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14Days Out & Meals Out reviews...ON New year’s day we joined the many people who headed out for a nice family walk to get some fresh air. We headed to White Nancy which is a walk we have never done before. White Nancy is a structure at the top of Kerridge Hill, overlooking Bollington, Cheshire. Since 1966 it has been recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II listed building. We researched a little online before hand for the route and also where to park. We parked on Lord Street in Bollington, SK10 5BN. Here you will find free street parking and the perfect spot to start your walk. Head west along Lord Street for 0.2 km and turn left onto Cow Lane. Cross over the street and look to your right for a trail heading to the south along a line of trees. The White Nancy Circular Walk is 5.3km if you choose to do the longest loop and takes 1.5-2 hours to complete. It is a fairly easy trail overall but there are a few steep sections along the route that could limit mobility for some walkers and when the weather has been wet the paths can get muddy and slippery especially on the steep, grassy parts. The steep northern slope of Kerridge Hill has been made easier to ascend as it has a series of steps up the hillside; however, these will get your heart racing and definitely give you a workout. But it’s all worth it when you reach the top where you will find White Nancy itself. Once at the top you will be able to explore the area around the monument while taking in the breathtaking views of the surrounding Cheshire landscape. Our girls liked how White Nancy was sat upon a giant compass showing which direction was which and after a few photos we set off again to carry on along the circular trail. Walking past White Nancy and heading south you walk along the ridge. There are a couple of places where you can take a left turning to make the circular route shorter or longer. We took the first left turn which is at the first junction you come to after about 0.6km. This takes you down a steep grassy feild where you will meet the bottom path. This path runs along the river Dean and parallel to the ridge walk you have just done. Follow this path heading back toward White Nancy where you will eventually come to a bridge crossing the river Dean where you will find the cascading Waulkmill Waterfall. Keep straight along Ingersley Vale for 0.8 km, as it takes you back into the town and you will arrive back at Lord Street where you parked. This is a great walk what ever the weather. In the summer it would be perfect to sit and have a picnic next to White Nancy. But Januarys wet weather also made our muddy walk much more interesting and more of a challenge. Jenny, Days Out and Meals Out Reviews

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182022 proved a busy but rewarding time for Debbie Goldsmith and she’s planning for an equally successful 2023. During January she is meeting people from Community Rail and Crewe Heritage Centre to plan more creative workshops. If you’re interested in bringing a group to Goostrey Art Studio, please contact Debbie on deborahgoldsmith@me.com. If you want to see some of Debbie’s artwork, why not pop into the cafe at Bidlea Dairy just outside Goostrey? Debbie is displaying her own paintings and also work by Sue Roberts and Susan McCall. Meanwhile Debbie is working with FoGS members to make full use of the new noticeboard at the entrance to platform one. She’s collecting information to publicise the work of FoGS and Goostrey Art Studio more effectively.FoGS always welcome new members. For more information, there’s plenty to read on our website. Or you can speak our chair Dave Roberts on 07494 976779. Friends of Goostrey Stationfriendsofgoostreystation.org Friends of Goostrey Station...

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36 One small way Silk & Stone can help, is advise you in re-generating your home interiors, or if you arebrave and have funds available, go for it, a total revamp. Give your home the readjustment that makesyou feel so content when you enter your private domain of security. To assist you in this possible adventure, perhaps we can advise and encourage you with trends, as wellas a timeless style for this New Year. One trend making an impact on the interior design market is maximalism. A fabulous madness ofglorious colour and themes, but hold on ……. there is also a total contradiction in colours, with all thepopular brightness of tones being reinvented, they are also being softened. However, buzz of furnishingstyles is still confidently sitting next to one another. No longer do things have to all perfectly match, or in neatly ordered sets, there is more personalityfrom items with a heart that have had previous lives of their own or a character of personal purchase. Be clever with being playful without being childish and mixing colours with a blend of enthusiasm. Design with a touch of nostalgia in mind, with perhaps a few well-placed family heirlooms or antiquesclose to a modernistic piece thus incorporating meaningful pieces into the home. Some Designers fromNorthern Europe feel the word contemporary is an old fashioned description to a design style. For this time of year an organic warmth, weather a strong colour of plum and mustard to a soft hue ofgreen and even the 70s peach – now called soft rust!!! Is the way to go. Another idea pinched from the villas of France and Italy is paint close tones on the skirting, architraves,doors and if brave ceilings, and a real ‘bump’ in the `British’ thinking is wallpaper the ceiling,continuing with the same on feature walls!! A classic return is coving, with a mould that marries well with the height of the ceiling, size of the room.You may require professional advice on mood boards and space planning, so employ an `InteriorDesigner’ they are not an elitist wish as a few years ago. A designer can be affordable and confidentlyassist you to avoid costly mistakes. I think Interior Designers should gently push your boundaries butlisten carefully to your desires for your home, eventually producing a look far beyond yourexpectations. Whether a two up, two down or a 7 bedroomed mansion. Silk & Stone will work with in aclient’s individual budget, tailored to their requirements. Interior Trends 2023We are in 2023, can you believe it? it even feels a futuristicnumber! Silk & Stone would love to encourage everyone to fileaway the negativity of the past few years, and try and find thepositives within their personal lives.Sonia SimpsonTO DISCOVER MORE PLEASE CONTACT US 01565 722201 07761 986050sonia@silkandstone-interiors.co.ukSilkandstoneinteriorsx

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38WELCOME to 2023 dear reader, and as I sit here writing this with a hot brew, the rain and wind blowing against the windows, the fun of the Christmas holidays feels an awful lot further away than the 2 weeks it’s been!January, after October, is my second least liked month. No prizes for guessing why… I think I’m going to campaign for a choc-free January next time! It’s a time of the year that the hospitality trade usually takes a deep breath, pauses and resets itself for the rest of the year. We’ve already done a bit of sprucing up of both bars, fettling a few things here and there so that we’re all ship shape and Bristol fashion as we begin to head through the rest of the year. This time however, it all feels a little different. There’s a sombre mood in the pubs and brewing world, and, unless you’ve been completely ignoring the news for the past year or so, you’ll know what that is. At the last count, I know of nearly 70 independent breweries that have closed in the last 12 months. In the 48hrs before I wrote this article, at least 2 independent bottle-shops that I know, announced they will close. One of which, a nationally renowned online seller of some of the best beers in the world, sent shockwaves through the craft beer world - the unspoken question “if they couldn’t make it work…?”.This story is no different to many other retailers and small businesses in other sectors. Just like the swaying branches of the trees outside right now, we are all in for a bit of a wild ride these next couple of years. Those who will come out the other side of this will have innovated and adapted. They will have given excellent customer service time after time, priding themselves on their products, knowing what their customers want. They will have had the support of their community, be they selling clothing or cheese, beer or burgers, and I reckon our community is one of the best there is.Until next time, keep smiling.Rich, The Beer Emporium Bottle BankFrom the bar, by Rich

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46I’M writing this at the start of January, when the general news throughout the land at the beginning of 2023, sadly, has not exactly been all sweetness and light. The NHS is under immense pressures, some of which, still, are legacies from covid and the enormous strain that put on resources.Our own GP surgery has not been immune to these pressures, just as everywhere else. Patient care requirement at times has far exceeded the capacity of the team at the Health Centre. Some of this is because of resource issues at AandE and other hospital departments, some from a perfect storm of seasonal flu and Covid-related illnesses throughout November, December and January. Indeed, the doctors on London Road have noticed patients have been far more likely to go straight to see their own GP rather than other health care providers because they know the extra services provided by HC Health Centre mean they’re more likely to get their issues resolved. Which is a good thing I guess!The end of the year also saw a couple of GP doctors leave the practise through retirement and career progression. Thankfully, the recruitment drive undertaken by the management team, along with the reputation of the practise being seen as a good place to work, has resulted in several new NHS professionals coming on board. By the time this article comes through your letterbox, they’ll be embedded into the practise and dealing with us all.I’d like to take this opportunity to thank every member of the team at the Health Centre, for everything they continue to do for the village and for looking after us all. I’d also like to thank you, dear reader, for the understanding and patience you show to the reception, triage and GP teams, when they have tried to give the best care possible while having been under some of the most intense pressure that our health service has seen for a long time. Until next time.Rich JepsonHolmes Chapel Health Centre PPG Patient Participation GroupWARM HUBHOLMES CHAPEL COMMUNITY CENTREHOLMES CHAPEL COMMUNITY CENTRE WARM HUB HAS BEEN CREATED AS A PLACE WHERE PEOPLE CAN BE ASSURED OF FINDING A SAFE, WARM, AND FRIENDLY ENVIRONMENT.PEOPLE CAN COME ALONG ON THEIR OWN OR WITH A FRIEND AND TALK TO OTHERS, ENJOYING:· FREE SOUP AND A BREAD ROLL· AVAILABLE MONDAY TO FRIDAY, 1.30PM-3.30PM· AVAILABLE TO ALL· FREE WI FI ACCESSENJOY PLAYING A RANGE OF TABLE-TOP BOARD GAMESRECEIVE FREE ADVICE AND PRACTICAL TIPS ON HOW TO KEEP SAFE AND WARM AT HOME, BE MORE ENERGY EFFICIENT AND SAVE MONEY ON HOUSEHOLD BILLS

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56HC Partnership news...Santa’s Sleigh Outings 2022DID you see Santa out and about on his newly rebuilt Sleigh? Did you come to the door and make a contribution to the local organisations who will benefit from his trips out? If so, thank you!Holmes Chapel Partnership would also like to thank Will Burnham and his Shed Crew for their invaluable skill and time in rebuilding the Sleigh – the previous version lasted 30 years, so we hope this will do the same!December weather is rarely good and this December was frosty and inhospitable in the early evenings when the Sleigh was due out. The groups who ventured out into the cold to bring the sleigh to your doorstep are:• Holmes Chapel Scouts• Holmes Chapel Guides• Goostrey Scouts• Brereton Scouts• Viking Explorer Scout Unit• Dane Sound Community Radio• Holmes Chapel Primary PTA• Holmes Chapel Community Pre-School• Bridge the Gap• 41 Club/Ladies Tangent• Holmes Chapel PartnershipBetween them they collected a grand total of £4149. There were deductions for costs and the remaining total has been divided by 13, which was the number of evenings that the Sleigh was on the road. Each evening’s outing earned its organisation £285. Although the Partnership took the Sleigh out one evening it did not take any share itselfWe will be holding a photo shoot at 10am on Saturday 18th February, at the Sensory Garden next to the Fire Station, where we hope to hand over to a representative from each group a cheque for the amount they earned from the Sleigh outings.Would you like to raise funds in this way for your organisation in December 2023? Do you have any feedback for us? Are you happy to donate cash or would you prefer to be able to use a card to donate money?Do get in touch with Holmes Chapel Partnership: info@hcpartnership.org.ukHolmes Chapel Partnershipwww.hcpartnership.orgFB @HolmesChapelPartnership

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64Technology... What’s New?YOU may be wondering what happened to BBC News HD. No? Well, you are now! If you receive TV through a terrestrial aerial (Freeview or YouView), several HD channels disappeared at the end of June, including BBC4 and CBeebies, plus a bunch of SD channels. A temporary transmitter was turned off as planned, its frequency to be used for mobile phones. It is a late straggler from the big retune that concluded in summer 2020. The BBC’s plan had been to transfer those channels to a different transmitter, but things weren’t ready in time. So they went off air. The other channels either moved, turned to streaming or closed permanently.On 6 September, BBC4 and CBeebies HD reappeared on channels 106 and 205, but things had changed since the plans were made. BBC3 (SD and HD) had returned in February after going online-only in 2016. Now there wasn’t enough bandwidth for all the BBC channels, and they decided to axe BBC News HD. It’s still in SD on 231, but if you want decent picture quality, you need to turn to iPlayer or satellite (Freesat or Sky). Now that most tellies do UHD (also called 4K), SD is an anachronism.But it’s not all bad news. The Beeb has finally modernised their playout arrangements for BBC1 HD so that we no longer have to retune when the local news comes on.So how have we got into this situation? Bandwidth has always been limited on terrestrial television compared to satellite, and the problem is compounded by so many channels simulcasting in both SD and HD. By now, we should have converted most of those ‘SD’ transmitters’ to ‘HD’ ones because they have a much higher capacity, and the big retune would have been the perfect time to do it. At a time when there were still a lot of TVs incapable of receiving HD, that made sense. Today, it does not, and the whole shambles smacks of a lack of foresight. Given the high cost of conversion – the government contributed £500m towards the retune – and the fact that we are moving to streaming instead (the BBC already refers to transmitting as ‘legacy’), it won’t ever happen. Indeed, it is now planned that CBBC and BBC4 will go online in a couple of years, in response to the government’s starving the Beeb of funds. BBC News and World News are also to merge. Coming on top of the cutting of the News App for televisions in November 2020, we have to wonder whether news is high enough up the BBC’s agenda..Andrew, goggleboxtech.uk

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