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READY, STEADY, SHOW! WINSTER COUNTRY SHOW ON THURSDAY 3RD JULY
Judging flower arranging entries. Inset: A celebration cake which tastes as good as it looks Plans have been made to stage the next free...


BONSALL OPEN GARDENS 7TH-8TH JUNE
The Magical Gardens of Bonsall are open on the weekend of 7th and 8th June ‘25. Times are from 10am to 5pm. Tickets with map are £6 each....


Bakewell Infants Visit Friday Group
Bakewell Infant's pupils visit Friday Group It was great to see local social crossover at the Bakewell and District Friday Group when...


TALK OF THE DALES
BUXTON MOUNTAIN RESCUE POSTAL CHARITY QUIZ 2025 Quiz 20 is available now and closes on 31st October. Send an SAE and cheque for £1 made...


BAKEWELL CHORAL SOCIETY AUTUMN CONCERT – MOZART’S REQUIEM
Calling all singers! Would you like to come and join us to sing Mozart’s Requiem? Bakewell Choral Society's Autumn Concert will be on...


WALKS WITH NELLIE ~ TITTESWORTH ~ BY SALLY MOSLEY
I fancied a reservoir walk for this issue, so Nellie and I headed off for a trot around Tittesworth on a delightful circuitous path of...


“A CASKET OF JEWELS” STANTON-IN-PEAK WILDLIFE GARDEN OPENS FOR CHARITY17 AND 18 MAY, 12.30-4.30PM
Steve’s partner Jeanette enjoying Spring in the Stanton garden Spring is the perfect time to visit a beautiful wildlife garden, which has...


BAMFORD SHEEPDOG TRIALS MONDAY 26TH MAY
The trials will be held on Monday 26th May at Bamford Recreation Ground, the gates open at 9am. As well as the sheepdog trials themselves...


ARE ARTIFICIAL SWEETENERS BAD FOR OUR HEALTH?
Artificial sweeteners are now commonly used as non-calorific additives to sweeten foods and drinks, they are easily available and are...


U3A BAKEWELL ~ JOSEPH PAXTON – NOT JUST CHATSWORTH'S HEAD GARDENER
Joseph Paxton was one of the pantheon of great 19th century innovators. We who live in the Peak District perhaps know him best as head...


AN OVERVIEW OF AGRICULTURE IN THE UK
L-R: Club Chairman Christopher Jewitt and Andrew Critchlow With ‘growing the economy’ the stated aim of the UK’s government as the means...


TREFOIL GUILD, MATLOCK
The March meeting was billed as a ‘Coffee Evening‘ – but not as you know it! Currently, due to the building work at the Church Hall,...


TALK OF THE DALES 5th May 2025 issue
A SELECTIONS OF STORIES AND EVENTS, SOME OF WHICH WE DID NOT HAVE ROOM FOR IN THE LATEST EDITION... IMPROVEMENT WORK TO START AT SYLVAN...


MATLOCK TRAVEL SOCIETY
Our recent excursion to Macclesfield to visit the Silk Museum and Paradise Silk Mill was interesting and informative. Our welcome...


BAKEWELL’S NEW FLAG POLE
Bakewell and District Royal British Legion have recently arranged to have the flag pole reinstated in Bakewell Churchyard. The old flag...


LONDON MARATHON RUNNER ISSY RAISES £3000 FOR DISABLED RIDING CHARITY
First-time London Marathon runner Issy Frost has tripled the original target she set herself to raise almost £3,000 for a High Peak-based...


BUXTON HILL WALKS
The Zink Project is launching a new weekly event to encourage local people to learn more about hillwalking. Led by a qualified leader,...


MATLOCK MUSIC PRESENTS LIVE MUSIC IN THE DALESSUSANNA BRAUN – PIANO
Matlock Music Society’s exciting 2024/25 season closes with a recital by Swiss pianist Susanna Braun on May 9th. Born in The Hague, she...


SPRINGTIME AT BAKEWELL METHODIST CHURCH
Some of the many crosses displayed during the “Journey to Jerusalem”. Spring has arrived in a spectacular way this year in the Dales;...


LITTLE GREEN SPACE ~ BY PENNY BUNTING
Across the Peak District this month, colourful flowers will be blooming in woodlands, hedgerows, fields and gardens. Many of these will...
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