00:00Evening Sheffield, it's Alistair from the Sheffield Star and this is very informal. I wonder if you'd
00:04like to come with me on a short walk through beautiful Nether Edge. I don't know about you
00:09but my favourite thing to do these days in the spring and summer in Sheffield is take walks
00:13through Bryncliffe and Nether Edge, an absolutely stunning neighbourhood. I love the way the sun
00:18plays on the trees, there's absolutely beautiful buildings everywhere you go and I've recently
00:22found what could be my new favourite park in the city. I wonder if you'd like to come with
00:26me on a walk through this absolutely stunning neighbourhood. It's an absolute treat that
00:29Sheffield has that is just open for everyone to look around and take in for themselves
00:34and I do this as often as I can. I'd like you to join with me so we're going to go for a quick walk. Come with me.
00:56It doesn't really get any better than this to be honest in my opinion. It'd be rude to focus on
01:06any one house in particular but you can't beat just walking around this area and looking at all
01:10the really historic houses you have in these parts. It's like they were all built by Sheffield
01:15industrialists of a previous year who were all competing to outdo one another architecturally.
01:19You could stop and examine any one of them. I wish I knew more of the history but
01:24every building in this neighbourhood is just absolutely stunning. I just love getting lost in it.
01:3220 mile per hour zone by the way. You know I wish I knew more about flowers. So one thing about
01:36walking around Nether Edge is you find lots of lots of like gardens in bloom. All sorts of things that
01:41are out in the spring. I like to stop and smell them. A bit like a giraffe I suppose. It's a bit silly
01:46I suppose when you see it but I wish I knew more about them. I normally take pictures of them and send them to
01:50my mum because she knows everything about flowers and she's able to identify them but
01:54that it's just overpowering. Like you can smell them wherever you go.
02:10I mean love Sheffield for its trees. Come near the edge it's where all the trees are.
02:15Just gorgeous. Oh wow look at that. Cool.
02:24Well uh it is Sheffield and we don't shy away from a tall hill or a steep hill in Sheffield but
02:29about halfway up Lindhurst Road it's really going to start burning so be prepared for that.
02:35There's just some kind of bird I've been listening to that I don't think I've ever heard before.
02:39Kind of a common thing in old nether edge for me. I don't know my bird calls very well. Whenever I
02:46take my headphones off and go for a walk around here you end up hearing something I've never really
02:49heard before. So add that to the list. I need to know more about plants, flowers, trees and birds.
02:57I know quite a bit about mushrooms so it's you know not not entirely useless.
03:08Oh god.
03:11Uh huh.
03:27I think that's the college. Yeah that's Sheffield College down there.
03:39Wow. All right we're right there people. So we're at the top of Quarry Lane which is amazing for
03:45several reasons. First of all you find yourself with just the most amazing view. I don't know if
03:53this is Brinkley, if I need to look at my maps a bit more. I need to research more about this whole area.
04:06Just the right time of day as well.
04:23And like I just said I thought this was someone's private drive when I first came here so when I saw
04:36all this I really started to think I'd maybe come the wrong way I need to turn back around and come back
04:53up again but no. Step through here and you find yourself in Chelsea Park.
05:06Ah.
05:07Ah.
05:19Ah.
05:21Ah.
05:27Ah.
05:29Ah.
05:31Ah.
05:32Ah.
05:33It's just the most stupendous place. I thought I visited nearly every park in Sheffield and
05:41then I'd just find another one that just blows my socks off. It's just so serene and quiet
05:47and deep and peace and private and it's just so lush. It's everything I love about Sheffield,
05:52all in one spot. But then it just keeps getting better because, I mean, there's Chelsea Park
05:58like I say, and you can step out onto the top of the road here, which with a quick look across the
06:03road, and then you immediately find yourself in Brinkliffe Edge Woods instead. And that's its
06:09own tree. It's amazing here. I mean, what other city do you have where you can just step from one park
06:17into the other, cross the road, and find yourself on like a really deep, thick, luscious wood just
06:22like this one. Where else do you get this? This is amazing.
06:29Right, we're going to finish this off by going to my favourite bench of the year so far.
06:54You know what? We're just in time for sunset as well.
07:24Not sponsored, but my favourite thing after a long walk is a can of Chocomel, which is
07:40chocolate milk. It's just wonderful.
07:41So, yeah, thank you for joining me. I don't know why I made this video. I've just been
07:53going for lots of walks around NetherEdge and Brinkliffe lately. It is my favourite thing
07:57to do. It's like the only thing more unique than the houses are the trees. The only thing
08:05more unique and gorgeous than the houses are the trees themselves. You know what I'm saying?
08:09It's fun and it's free and if you just take your headphones off and enjoy it, you can just
08:15hear the birds chirp and watch the sunset and get a good workout in because it's pretty tough
08:19on your legs. Come on down to Chelsea Park, come on down to Brinkliffe, come on down to
08:24NetherEdge. It's just stunning and it's everything I love about Sheffield all in one rather cushy
08:31neighbourhood.
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