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Dining Out

Dining at Shirland Golf & Country Club

March 28, 2023 Alistair Plant 0

On Sunday March 5th we took the opportunity to go along to Shirland Golf Club for a carvery lunch. It’s years since I was there and was quite shocked and very pleasantly surprised to see how much work and effort has been put into what was a bit of a tired building. The quality of […]

Walks

Walk Derbyshire – A Walk Above Matlock

March 28, 2023 Alistair Plant 0

by Rambler I don’t think I have ever written about a walk where the instructions needed to mention street names, but as this walk involves the use of streets dating back to Matlock’s origins as a spa town, it will be helpful if I name the handful of them necessary, in order to reach the […]

Celebrity Interviews

Mickleover couple set a new World Record!

March 28, 2023 Alistair Plant 0

By Steve Orme Being knocked off their bike in Malaysia, cycling in sub-zero temperatures in Canada where they had to be on the lookout for bears and suffering sickness in India: some of the challenges that faced a Derbyshire couple as they attempted to set a new world record. Laura Massey-Pugh and Stevie Massey from […]

Lost Houses

The Lost Houses of Derbyshire – Nevill Old Hall, Ashford in the Water

March 28, 2023 Alistair Plant 0

By Maxwell Craven The history of Ashford-in-the-Water is both in places obscure and also generally complex; there are unhelpful gaps in our knowledge, too. It is also one of the few places in Derbyshire once lived in by a reigning sovereign prince, Melbourne Castle excepted. In reality, we are looking at two successive manor houses […]

Walks

Walk Derbyshire – A Walk Along the Monsal Trail

February 28, 2023 Alistair Plant 0

During the height of the railway mania tracks were being laid often with little or no purpose, throughout the land. While there were already lines running up the east and west coasts, linking London to Edinburgh and Glasgow, with cross country connections to Birmingham and other major industrial areas across industrial Midlands, Manchester and the […]

Featured

Abandoned Villages

February 28, 2023 Alistair Plant 0

by Brian Spencer A quick look at the Ordnance Survey 1:25000 scale map of the White Peak shows that the region has a history going back thousands of years. Gothic lettered map symbols indicating tumuli, stone circles, field systems or cairns tell us that our forefathers lived and farmed on what are now the high […]

Celebrity Interviews

Celebrity Interview – Mark Benton

February 28, 2023 Alistair Plant 0

He’s one of the most recognisable faces on television, appearing in the comedies Shakespeare and Hathaway and Early Doors as well as strutting his stuff on Strictly Come Dancing. Now Mark Benton is returning to Nottingham in a new play which he describes as “one of the maddest things I’ve ever done”. He says some […]

Lost Houses

Lost Houses of Derbyshire – Bretby Castle

February 28, 2023 Alistair Plant 0

By Maxwell Craven Like its Domesday Book twin, Newton Solney, Bretby is a total delight to visit, although much smaller and more sequestered, despite its closeness to the sprawling outer suburbs of Burton. Taking Bretby Lane out of Winshill one rises up onto the undulating higher ground south of the Trent and turns right into […]

Female

The Beauty Report – Pixi

February 26, 2023 Alistair Plant 0

FortifEYE Hydrogel Eye Patches £22 These luxurious eye patches in a hydrogel format adheres to skin easily to deliver essential nutrients to the delicate eye area. The FortifEYE Hydrogel patch instantly firms and lifts while infusing the delicate eye area with hydration. DetoxifEYE water-based gel-form patch depuffs and revives skin with maximum hydration. Glow Tonic […]

Dining Out

Dining Out – Yassou Greek Kitchen, Little Eaton

February 2, 2023 Alistair Plant 0

We are huge fans of shared eating so Yassou suited us down to the ground and evoked memories of dining at restaurants over in the Dodecanese, especially the historical ‘capital island’ Rhodes. The huge contrast was that we set off on a freezing cold evening with coats and scarves on, rather than in the gentle […]