On Sunday, we had planned to park at Kelham Island and walk down by the riverside, and then back on the canal, but we only got as far as Victoria Quays before we decided it was far too cold to be near the waters edge! And so we decided to just mooch through the city where it was marginally warmer.
Sheffield has its fair share of souless chain coffee shops, but it also has loads of brilliant independent ones too. This is one of our current favourites - it is only tiny but is a gorgeous little place with fabulous coffee and really good food. They also have some special "goings on" after work hours too.
It is a stunning little place.
I often think I should do a blog post about the old pubs that are still standing in Sheffield. A lot of them are amazing buildings.
This one used to be the starting point for our office pub crawls back in the early 1980's.
We popped our heads into the Emergency Services museum as we passed it.
And the decided to call into the Nichols building which now houses arts, crafts and vintage stalls - a fascinating little place.
I had never been in before, so it was a perfect excuse. I can highly recommend a visit. So much to see, and I bought a lovely little hat for my 1940's costume that I shall be wearing in a few weeks time - you'll have to wait for photo's of that!
Plan B turned out much warmer and far more enjoyable. When is it going to warm up?! x
PS - Any spelling mistakes etc on this post can be blamed on my new varifocal glasses - I am getting soooooo old. x