WEEK BEGINNING MONDAY, 7th November 2016 

USA Elections Prediction 9th November 2016 at 8:16am
Check out my post on the 18th of October 2016 where I predicted a Trump Win
What did I tell ya!

Mr Trump, we all look forward to you draining that swamp in DC!


YOULGRAVE GROUP WALK
MapMyWalk App Stats: 4 Miles > 2H: 15M : 42S at 30:26 minutes per mile
Steps: 13,222
Time & Date: 10:30am, Tuesday, 8th November
Break: none 
SatNav: DE45 

NEXT YOULGRAVE WALK: 22ND NOVEMBER 16 at 10:30am
Thereafter, every 2nd & 4th Tuesday of the Month 

Gosh, the 2 weeks soon flies by and here we are again at Youlgrave and today's walk is carved around appreciating the autumnal leaves and colours. We were 14 strong today and I am so pleased that people are supporting this group, it's great bunch of people with 3 of us from Biggin namely Peter our group leader and Claire my neighbour too.

We started our trek close to the exclusive property that is receiving a lot of attention from the media and will be featured on Kevin Cloud's Grand Design and apparently they were scheduled to be filming today but sadly they weren't there when we walkled passed. My goodness it's coming along leaps and bounds and it now has an aluminium corrugated roof which will be covered with grass and plants. Apologies, should have taken a photo of the CAD design featured outside the building.

Youlgrave has been getting a lot of attention lately as The Farmyard Inn was featured on the 31st October Four in a Bed television series, sadly they didn't and I recently visited the pub for Sunday lunch on had my Sunday lunch on the 30th October which I covered in my blog too.

Wonder, what's next? A new village soap ...

  
By the way, we had a special announcement from Linda today suggesting if anyone was up for coffee and mince pies at Lathkill Hotel on the 13th of December and it was an all round vote of yes. That's 2 elections today and we are all looking forward to that, it should be brilliant.

MATLOCK CAMERA CLUB INVITATION to an EVENING with BOB BRIND-SURCH
Time & Date: 7:15pm Wednesday, 9th November
Venue: Upstairs Meeting Room, Cromford Wharf Warehouse, Mill Road, Cromford (near Matlock) 
SatNav: SK17 6HX 

This sounds raher interesting, entitled "Moving beyond Auto Taking" back control of your Camera with admission only at £3.50. Do go and check it out, it could be an excellent evening.

DISCOVERING BUXTON
Venue: The Pavillion Gardens, Buxton  
SatNav: SK17 6BE 

I had an appointment in Buxton and was early, it was wet and cold so I decided to wander through onto the cafe via an entrance I've never been through and my goodnes what an amazing pathway to the cafe. I was confronted with the most elegant Victorian architecture that had to go through a myriad of changes over the years. 

Then, as The Clubhouse Pub was still closed I decided to eat at the cafe and I was further overwhelmed by their food as I had the most amazing liver with mash for almost a decade, it was superby cooked in a red wine sauce. I shall most definately go back for another taster!

The Pavillion also had an exhibition of Peaky Artisans and here are all my photos.

BUXTON TALK on PUTTING PLANTS ON THE MAP
Time & Date: 7:30pm Saturday, 12th November
Venue: Buxton Methodist Church on The Market Place 
SatNav: DE4 3RQ 

The speaker, Nick Moyes will be speaking about the Flora of Derbyshire and it's entitled Putting Plants on the Map. This will be an enthusiasm-filled tour which looks behind the scenes at that botanical beauty - the county 'Flora'. How did they come about? What can they tell us? And what does it take to put all of Derbyshire'e rich and varied plant life onto the page? Illustrated with stunning plant photos and maps. There's a visitor fee of £3.



MATLOCK TALK on THE WALLED KITCHEN GARDEN at CLUMBER PARK
Time & Date: 2pm Sunday, 12th November
Venue: Temple Hotel Matlock Bath
SatNav: DE4 3PH 

The North Derbyshire Cottage Garden Society introduces The Walled Kitchen Garden at Clumber Park. A talk by the Senior Gardener Shirley Roberts at 2pm, Temple Hotel, Matlock Bath and all visitors are welcome.


HARTINGTON MEMORIAL 
Time & Date: 11am Sunday, 13th November
Venue: Hartington Village Memorial (opposite Newsagent)
SatNav: SK17 0AL 

I am going for this event, see you there?

Here we are 4 hours laters in Biggin ...

BIGGIN MEMORIAL 
Time & Date: 3pm Sunday, 13th November
Venue: Biggin Village Memorial (opposite Church)

SatNav: SK17 0DN 

It was an excellent turnout from our tiny village of this Biggin SK17. I've never ever attended 2 memorials in one day. We have 3 soldiers in Biggin, one lives opposite to me. So, this one was particularly special for me and we all went onto the village hall for refreshments.