Brompton Bike Touring ARCC Park Hill Flats & Sheffield Centre

Sheffield Park Hill Flats

Right guys back in Sheffield then be camped had a minute at the hotel had a brew Park Hill Flats we have a ride up there no idea well I do we’ve been we came before didn’t we any road no trams just bear with me that silhouette of the Sheffield Skyline into the

Sun thank you guys here we go guys par kill Flats it’s now the most desirable desirable residence postcode in Sheffield there is a a cafe here good one apparently doesn’t uh appear to be open either of them that’s unfortunate you keep going up the hill there’s some big hills in barnesley

Wow the jouster is got strong legs but then I suppose you know joyous when he live there so there’s office in retail there’s Flats there’s a very strong residence Association these are worth Googling because it was build as streets in the sky when it was built I think the milk float

Used to go up in the left and deliver milk and it’s probably only half what it was but as the buildings go certainly uh certainly pretty cool this is the back side of the flats don’t know what you can see Shadow the bik there look we can pull in here and have a

Look we’ll turn in here just bear with me try not to fall off as we bump up the curve right oh we’ve got stuff here that depicts the history of Park Hill flats this is beaten house loads of uh mantras on here it’s not the job of the

Architects to form communities it’s the job of the Architects to make places where communities can happen if it wants to happen that’s not very positive is it if it wants that’s a bit bloody lame apply tooth pressure and you get defining oh defining action buy to gain and there’s nothing

Left to be modern is not a fashion it is a state it is necessary to understand history and he who understands history knows how to find Community between that which was that which is and that which will be it’s ever going is it there is a way of handling gold in brutalist

Manner and it doesn’t mean rough and cheap it means what is raw quality yeah that’s a good MRA raw quality I like raw quality as you know that’s uh that’s why you get me videos cuz they are raw quality so these are facades that are hiding the uh construction and there’s more to

Go I won mind one but i’ want to live on the other side in the Sun but just a bit Grim up here in the uh in the winter weather like I say there’s there’s there’s loads of stuff on internet I’m going to get down these

Steps and have a ride around and bring you back right I’m in the center now Center Gardens I guess which are here like ra rather nice recreational area anyway I just thought to give you a pan around so there you go guys Park Hill Flats you’ve been all the way around it

Now so I’m going to keep pedaling I suspect I can’t get out here it’s all it’s all pretty pretty secure but I’ve seen a provision shop which is cool but yeah I think there’s no way no way for me to get through there so let’s go up

Here there’s a JY there it’s a dead end there’s a Bridgeway across here that’s seen on the the old videos there Flats there ready to do just go on YouTube and have a look at Park Hill Flats there’s some cracking stuff I think I’m coming about this way on Route 6 tomorrow

Right let just stop here cuz I’m getting to a fairly fairly busy road I’m probably waving you about all over the place so catch you again soon I assume this is the town hall let’s get a little bit in in a little bit closer CU some rather splendid iron

Gates but the the Masons have had a field day there’s all sorts of a collage there’s a boat a treasure chest people carrying stuff people carrying gifts I guess paperwork no idea what style that would be there’s more collages over there lab working let’s have a swing round oh here we

Go can’t read it upside down let’s have a look right these are she of Legends Mar cricketer so this is their sort of stars stars of the city Google them I’m want to Google them I’m not going to read them out Derek D sounds like an Irishman yeah Legends of the

City just get around the front of the building here lovely uh lovely square space wow that is a cool building water feature another water feature there bring you back well one thing I’ve learned since I’ve been in Sheffield talking to a lady at the Park Hill flats that the university offers architectural courses

So I guess that’s why Sheffield’s got modern I’m not going to say weird and wonderful I’m going to say wonderful cuz uh if anything’s weird or not is not for me to say look see measure interpret classify dream hypothesis test conclude question explain predict build sh a garden of pulled

Talents quite nice actually it’s a bit of color ainal whether it’s I guess it’s probably part of the greater green the greater green is the uh the water changing the erosion of water right onward and upward but we’re going by let’s go over the bridge we go so we got old meat New bit of a black Cube assume we can recall the Black Cube we go out this way there’s another University garden here behind the rusty fence look through there I do rather like a bit of rust in the right place that probably stems from running Land Rovers for many

Years probably forwards there’s one of these modern cubes look it’s a shame that’s supported right I’m going to hang a hang a left here can avoid all the peeps yeah off onto the B rout my swinging here all right time for me to find some gr if I don’t bring it back

Again today we’re heading to Workshop tomorrow on National cycle Network 6 so we’re going back up past the Park Hill plats uh there two I’ve got choice of roots I think I just take the basic Route Six I can sort of go one way or the other but

I’ll just follow national psycle network 6 see what that has to offer unless I change my mind in the morning so this was uh this was Monday the uh 16th 16th of October great ride out with Ian uh as you know I’m loving loving the bromton arc or the AR

Brumpton whichever way around you want it to be I’m going to go and find some grub that’s better look on me uh I’m going to post pictures of meide the Kut version on the Facebook GR group uh not Madness by Andrew Marshall don’t forget to look at that uh let’s see what tomorrow

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