Suburbia
Sheffield's southwestern suburbs sprawl towards The Peak District and the rural lanes of northern Derbyshire. Within ten minutes of our house, Clint can whisk me to the starting points of several circular suburban walking routes that I have worked out over the years. Yesterday morning, I got out for one such walk before I had to set to preparing the family Sunday dinner. I parked at the end of Totley Hall Lane. Clint said, "Don't be long!" and indeed I wasn't. The walk only took eighty minutes but it was good to get out with my boots on. I was once again experiencing the wonder of two legged motion that most of us take for granted. Looking back through this blog I note that I began a similar walk from the same spot back in March 2018 . In the image at the top of this blogpost, you can see Gillifield Wood with the pleasant suburb of Totley beyond and beyond that the Peak District hills. Through Gillifield Wood runs a stream called Totley Brook which i...