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Firethorn, thank you, what a great list! We managed to fit in another walk this weekend. This time S9/Tinsley. Very different from the S36/Penistone walk we took last time. The standard list looked like this for us: Natural sight: Tinsley Park Woods, and especially the little marshy ponds, full of reeds Human-made sight: Statue of the Observers, lovely in its setting Food: we prefer independent cafes, but there wasn't a lot to choose from on a Sunday, so we ended up at the big Costa. It was so clean, like it had just been unwrapped from the shops! Staff were nice too. If it had been a weekday, we would have liked to try Cafe 313. Surprise: We stumbled across Tinsley Cemetery which was nicely kept and a had a homely feel to it. As a second surprise, we walked along a road with dozens of small-to-medium industrial manufacturing buildings. Looked to be thriving businesses. We get so used to the centre and the suburbs, just retail-retail-retail, it was encouraging to be reminded of all the other enterprise in this city. We've loved this city from our first week here almost thirty years ago, so it amazes us to be finding all these other parts with different things to love. Sheffield, thanks for welcoming us so long ago. Next walk: S44/Bolsover. Appreciate any suggestion for natural sights, human-made sights, cafes/food, and places to walk. We only have a few hours at each postcode which isn't enough for everything, but enough to get a flavour.

Thanks for the question, Runningman. Haven’t been there yet, but here’s the Google Maps link.

Sorry to have gone quiet - shortly after posting this I had a prolonged period of being unwell. Now feeling a bit better, we did our first postcode walk last week - S36 Penistone. Somehow in about 30 years we had never been there. We walked from Scout Dyke to the village, at a cafe, saw the viaduct and the churchyard, and then had a great walk back and around the reservoir. Got a call from family and found out a beloved family member is expecting, whilst we were sitting on a very wet log! Anyway, we thought we would go from a beautiful rural area to more urban, S9 and Tinsley. Thinking about a nice walk around Tinsley Park Woods, seeing the statue called The Observer. Any thoughts about a decent place for some grub? Any other recommendations?

By coincidence, I joined a group on the Five Weirs walk this week and we went through the Cobweb Bridge. Was very proud to have seen it here first. Thanks, MM

S35 and S36 now added to the list! So much for my Google skills. Thank you for that advice, and for the specific places to go.

I want to take a 2-4 hour walk around each of Sheffield postcodes in Sheffield. (A lot of the Sheffield postcodes are in different cities.) Probably take me a decade at the rate I go. I'm going to start with S20 and work my way back to S1. For each postcode, I want to experience: Something beautiful Something tasty Something interesting (I think I just described myself! 🤪) Any advice for S20?

Anyone know where to get simit - those Turkish bagels? Ozmen got us addicted then stopped carrying them.

Second for this. Chris doesn't have a garage, he does the work in your driveway. Been using him for years. If you prefer a garage, https://www.carrepairsheffield.co.uk has a good reputtion. John Bee on Abbeydale Road.

If you want a handmade cake, I can recommend https://en-gb.facebook.com/ibakeabit/ Terriffic custom designs, and she really listens to what you want.

Help! Newbie gardener here, wants fresh tomatoes in winter. Anyone have experience they can share? Googled around but all the advice is either for people who have a lot more experience than me, or for people who want to grow cannabis. 😂 Thanks!

THANK YOU. You all are pick of the litter.

Annie's right about this. For anyone who has shoulder problems that can be helped with physio, try Val at City Physio. She has deep academic knowledge, and is also very pleasant to work with.

Is there anyone in Sheffield who can repair/restore broken ceramics?

Has anyone found a good firm to do Crittall windows? I see KJA from Barnsley pop up on Google, has anyone used them?

My dentist open too. Had a filling come out, and they got dressed up in these space suits to do the work. With the space suits and the bright lights, it's good if you want to pretend you're being beamed up to a UFO for some probing.