What's On Out There? The Bill's Mother's Links & Listings Post - Feb 2026

The news, links and listings post for people who like to get out into the wild world of Sheffield and the northern Peak District

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What’s On Out There shares outdoor events around Sheffield and the northern Peak District, along with occasional news, niche exclusives and links to out there stuff you might find interesting. For news and other updates, click here.

There are regular (at least weekly) updates to this post, so save and refresh, or download the free Substack App to keep up.

It’s all part of the It’s Looking A Bit Black Over Bill’s Mother’s social enterprise publication, read by thousands of out there people from Sheffield and all over the world, and supported, so far, by over 310 fully paid up subscribers who like the idea of real local journalism. As the quaint old definition of local journalism goes, this publication aims to: “find things out and tell us about them.”

Inspired by our friends at The Sheffield Tribune, we’re also successfully fighting back against the nightmare nonsense of the anti-social media billionaires. All we ask is that you try us out free for a few weeks, then if you like us, sign up as a full supporter for the meagre sum of £4 a month to help cover our costs.

You’ll also then, and only then, get full access to every post we ever publish, including our vast and fairly interesting archive, and the full version of What’s On Out There.

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What’s On Out There?

February

Sun 1st - CTC Cycle Ride

Sun 1st - Garden Birdwatch and children’s crafts at Sheffield General Cemetery (£6.50)

Sun 1st - Yorkshire Rose women’s cycle rides

Mon 2nd - Fri 6th - Daily health walks in parks and green spaces from Step Out Sheffield, 10 am start

Mon 2nd - SRWT Volunteering - Crabtree Ponds

Tues 3rd - Friends of Ecclesall Woods volunteer & footpath repair session

Tues 3rd - Sheffield Ramblers Walk - Stannington (7m)

Tues 3rd - SRWT Volunteering - Wyming Brook

Weds 4th - Longshaw Social Walk

Weds 4th - Sheffield Ramblers Walk - Grenoside (10m)

Weds 4th - Shire Brook Valley - Volunteer Session

Thurs 5th - Green City Action Grimesthorpe community allotment

Thurs 5th - SRWT Volunteering - Moss Valley Woodlands

Fri 6th - SRWT Volunteering - Wildlife Gardening

Fri 6th - SRWT Winter Wild Wellbeing at Shirecliffe

Sat 7th - CTC Cycle Ride - Castleton

Sat 7th - CycleBoost cycle confidence & Learn to Ride cycle training at Greenhill

Sat 7th - SRWT Volunteering - Blacka Moor

Sat 7th - Whirlow Brook Park volunteer morning

Sat 7th - South Yorks Orienteers - Norfolk Park (£5)

Sat 7th - SRWT Volunteering - Shire Brook

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Promoters & Organisers: We can only publish outdoor events that people tell us about. Email us at bbobillsmothers@gmail.com as follows: Subject line - WOOT Event, with an email containing a one line description, day & date, and an online link so readers can find out more. And I’d really appreciate you taking out a full paid subscription or two (as many local organisations have) to keep this service running.

Artists, Illustrators or Photographers: If you’d your work here, seen by thousands of folk from all over the place in every edition, please email us at: bbobillsmothers@gmail.com

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What’s On Out There? comes in two versions:

Free Triallists: Very brief roundup of the next week’s listings, and a few news and links, emailed out once every two months or so.

Full Supporting Subscribers: All the above, plus a month of advance listings in the web version, regular updates to news and links (via the Substack app or save the page in your browser), and a bonus What To Look For feature about wildlife to see this month. Plus access to the whole archive of 250+ features, and special features every now and then just for you. The full members online version of this post will be updated in a big way later today.

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Also Out There (News & Links)

MoveMore Award Nominations - If you know someone (or an organisation) who’s been busy helping people get out there in the wilds of Sheffield under their own steam, the city’s activity promoters want to hear about them for their glossy awards night in April. Nominations close on Monday so let them know here.

New Bird Book for Sheffield - Sheffield Bird Study Group are about to publish their spectacular New Birds of the Sheffield Area compendium of all 300 birds seen around here. (We’ll have more on this soon, of course).

Parents for Future Sheffield - Stop Burning Our Moors: Protect our kids, not grouse hunts says their current campaign against moorland burning. Sign their petition and spread the word here.

Winter Wellbeing - Sheffield & Rotherham Wildlife Trust are offering free monthly nature-based sessions to help us feel better in the cold dark months with the help of some of the wilder urban spaces of South Yorkshire (thanks to South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority’s ‘Health and Growth Accelerator’ Fund).

Sheffield Storeys - Our own Muddy Mother’s new Substack is very much worth a look too, not just because she’s my daughter. Our Storeys is about homes and home renovations, and how to cope with trying to build an extension while avoiding tripping over your dog, rendering your baby and losing your toddler in the wall cavity.

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Our full listings for the next month or so (below) are for full subscribers only, who’ll be able to reload in their browser and get a bigger and prettier edition later today. (We can’t fit all the full member’s post into one free email).