Places In Doncaster I Haven't Visited yet.

I've been studying the Ordnance Survey map and I reckon there are only three places inside the boundary of the City of Doncaster that I haven't visited, and I doubt I will ever need to be visiting them. I obviously do a lot of walking locally and can easily get to any location. 

HESLEY - Most of the village is a private campus; there are a few cottages on the main road, and that's it. There are no footpaths in the area.

HOLME A hamlet south of Askern; I don't think there's anything interesting there.

LINDHOLME - Former R.A.F. housing; there's no reason for me to visit there.

Heatherdene, Thornhill, Brough, and Hope

I was required to state my destination when I scanned my bus pass this morning, the driver told me it's a new policy for Andrew's Coaches. Most days when I go walking I've already decided in advance where I'm going , but not this morning, I was planning to study my map and also see what the weather was like...so, after a few moments I decided to opt for Heatherdene.

I took some photographs of Ladybower Reservoir and walked across the dam wall.

There are two of the gigantic plugholes, properly known as 'bellmouth spillways' - I could hear the sound of the gushing water from quite a distance away.

I walked along the Thornhill Trail to Thornhill; the wooden carvings I photographed depict animals that are no longer found in the area - there are more than two of them. I did actually snap a third one but the image was out of focus.

I took a path going across the fields down to the main road that goes along the Hope Valley and after a few hundred yards reached Brough and the footpath to Hope that starts at the Roman fort of Navio - notice on the sign that the letter 'A' has been painted over, this is because the fort used to be incorrected called 'ANAVIO.'

It wasn't a very good day for photography but it brightened up as the bus approached Sheffield and when I arrived back home in Doncaster it was sunny.

Wentworth, Scholes, and Kimberworth Park

I caught the train to Rotherham and then the Barnsley bus to Wentworth, a beautiful fairly local village. After exploring the village I headed south down Hague Lane and then took the footpath going across the fields to Scholes. I then found a difficult to locate footpath that goes through Scholes Coppice to a large housing estate at Kimberworth Park. I walked down to the main road and caught the bus back to Rotherham. I had planned to do a longer walk but I'm still struggling with a post-viral cough.

 

A Few Hours In York With My Sister

It was the third day of meeting up with my sister and her husband, this time the location was York. Otherwise though the day was a bit disappointing, the weather wasn't very nice, cold and dark...terrible for photography; the Castle Museum, which we wanted to visit was closed and there was scaffolding covering the minster and several other buildings.

We went on a guided walking tour of York, going to some areas of the city I'd not seen before - the guide was very good, but the weather spoiled it - Della and Mitch live in subtropical Queensland in Australia and were struggling with the cold weather.

Della wanted to go for lunch to a pub with a real log fire and the guide was able to suggest somewhere - Mitch spent a lot of time standing right in front of the fire.

Because the Castle Museum was closed we decided to go to the Yorkshire Museum...and it was a boring, bland, patronising and uninspiring experience.

Della and Mitch had made plans for later so we said goodbye. I didn't fancy walking the streets of York for the rest of the day so I caught the next train to Doncaster.

Visiting My Sister And Her Husband In Liverpool - Day Two

Well, unlike yesterday, everything went according to plan today. It started with breakfast in the hotel at 0715 with Della and Mitch, and lingering until it got light outside. We said our goodbyes but we're planning to meet up again tomorrow in York.. 

I then immediately walked down to the River Mersey to take same photographs in the early morning sunshine; there was only myself and a few joggers. I was really impressed with this area of Liverpool and if it had been warmer I would have stayed for longer.

Unfortunately some areas were blocked off because of building work and the museums were closed. The Walker Art Gallery and the museums in the city centre were also closed, as many such establishments now are on Mondays.

The journey home on the train was much more pleasant today; I arrived back in Doncaster only twenty minutes late.