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Europe » United Kingdom » England » South Yorkshire » Sheffield July 29th 2022

Hi everyone We have left Sheffield today,and just arrived into our hotel at Manchester airport,flying out to singapore in the morning. We have had a great time with Joan doing a bit of shopping and catching up with her 2 daughters Ruth and Lucy and there children. Also I met up with my friend Lyn,whom I worked with at Yorkshire electricity about 21 yrs ago. Kevin has had some good walks and met a lot of people on the way. It has been a real experience going to new places in the UK,and meeting some amazing people. So it’s goodbye to the UK, and hello Singapore. Watch this space SK... read more
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Europe » United Kingdom » England » South Yorkshire » Sheffield November 3rd 2021

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
Endcliffe Park, Sheffield
Still Common - Street Art
Stocksbridge Park Steels v Marske United

Europe » United Kingdom » England » South Yorkshire » Sheffield July 19th 2021

Dear All Greetings! I write this one from Sheffield this time. I don’t think I’ve ever written one from my home city before, though I guess times such as these are rather unusual and unprecedented. I write once more on the eve before a big trip – my biggest trip since summer 2019. I am excited to be getting back on the travelling road again, after such a long time away from it. I have indeed done some short trips over the last 17 months, but this upcoming one feels a bit more major, a bit more exotic, a bit more back to normal. Tomorrow I head to Scotland! In theory, I could spend the summer visiting a number of places around the world, as the world is starting to open up again once more to ... read more
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My Travel Stuff
My Travelling Companions

Europe » United Kingdom » England » South Yorkshire » Sheffield March 25th 2021

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
Courtesy of the Pudding Ladies
Langsett Reservoir
Rivlin Valley

Europe » United Kingdom » England » South Yorkshire » Sheffield October 30th 2020

The last time I was in Sheffield in a travel blogging sense, it was an ode to Heaven 17. The Other Half was reliving her youth and we were at the O2 to see Glen Gregory et al, blasting out the the full Luxury Gap album. Temptation indeed. She was on a roll, after doing the Penthouse & Pavement tour 2 years previously. It seems only fair then that the title of this blog goes to their musical neighbours, Human League. As usual, there might well be the sound of a crowd later too. Our other Sheffield blog started with the Heaven 17 lyrics, "We're going to live for a very long time". Fast forward to 2020 and nobody really knows anymore. The silent killer is among us and back for a second wave. We can ... read more
Sheffield Botanical Gardens
Ecclesall Road, Sheffield
Sheffield Botanical Gardens

Europe » United Kingdom » England » South Yorkshire » Barnsley November 30th 2019

Where in the world is Gabby? Where in the world is Suzy? Today I find myself thinking about a Heinz 57 variety of inane facts . Nothing substantial. Nothing that makes sense . I think about the clocks changing. It was lighter for a few weeks in the mornings after the change but pretty soon the darkness descended on us again, It was just dusky at night but now it is dark by 4.30 with worse to come,. It's a plate dropping day. A day of leaving my membership card at the swimming pool. a day of worry about our girl Gabby. You know that sort of day. It is cold and miserable outside . You cannot think of anything to do. Every National Trust property have closed their doors for a bit of stocktaking and ... read more
Moonbeams
Is she as beautifully painted as Orphelia
Some De Morgan tiles

Europe » United Kingdom » England » South Yorkshire » Sheffield April 19th 2019

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
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Europe » United Kingdom » England » South Yorkshire » Sheffield October 13th 2018

If you visit Sheffield and look to see. There is a brief window of time when the low, October, Autumn-sun sets low over the city, towards the Peak District. The setting golden light is caught within my compact flat. Last year, October light was new to me. New flat, new wall but I was still aware of it. Now, a 2nd year. October visits again - I am ready. Soft, velvet light floods across the wall in one diagonal shard, deepening the colours of all the objects it touches. In this moment of time, the wall is made up of an assortment of pure illumination of varying sorts. dried festival flowers. Yarn. Chinese vases. Tibetan women captured in polaroid time All dance in natural, Autumn light The poetry of things. The room sparkles with rainbows cast ... read more
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sheffield lies on the horizon
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Europe » United Kingdom » England » South Yorkshire » Conisborough August 9th 2018

This morning we decided to take a different route over the peaks so made our way to the A57 and over Snake Pass to Ladybower Reservoir. We stopped briefly at the reservoir mainly to take a couple of photos that show how low the water level is. We took one photo looking north towards the Derwent Reservoir and another from the A6013 looking north-westerly. We re-programmed the SatNav for Roche Abbey and continued on the A57 towards Sheffield. Siri helped us to negotiate through Sheffield and then onto the A630 before directing us to the M1 motorway heading south. We were only on the M1 for a few miles before Siri guided us onto the M18 heading north at the next interchange. At the first interchange on the M18 we exited onto the A631 towards Gainsborough. ... read more
Ladybower Reservoir from the A6013
Roche Abbey
Roche Abbey from the other side of the stream

Europe » United Kingdom » England » South Yorkshire » Doncaster August 6th 2018

With the weather forecast brilliant again today we headed off over the Howden Moors in the Peak District National Park towards Brodsworth, near Doncaster. Bernie has paired his phone with the SatNav in the Golf using Apple CarPlay so we’ve got the navigation sorted. Thank goodness Siri is telling him where to go and not me. I don’t know why, but he is so much more patient with Siri than he is with me! We were directed onto the A628 towards Tintwistle. Actually, Siri and the road signs said to follow the route towards Sheffield, I just wanted to record that we passed through Tintwistle! There is a series of reservoirs in the valley alongside the A628 and we could not believe how low the water is. We have never seen any English reservoirs so low ... read more
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