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Yorkshire I arrived safe and sound in South Yorkshire the day after they had two inches of snow. So I went straight out into the garden of my new host, Trish, and threw some snowballs! |
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| That night Trish got ready to go out. She goes on Mod nights out and was off to a venue in Leeds. She has lots of original 60s clothes, shoes, and bags, and listens to the Small Faces, The Who, and Paul Weller. You can find out more about it here. |
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| The next day was Sunday, so we had a Sunday dinner with Yorkshire Puddings to start. Having your 'Yorkshires' first is a tradition here. It was done originally to fill you up in the days when they couldn't afford much meat. We had ours with Hendersons Relish on, which is made in Sheffield and goes well with pies and chips too. |
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| The next day I went with Trish to work. Trish works in a Recruitment Agency and I helped out by telephone calls on her work's mobile. |
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| We met up with Trish's sister Caz, and went to see some of the sites around Sheffield Town Centre. We went for a look at the Peace Gardens with its water fountains. In the summer, lots of people gather in the Peace Gardens and the fountains are where the children play. It's too cold for that now! |
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| We also visited The Crucible Theatre, which is where the Embassy World Snooker championships are held. |
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| This is the Lyceum Theatre where Trish recently saw an adaptation of Swan Lake. The Lyceum originally opened in 1897. It closed in 1968 and was reopened in 1991 after undergoing a £12 million renovation. There are many wonderful theaters in Sheffield! |
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| We also poked around the Winter Garden. This is one of the largest temperate greenhouses built in the UK. |
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| We met this amazing creature, made entirely of cutlery! Sheffield has an international reputation for manufacturing the finest cutlery in the world. |
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| Trish and I took a tram from Sheffield to Meadowhall Shopping Centre. Meadowhall has over 270 stores under one roof, so we did a lot of shopping! It was so much fun. |
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| It was then time to leave Sheffield and South Yorkshire for Lincolnshire. I went to visit Trish's mum and dad at Mablethorpe and it was soooo cold I thought my tail might freeze! All of a sudden, I miss the weather in Tanzania. I hope my brother is finding the weather more to his liking in New Zealand. |
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| We went for a walk along the sea and met this lifeboatman. Lifeboats are used to rescue people at sea. I hope I never need one, but it's nice to know that they're there. The Royal Nationaly Lifeboat Institution was founded in 1824 by Sir William Hillary. In 1999, the organization celebrated its 175th year of saving lives at sea. |
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| I helped clean the Mablethorpe lifeboat - that warmed me up! This lifeboat station opened in 1883. |
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| And I also got to help out in the shop. The shop is very important as the Royal National Lifeboat Institution is funded almost entirely by donations |
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| The next morning we went to see some seals. Some baby seals had just been born at Donna Nook, which is one of the most accessible sites for seal-watching in the UK. |
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| The next morning we had to get up early to watch motorbike racing on the beach. |
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| I liked being chauffered around in John’s car, and I had some friends to keep me company! |
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| Back I went to Sheffield to say goodbye to my new ratty friends, Diamonds, Pepper and Ringo. Diamonds liked me a lot because I fed her yoghurt drops – in fact she licked my face all over! Now on to my next destination. |
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