Saturday, July 19, 2025

Various Harlings in Sheffield

 Owing to a miscalculation on my part (I thought I was flying back on Thursday 17 rather than Wednesday 16) my time in Sheffield was somewhat condensed.  Also the heatwave that had made sleeping uncomfortable for all my time down South was blown out like a candle (My Family and Other Animals reference) and it got rainy and almost chilly.  But not before I'd gone out for a lovely Indian meal on (I think) Eccleshall Road in Sheffield, home to students (including the young Matthew) and a bewildering variety of food, with the now-older Matthew.  And we got to see a double rainbow out of the window of the restaurant, too. Tuesday was spent driving into Sheffield on a Marks and Spencer underpant exchange mission and then sorting through all kinds of old exercise books while I shepherded my mother through a similar rationalization mission, in an effort to make the study more usable.  And then after dinner Peter and I went for a stroll as I told him about our addiction to the reality TV show "Alone".  Then a brief snooze before the 4:30 AM alarm call and the events described in the previous post.  Next time I hope Granny will be fully recovered from her heart surgery (seen below using her chairlift) and that I can stay longer.

In the field seen here apparently a deer decided it was a sheep for a few idyllic weeks before it had a "what was I thinking" moment and vanished.






Sophy-and-Karl's pride and joy - first visit!  Unfortunately they were off in Italy, so it was just pictures outside.



The Winter Gardens.




View from the landing window.  You wouldn't think this counts as in Sheffield.


Matthew off to do rescue work at a museum Down South.


Eccleshall Road before the sudden rain-and-rainbow.



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