Stroll/roll: my partner strolls, I roll, on my mobility scooter
The lovely summer weather, combined with a little bit of energy, led to us deciding to take a fairly local stroll/roll today. We ventured over to Lightwood, which is about a mile, as the crow flies, from our place.
![A field of grass with cows on the ridge and trees on the left to middle, and right sides.](https://www.gwenfarsgarden.info/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/P1170205cr-1024x536.jpg)
It’s wonderful to feel that even a couple of miles from the centre of Sheffield, you are totally in the countryside.
![Looking through a hedge with a tree canopy towards a field of wheat (?) and further beyond, gentle hills, fields and copses. It's all very green and lush.](https://www.gwenfarsgarden.info/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/P1170217cr-1024x768.jpg)
I enjoyed checking out some of the wildflowers and came across the following…
![A field in the sun filled with flowering brilliant yellow buttercups. You can also see some dandelion seed heads, and trees beyond the field.](https://www.gwenfarsgarden.info/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/P1170179cr-buttercups-1024x567.jpg)
![A collection of small white flowers with 8 kind of skinny heart-shaped petals, a round cream centre and orange pistil and stamens.](https://www.gwenfarsgarden.info/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/P1170185s-Stellaria-holostea-greater-stitchwort-1024x768.jpg)
![Cow Parsley - NOT wild carrot, though to confuse matters, wild carrot can be called cow parsley too. Also known as Queen Anne's Lace. Focusing on just one umbellifer, which is a collection of miniature white flowers forming a kind of umbrella-like structure.](https://www.gwenfarsgarden.info/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/P1170189s-Daucus-carota-1024x768.jpg)
![A collection of small sky-blue flowers amongst the greenery of their leaves, nettles and other green plants.](https://www.gwenfarsgarden.info/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/P1170202s-Veronica-persica-1024x768.jpg)
![A slightly blurry photo of a small head of white flowers that have 4 petals each. Underneath them are the fresh Spring leaves with a kind of maple-tooth shape, which are edible and can be used in both salads and hot dishes.](https://www.gwenfarsgarden.info/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/P1170231s-Alliaria-petiolata-1024x768.jpg)
I didn’t actually ID the tree. I was more enamored of the shapes and colour.
![Looking up at a tree canopy. You can see lots of branches squiggling out from the main trunk, with fresh Spring green foliage, and peeking through is a cloudy-blue sky.](https://www.gwenfarsgarden.info/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/P1170223s-1024x768.jpg)
I also made friends with a cow.
![A brown cow with a white face and brown patch under the left eye. It is standing under a tree canopy and looking straight at me.](https://www.gwenfarsgarden.info/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/P1170233cr-Cow-1018x1024.jpg)
And another cow. Who suddenly decided to come closer! I carefully backed my scooter away…
![Another brown cow with a white face, only this one has brown patches around both eyes. This cow is much closer and I ended up backing away coz it was getting a little too friendly.](https://www.gwenfarsgarden.info/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/P1170239s-Cow-1024x768.jpg)
Lightwood is just off the Southern ring-road (near Norton Lees) and it’s a quiet-ish dead end tarmac road, so good for using a mobility scooter/wheelchair upon. There are plenty of safe and non-intrusive spaces you can park a car along the lane and to unload/reload your mobility device. The few cars that came along were polite about going past (i.e. they slowed down and actually took care). And a shout out to the Moss Valley Meats driver who patiently waited for me to get up to a bit of off road space instead of forcing me into the nettles and wild carrot (ouch!) where the road was too thin to really allow passing. Cheers mate.
![A field of golden buttercups surrounded by trees, and with four horses chomping on the grass.](https://www.gwenfarsgarden.info/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/P1170198cr-1024x587.jpg)
It was great to spend a little time in the countryside without having to drive very far. Definitely worth a return stroll/roll.