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ROLY SMITH takes a stroll along the Derwent Valley Heritage Way, passing a birthplace of the Industrial Revolution and through a canal-side nature reserve

Ilkeston’s very own Wildside Festival is back for 2019 – and bigger, in fact, wilder than ever before!

Set for 15th June 2019 at Woodside Farm, next door to Shipley Country Park. Carry on…

I could use several words to describe Woodside Festival; vibrant, eclectic, educational and joyous, to name but a few. However, the one that first springs to mind is ‘inclusive’.

The staff and residents of both homes were up for the challenge, which they hoped would improve morale and mental wellbeing, and enhance life at Cedar Court.

My love affair with wildlife began before I was born. You could say it was predestined; my maternal grandfather, Harold, was a naturalist – and not a naturist, as I would tell people as a child!…