Blogs from Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, Europe

We are 12 months on from our last visit to Sheffield. October 2020 and the country was at a turning point. TFB was still experimenting with the Tiers for Fears plan based on geography. South Yorkshire would soon join others in the Tier 3, closing all but essential retail and pubs. Christmas would eventually be literally scrapped. The vibrant area around Eccleshall Road was bizarrely quiet. The optimism that usually comes with an area full of student life was strangely absent 2021 and it was good to see it was back to something more akin to normal. The side streets still showed numerous To Let signs on the terraced properties, but there was plenty of footfall. The Other Half suggested a coffee intake on parking up, but a close examination showed that the footfall recovery had ... read more

I always thought it would be possible to have a great weeks holiday without leaving the city boundary. Now with a lockdown and a stay home message we were about to find out without going more than a few miles from home. So with exercise pretty much the only thing we are allowed to do we choose some of our favourite walks and are blessed with some sunny days. Day 1 Wharncliffe Side and Greno Woods are criss crossed by paths, mountain bike trails and bridle pathways. The mountain bikes were out in force, they hurtled past on parallel paths at death defying speeds. A path through the forest is laid out with balancing bars, stepping stones and woodland poems. The city peeks through the trees at various points. Close by in Grenoside is a decent ... read more

The weather outside today is really nice. It looks like we have brought the Tenerife weather with us. We have a hire car booked to pick up from Manchester airport for 12 mid-day, but have decided that commencing our journey to Gatwick Airport on Wednesday morning would be better done before then. We thought we would chance our luck and see if we could get the car earlier. Luckily, the semi grumpy driver from the hotel offered to take us directly to the rental centre, so we did not have to lug all our bags onto the rental centre bus. He sounded like he had already had a busy morning and was being given the run around a little, but a tip soon brought a smile to his face. We arrived at the rental centre at ... read more

That great body of Hindu writing the Dhammapada says that "Even if the water falls drop by drop it will fill the pot". So it does. Each day adds a drop of time like water dripping into a pot . It brings us closer to our last trip of the year to Europe. It is only 32 days until we leave for Cabbage Lane Caravan Park and head for the continent. Only 10 working days. Suzy has moved slightly. We started her engine up yesterday and whilst she was chugging away we rang the company that tracks her for us. It is five years since she was fitted with her tracker. Attached to her is something that talks to the satelites and then relays information to the tracking company. It is like an electronic tag on ... read more

Dear Visitor, Welcome to my online travel diary. I have just subscribed, and will keep you updated about my Stay Abroad throughout the following next 10 weeks. It´s not my first time here, I have been here before (Approximately 10/11 times). I have many relatives and friends in the UK and can visit them when want. My cousins live in London, My aunt lives in Sheffield, some of my friends live in Manchester and Brighton etc. I have been to London and Sheffield more than the other cities, and I have a crush when it comes to Sheffield. It reminds me of Erbil, Iraq (the place I was born and left when I was 6 years old). It´s colder and greener but whenever I see the Mountains and hills, I feel at home. First things first, ... read more