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2020 Peak District – Treasure Hunt – The Outcome

The Hunt for the Golden Ticket Just a few words on the Treasure Hunt and where we got to. As nobody has found the Golden Ticket as of March, and now we are fully in lock down as a result of the Corona Virus for several months, it makes sense to give the answer away and raffle the prize, the Golden Teapot, to April's Peak District Design's customers and put a little bit more joy back out there. What was the answer? Nobody cracked the clues and in all fairness there wasn't that much time from gaining all the clue [...]

Happy Birthday – an invitation to party!

First Birthday evening celebration at Peak District Design in Hathersage. An INVITATION to party 7pm - Thursday November 7th 2019 We are delighted to invite friends customers and interested people to celebrate the end of our first year and share in a little of the success we have quietly enjoyed all year. Without your help, this would never have happened. So as ever it's a big thank you from Si. On the night: Everybody is welcome. 7pm onwards at the Peak District Design Gallery in Hathersage. • Drinks and nibbles will be supplied by Colemans Deli • Music • Raffle [...]

Peak District Design – a NEW Exhibition – Legend – INVITATION – launches May 16th 2019

a NEW Exhibition Legend An INVITATION to the launch - Thursday May 16th 2019 All welcome. Time: 7 pm onwards Introduction: Si Homfray will make a short introduction about the work and talk about the motivation behind this project on the evening 7.45pm. Drinks and nibbles will be available. Venue: Peak District Design - Gallery and Workshop ( 2a Hathersage Business Park, Hathersage, next door to the gym opposite the railway station, S32 1DP ). This colourful exhibition of artwork from Si Homfray features new ways of looking at and mapping out our Peak District. It is a celebration of [...]

A happy marriage and an unusually loving relationship

The Peak District makes a great loving partner. One way of looking at my relationship with the Peak District, may be that I am married to it. Well at least it feels a bit like that. A Ruby Anniversary... 40 years on. It all started at the age of 13 when I would be dropped off at the farm at the top of Winnats Pass with a tent, a geological hammer and some food for a few days. Armed with Geological Survey maps I would hunt out mine workings and try to find Blue John hydrothermal seams as well as [...]