tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13665817.post141731195364123314..comments2024-03-17T23:14:14.187+00:00Comments on SWC - This Week's Walks: Friday Walk - Bluebells in Sheffield: Sheffield Circular (via Porter, Limb, Sheaf and Gleadless Valleys) [Peak District Trip]Andrewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11395064086819994526noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13665817.post-78717086034985629982019-05-03T18:44:19.050+01:002019-05-03T18:44:19.050+01:00It took just about 10 minutes to sort out the exce...It took just about 10 minutes to sort out the excess luggage problem, wwith 3 walkers dropping theirs at a 7-11 100m away and 1 other diverting past her hotel to meet us further along the route. This walk was posted as 'Bluebells in Sheffield', more in hope than expectation, but boy, did we get bluebells! From the General Cemetery onwards, the cemetery itself, every park and wood had them, there were no 5 minutes without patches, full slopes or valley bottoms of bluebells. Confidently the most I have seen in a day's walking, ever. Generally a little past the best, slightly paler than full coloured, but still taller and fuller than in the South. In the Porter Valley, the blues were outnumbered though by wild garlic, unbelievable as that may sound.<br />N=12 had started in rainy weather, but after an hour or so it turned to occasional drizzle (after elevenses at the Forge Dam Café), then stayed dry after lunch (at The Norfolk Arms). In Endcliffe Park we had amazingly passed the memorial for the 1944 fighter jet crash, just as the Sheffieldonian who had cared for it since then turned up for an interview with BBC TV. We saw a couple of herons in the Porter Brook, later plenty of ducklings and even some alpacas at Mayfield.<br />Walkers started dropping out at Dore Station, where the Hathersage-based 4 took the train to sort out food and drink supplies for the weekend. Then at every one of the next main road crossings one or other took a bus to the town centre.<br />W=rainy-start-then-dry-but-overcast. Thomas Ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01298846868417688062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13665817.post-22528762104130242132019-05-03T14:38:43.614+01:002019-05-03T14:38:43.614+01:00This comment has been removed by the author.Thomas Ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01298846868417688062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13665817.post-85996778449641590372019-05-03T11:57:32.075+01:002019-05-03T11:57:32.075+01:00Is there a meeting place this evening, Friday. I s...Is there a meeting place this evening, Friday. I see the cafe mentioned closes at 4pm.thank you, Gavin 07986789893Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13665817.post-50565836050441158052019-04-05T23:01:52.866+01:002019-04-05T23:01:52.866+01:00The bus stop is called: Brookhouse Hill/Silver Bir...The bus stop is called: Brookhouse Hill/Silver Birch Avenue. See page 11 of the walk directions.Thomas Ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01298846868417688062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13665817.post-33852622158709322542019-04-04T15:02:30.670+01:002019-04-04T15:02:30.670+01:00If you intend catching a bus to Forge Dam Cafe, I ...If you intend catching a bus to Forge Dam Cafe, I advise you to have the full address on you because when I caught this bus a couple of years ago the bus driver had know idea where Forge Dam Cafe was. This caused problems because the bus driver had know idea what to charge us, plus she couldn't tell us where to get off. The Forge Dam Cafe is in Fulwood.BrightSparkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10767917093310717979noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13665817.post-81476521320903782692019-02-14T17:37:00.558+00:002019-02-14T17:37:00.558+00:00Worried about carrying your luggage for the whole ...Worried about carrying your luggage for the whole trip during the walk? There is a www.leftit.co.uk outfit just 1 minute from the station: £5 for the day, open 09.00-21.00 hours.Thomas Ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01298846868417688062noreply@blogger.com