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Swan Sheffield

756 Attercliffe Road Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England, S9 3RQ, United Kingdom

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Packing time :S

A travel blog entry by r.longmore

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... army knife type thing ( could not resist when I saw this bad boy haha ), your thinking this could be the way this trip goes......mosquito central. Luckily I am taking Indre who, on our previous holidays, has been an extremely effective mosquito repellant for me. Her technique been get the s**t bitten out of herself leaving no hungry mosquitoes to bite me :) how kind of her......her exact words to me when discussing this trait of hers were...'I'm like that liquid you spray on a ...

Wild, Wet and Windy on the Moors

A travel blog entry by kimjones59

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... but regular checks out the window indicated that this was probably
not our best option. There are plenty of local castles, manors and beautiful manicured gardens in our immediate vicinity but no-one was able to galvanize the troops into action to take on the weather.

We were hoping for a reprieve from the gale force wind which sends the rain sideways with the odd bit of sleet and snow, but that was not to be, so, with an hour ...

Fall from grace or the top of the stairs?

A travel blog entry by kimjones59

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... buildings were derelict until 2004 when the local historians won the biggest lottery grant in British history to undertake a massive restoration program. For future travellers to this area, this one comes recommended.

There are several tall monuments positioned around the park-lands which could have been seen from far away. Apparently it was an act of thumbing their nose at the feuding neighbours. Today the surrounding 'woods' make them less ...

Where's the fun in following a map?

A travel blog entry by kimjones59

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... Today we decided to do a circuit walk around the vicinity of two nearby castles, Stainborough Castle and Wentworth Castle, only a few miles from Oxspring. Initially, we were following some notes from a book about this particular area when it became obvious that instead of bearing right at rock which look like bear, we bore left at bear which look like rock. (Old viewers of "F- Troop" will appreciate those ...

For your viewing pleasure, I give you

A travel blog entry by hanhanmarie

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HALLOWEEN!!!

I was Elphaba from Wicked or the wicked witch of the west for people who haven't see wicked. I was green for THREE days but it was totally worth it.

It was also Emma's birthday so we had a party at our house before going into town.


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