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Monday February 27, 2006

A short weekend in Sheffield

We have just got back from a short overnight stay with friends in Sheffield city of hills and rivers and once a place where all your silverware on your table was made. During an uneventful journey up there from our house in Berkshire before we get to the city we pass Chesterfield with its very crooked spire which defies common sense and appears to be quite happy in its odd state. After lunch we went for a walk despite the showery weather into nearby Derbyshire and stopped a nice distance away from Chatsworth. We started our walk to the house by this pretty river and ruin of a house.

chats

We soon got to the house but all its coffee shops were closed so we had to walk back and go to a local garden centre for refreshement.

chat

The following day we drove out to Hodsock Priory Gardens where they open the gardens to allow vistors to see their snowdrops. You wander around the woods and then the formal gardens. Below is a picture of the keep and some of the snowdrops. Hellebores were also in the garden already flowering.

hod

In the garden were some Victorian beehives which were all being used. However because of the cold weather there was no bee activity visible. Seeing them reminded me of my own attempt to keep bees.

bee

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