Dave Parry and John Coefield. Find out more: [email protected] www.buxtonadventurefestival.co.uk

Next meeting: Wednesday 31 January, 7.30 p.m. The Maynard, Grindleford, S32 2HE