Introduction

From the end of March during the lockdown period I have walked most days. Sometimes I do fairly long walks on my own. Other days I will do a short walk with my husband, who no longer walks far due to arthritis. As lock down became less severe I have walked with a friend occasionally. At the beginning I very much enjoyed walking out from my own home in Heeley, Sheffield. We are blessed to have extensive woodland which you can walk trough to the outer ring road and from there into the lovely countryside of the Moss Valley and beyond. It has been a delight to explore in greater detail all the paths through the woods and in different direction from my house.

 I have once or twice driven further afield to find places that would not be too crowded - not the popular places of the Peak district for instance. More recently I have started once again using public transport, my favourite way to do walks. In this blog I will describe some of the walks I have done. With the odd exception I will try to stick to walks that are within the boundary of Sheffield. Lots of people go to the Peak, but there's so much pleasure to be had around our own city.

I've added photos of the map when I feel navigation might be tricky in places. They are my own well used and battered maps, so not pristine and with little tears and blemishes. 

The idea of doing this came because so many Facebook friends asked me about the walks I posted there. So this is for my friends and anyone else who loves the outdoors.

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