ParkLife Issue 24 - Spring 2018

Issue 24 | Spring 2018The Peak District National Park Magazine SerTeacTsRiopAneEaildSAsepTaTrsinYSgMy Peak District with Jon McGregorYOU OTTER BELIEVE ITA ring of bright water in the Peak DistrictREACH FOR THE SKIESMoorland technology takes offBranchoinugt The local communities learning moreabout the woodlands on their doorstep• Events • News • Your stories www.peakdistrict.gov.uk

In the limelightBritain’s Original I’m always delighted when this edition of ParkLifeNational Park arrives on my desk, as I know that spring is tantalisingly close around the corner.Started by You, Not that it has been a quiet winter. January saw theSupported by You publication of the government’s 25 year plan for the environment at a launch in London, where I was proudEstablished 17 April, 1951 following decades to represent the Peak District National Park. Primeof campaigning. We’re still as passionate Minister Theresa May pointed to the 60,000 youngabout the place today. people a year who engage with Britain’s National Parks – with an ambition to double this figure – and therewww.peakdistrict.gov.uk/donate is more on how every child should have access to an outdoors experience on page 18.Contact us: The Peak District took centre stage for [email protected] government’s 25 year plan for the environment01629 816200 The report continued with an ambition for National Parks that seeks ‘unique,Peak District National Park, cherished and valuable natural assets that are not only conserved but enhanced’Aldern House, over the next 25 years. We were particularly thrilled to see the Peak District takingBaslow Road, centre stage on the report’s cover, in a dramatic photograph of the Great Ridge,Bakewell, now the subject of a major fundraising campaign for 2018 (see more on page 21).Derbyshire,DE45 1AE This same location was also in the limelight later in the month, as not one but six Peak District National Park locations made ‘Britain’s Favourite Walks’ countdown @peakdistrict on ITV, and you can read more on this in our refreshed ParkLife news section from /peakdistrictnationalpark page 4. /peakdistrictnationalpark @PeakMillie Alongside these celebrations of Britain’s first National Park, there was also disappointment as a report published in late 2017 highlighted the ongoing lowwww.peakdistrict.gov.uk numbers of birds of prey in parts of the Peak District. These results continue to sadden me, as do reports of illegal wildlife crime in the National Park, which remains unacceptable. We remain committed to working closely with the police, and other partners, to tackle these issues. For now though, we look to the excitement of a new season; so join us for an event, pop in and say hello at one of our visitor centres and cycle hire locations, or get inspired by something in this edition of ParkLife and start your own adventure. You’ll always be most welcome in Britain’s original National Park. Chief Executive Sarah Fowler @peakchief [email protected] Peak District National Park Magazine SerTeacTsRiopAneEaildSAsepTaTrsinYSg Issue 24 | Spring 2018 PHOTOS THIS PAGE: CHRISTINE GREGORYMy Peak District ON THE COVER: with Jon McGregor PHOTO: PETER G TRIMMINGSpring bluebell woodlands by Alex Hyde. See more on woodlandYOU OTTER BELIEVE IT projects in the Peak District NationalA ring of bright water in the Peak District Park on page 22.REACH FOR THE SKIESMoorland technology takes offBranchoinugt Our new look – tell us what you think The local communities learning moreabout the woodlands on their doorstep• Events • News • Your stories www.peakdistrict.gov.ukParkLife aims to inspire, inform and share the experiences You’ll find this latest edition of ParkLife OTTERSof those living, working in and visiting the Peak District may look a little different to past issues,National Park, along with the activities of the Peak District with larger features, new sections, and Otterly amazingNational Park Authority. ways for you to share your Peak District National Park experiences too. 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22 Turning over a new leaf – youngsters from Elton Primary School and others are learning about local Peak District woodlands and how to look after them.PHOTO: TOM MARSHALL The children love the wood so much they encourage their families to visit at weekends Contents NEWS Peak Views – sharing your 10 PHOTO: CHRISTINE GREGORY National Park moments.........................................28 From hitting the top ten of UK walks, to 18 PHOTO: TOM MARSHALL wildlife updates and birthday celebrations, WHAT’S ON our new section on Peak District National Park news starts here.............................. 4 See our events guide on the centre pages.....16 FEATURES INSPIRATION The team training to be conservation How you can help support your Top Guns to protect our peat bogs...................... 7 National Park..............................................................12 A wildlife favourite making a welcome An ambitious campaign to comeback in local rivers.........................................10 ‘Mend our Mountains’.............................................21 Why every child should be Seasonal recipes to try this spring.....................25 a little bit wild............................................................18 A delve into our cultural heritage and a The communities celebrating their mystery item to decipher......................................26 magnificent woodlands.........................................22 WHO WE ARE A PERSONAL VIEW Meet the Peak District National Park My Peak District – with renowned author Authority’s board of Members.............................30 Jon McGregor............................................................13 Your reference map for A chat with Jane Newman....................................29 the National Park......................................................31 www.peakdistrict.gov.uk 3

NewsPHOTO: TIM MELLING This winter’s visiting parrot Parrots in the crossbills are far from their Peak District breeding areas of north-west The Upper Derwent Valley had some Europe and Russia. unusual feathered visitors during the winter, in the shape of a flock of up to a dozen rare parrot crossbills. The bulky- beaked birds joined groups of resident common crossbills to feast on larch and other tree cones in woodlands above the Derwent Reservoir. Around the size of a chaffinch or sparrow, as their name suggests crossbills have crossed upper and lower beaks – a useful tool for prising open cones to access the seeds inside. Male crossbills are particularly prized by birdwatchers, with their striking red colour a contrast to the better camouflaged green females. Have you had an amazing wildlife experience in the Peak District National Park? Share your stories and photographs with us on social media #MyPeakMoment @peakdistrict or on [email protected] Miles without Stiles There’s a guided National Park ranger walk for everyone. Last issue you heard about our work to making our National Parks as inclusive as WALKING THE WALK – WILL YOU? we can to all those visiting and living and working in these amazing places. We’re More than 1,000 people joined Peak experiencing the burst of purple heather busy getting ready to launch our first District National Park rangers and other in late summer. Miles without Stiles routes and have been teams on our guided walks programme removing barriers and clearing paths such during 2017, across almost 140 events. Wildlife was also top of the agenda, as at the River Lathkill at Conksbury Bridge. with some of our more secretive residents More information at Among the most popular options like the mountain hare and the summer- www.peakdistrict.gov.uk/mws and in was navigation training for beginners visiting ring ouzel or ‘mountain blackbird’ the next issue. at venues across the National Park from a draw for many. Youngsters didn’t miss Trentabank near Macclesfield, to Edale out too, with Miller’s Dale hosting a ‘bats, The River Lathkill and adjacent and Grindleford. bugs and night time noises’ evening for trail during winter snow. all the family. The Upper Derwent Valley also4 www.peakdistrict.gov.uk remained a must-visit location, with Find out about our upcoming events groups enjoying historical insights into on the centre pages of this edition of aircraft and ‘sunken villages’, along with ParkLife.

NEWS15 years of mending moorlands Bird of prey initiativeA team of organisations mending Bella Hardy. At the end of last year, the PeakPHOTO: TOM MARSHALLlandscapes at the heart of the UK is District Bird of Prey Initiative (BoPI) PHOTO: TIM MELLINGcelebrating its 15th anniversary with size of almost 3,000 football pitches. published the results for the15 unique events. Keep your eyes peeled on social breeding seasons of 2016-17. The Moors for the Future Partnership media to stay up to date on the Bogtastic The Peak Districtcommemorated its crystal anniversary in van’s calendar, and exciting plans to National Park AuthorityFebruary, but is extending celebrations commemorate our 15th anniversary with was disappointed to seethroughout 2018. #Bogtastic #MFFP15. continued poor results for raptors in the National Park, A special event took place in Edale in particular peregrine, whichon Friday 16th February to kick start the it was noted had failed to breed‘15 for 15’ aspiration – seeing the launch successfully in the Dark Peak for theof the Partnership’s state-of-the-art first time since the mid-1980s.‘Bogtastic’ van. Guests included HighPeak MP, the Rt. Hon. Ruth George, and We remain committed to ensuring thataward-winning local folk singer, Bella birds of prey have a healthy and sustainableHardy. future in Britain’s original National Park, and will continue as partners in the BoPI during The novel vehicle is set to travel across this year’s breeding season where we will bethe Peak District National Park and South looking for positive action and a substantivePennines to spread the word about the increase in numbers.importance of healthy moorlands. You’llget the chance to experience the sights, We have also welcomed the increasesounds, smells and textures of the moors. in engagement from the police, and will maintain our support to the Wildlife Crime The Partnership was established in Unit in tackling illegal activity and wildlife2003 with a grant from Heritage Lottery crime in the Peak District National Park.Fund. Since then, it has worked totransform degraded moors equalling the Walkies without the worries Mam Tor and Great Ridge make the top ten in ITV’s Britain’s As the days start to draw out and leaves appear on the trees, taking your dog for Favourite Walks presented by a walk in the Peak District is an uplifting Julia Bradbury and Ore Oduba. experience for pets and their people. It can be tempting to let dogs run free after theMAM TOR MAKES TOP BRITISH WALKS confines of winter, but being aware of the challenges this creates can help those whoIn January, an ITV special showcased Presenter Ore Oduba of Strictly Come live and work in the National Park.‘Britain’s Favourite Walks’, with our very Dancing fame, shimmied his way throughown Mam Tor and Great Ridge making the the secretive spots of Stanage Edge with National Park Ranger Martin Windertop ten. recently retired National Park ranger Bill explains: “Spring is a vital time for wildlife Gordon, to take in the breathtaking views. and farm animals. Hedgerows, trees A further five Peak District National Park and fields are full of the sounds of birdslocations were in the 100-route countdown, Check out some of the most popular establishing territories, nest-building,including The Roaches, and Kinder Scout at routes in the Park on our website at finding mates and raising young. Sheepnumber 21. www.peakdistrict.gov.uk are pregnant at this time and need some peace and quiet to get on with lambing. We all love to see lambs and wildlife so it’s 5 really important that we keep our dogs on the lead to avoid disturbing these busy creatures.” No-one wants their family pets to be harmed but if your dog chases or attacks livestock then you could end up being responsible for criminal damage or sheep worrying. Farmers have the right to shoot dogs that are worrying or attacking farm animals, so please avoid problems by keeping control of your pet. www.peakdistrict.gov.uk

NEWSDavid (Dave) Frost, 1963-2017 Building for the futureFriends and Young people are learning new skills and topics such as biodiversity, tourism andcolleagues gaining a greater understanding of the volunteering.at the Peak countryside through a new charity project.District Project coordinator Ed Thatcher said:National Park Our Endeavour is a partnership “By the end of the programme we willwere shocked between Sheffield-based youth charity have worked with over 100 young people.and saddened Endeavour and the Peak District National We hope that Our Endeavour will developto hear of the Park and funded by the Heritage Lottery their confidence and heritage skills, whichdeath of Dave Fund. may help them to find employment in theFrost, whilst future.”on holiday It offers young people the chancein October to learn skills such as dry stone walling, Sarah Wilks, head of outreach2017. Dave fencing and woodland management, and development at Peak District Nationalwas working aims to increase their understanding of Park, added: “We are very excited to beas Tree the importance of the National Park and working with Endeavour on this project,Conservation how it is managed. which will enable us to connect youngOfficer, but his passions extended well people living in Sheffield with the Nationalbeyond his love of trees into aircraft, Many of the young people are Park on their doorstep. The project willoutdoor pursuits and more. His closest from inner-city Sheffield and have not only give them skills to conservecolleagues recall memories of an not previously had an opportunity to such important breathing spaces, but aencyclopedic knowledge of our woodlands, discover the Peak District. The project connection with the natural environmentone-liners and an unrivalled zest for life. As offers the chance to gain qualifications in that will support their lifelong wellbeing.”well as his formal position at the Authority, practical skills and there is also a focus onDave also sat on the voluntary staffcommittee supporting others to get thebest from their roles. A community celebration of Dave’s lifetook place at the Mount Cook AdventureCentre in Wirksworth in November, and it isexpected that a lasting memorial to him willalso pay tribute from this year. RINGING IN THE RESULTS PHOTO: MICHAELA/FLICKRJunior Rangers With its distinctive crescent-moon-shaped Gordon and his wife Flo The ring ouzel. breast band, the ring ouzel is also known by have tirelessly committedThe Junior Ranger volunteer programme its other moniker of ‘mountain blackbird’, more than 15 yearsis open to 11 to 18 year olds who have an and is one of the Peak District’s rarest wild to the study of ringinterest in the outdoors, particularly in residents. An important 10-11 territories ouzels in the area, andwildlife and conservation. Most groups are established across the crags of Stanage along with the BMC andmeet once a month to undertake tasks such Edge in the National Park, where in 2017 Eastern Moors Partnershipas navigation, running patrols, conservation up to 8 pairs fledged at least one brood of this commitment is set toand engaging with the public. youngsters. continue. There are groups running at Marsh In this rocky home, the British It’s hoped the futureFarm near Tittesworth, Millers Dale Station, Mountaineering Council (BMC) and for ring ouzels in theLongdendale and Barbrook Cottage near volunteers have worked for a number of Peak District remainsOwler Bar. years to ensure the birds can breed with positive, despite limited disturbance alongside the many challenges from impacts If you would like to get involved, email: local climbers, also making use of the such as climate [email protected] famous crags. affecting ring ouzels in other UK strongholds. Recently retired National Park ranger Bill Traffic Regulation Order Consultation A six week public consultation on a proposal to make a traffic regulation order to permanently prohibit motor vehicles from the route at Wetton Hills, near the Manifold Track, is underway. The consultation runs until 5pm on Friday 6th April, 2018. Find more details and submit your views at www.peakdistrict.gov.uk/consultations. For more information on the Authority’s work on managing motorised vehicle use visit www.peakdistrict.gov.uk/vehicles.6 www.peakdistrict.gov.uk

THE MOORS Taking conservation to NEW HEIGHTSPHOTO: PHIL SPROSON It may take thousands of years to create a blanket bog, but the technology now used to look after them couldn’t be more cutting edge. Step onto the moors of the Peak District National Park and the South Pennines this spring, and you may be forgiven for thinking you’ve spotted a UFO. Thankfully, there’s no need to call in the team from the X Files as the work of this particular craft – an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) to give it its correct name – has more to do with looking after our landscape than taking over the world. So how does a ‘drone’ or UAV play a part in safeguarding one of the landscapes that is a quintessential part of the Peak District National Park? The answer lies in just how much blanket bog we’re working to restore – 95 square kilometres to be precise – which is about 23,475 football pitches. When you’re working towards the conservation of so much habitat, suddenly the view from above seems pretty appealing. With a name that sounds like it comes straight out of mission control at NASA, this innovative ‘earth observation’ technique is now at the heart of the work of the Moors for the Future Partnership, based at Edale’s Moorland Centre. Helping to get the UAV project off the ground – quite literally – has been Senior Research and Monitoring Officer, Tia Crouch. “This eye in the sky gives us a new and unique perspective,” says Tia. “Traditionally, conservation has looked at things on a site-by-site scale, but now we are looking down from above we can see things in the context of the whole landscape.” 7

UAV Tech-Spec• Maximum take-off weight is 4.8kg• Wingspan is 2,200mm• Optimal flight altitude for all sensors is 400ft• Maximum flight time is up to 1 hour (depending on weather conditions)• UAV has three landing modes: automatic belly landing, parachute landing and manual belly landing. Purchased around 18 months ago as part We had to change our mindsetof the MoorLIFE2020 project, the UAV will be and start thinking in 3Dused to analyse ‘land cover change’ acrossthe Peak District National Park and South After some studious hours behind the Nevertheless, Tia’s new role carried plentyPennines – including vital changes like the scenes, an assessment had to be passed of responsibility, with the commanderincrease in sphagnum moss and reductions before the UAV could be insured. Next, the helping the pilot deliver a safe and accuratein bare peat – showing how the habitat is team’s first foray into remote-controlled flight by monitoring the heights and speedsrecovering to its true condition. vehicles was a modest training course on of the UAV. Not to miss out completely, Tia is terra firma. A visit to Northumberland with now learning to be a pilot too. For Tia and the team, however, QuestUAV for manufacturer’s training sawbecoming a pilot certainly wasn’t on the them given a remote-controlled car to drive. “The project has been a real rollercoasterjob description when they signed up. because every time something doesn’t go “We were tested on how quickly we according to plan it’s totally new to us, we “It was quite challenging learning could pick up controlling the car because it’s started at stage zero.”about the rules of airspace,”Tia says very similar to the controls used to fly a UAV,”whilst thumbing through the huge CAA says Tia. “I was a bit disappointed because After this training the team were ablehandbook. the test resulted in me being given the role to fly it for training purposes, but a flight of commander and two of my colleagues assessment had to be passed before they Training and assessment in air law, air being given the role of pilots. I really wanted could apply for permission from the CAA tocharts, and meteorology was all part of a to be flying the UAV.” fly the UAV for commercial operations. Oncelengthy process to be able to fly the UAV permission for commercial operations waslegally. “We had to change our mindsetand start thinking in 3D because you haveto be aware of the airspace above wherethe UAV would fly and the airspace below it,”adds Tia. Dr Dave Chandler launches the UAV from a bungee-like device.8 www.peakdistrict.gov.uk

THE MOORSWater is stored on the A degraded moor with bare b5lastnekpesttobohgeslrpectroavderi:tionalmoor, reducing flow peat – water flows moreto lower areas as a quickly, vulnerable to fire, little 1Cover bare peat with choppedform of Natural Flood or no habitat for plants and heather cuttings to create a barrierManagement (NFM) animals to thrive protecting the surface from erosion, while providing a stable base for plantsWHAT A RECOVERING BLANKET BOG LOOKS LIKE to grow.Sphagnum mosses Healthy moors 2Drop seeds, fertiliser and lime byhelp to slow the flow with plants like helicopter to enrich the soil, reduceof water (holding cottongrass are toxic levels of acidity, and protect thebetween 10-20 times a key carbon peat from further erosion by knittingtheir weight in water) storage area the peat together with fast-growing grass seeds. 3Hand plant moorland shrubs which help bring back the natural moorland species. 4Use natural materials such as local stones and heather bales to make mini dams to keep the water on the hill. 5Reintroduce Sphagnum moss to allow the bog to become healthy again. Curlew and What is that? mountain hare call BLANKET BOG blanket bogs their home • Very wet.obtained, qualified pilot Mike was able to lot of prep. But I’m so excited to get out and • Nutrient-poor and acidic, dominated start flying it on the monitoring site. start collecting new information that it’s all by acid-loving plants, especially worth it,” says Tia. Sphagnum mosses. “The weather on the moors can be wild,and whilst our UAV can handle wind, when “Getting the UAV off the ground and • 10–15 % of global peatlands it’s windy or the light is flat, it can be difficult collecting data has been a massive problem- are found in the UK so they are to capture high quality images,” says Tia. solving exercise and I don’t think we’ve met internationally important. all the obstacles yet.” When the weather is right and the team • South Pennines SAC represents the can fly, Tia undertakes a pre-deployment The team had their first successful flight most south-easterly blanket bogsurvey which involves looking at air charts, in November 2017 after over a year of hard in Europe.getting permissions from air traffic control work. It seems a lot of effort but, as Tia saysand landowners, planning the flightpath, with a smile: “it’s all about ensuring that the • Actively absorbs carbon. Blanket bog scouting out potential dangers, and moors are receiving the best conservation stores almost 50% of UK carbon even completing checks to ensure the UAV is treatment. We’re safeguarding these moors though it takes up only 8% of UKworking properly. for our children’s futures, which gives me land area. the drive to do the best I can.” “Each time we go out to fly, it does take a • A living landscape supporting communities by providing other The team in a pre-flight briefing. benefits including: drinking water provision, carbon storage, flood & fire risk mitigation, recreation, and others. SPHAGNUM MOSS • A bog-building plant because it forms peat when it dies by being compressed over hundreds of years. • Can hold up to 20 times its own bodyweight in water – a great natural flood management plant. • Cleans water by filtering out the mud and peat. • Was used by soldiers in WW1 as an anti-bacterial sponge for wounds. www.peakdistrict.gov.uk 9

Riverside ROYALTY Meet the experts on the trail of one of the Peak District National Park’s most captivating wild residents. Charismatic, elusive and a firm favourite on the cameras projects in the Peak District are seeking of Springwatch, otters only out these secretive mammals, both using returned to every county in a somewhat unexpected tracking method: their poo!PHOTOS THIS PAGE: CHRISTINE GREGORY England as recently as 2011. By their largely nocturnal habits, spotting This remarkable revival has come in an otter can be a challenge for even the the space of a generation, with otters left keenest experts, whilst their droppings or clinging on in just a few strongholds in the ‘spraint’ – typically left in areas of frequent late 1970s, following decades of pollution in use in a territory – are a much more reliable our waterways, habitat loss and persecution. method of monitoring. Now, as the ‘river king’ makes a Here are just two of the schemes looking comeback in regional waters, two new at how otters are doing in our area:10 www.peakdistrict.gov.uk

OTTERS Otterly amazing A glimpse of an otter during PHOTO: PETER G TRIMMING What’s in a name? daylight hours is a rare treat. Eurasian otter, scientific name Lutra PEAK DISTRICT OTTERS lutra. Male otters are dogs, femalesTAILS OF THE UPLANDS are bitches. Our otters are solitary but DNA-based study of otters by the groups can be a bevy, family, lodgeA volunteer otter, water vole and University of Sheffield. or romp.American mink (an introduced non-native species) survey run by the Moors Dr Deborah Dawson and the team from the Vital statistics:for the Future Partnership. Department of Animal and Plant Sciences Adult otters’ average weight is 6kgJoe Margetts is communications and are collecting otter spraint and extracting (female) to 9kg (male) and they areengagement officer for the Partnership’s DNA to identify different individual otters, about 92cm to 136cm in length. TheirCommunity Science project that is their sex and diet, and distribution. webbed feet are perfectly adapted formonitoring otter, water vole and mink swimming.in the Peak District and South Pennines. Deborah says: “DNA analysis is required to enable the identification of numbers Home: Joe says: “Otters are often nocturnal and identities of different otters and Otters use holes near the river bank;and spend most of their lives in or near investigate the extent of their territories. their den is a holt. Ground-level restingwater, so you’re very, very lucky to see This information can help to identify drivers, places are hovers or couches.one, instead we look out for the droppings seasonality and barriers to their movements.they mark their territory with in places Diet:where other otters may come across them. Globally the numbers The University of Sheffield’s pilot studyThe spraint is quite distinctive with an of otters are declining has shown local otters are eating thealmost black colour when fresh, and they and the otter’s future is invasive American signal crayfish, fishoften use man-made locations such as ranging in size from minnows to brownunderneath bridges, weirs or slipways. not yet assured trout, amphibians and waterbirds like the moorhen. “People are often surprised that rather “Through the DNA analysis we can alsothan smelling unpleasant, fresh otter identify their diet, and understanding what The revival:spraints have an aroma a bit like jasmine other species are present gives us a more Changes to the law on pesticidetea, albeit rather fishy!” detailed picture of the health of the river. use and hunting, the cleaning up of Water quality has improved but globally waterways, and conservation efforts, Join in, visit moorsforthefuture.org. the numbers of otters are declining and the like installing artificial holts, have alluk/community-science/tou otter’s future is not yet assured, with threats supported the otter’s resurgence. from habitat loss, increased road traffic and Otter poo is known as‘spraint’, severe flooding.” Protection: and is a reliable indicator of their Otters are protected under the Wildlife The study will provide vital information and Countryside Act 1981. It is illegal whereabouts for scientists. to identify ways to help our recovering local to capture, kill, injure or disturb otters otter population. To find out more or donate or to damage where they live. to support the research, visit sheffield. ac.uk/molecol/deborah-dawson/ In the limelight: peakdistrictotters On 31st October, 2017, an otter was caught on film in the Peak District National Park for the first time by University of Sheffield volunteer Dr Douglas Ross. The footage shows an otter leaving spraint on a river bank. Caught on camera! OTHER LOCAL STUDIES: The Peak District’s otter population is also being monitored by the Derbyshire Wildlife Trust and the Derbyshire Mammal Group. www.peakdistrict.gov.uk 11

SUPPORTTwOe cGaEnTdoHmERoreThe Peak District National Park is a truly special placeand we are passionate about keeping it that way.Maintaining 555 square Something for you? • Make a donation from the sale of a related miles of natural beauty for product to the National Park; read about millions of visitors is an • Celebrate a special birthday or anniversary how The Derbyshire Candle Company are expensive business. For by making a gift donation, or ask others to doing this below. example, it costs us £40 to do so in lieu of giftsrepair one square metre of pathway, and Something for your event?£150 to install a stile. As well as protecting • Consider leaving a legacy to the Peak the special places you enjoy, we are District National Park in your will • Make a donation per participantcommitted to improving access to theNational Park and enabling everyone to • Donate to the Mend our Mountains – • Encourage participants to collect safely and easily experience the locations Make One Million campaign – read more sponsorship towards our campaignswe love. Our access projects include on page 21.educational visits for school children, a • Invite us to attend to talk to participants young rangers programme, family events Something for work? about our campaigns.and guided walks. • Host your next team-building away day For more information on how you But we need your help to achieve all this. in the Peak District National Park. From a If you care about the Peak District National guided walk, a casual lunch, a networking can help support our fundraising campaignsPark as much as we do, and want to help us breakfast, or a posh dinner – the optionsto keep it special, here are some of the ways are endless! please visit our website atyou can support us. www.peakdistrict.gov.uk/donate or email [email protected] oIut rfebeiltstloikheewlpe’lroeodkoainftger Jo and Harriet strike up donation partnership this incredible place A local handcrafted candle company Jo said: “We are passionate about AHadrorineat tgioonesotfo£t1hferoPmeaekvDeirsytrciactnNdlaetisoonldalbPyarJko. and are helping to give back to the Peak wildlife and nature conservation and12 www.peakdistrict.gov.uk District National Park with a new wanted to do something positive that supporter scheme. would help make a difference. Donating £1 from every candle we sell is our way of Mum and daughter team Jo and saying ‘we love the Peak District National Harriet Lee make and sell luxury scented Park’ and it feels like we’re doing our bit to candles from Ilam inspired by the natural help look after this incredible place.” beauty of the Peak District. Their idea is to bring the familiar fragrances of the peaks, You can see Jo and Harriet’s range at: hills, dales and woodland into your home. derbyshirecandlecompany.co.uk/ Customers not only get a little bit of If you run a business and would like the Peak District in their living room, but to be part of our supporter scheme, get now a donation from each sale as part of in touch with Sarah Slowther on our donation supporter scheme will go [email protected] directly back to supporting the work of the National Park Authority on the ground.

PROFILEMy Peak District PHOTO: TOM MARSHALL Jon McGregorAuthor of Reservoir 13, winner of the 2017 Costa Novel Award talks to Alison Riley.Ifirst got to know the Peak District right down to the city, you can start walking As a writer, that tension is really National Park in my early twenties, after out through the city parks and you’re away. interesting to me; I look for juxtapositions, university, when I moved from Bradford contrasts and conflicts. In the Peak District to Sheffield. I’d loved living in Bradford The thing I love most about the Peak it’s the way that industry, agriculture and but as somebody who had grown up District is the sense that it is on everyone’s tourism overlap and crash up against eachin Norfolk it was always a shock to me how doorstep whether you live in Sheffield, other. It’s very picturesque but it is also fulldifficult it was to get out of the city and Manchester or Derby. It’s a rural landscape of quarries and mines. History has helpedinto the countryside. What I enjoyed about but it’s somewhere that a lot of urban create the landscape and an interesting mixSheffield was how the national park comes people feel at home so there’s always this of communities that live and work here. sense that it’s one thing but it’s also another. Jon enjoys tackling Winnats Pass on his bike. www.peakdistrict.gov.uk 13

Jon McGregor COMPETITION Born: Bermuda. 100 words writing competition! Home: Nottingham. Win a signed copy of Family: Three children. Reservoir 13! NWDoaritytteijnrogibnh:aRPmeros.ifdeessnocreo, tfhCereUantiivveerWsitryitionfg, Discover your own What they say: ‘a wicked British writer’ inspiration in the – New York Times. Peak District National Park. Enter our writing Awards: Dublin Literary Award (2012), competition to be multiple Booker Prize longlistings. in with a chance of winning a signed ebPDxeuacatrikttkihnfPoeger.DaaakdrkoayrPWetraihpkiitbseeaPclwaeuaaskyes?iaTt’hsbecitlWomsheoirrt,ee hardback copy of Jon McGregor’s prize Hill or dale? Hill. winning novel Reservoir 13, set in the UK’s originalJon McGregor talking to Alison Riley. Notepad or tablet? Notepad. national park! Walking or cycling? Cycling. Bakewell pudding or tart? Pud. We will publish the winning entry on our website and promote it through our The thing I love most about the social media accounts. All we ask is thatPeak District is the sense that it is on the writing is your own and that it links to the theme of the Peak District everyone’s doorstep National Park. When I was writing Reservoir 13, I did the other side into Edale. I really enjoy that. There is no age limit for thisa lot of thinking about a year in the life of I am very fond of Edale and because it competition, one entry per person.a sheep farmer, a day in the life of a dairy Please note we are not able tofarmer, stuff around game-keeping and is so accessible by train it tends to be Edale acknowledge entries and there will be nomoorland estates, and what river keepers where I’ve come camping with the kids – feedback given.do. Most of the factual research I did was and they adore it. It’s really nice to rock upfrom books or online but I always had the with your rucksack full of camping gear and Send your entry as a word document,landscape of the Peak District in mind. set up camp for the weekend. For the kids it with the title as the file name, to feels like an adventure and the climb up to [email protected]. Put The sense of place was essential but I was Mam Tor is the first really adventurous walk Writing Competition in the subject line,creating fiction so I didn’t want to describe they did. attach your word document (with theactual life in the Peak District; I wanted to title as the file name), in the email includecreate a fictional world which was true to it. I don’t know if Reservoir 13 would make your name, address, telephone number,So it is an amalgam of a few different places a good film, but a TV series perhaps, like so and the title of your writing.although it feels very real to me; I can walk many great stories these days. We’ll see ifmy way around the village in my head and the phone rings! • Closing date for entries is midnight onI know where things are and I wanted the 31st May, 2018.reader to get that as well. • Reservoir 13 by Jon McGregor is published • See www.peakdistrict.gov.uk/tandcs by 4th Estate. Winner of the 2017 Costa for full terms and conditions. As a visitor, I love cycling so I cycle from Novel Award. Hardback £14.99, paperbackthe south through Youlgrave and it’s great £8.99 from bookshops and online. MORE PEAK DISTRICTto get up as far as Edale. Tackling Winnats • The Reservoir Tapes is a series of short LITERARY CONNECTIONSPass is always a big adventure – it feels like stories also by Jon McGregor, published byit is right at the limit of what’s possible – you 4th Estate, set in the 6 months before the Jane Austen – stayed at The Rutlandget to the top and there’s a real sense of start of Reservoir 13. Listen to the podcasts Arms, Bakewell, during the time she wasachievement. Then you get to come down on BBC Radio 4 iPlayer. writing Pride and Prejudice.Jon’s tips for writers: Charlotte Bronte – visits to North Lees Hall, Hathersage, inspired her semi-Read more – and write more. When people start out writing they autobiographical novel Jane Eyre.get anxious about how good their writing is and they get stuck. Thekey is to keep writing to develop your skills. A top tip is to visit the Stephen Booth – the Peak DistrictPeak District National Park for inspiration. National Park is the backdrop to the internationally popular Cooper and Fry detective series novels. Berlie Doherty – children’s author whose books are often inspired by the Peak District: Deep Secret, Children of Winter, Blue John, The Snake Stone and Valentine’s Day. Helen Mort – the critically acclaimed poet’s collection No Map Could Show Them centres on women in the wilderness and modern urban life.14 www.peakdistrict.gov.uk

ADVERTORIAL Partnered byRHS Chatsworth Flower Show, 6-10 June Members’ Day 6 June The RHS shows team have been busy preparing some fabulous new experiences for this year’s show, which we hope you’ll be excited about too.Here’s a sneak peak of what’s lined up...IMMERSE YOURSELF NEW LIVING LABORATORYAMONGST THOUSANDSOF EXOTIC ORCHIDS For inquisitive minds, the vital role plants play within the city will be explored in aThe Great Conservatory, which represents new Living Laboratory feature. Plants andPaxton’s Great Conservatory at Chatsworth technology will be on display highlightingHouse, will be overflowing with thousands how different varieties can help addressof beautiful Phalaenopsis orchids, so you a number of urban challenges includingcan immerse yourself amongst the exotic pollution, flooding and food scarcity.blooms in a wonderful tropical sanctuary. And the inspirationA RIVER OF FLOWERS grows on and on...A mass planting of Cosmos will create With inspirational gardens, fabulous planta pretty and colourful sight to see and displays, shopping opportunities and newphotograph this year. A first for any RHS installations, the RHS Chatsworth Flowershows, the planting will be made up of Show is the perfect summer’s day out with12,000 Cosmos bipinnatus ‘Razzmatazz’ friends and family.outside the iconic Chatsworth House.Join the excitement by booking your tickets now and have a wonderful day out to look forward to. Book at rhs.org.uk/chatsworth or 0844 995 9664* * Calls cost 7p per minute plus network extras. www.peakdistrict.gov.uk 15

Spring intoACTION!The days are growing longer, the weather warmer…and the Peak District’s magnificent countryside iscoming to life. Spring is a special time to experienceBritain’s original National Park. Let us inspire you!AN EASTER MERMAID PINNACLE EDGES Stay with us!Sunday 1st April Saturday 19th May Ccpoisaaufsmmtuthtepipenss.giipntTeouoc,dpoptshmalaiestnfoepaynrcototcd.buesAsyraslclhirabpeirmloiegndpufgsoianorargarpnenteertsoieoeppeftldtoweoutwiNotrhicoktiohnretseahwyprLowayeonooedgouseedvwdei10.30am to 4.30pm 10.30am to 4pmDiscover the mysterious Mermaid’s Pool in A moderate, 8-mile MINDFULNESS WALK:this 6-mile walk on Kinder Scout’s western walk across the DERWENT HERITAGE WAYflanks. Legend claims that a beautiful iconic edges ofmermaid lures men on Midsummer’s Day the Eastern Moors, Sunday 20th Maywith her alluring singing. A 19th century passing pinnacles, 10am to 1pmpoem tells how a shepherd boy fell in taking in wonderful A short mindfulness walk along thelove with her, jumped into the pool and panoramas and beautiful River Derwent between Calver andwas never seen again. Other legends say dipping into Froggatt, allowing you the chance to slipshe will give eternal life to those who see enchanting bluebell into a slower gear and appreciate the specialher swimming in the pool every year at woods. qualities of the Peak District National Park.midnight on Easter Eve. Which one will you • Meet at Grindleford Railway Station Café, There will be periods of slow walking andbelieve? S32 2JA. £6 per person, under 18s go free. quiet moments for reflection and stillness.• Meet at Bowden Bridge car park, SK22 2HJ. • Meet outside the Derbyshire Craft Centre£6 per person, under 18s go free. FROM EDGE TO EDGE in Calver Village, S32 3XA. £4 per person, under 18s go free.WHO DARES, WINS! Sunday 13th May 10.30am to 5pm RHS CHATSWORTHSaturday 14th April 2018 Take in the high spots and get the best10.30am to 5pm views from the Peak District’s iconic 6th to 10th JuneA strenuous, 10-mile hike, climbing more mountain – Kinder Scout in this strenuous From the Great Conservatory filled withthan 2,300 feet over the summit of Win Hill, 12-mile walk. The perfect introduction to spectacular orchids to the floral first of afollowing the old Roman road past Kinder Scout, the walk features wonderful river of flowers, this year’s event blendsHope Cross, then up to Crook Hill and panoramas, a visit to the summit and a tradition with innovative designHagg Farm before descending to beautiful chance to explore the distinctive “grough” www.peakdistrict.gov.uk/rhsLadybower Reservoir. system that can be used to navigate from• Meet at Heatherdene Car Park on the one side of the plateau to another. EROICA BRITANNIAA6013, close to Ladybower Fishery Office, • Meet at Bowden Bridge car park, SK22 2HJ.S33 0AZ. £6 per person, under 18s go free. £6 per person, under 18s go free. 15th to 17th June A unique festival of beautiful bikes, stunning rides, music, food and shopping - based at Friden Grange www.peakdistrict.gov.uk/eroica16 www.peakdistrict.gov.uk

Wheely good times EVENTS Cycling is healthy, fun – and a great way to School hols take in the Peak District’s stunning scenery. We have miles of traffic-free trails for you to explore – and three handily-placed hire and service centres. Visit us at: Ashbourne, at the southern end of the Tissington Trail; Derwent in the picturesque Derwent Valley; and Parsley Hay, at the junction of the High Peak and Tissington Trails and Manifold Valley on the Manifold Track. www.peakdistrict.gov.uk/cyclehirewdeiosanafirtrdmpewiaosawsadnbaswd.nilS.idpdteierettyhasa,rkt–wedteoihitrsohetovorfleruidicrnteltogt.rghoepoekeovhaof.aupossmkluse/rlacewNlaloiomtsfhtrcrptemhaianrLormgyebie.nilOsigtnyaend Our Parsley Hay cycle hire centre HOLIDAY FUN! has a range of bikes for those with additional mobility needs. Every Thursday during school holidays at LongdendaleIN THE FOOTSTEPS Festival fun 10.30am to 1pmOF JANE EYRE From tree tops to tree roots, explore From ancient traditions to the latest with us in your wellie boots! BeSunday 17th June foodie trends, there’s a Peak District prepared to get dirty – bring along11.15am to 4pm festival for everyone! a change of clothing and a picnicA family friendly, literary 6-mile wander to enjoy in the woodlands. Our playaround the beautiful North Lees Estate, Welldressings are unique to days are suitable for children agedthought to have inspired the setting for Derbyshire and have been a key part five and over but younger siblings areCharlotte Bronte’s much-loved novel Jane of the county’s spring and summer welcome (maximum two per family).Eyre. calendar for centuries. Tissington All children must be supervised by a• Meet at Hathersage main bus stop in the welldressing is from 10th to 16th May, responsible adult.centre of the village, S32 1DT. £6 per person, followed by Middleton by Youlgrave from • Meet at Longdendale Environmentalunder 18s go free. 26th May to 1st June. Learn more at Centre, United Utilities Bottoms www.visitpeakdistrict.com Office, Tintwistle, Glossop, Derbyshire, SK13 1HS. £5 per child. Adults and Bakewell Food Festival returns over siblings under two are free. Booking the weekend of 28th to 29th April, essential. with a celebration of the Peak District’s finest produce. The town’s historic FAMILY ACTIVITIES streets will host stalls of tempting treats AT CASTLETON for all the family. VISITOR CENTRE www.whatsonbakewell.co.uk/events 4th, 8th and 11th April, 30th May and 3rd June 11am to 4pm Our school holiday events are always a big hit with children – so please join us for Easter and spring half-term treats! Find out more For full details of walks and events – and to book – please visit www.peakdistrict.gov.uk/events www.peakdistrict.gov.uk 17

Serious PHOTOS: TOM MARSHALL about PLAY How a Wildlife Trust project at The Roaches in the South West Peak is helping children to reconnect in a world detached from nature. I“ s it a boy or a girl?”, “Can you see its teeth?”, “It’s got little horns on its head!”, “It’s making a shiny path!” It’s May, it’s raining and colder than you’d like too. A snail is making characteristically slow progress over a log, watched by two ‘Wildlings’ in wellies and bright waterproof coats. They are taking it in turns to hold a magnifying glass. Blissfully unaware of the damp day, the two five-year-olds are engrossed in their minibeast hunt. These little ‘Wildlings’ may be able to avoid the dragon-battling antics of their Game of Thrones namesake, but they share a closer affinity when it comes to a life lived outdoors. As a recent Wildlife Trusts’ report into children’s engagement with the environment commented, as a species our children have had an outdoor life for more than 200,000 years, so we are ‘hard wired’ to be part of the natural world. Wild Child officer Aimee Burrows, hosted by Staffordshire Wildlife Trust through the South West Peak Landscape Partnership Scheme, explains: “Playing outdoors in nature is fantastic for children of all ages – whatever the weather, being in our wilder spaces gives them the feeling of freedom and a sense of discovery. It’s about experiencing the natural environment for themselves through play. “It opens children up to the variety of sights, sounds, smells and textures that being outside brings. They can run about, jump around and generally make a lot of noise which helps relieve restlessness and18 www.peakdistrict.gov.uk

WILD CHILD This may be play, but it can have serious results too Nature deficit disorder • 60% of children have peacock butterfly never seen a • cOhnilldyr1enins1p0enpdarmenotrsetthiminke their than they did outdoors 80% of both boys and girls now exercising WHO’S IT FOR? for less than an hour a day, and just 44% of • w i7n8itl%edrlaiofceftpeanroenutgshsawyitchhnildatruernedaonnd’t youngsters in 2018 saying that had played Nature Tots – under-fives and their outdoors independently in the last six • a rInalmntghoees’tlda6usmtricnielgensptularyy,haacshrieldd’us c‘reodam in g parents or carers. months. Wildlings – six months to five-year-olds Alongside the physical impacts of this and their parents or carers. more sedentary lifestyle, our children • Children walking to school has are also increasingly losing touch with reduced to just 10%. Wild Families – five to eight-year-olds the realities of the outdoors, now being and their parents or carers. described as ‘nature deficit disorder’. This YouGov/WildlifeTrusts is borne out in only half of children saying Wildplay – eight to thirteen-year-olds their school had an ‘outdoor nature area’, Wild Child who want to explore the natural world. and a third of youngsters (37%) saying they have never seen a wild hedgehog. Wild Child is run by Staffordshire Wildlifereduce tension. And there are opportunities Trust. It is one of 18 projects set upfor them to slow down too and enjoy Thankfully today with Aimee and her by the South West Peak Landscapelooking at nature in detail – they get a sense team, there’s more than enough to occupy Partnership thanks to a £2.4m Heritageof calmness and you see them behaving in a these wintry warriors, from bug hunting to Lottery Fund Grant. The 5-year schemekind way towards each other.” den-making, scavenger hunts, and natural is working together with local residents, arts and crafts. visitors and other organizations to shape This may be play, but it can have serious a better future for the communities,results too. Outdoor programmes such as Adds Aimee: “This morning it’s the landscape, wildlife and heritage of thethe Scandinavian-inspired Forest School can simplicity of a snail, but in 20 years’ time South West Peak.drive dramatic improvements in conditions these Wildlings could well be looking aftersuch as Attention Deficit Disorder and the nature reserves and National Parks of southwestpeak.co.ukADHD. As one 14 year-old child described it: the next generation.”“…when I’m outdoors, I don’t have ADHD”. @swpeak Since the Wild Child project started last The widening gap between summer, 560 children and 160 adults have @southwestpeakcontemporary generations and those of taken part at the Roaches, near Leek, and inour parents is all too stark, with around after school clubs in the South West Peak area.WHERE AND WHEN? For Wildling, Wildplay and Wildfamily activity dates and events,visit www.southwestpeak.co.uk/projects/community/wild-child www.peakdistrict.gov.uk 19

FARMING NEWS Hassop farmers Bob and Judy Dilks. PHOTO: TOM MARSHALLSupport for upland farmers COUNTRYSIDEand land managers STEWARDSHIP SCHEME 2018 APPLICATIONBob and Judy Dilks, with support from A‘meander-style’pond . DEADLINEStheir family, have been farming at Hassopfor 27 years. They have recently taken up together with volunteer hydrologist, Peter Countryside Stewardship Scheme 2018the tenancy of Knouchley Farm at Calver, Worrall, who provided specialist advice and application deadlines are tight so if youand have applied for financial support for on-site support.” are interested in applying please noteorganic and conservation management the following dates:of the land, from the Mid-tier of the Peter Worrall said: “This project willCountryside Stewardship Scheme. enhance wildlife opportunities within the • Mid-tier: 31st May for requesting catchment and contribute to the process an application pack, and 31st July for National Park farm adviser of ‘slowing the flow’ which, however submitting the application.Suzanne Fowkes explains: “We’ve helped small, will contribute to the alleviation ofMr and Mrs Dilks with their Countryside flooding downstream. We would like to see • Hedgerows and Boundaries GrantStewardship application and grant aided water voles, great crested newts or otters applications: 30th April. Grants for theseveral capital conservation projects at move in to this restored floodplain.” restoration of hedgerows and dry stoneKnouchley Farm, all on or close to the walls have been increased from £5,000flood plain of Stoke Brook. This is one of If you would like help with a to £10,000 this year.the most important locations for wetland Countryside Stewardship Schemehabitats and species in this part of the Peak application please contact the farm And in the future, whilst changesDistrict National Park. advisers: email farming@peakdistrict. have been made to the scheme for gov.uk, phone 01629 816200 or call in this year which will better support “Grants were awarded for dry-stone at the drop-in centre at Bakewell Livestock upland farmers, the National Parkwall restoration, streamside fencing Market on Mondays, 10am–2pm. Authority, together with otherand the creation of three new small stakeholders, continues working forfarm woodlands in partnership with the further improvements. We are seekingWoodland Trust. to influence the design of a new support scheme post-Brexit to reward farmers “At Calver Marshes, the old meander- and land managers for the full range ofstyle pond within the flood plain has been public benefits which our Peak Districtreinstated. This project was carried out farms can deliver. So watch out forby our Countryside Maintenance Team further updates. Show your support – buy direct, shop local Bread, beer, veggies, pies, sausages, steaks, the shopping list could go on – fill your bags and baskets at a Peak District Farmers’ Market or from a farm shop: Bakewell Market is every Monday, and Bakewell Farmers’ Market is on the last Saturday each month, in the Agricultural Business Centre. Buxton Farmers’ Market is every first Thursday of the month at Buxton Pavilion. Chesterfield Farmers’ Market is on the second Thursday of every month on Central Pavement. Hartington Farmers’ Market is on Sundays, weekly from late May to September.20 www.peakdistrict.gov.uk

MEND OUR MOUNTAINS Mending ourMOUNTAINS Carey Davies from the British Mountaineering Council (BMC) introduces an ambitious new campaign to ensure our favourite paths are fit for the future.W hen you walk the Great population. The Great Ridge, with this of 15 National Parks. The Great Ridge is Ridge, the wonderful, dynamite combination of accessibility one of the most ambitious and significant sweeping edge and spectacle, is one of the most popular projects within this. Together with the connecting Mam Tor walking routes in Britain – an estimated Peak District National Park Authority, and Lose Hill at the heart 120,000 people walk it every year. we aim to raise £144,000 to completelyof the Peak District, you walk between renovate the damaged section, healingdifferent worlds – in more ways than one. The accumulated existing impacts and creating a durable impact of footfall and route that will future-proof the route for For a start, it straddles the divide erosion now means that countless people to continue to enjoy it inbetween the two main ‘identities’ of a long section of the years to come.the Peak District. When you gaze northfrom Back Tor or Hollins Cross, you look ridge is suffering It’s about more than just tidying up aout over the ‘Dark Peak’, where the muddy path - it is about protecting theunderlying geology is dominated by The accumulated impact of footfall and health and integrity of a place which isMillstone Grit and the wild moors and erosion now means that a long section hugely important to many people.rocky escarpments it produces. But if you of the ridge is suffering from a wide andturn around and face south, you will find extremely visible scar on the ridge line, While we were on the Great Ridgeyourself looking out over a different sort of poor walking conditions, and damage to filming a promotional video for Mend Ourlandscape, one marked by a fertile plateau the surrounding landscape. Mountains last September, we stoppedcovered in sheep pastures and scored and chatted to the many people outby spectacular plunging gorges – the That’s why the Great Ridge is a part walking that day. One woman, Colleen,limestone ‘White Peak’. of the Mend Our Mountains: Make One told us she been on the Great Ridge about Million appeal. This is a national call to seven times this year alone, had walked But for the less geologically-fixated, it action to everyone who values the hills, it every year for the last 10 years at leastalso represents a bridge between different mountains and landscapes of Britain. It once, and often took people there to showkinds of experience. The long, flowing, aims to galvanise mass support for things them what it’s like. On this walk she hadphotogenic ridge with its clear route we all use: the paths, bridleways and brought along a couple of her friends frommakes finding your way straightforward, bridges which underpin our experiences America; one had been moved to tears bybut the level of exertion and difficulty (and in the great outdoors. the views.arguably reward) is just that bit higherthan a riverside ramble or a lowland stroll. Through a year-long appeal we aim Humans form a part of the landscapeIt hits a sweet spot between lowland to raise £1 million in total for a range of but the landscape can also become part ofand mountain walking that makes it vital projects within the UK’s entire family us. Some places get under our skina wonderful day out and deservedly and call to us to return to them time andpopular. time again; the Great Ridge is surely one of them. But that popularity comes at a price.The Peak District National Park has some Mend Our Mountains: Make One Million is having its publicof the highest visitor numbers of any launch at the Sheffield Adventure Film Festival onprotected landscape in the world – an March 9–11 – see www.shaff.co.ukestimated 20 million people live withinan hour’s drive. It is a vital resource for the For more information about the national appeal and thehealth and wellbeing of the surrounding Great Ridge project, go to www.mendmountains.thebmc.co.uk www.peakdistrict.gov.uk 21

Putting down ROOTSTo adventurous youngsters, woodlands are magical places – full of exciting opportunities toexplore, play and learn. For others they are peaceful havens, a chance to escape the demands of everyday life and to reconnect with nature. One of the ways we have enhanced the PeakDistrict National Park is through the planting or improvement of woodlands, to benefit local flora, wildlife – and people. Fiona Stubbs discovers three of our best-loved woods. Anne’s Wood, Elton “The children love it. They don’t realise who was known as Anne. It was how much they are learning – they think funded as a gift to the National More than 20 years ago, children they’re having a lovely day out!” Park by her family – a plaque at from Elton Primary School helped the entrance to the woodlandNational Park rangers to plant trees in what Anne’s Wood was planted in 1997 describes Anne as “a wonderfulwould become Anne’s Wood. in memory of Marianne Grace Hinnells, daughter, wife, mother and Now the woodland provides a wealth of devoted teacher” who was “lovedlearning opportunities for today’s pupils. by all who knew her.” We have granted a licence allowing theschool to use Anne’s Wood for lessons and Rebecca adds: “One of thegroups of pupils visit regularly. really nice results of our work is Teacher Rebecca Edwards-Gill explains: that the children love the wood“Woodland activities link up with so much they encourage theireverything in the curriculum – literacy families to visit at weekends andprojects, numeracy and science. We also do during the school holidays.activities such as minibeast hunting and “It’s expanded their knowledge of theden building, great ways to develop team area, taking them out of the house andwork, independent thinking and problem- encouraging them to enjoy – and learnsolving skills. about – the countryside.” The wonder of woodland… One of the really nice results of PHOTO: TOM MARSHALL pupils from Elton Primary School our work is that the children love learning in Anne’s Wood.22 www.peakdistrict.gov.uk love the wood

COMMUNITY WOODLANDSEnjoying a stroll at The Fall, Danebridge.The Fall,DanebridgeHave you ever taken a bite ofan Ashmeads Kernal? Or how about aKeswick Codlin?These and other ancient varieties ofapple have long disappeared fromour diet, but live on in a specialPeak District woodland – andthrough the culinary skills ofthe local Women’s Institute.In 2013 contractorRob Jordan, workingwith our woodlandsmanager Richard Claxon,planted an orchard at PHOTO: TOM MARSHALLThe Fall, Danebridge, onthe Cheshire-Staffordshire Apples from The Fall orchard. National Park woodlands manager Richard Claxon helpsborder. It was part of a a pupil to prune a branch from one of the trees.wider project, which involvedplanting 4,360 native trees toprovide important habitat and shelter TGhreeaWt Lilolonwgss,tone Discover the wonderful plants andfor wildlife. The Woodland Trust donated a habitats at The Willows, Great Longstone.Royal Oak from Windsor Great Park and an Many of the woodlands weofficial woodland ‘opening’ day attracted have established or improved have been on overgrown and needed thinning out. Now,generations of local families. reclaimed land, previously used as rubbish after some painstaking work, it is a lovely tips or quarry sites. village amenity for walking, with some The orchard is made up of old Cheshire wonderful plants and habitats.”varieties Lord Derby (1862), Millicent Barnes One of our prettiest woods is rooted(1903), Minshull Crab (1777) and Withington on the site of a former sewage works justWelter (1883). Other varieties of apple trees outside Great Longstone.include D’Arcy Spice (1785) and RibstonPippin (1688) and the orchard also includes “When the sewage works closed in 1972,plum, damson, quince, cherry and pear there were initially plans to turn the sitetrees. into a lorry park,” explains our woodlands manager Richard Claxon. “But when We granted Wincle WI sole licence for ownership was transferred to the Nationalfruit collection. President Angie Page says: Park, we decided to create The Willows“It is interesting comparing the looks and woodland, under the guidance of Nationalflavours of the older varieties with the fruit Park forestry officer Alec Unsworth.we see in our supermarkets today. “Our work there has been fascinating “The first year brought a small amount and revealed an archaeological feature – anof produce but we have seen an increase ancient water funnel – which had beenevery year and look forward to many years buried beneath 6ft of sediment.of harvesting with subsequent jam andpie-making.” “In recent years the woodland became www.peakdistrict.gov.uk 23

SUPPORTShop with us @PeakMillieand support your #MillieTheSheepNational Park From adventures in outer space (yes,Our range of Peak District National Park products have really!) to at home on the Peak Districtbeen specially chosen to reflect the colours, character moors, Millie will happily find a homeand beauty of Britain’s original National Park. Whatever with you.you choose, you’ll be helping to look after your favourite Inspired by the Swaledale breed, thisplaces, trails, wildlife and more across the Peak District. Yorkshire lass now plays a big part across the Peak District, as one of 400,000 sheep in the National Park. If you want to see Millie and her other friends up-close, why not visit one of the Peak District’s annual sheepdog trials to see highly trained working dogs and experienced handlers in action. Check out Bamford Sheepdog Trials in May. Read more about Millie and her space adventure at www.peakdistrict.gov.uk/ millie-the-sheep Share your Millie adventures with us @PeakMillie PRSENVEIEAWK ! Best-dressed dogs Having your dog on a lead can make a real difference to livestock and wildlife at this crucial time of year, during nesting and lambing season. But that doesn’tAim for the top in our new mean your four-legged friends can’tcycling jersey make a statement when you’re out for a walk! Why not add a splash of seasonal colour all year round with our rangeIf you make the most from the Peak District features the Peak District’s four locations in of Peak District tartan and leather dogNational Park on two wheels, then this the revered top 100 climbs in the country. collars and leads.summer aim high with our brand new Keep an eye on our website and social Handcrafted, you’ll find a bespoke,contemporary road jerseys for men and media channels for official launch dates and tailored country look – a hint of traditionwomen. where to get hold of yours. with a modern twist. Produced with Tour de Yorkshiremerchandise partner Milltag, our newWhere to shopdesign features a taste of what the NationalPark has to offer; iconic crags, winding You’ll find these items and more, including maps, books, clothing, locally-made productspasses and of course the classic millstone. and souvenirs, on sale in Peak District National Park visitor centres at Bakewell, Castleton, Picked out in gritstone grey with higher Derwent and Edale. Or shop online at www.peakdistrict.gov.uk/shopvisibility green panels, the back of the jersey Your purchases help us look after the Peak District National Park for everyone to enjoy.24 www.peakdistrict.gov.uk

Taste ofspring FOOD Welcome to our new food page. In each edition, we’ll PWoattaetrocrSeosuspand showcase seasonal produce and invite guest foodies to cook up delicious recipes for you to try. L aunching our series is the Blueberry Café, based at our visitor centre in Castleton. Carly Shawe – who runs the café with her husband James – says: “After winter’s heavy meals, we all look forward to the lighter dishes of spring. Seasonal ingredients include highly-nutritious watercress – great for soups – and asparagus, a delicacy of the vegetable world. “Spring produce also includes radishes, cucumber and, of course, spring onions – which add colour and flavour to salads, the perfect accompaniment to quiches and tartlets.” @cafe_blueberry facebook.com/BlueberryCafeCastleton Ingredients • 2 potatoes • 2 onions • 2 cloves of garlic • Olive oil • 400ml vegetable stock • 3 large handfuls of watercress • Salt and pepper Method sa1an.udPcegeepalraalnincfdaondrd5ic-se1a0tuhtmeeipinnouattaehtsoe. easv,yobnaiosends 2. Add potato the stock and simmer until the is soft.PHOTOS: TOM MARSHALL 3. Chop and add the watercress and simmer for a further 3-4 mins. 4. Using a hand blender, liquidise the soup until smooth. Asparagus Tartlets with enough cold water to make a smooth s5p. oSeoansfounl otfoctraèsmteeafnradicsheerv. e with a dough. Ingredients • 350g asparagus 3. Rest dough in the fridge for 20 minutes, • 40g cheddar cheese, grated then roll out on a floured surface. • 1 tablespoon grated parmesan • 2 egg, beaten 4. Line six small tart tins. Prick the bases and • 284ml single cream line with greaseproof paper and baking • Salt and pepper beans. Blind bake for 10-15 mins. Remove paper and beans. For the pastry: • 25g butter 5. Meanwhile, cut off the woody end from • 25g lard the asparagus and cut the spears into • 110g plain flour 2-3 pieces. Boil in water for 4-5 mins. • Pinch of salt Arrange the asparagus into the bases of • Cold water the tartlets. Method 6. Beat eggs together with the cream and 1. Pre-heat oven to gas mark 4, 350F, 180C. grated cheese, season with salt and pepper. Pour over the asparagus in each tartlet and 2. Make the pastry by rubbing the butter sprinkle with parmesan. and lard gently into the flour. Add the salt 7. Place tartlets onto a baking sheet and cook for 20-25 minutes, until the centre feels firm and the tops are golden brown. www.peakdistrict.gov.uk 25

CULTURAL HERITAGEWhat’s PHOTO: TOM MARSHALL this?T his unusual wooden figure was found at the bottom of a garden in Tideswell. It had twine wrapped around the upper part ofthe body. It may have been used as aspool or a plumb-bob to help keep astraight line when the drystone wallwas rebuilt a number of years ago. It’s a conical figure made of woodwith carved features, and appears tobe holding flowers. It stands 23.5cmtall, and is 6.3cm wide at the base.The head is 13.5cm in diameter andthe base is 18cm in diameter. Have you any ideas about thepurpose of this object? Do youknow when or where it was made?Who made it? What type of woodis it? We’d love to hear your thoughts.Email us on [email protected] with ‘What’s this’ in thesubject line. If we find out any more aboutthis mysterious object we’ll updateyou in a future edition of ParkLife.Read all about it IT’S A CUT A Monumental THROAT BUSINESS LandscapeThe 2018 edition ofArchaeology and The Moors for the Future Partnership have Arbor Low, near Monyash, is an amazingConservation in repaired the popular Cutthroat track, on place to visit.Derbyshire, or ACID as it the moors between Ladybower Reservoiris affectionately known, and Sheffield. Long known as the Stonehenge ofis out now. the North, even though the stones aren’t This bridleway runs through an area standing, the henge and nearby barrow Edited by Roly Smith, that contains evidence of the people who Gib Hill are around 5,000 years old.articles in this issue of lived there up to 4,000 years ago. Largethe annual magazine stretches of the route had become very Discover the latest thinking about whyfeature bears living in Peak District caves, eroded which was bad for native plants, these monuments were built in our Arborthe historic landscape of Ilam Park, old as well as birds that nest on the ground, Low booklet, £2.50 from Peak Districtgold found at Leekfrith, and Castleton and could have damaged the Bronze Age Nationalcotton mill. settlement remains. Park visitor centres. This informative publication is free A new hard wearing surface andof charge and available from Derbyshire drainage has been put in place funded bylibraries and the Peak District National Park Derbyshire County Council and Naturalhead office (see page 2), or you can read it England Higher Level Stewardship.online www.peakdistrict.gov.uk/acid26 www.peakdistrict.gov.uk

COMPETITION WINNERCStanage Edge WINNER!Rebecca Haighongratulations to Rebecca Haigh, our photo competition winner. Rebecca’s picture melted the judge’s hearts with thisadorable image of her four year-old We received dozens of entries anddaughter enjoying her first 12km “yomp” the runners-up photos were great too.on Stanage Edge which, we’re told, she If you’d like your own Millie to“loved”. Rebecca has won our Millie the cuddle you can buy her from PeakSheep. We hope Rebecca and family will District National Park visitor centres.take Millie on great adventures and post Profits are reinvested in your Original @PeakMillie #MillieTheSheepsome photos on twitter @PeakMillie! National Park.RUNNERS UP:Stanage Edge White Edge ChatsworthAndrew Baker Bev Froggett Elina Viluma KuzminaCurbar Edge Trig point above Sandy Heys, Kinder Scout Near Lud’s Church, RoachesJanet Jones Lisa Bloor Robert DudekTop of Mam Tor Thorpe Cloud,Sam Draper Ilam Kieran Metcalfe Caroline Smart www.peakdistrict.gov.uk 27

YOUR PEAK DISTRICT More of your momentsPeak views Whether it’s posting a great PeakGet in touch with us by email, Twitter, Facebook or write. District selfie, an amazing wildlife We love to hear from you. encounter or fun with the family, we’ll share some of our favourites here. You can also write to us at: Parklife Magazine, Peak District National Park Authority, Aldern House, Baslow Road, Bakewell, DE45 1AE.OwIwedleekird, nTa’otnredxlapaestcsitgthot Delighted to have been sP(evhieial.N.F.aocretobnooPkh)otography nominated for the National Parks UK Volunteers Awards. SLTtaehvdeeyOpbwoluewnge(vrhiaonFleaecweobyoneoka)r’s day. Peak Park Conservation Volunteers MmMG(veaayiarmyaFdFnalocTedegtobchromReoTryokr)sibsgei sPotonpinalt., Black Men Walking: a hilly hike through 500 years of black British history. @guardian All in a day’s work for While walking @nationaltrust @PeakRangers. Rescue a coal tit Dovedale, @peakdistrict I came who head butted the window and across these #sheep having a it rewards you by perching on mid-morning snack. your shoulder before flying off. @DworakPhoto #That’sNotHappenedBefore @LD_PeakDistrict @sdwaIaKteawatcsyfhlFiotiaornhiusrnietigslnsythogm(tvnBiwoairttTriihwtlnwadeiitaintnersmgri’s).vaaefmrapmsobtmuaetls-tpiItom @peakdistrict28 www.peakdistrict.gov.uk /peakdistrictnationalpark We promise to read all of your letters, but unfortunately we won’t be able to respond personally.

PROFILE5 minutes with...In the first of a brand new ParkLife series meeting those who liveand work in the Peak District National Park, Jane Newman tells us why she swapped the North York Moors for a role in planning in Britain’s first national park.Iwas brought up in the North York Moors National Park and have always really valued the special places ourNational Parks are. I understood from anearly age that planning has a huge role toplay in the conservation and enhancementof national parks. Today, the Peak District is agreat place to explore the tensions betweenthe demand for development and the needto protect the place.I always wanted to work in the planningprofession, as it helps to shape places forthe benefit of everyone. I did a Masters ofTown and Country Planning at ManchesterUniversity, and after that, worked atOxfordshire County Council in Mineralsand Waste Planning. The Peak DistrictNational Park Authority has a reputation fortaking a creative approach to resolve somelarge and complicated mineral planningissues and I was drawn to the challenge ofthose issues.The great thing about the job is you happens here – it’s a constant reminder Jane really enjoys exploringcan actually see the results of the work that what we do matters and has a real Mam Tor, the Great Ridge andthat we do on the ground. I now lead impact well beyond the boundaries of thethe Development Management Service National Park. the contrasting views of the– the teams that deal with any planning White Peak and Dark Peak.applications and enforce breaches of We can get better at telling people aboutplanning control in the National Park. I really the good work that we do – including different ways – walk, cycle, drive, camp.enjoy the variety of work, from agricultural that we permit 9 out of 10 planning There is always somewhere peaceful if youbuildings to house extensions to quarries applications in the National Park. It’s look hard enough, even on August Bankand large projects such as the RHS show at often hard for people to understand how Holiday weekend.Chatsworth and schemes for the delivery places would be so much worse without theof affordable local needs housing. It’s planning system. Developments that could I’m a big fan of our other national parks,particularly rewarding where we have have had a negative impact without our particularly the North York Moors as I grewnegotiated changes to schemes and we can input of course don’t exist for people to see. up there and Pembrokeshire where we’vesee where those changes make a positive had some lovely family holidays. Furtherimpact on the special qualities of the area. There are so many amazing and varied afield, I would really like to return to New parts of the National Park. I really enjoy Zealand one day, it has such a diverseIt’s a privilege to work with so many Mam Tor and the Great Ridge and the views landscapes. I would love to kayak in Abelpeople who have such high levels of into the White and Dark Peak. My children Tasman National Park on the South Islandexpertise in their fields, which other really enjoy seeing how the old road has with my family.planning authorities simply don’t have. moved due to the effects of the geologySo many people I come into contact with and it’s nice to see things through their eyes. Bakewell tart or Bakewell pudding?have such a huge enthusiasm for the I think the Park should be experienced in Pudding! Ideally with custard.National Park and really care about what www.peakdistrict.gov.uk 29

Peak District Members as of March 2018 This map shows which 7 2 members cover the area 72 where you live. 3 Use the colour code to help.Cllr Lesley Roberts Cllr David Chapman Mr Paul Ancell Mrs Penny Anderson TraParish Member Council Member Secretary of State Secretary of State01538 388900 01298 85067 Member Member 01625 613995 01298 27086 4 7 3 5Cllr Jason Atkin Mrs Frances Beatty Mr James Berresford Cllr Doug BirkinshawCouncil Member Secretary of State Secretary of State Council Member01629 258834 Member Member 01226 243716 01785 240667 3 07810 528460 2 51 4 6Cllr Patrick Brady Cllr Chris Carr Cllr Tony Favell Cllr Chris Furness Mr Zahid HamidParish Member Parish Member Parish Member Council Member Secretary of State01298 85798 01335 390342 01433 670281 01433 621811 Member 0114 2366332 7 7 1 6 6 5Cllr Andrew Hart Cllr Gill Heath Mr Robert Helliwell Cllr Caroline Howe Cllr Alan LawCouncil Member Council Member Secretary of State Council Member Council Member01782 379431 01538 381601 Member 07800 819901 0114 2883405 01433 670250 1 7 6 6 2Cllr Harold Laws Cllr Jamie Macrae Cllr Andrew McCloy Cllr Colin McLaren Cllr Jim PerkinsCouncil Member Council Member Parish Member Council Member Council member0114 247 5376 07872 807367 01629 636125 0161 6274197 01298 812927 4 6 45 6Cllr Kath Potter Cllr Nicola Turner Cllr Judith Twigg Cllr John Walton Cllr Becki WoodsParish Member Council Member Council Member Council Member Council Member01629 734320 07528 988823 01629 813292 01433 650031 07462 883798 A51930 To find more information about our Members go to: www.peakdistrict.gov.uk/members

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