Some of you will doubtless remember Terry Wogan's Togs (Terry's old geezers and gals). Meet some of Wardsend Cemetery's Cogs. Photo by @bbobillsmothers.bsky.social
David Bocking
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It’s Looking A Bit Black Over Bill’s Mother’s - the out there magazine for Sheffield, the Outdoor City. http://abitblackoverbillsmothers.com/
Great to see volunteers getting stuck in on the Upper Don 🌳 The University of Sheffield Conservation Society run regular volunteering days too, they might be keen to lend a hand
Today's Commoner's Muck post for 🏞️🌳🦉🐝🐟volunteers from #Sheffield #TheOutdoorCity - Our Friends in the North - abitblackoverbillsmothers.substack.com/p/upper-don-...
Upper Don and Little Don
Our Friends in the North.
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Today’s post for #Sheffield #TheOutdoorCity #PeakDistrict: how to run 162 miles in 39 hours, hope for new riverside paths and the lost Bittern of Sharrow - abitblackoverbillsmothers.substack.com/p/sunday-at-...
Sunday at Bill's Mother's: 27th September 2026
River victories. Lost Bittern. One foot in front of another.
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Back down to London with the bike, reservation booked ✔️ no crazy hangar hooray! No ramp & v tight getting it into place straps - useful but filthy. Heading to @livingstreets.bsky.social board later - have you seen the excellent video on Making Safe Spaces for Women & Girls? ⬇️ well worth a watch!
Why does Sheffield birth so many Reform-donating crypto-billionaires??? Answers on a postcard please 🫣
This week’s 🌸🌼🏞️🦉🗞️ notpaper for #Sheffield #PeakDistrict #TheOutdoorCity - #Rewilding #Wilding #Plantlife #Walking #NatureRecovery & lots more of this kind of thing - abitblackoverbillsmothers.substack.com/p/sunday-at-...
Sunday at Bill's Mother's: 13th September 2026
Strolling, rewilding and wilding. Plant wisdom. And Secret Seating.
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Busy weekend at Bill’s Mother’s 3 - today’s Sunday at Bill’s Mother’s : abitblackoverbillsmothers.substack.com/p/sunday-at-...
Sunday at Bill's Mother's: 6th September 2026
Damboosting. Luge talks. Rewilding Sir William. September festivals. Remembering Paul Besley and John Batley.
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Busy weekend at Bill's Mother's 2 - Is #Sheffield still England's biggest village? A new 🏞️ post from Commoner's Muck - abitblackoverbillsmothers.substack.com/p/the-big-vi...
The Big Village
Do we still live in the biggest village in England?
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Busy weekend at Bill's Mother's 1 - Autumn 🏞️🦉🗞️What's On Out There 🌳🚶🚲🏃for #Sheffield #TheOutdoorCity #PeakDistrict - abitblackoverbillsmothers.substack.com/p/whats-on-o...
What's On Out There? - Autumn 2026
The news, links and listings post for Sheffield and the northern Peak District.
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What is Native? Where does Nature belong? Reel from one of our upcoming speakers: Steve Head – Wildlife Gardening Forum – garden biodiversity & climate change: youtube.com/shorts/qEtZp... The Wildlife Gardening Forum:
Today’s post for #Sheffield #TheOutdoorCity - warm fish, hot butterflies & out there news - abitblackoverbillsmothers.substack.com/p/sunday-at-...
Sunday at Bill's Mother's: 30th August 2026
Warm fish and damp butterflies. River treasure. Scorched earth at The Manor.
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Living Streets trustee @drjomaher.bsky.social has shared some easy ways to build more physical activity into everyday life: https://www.livingstreets.org.uk/JoMaher Jo's also running the @royalparkshalf.bsky.social to raise funds for Living Streets. Please support her here: https://bit.ly/3Uc2zE5
Today’s post: running talk with @e-beardmore.bsky.social , sparing & sharing in #PeakDistrict & #TheOutdoorCity, how much longer will driven grouse shooting last? - abitblackoverbillsmothers.substack.com/p/sunday-at-...
Sunday at Bill's Mother's: 23rd August 2026
Grouse mores. Festival flowers. Running talk. Sparing and sharing.
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Hidden in Ecclesall Woods, lies a gated community so exclusive that you’ve probably never heard of it, even though it's existed for almost a century. You’ve almost certainly never stepped foot inside. In this secluded sanctuary, wing is king.
The century-old no man’s land in Ecclesall Woods
What happens when you surrender part of your city to the birds?
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Hot roadsides, easy eclipsing, slime moulds, 🚲 on 🚃 & wild Wardsend. Today’s 🦉🏞️🗞️ notpaper for #TheOutdoorCity #Sheffield - abitblackoverbillsmothers.substack.com/p/sunday-at-...
Sunday at Bill's Mother's: 9th August 2026
Hot urban grasslands. Eclipse Wednesday. Chasing down bikes on trams. The beauty of slime moulds.
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The brilliant John Scott is just a day away from completing the #SlowWays National Parks Trail challenge! Great to have this coverage in the Times www.thetimes.com/uk/environme... And see our story here buildstories.slowways.org/john-scotts-... Fancy doing the challenge yourself?
The 🏞️🦉🗞️ notpaper for #TheOutdoorCity is #45 & rising in international news, on #Substack anyway. Ta to all our supporters. Latest issue: open.substack.com/pub/abitblac...
Land & 🔥in the #PeakDistrict / New curlew mural for #Sheffield #TheOutdoorCity / Counting #NatureRecovery at Shire Brook - today's local 🗞️🏞️🦉notpaper - abitblackoverbillsmothers.substack.com/p/sunday-at-...
Sunday at Bill's Mother's: 2nd August 2026
Damping down the fires. Call out for Curlew wall. Creature counts.
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Thanks @schmoller.net , glad you liked the post.
Seb Schmoller@schmoller.net · 2mo agoTopical and particularly interesting post (Curlews, the changing nature of moorland wildfire control, creature-counting around Shire Brook) by David @bbobillsmothers.bsky.social Bocking: open.substack.com/pub/abitblac...
Today's post on #PeakDistrict moorland and grassland🔥for @sheffieldtribune.bsky.social , with @danhayesjourno.bsky.social - 'Best piece I have read on this topic' says one reader - www.sheffieldtribune.co.uk/the-peak-dis...
The Peak District is on fire. Can we stop it happening again?
‘You’re breathing in the smoke, and it looks and feels post-apocalyptic’
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The Peak District is burning — and where there’s fire, there’s smoke. Given Sheffield’s proximity to the park, it feels inevitable that, if more frequent and severe fires keep happening on the moors, they are going to have an increasing effect on us. The question is, can we do anything about it?
The Peak District is on fire. Can we stop it happening again?
‘You’re breathing in the smoke, and it looks and feels post-apocalyptic’
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𝑺𝒘𝒊𝒇𝒕𝒔 - 𝒂 𝒑𝒐𝒆𝒎 𝒃𝒚 𝑬𝒏𝒊𝒅 𝑱𝒐𝒏𝒆𝒔. We are delighted to share a special moment with Sheffield resident Enid Jones, aged 92 reading her heartfelt poem, 'Swifts'.
Today’s packed post: #SouthYorkshire #NatureRecovery, #Sheffield Grand Prix cycling, Graves Park firefighter hound, filming the river Sheaf catacombs, #ParentsforFuture in Ecclesall Woods & lots more - abitblackoverbillsmothers.substack.com/p/sunday-at-...
Sunday at Bill's Mother's: 26th July 2026
City centre cycling. Our Nature Recovery Strategy. An underground celeb historian, a firefighting treasure dog & more out there news.
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It was a pleasure to join Prof Alice Roberts this week as she filmed in #Sheffield for a new documentary series... #Sheffield #Aliceroberts #SheffieldHistory #SheffieldForum
Upcoming conference on 'Nature in its Place: What is Native? Where Does Nature Belong?' www.ukeconet.org/nature-in-it... - see the reel below about one of our key speakers: Max Coleman – Wych elms youtube.com/shorts/BNHhg...
