A walk in the park

Yesterday  he weather was good so it was an opportunity to take a walk in another park in the area. There's a path that takes the walker along by the fence and into the woods at one end of the park, but instead I walked down towards the river which becomes more of a stream as it flows out through ancient woodland into the countryside.

there's a nice children's playground and recreation area

looking back towards the main road

beyond the fence is the river

photo taken through the fence

The River Don is environmentally managed and visitors can walk there, although there wasn't time

on this occasion as the entrance is further along at the edge of the park which makes it safer for young children as they play in this area.

some fun statues carved in wood

It was good to see a new tree had been planted here.

By the River Don, Sheffield

The River Don is one of the five rivers that flows through Sheffield and was an important resource in the early days of manufacturing metal goods. Along the stretch of water in the Neepsend and Kelham Island area the evidence of the metal working industries can still be seen in the old buildings and warehouses. Much has changed in recent years as the diggers have moved in to demolish derelict sites. Some apartments have been built, but the original streets are still there, the museum of industry on Kelham Island remains and is a popular place to visit.  One of the old cutlery works still standing has recently been restored and a new enterprise has moved in.

On Sunday afternoon we went to this former old cutlery works building.  Here, on two floors in the different bays of the building, many independent businesses are selling food and drink based on street food from around the world. 

the cutlery works - a new hospitality enterprise

an old steel works building

One of the food stalls sold supplì (Italian rice balls). She bought us different ones to try - pesto, spinach and cheese, Parmesan.  They were good, but different from the ones Mr P makes.  There was no tomato sauce to flavour the rice or a cube of mozzarella in the middle like the typical ones made in the Rome region.

These ones (above) were different as they were made with pasta tubes, spinach and cheese

and were tasty.

Kelham Island area then and now

A walk in the Loxley Valley

It has been a great week for getting out-and-about due to the warm weather so on Saturday we went to Damflask Reservoir which is near where we live.  More energetic locals would walk or jog along the valley road to get there, but because we have to go down a notoriously steep hill down into the valley it would take some effort for us to walk there and back and up home again.

To the left and right we pass through farmland.

looking back towards the head of the reservoir embankment

Several rowing crews were out on the water, but I didn't see any sailing boats this time.  The water has got very low in the reservoir and probably hasn't recovered from the lack of rain during last year's exceptionally dry Summer period.

a pied wagtail