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| The best fish market in South Yorkshire |
With Irene at
the wheel, Raul in the back and me navigating from the front seat, the drive to
Doncaster went a lot more smoothly.
In no time at all, we got to Conisbrough Castle, where the plan had been to walk around my favourite English castle.
Once there, we stopped very briefly
to stretch our legs in the spring sunshine and take a few photographs.
The open countryside that can be found between Rotherham and Doncaster has a completely
different character to that seen in and around Sheffield and - coming from AlmerÃa
where there is very little rain - for Irene and Raul it was quite remarkable to see everything looking so green.
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| The Corn Exchange |
As a thriving
market town, Doncaster is worth visiting for a day out. The shopping
facilities there are excellent and, although there aren’t many obvious
tourist attractions except for St. George’s church, the streets
are full of public art.
If you take the time to have a good look around, Doncaster Museum always has some interesting exhibitions and there are also fragments of the Roman wall to see.
This fish
market is exceptional and most of the fishmongers were very keen to talk about
their produce - and one or two tried to practise their Spanish, during a wide
variety of conversations, which included a discussion on the merits of tripe.
Along the way, we sampled cockles, mussels and whelks from one of the many seafood
stalls and, at the Greek delicatessen, we were treated to a wide variety of tasty
food. “There is good tapas in Doncaster”, we all agreed!
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| Doncaster Fish Market |
Leaving Raul
to wander around on his own, Irene and I spent an hour over coffee reviewing
our last lesson on directions and happily discussing where things went wrong.
We also looked at directions for the return journey along the motorway to
Sheffield, which I had prepared in both English and Spanish - just in case they
had to find their own way home.
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