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Dearest Readers
This writer has just finished watching the third season of Bridgerton and is now considering turning this into a gossip column (Society Paper). I am terrible at gossip though and not particularly observant, so I’m not entirely sure what this Lady Waffledown would discuss?! Obviously, if you have any interesting gossip, I’m all ears – pen poised!
At the time of writing England (and Scotland) are still in the Euro’s and the General Election is still up for grabs. So, forgive me if I steer clear of football and politics, not least because I imagine by the time you are reading this, everyone may be a little sick of talking about both these things!
So, onto more worthwhile pursuits… I promised you all an update on my adventures at Ninja Warrior. Let’s be clear it was the family friendly pay-to-play adventure park, not the TV show. Don’t expect me to show up on your telly-box, swinging from a monkey bar and trussed up in lycra… based on my exploits it would be a brief appearance, although I will say it was great fun, with lots to do for kids of all ages and good value for money. My little tip though… don’t go to Meadowhall food court for lunch on a bank holiday Monday… feeding time at the zoo is an apt description!
I am looking forward to the Olympics though… I love watching all those sports and athletic disciplines which you don’t normally get to see on TV. Although, I will say I don’t look forward to Mr Emily pretending he is an expert on each event based on his 30 minutes of watching, along with his insistence on telling them (me) on how to do it better… #eyeroll
Until next month gentle reader, I await tidings of your juiciest gossip, Happy reading,
Emily x (Lady Waffledown)
WEIRD OLYMPIC SPORTS OF THE PAST
We’re all familiar with the athletic events at the modern Olympic games, plus all the other sports included today—gymnastics, swimming, basketball, football…etc. etc. etc!
There are also more random events such as breaking (break dancing), skateboarding, surfing, and BMX biking on the menu at this month’s Paris games. But have you ever been tempted to investigate some of the odd “sports” that formed part of previous Olympics?
I looked and was both surprised and horrified by some of the weird events that have been deemed Olympic worthy in the past…
Let’s have a look:
Live pigeon shooting – yep, you read that correctly! In 1900, which coincidentally was also held in Paris, competitors assembled to shoot pigeons. The winner was the one who shot down the most birds from the sky. Nearly 300 birds were killed. Unsurprisingly, it turned out to be quite messy, with dead or injured birds on the ground and blood and feathers all over the place.
Canon Shooting – this was at the 1900 Paris Games (must have been something odd in the water that year!). There were 17 events, all for men, and (oddly enough!) only French competitors participated. No specific results are known; indeed, no one really knows what the competition involved.
Town Planning – I kid you not, medals for town planning were awarded during the Olympic Games held in Amsterdam, Los Angeles, Berlin, and London between 1928 and 1948!
Men’s 200m swimming obstacle course – unbelievably, this is another from the 1900 Paris games – there was definitely something amiss with the French psyche that year. There were three obstacles; first the competitors had to climb over a pole, then over a row of boats, and then swim under another row of boats. Bizarre.
Solo Synchronised Swimming – surely the most obvious oxymoron ever! How can a solo swimmer synchronise with something? Regardless, Solo Synchronised Swimming was a sport at the Olympic Games between 1984 and 1992. Perhaps it would still be around if renamed, “Pool Dancing” – or similar!
Men’s Sailors 100 meter Freestyle – this one is bonkers! In 1896, at the first modern Olympic Games held in Athens, a swimming event open only to Greek Royal Navy sailors was held. The suspicion was that Greece included this event to boost their medal haul!
Roque – no, I’ve never heard of it either! Apparently, it was (is?) almost identical to croquet but played on a hard surface with solid boundary walls. It made an appearance in the 1904 Olympics in St. Louis, Missouri. Only Americans competed in the event, drawing complaints that the host country was trying to inflate its medal count, just like Greece in 1896.
Enjoy this year’s Olympics, and be grateful that these days, the events require a huge amount of athletic skill and dedication on the part of the competitors. And, as an added bonus, there will not be a bloodied pigeon feather in sight!
These articles are researched and written by Laura Billingham, a local content writer and author. Laura moved to the Peak District several years ago to pursue her passion for writing.
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1. Heat your oven to 200°C/fan 180°C/gas 6 and line a small loaf tin with non-stick baking paper.
2. Put the bananas in a mixing bowl and mash with a fork. Add the almond drink and stir well. Sift in the flour and cocoa powder, then add the vanilla, baking powder and sweetener, followed by the eggs. Mix until smooth.
The collective ‘oooh’, followed by ‘so when are you going to make some?’ when I suggested this recipe confirmed it was the right choice for this month... Hopefully it tickles your fancy too!
3. Pour the mixture into the prepared loaf tin and bake for 35-45 minutes, or until firm to the touch. Remove from the oven and leave to cool in the tin for 10 minutes.
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JULY 2024
WELL DRESSING THE PRETTIEST OF OUR VILLAGE TRADITIONS
Well dressings, the prettiest of our village traditions, are cherished by our stoic villagers.
As a girl I can remember travelling from Sheffield to see the marvellous well dressings in Derbyshire. My recollection back then was that all the dressings had a religious theme. We were told the dressings were made to give thanks for the gift of water.
As time has passed, ideas for well dressing subjects have changed, each village deciding what they want to celebrate that year. Unique dressings highlight local and national events, people, anniversaries, adventures and achievements, anything villagers wish to acknowledge. The dressings, all created in six days in pictorial form using only natural materials, still represent thanks for water. I guess these days it depends on who you think provides the water; the heavens and Severn Trent in this area, though I doubt any of the water companies are popular enough to merit thanking for much these days.
After a hectic week of puddling, pricking out, outlining and petaling, the finished dressings are erected and displayed at wells around the villages. On the first Sunday a blessing of the wells takes place.
This year the blessing of the wells in Ashford in the Water was a tad dramatic to say the least, but the event also says everything about the tenacity of the village and its visitors at
such times. Relentless rain had fallen all morning, luckily about two o’clock the downpour stopped. The weather brightened up, not exactly sun, but brighter. The service in the church went well. A good crowd, supported by some of our four-legged friends, enjoyed prayers and hymns. It is tradition that this service is followed by a blessing outside the church, then a parade round the village to each well. Of course, the minute we stepped outside our lovely church heavy rain begins to fall again. Some of Ashford in the Water churchyard is sheltered by a couple of huge, ancient yew trees. Youlgrave Silver Band bravely wait near the gate as Tony, our local vicar, assures us he will not keep us for ‘more than an hour.’ This raises a grateful giggle from the crowd. Seconds later, standing in the now torrential rain, we watch Tony clutching his brolly and a microphone, which no longer works, as lightning flashes and thunder erupts around us. Ignoring everything we were told as children, ‘don’t stand under trees in a storm,’ we shelter from the downpour under an array of raincoats, umbrellas and yes, the great yew trees. Lightning continues to flash and the loudest clap of thunder I ever heard explodes
directly above us. Tony grips his brolly tighter, discards the microphone and decides to do his best to shout above the noise.
The general idea is that we walk round the village to the wells, bless each one, sing a hymn and move to the next, all accompanied by Youlgrave Silver Band. Tony wisely makes the decision to stay where we were and to ‘remotely’ bless the wells. An audible sigh of relief reverberates through the crowd and the band. I fear if he had set off round the village, he and the band would have been very lonely by the time they reached the last well.
Traffic slows to see what’s going on, three cars and a bus at one point as the thunder continues to boom, the rain pours and lightning flashes. It is utter chaos. At one point I visualise newspaper headlines of, ‘Crowd eliminated by lightning at village event.’ Despite everything the weather threw at us, it says an awful lot about the tenacity of our villagers and visitors that we all stood there to complete the blessing ceremony.
Hopefully, we’ll all be there next year in bright sunshine to celebrate one of our favourite Derbyshire traditions.
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“GOING TO SEE A MAN ABOUT A DOG”
When I was a child, some things my parents used to say puzzled me. I understood all the words but not the meanings.
My Dad used to say “I’m going to see a man about a dog”. Where was this elusive dog? He never came home with a dog. My mum seemed to be in on the secret too. Dad would return home later that day, rather merry, but I never worked out that it had been a euphemism for “going to the pub” or in the broader sense “mind your own business”.
Another question I pondered: where was the birdie when you were having your photograph taken? I never found the birdie, but I do know where the saying came from. Photographers from 1879 would sometimes use a brass tweeting birdie to capture the attention of children while taking the photograph. And who was “Soft Mick”? My father would regularly roll out his saying by complaining “She’s had more holidays than Soft Mick“. This character appears to have been an Irish shoe pedlar who travelled around Lancashire around the 1930s.
So originally the saying would have been “He’s got more shoes than Soft Mick”.
What a rich, tapestry of language we all grew up with. Mine was a delicious hodge podge of a Derbyshire Dad with his many strange sayings like tuttoos, bit black over Bill’s mother’s and loads of rammel, and my Belfast mum’s mutton dummies, wee cup of tea in your hond with a piece and jom. It’s actually a wonder I grew up literate at all.
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THE BUTTERFLY BLUES
The spring and summer of 2024 will not go down as a great period for many of our butterflies. Often cool and generally wet, this has not been good weather for most butterfly species. Nevertheless, across the Peak District and surrounding areas, are some butterfly hotspots, but you may have to seek them out. Wherever there are grasslands, (i.e., meadows and pastures), rich in wildflowers and in sunny locations, then there are opportunities. If soil is dry and low in nutrients then it is likely to favour yellowflowered Common Bird’s-foot Trefoil, one of the pea family, and the foodplant for the Common Blue Butterfly. Incidentally, the orange-coloured trefoil flowers are associated with the plant’s defence mechanism called cyanogenesis. Producing a bitter taste and releasing toxic hydrogen cyanide and glucosides when insects cause damage, which discourages generalist herbivores. However, grassy areas favour butterflies including moth-like skippers whose caterpillars feed on grasses, and day-flying moths like Burnets feeding on trefoils and other legumes. Habitats for these and other grassland butterflies are found on Peak District limestone pastures, moorland-fringe areas, or old meadows like the National Trust estate at Longshaw, close to the Grouse Inn. Surprisingly perhaps, some of the best sites for these pretty insects are along roadside verges, effectively wildflower-rich, linear nature reserves throughout the region. Rich wildflower areas provide foodplants for larvae and sources of nectar for adults too. So, during the summertime months these are wonderful places to see a diversity of colourful species. As I hinted earlier, this has not been a good year for many species of butterflies in gardens or woodland edge perhaps,
apart from the now ubiquitous Speckled Wood. The Holly Blue, sometimes abundant in spring has been noticeably absent, but its grassland cousin the Common Blue seems to have done pretty well, such are the vagaries of butterfly watching!
It is always good to see butterflies especially when they are relatively abundant and can easily be spotted on a daily walk around your patch or else in your garden. However, there is rather more to butterfly watching than meets the eye. Research at the University of Derby has shown how spotting butterflies really is good for you and helps improve both health and your sense of wellbeing.
Researchers working with the Butterfly Conservation Society found that as little as fifteen minutes of butterfly watching whilst counting butterflies for a survey, reduced stress levels by around 10%. They also discovered that even activities like a short time observing and counting butterflies, enhanced the participants’ feelings of being connected to nature. These observations are similar to those for other wildlife groups such as birds and really emphasise that nature and a good, rich environment bring many benefits. Furthermore, people’s positive feelings led to an increased desire to support the conservation of these species and to be actively engaged. This might for example, include being a member of a Wildlife Trust or other conservation group, helping create a wildlife space in your local area, or perhaps making your garden a butterfly-friendly place. So, all in all, it is great to have butterflies around, and enjoying the experience will encourage you to take positive eco-action too!
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Top Tip:
There are two radical opportunities to increase bloom production in the garden.
One is the Chelsea Chop when you cut back your emerging perennials at the same time as the Chelsea Flower Show late May or early June, thus delaying flowering. The other is in mid to late July when you can cut individual shoots of perennials by about a third of their height. Both are reckoned to prolong the flowering period and promote later strong growth. If you prune about half the shoots on any plant just now – a phlox or helenium for example - it will give you a display of flowers now and the rest will come into bloom as the first ones go over.
We’re well into the holiday season and keeping houseplants happy if you haven’t got a house sitter means more direct action. If you’re just going for a short break, you can cover individual plants with a plastic bag which will create moisture and keep it watered – don’t let the bag touch the plant though. For longer periods, move your plants from sunny spots such as windowsills and if possible, use a bit of capillary matting to create a reservoir to water the plants. You need a water container, insert a strip of the matting into the plant soil and the other into the reservoir container and it will draw down water as needed. And if you have enough strips, you can water any number of plants through this method.
If you like to use lavender to sweeten your home, cut it when it is a newly opened flower – the smell is particularly strong and hang in a cool dark place for it to dry out.
Pick your sweet peas every day – they have a lovely scent, but importantly they will stop flowering if they go to seed. This can happen quite quickly, so keep checking every day.
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