@WalkRunRideShf

Posting elsewhere usually now under bbobillsmothers. Sheffielder & winner of a national @Active_ATA award for writing about walking, running & cycling.

 The Outdoor City
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Joined February 2020
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Sunday's 🗞️ 🦉🌳🚶🏞️🗞️for #Sheffield #PeakDistrict #TheOutdoorCity - #Ethels275, Bill's Mother's Book Club at @otsfestival with @JoMaher8 & slow progress to save lives @20splentyforus - abitblackoverbillsmothers.su…
Ancient woodland in Sheffield

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David Bocking retweeted
The Tribune@sheffieldtribOct 14
The American invasion is here and, unfortunately, their soldiers are wiping the floor with our local troops. In the war of the crayfish, is there any hope against the Yankee scourge? sheffieldtribune.co.uk/crayf…

Crayfish vs crayfish: Who will win our rivers?

The Americans have invaded — and they’re bigger, tougher and tastier

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Today's Commoner's Muck post for 🏞️🌳🦉🐝🐟volunteers from #Sheffield #TheOutdoorCity - Our Friends in the North - abitblackoverbillsmothers.su…
Quiet section of the Upper Don river near Owlerton in Sheffield

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Today’s post for #Sheffield #TheOutdoorCity - warm fish, hot butterflies & out there news - abitblackoverbillsmothers.su…
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This week's Sunday at Bill's Mother's: Running & talking with @E_Beardmore , sharing & sparing in #TheOutdoorCity #ThePeakDistrict & more 🌳🦉🚴🚶🕷️🗞️ out there news for #Sheffield - abitblackoverbillsmothers.su…
Runners chatting on their way into Meersbrook Park with the Sheffield skyline behind them

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Today's 🌳🦉🚶🚴🕷️🗞️notpaper for #Sheffield #TheOutdoorCity: river wrangles, eclipse trip, new #parkrun & Bill's Mother's Book Club with Dr Jo - abitblackoverbillsmothers.su…
Man using a colander to view the eclipse

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David Bocking retweeted
The Tribune@sheffieldtribAug 15
“Why is it only the kids from this side of town who have to build resilience?” Of the 19 sixth form colleges in Sheffield, 10 are in the south west of the city — and none are in the south east. sheffieldtribune.co.uk/sheff…

Why should poorer teens travel hours to do A-Levels?

'It helps them build resilience,' according to a senior council employee

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Today's post on #PeakDistrict moorland and grassland🔥for @sheffieldtrib , with Dan Hayes - 'Best piece I have read on this topic' says one reader - sheffieldtribune.co.uk/the-p…

The Peak District is on fire. Can we stop it happening again?

‘You’re breathing in the smoke, and it looks and feels post-apocalyptic’

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Join Richard & David for a public talk about our latest book ‘The New Birds of the Sheffield Area’ This Friday, 19th June, 11am Sheffield Central Library Copies will be available for sale (cash only) £32 Please Share
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David Bocking retweeted
The Tribune@sheffieldtribJun 2
"You need to make it so that people can actually feel it’s their space and they can enjoy it. But you don’t need to manicure it to within an inch of its life." Why we should be letting a thousand flowers bloom, by @WalkRunRideShf sheffieldtribune.co.uk/let-a…

Let a thousand flowers bloom

‘You need to make it so that people can actually feel it's their space and they can enjoy it. But you don't need to manicure it to within an inch of its life’

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Out There News just in - Gaia sculpture and On The Edge #CPRE garden to move from #ChelseaFlowerShow to Park Hill flats - (photo RHS / Neil Hepworth) - open.substack.com/pub/abitbl…
CPRE On The Edge garden at Chelsea Flower Show, with Gaia sculpture resting among trees and plants - photo RHS / Neil Hepworth

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Sheffield's 🌳🐦‍⬛🚶🚴🏞️ 🗞️notpaper for #TheOutdoorCity is in the top 60 worldwide rising in news category for Sstack mags, again. Latest post here: abitblackoverbillsmothers.su…
Birder looking for birds against a dawn skyline at Sheffield General Cemetery

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David Bocking retweeted
The Tribune@sheffieldtribApr 14
For some politicians, these tiny dragon-like creatures are responsible for stymieing economic progress in the name of biodiversity. But one project in the wetlands of east Sheffield shows how Great Crested Newts and human beings can live side by side. sheffieldtribune.co.uk/is-th…

Is this tiny dragon Sheffield's biggest NIMBY?

Why Great Crested Newts and human beings can learn to live side by side

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David Bocking retweeted
The Tribune@sheffieldtribMar 29
This is what courage looks like: going on the record to talk about how you were pressured into paying over £25,000. After six months of our reporting on Andrew Milne, Denise wanted to go public. Read her story in the link below.
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Sunday at Bill's Mother's: 29th March 2026 - opening the Porter riverside, public footpaths & the #PeoplesNetwork , persistent Pine Martens - open.substack.com/pub/abitbl…
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Latest What's On Out There 🌳🚶🏽🚴🏻🏃🏽🐞🦉listings, links & news for #Sheffield #TheOutdoorCity - abitblackoverbillsmothers.su…
Dog jumping in the snow at dawn above Sheffield streetscape

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A Gull Guide for @sheffieldtrib - ta @shefbirdstudy and @andydeigh for the photos - sheffieldtribune.co.uk/sheff…
Gulls feeding on rubbish at a Sheffield recycling centre - Photo Andy Deighton

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Today's 🌳🚶🏽🦉🗞️post for #Sheffield - how #Volunteering makes #TheOutdoorCity with £2m+ / year of free labour - also #MuddyMother & lots more: open.substack.com/pub/abitbl…
Graphic showing how Sheffield has almost 130 Friends Of groups compared to 5 for Nottingham, 40 for Birmingham and just over 20 for Leeds

ALT Graphic showing how Sheffield has almost 130 Friends Of groups compared to 5 for Nottingham, 40 for Birmingham and just over 20 for Leeds

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Another niche exclusive: First artist's impression of the rewilding Sheaf in the new #Sheffield #Castlegate park abitblackoverbillsmothers.su…
Castlegate Park artist's impression - ta Sheff Council, Sheaf & Porter Rivers Trust & others

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Using our City Cycle Hub is about making active travel easier it's not just about keeping your bike secure. Because we manage the space we can offer users more and we've started a new service free to hub users today. russellsbicycleshed.co.uk/ne… #sheffield #cycling #activetravel – at Sheffield, England

Going Shopping? — Russell’s Bicycle Shed

If like us you regularly fill your pannier bags with shopping while you are out and about well we’ve come up with something that could just help you out while you shop in town.

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