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Today’s walk was a 10-mile circular walk starting in the market town of Horncastle. Myself and Angela parked the car in the Tescos supermarket long stay carpark and planned to follow a walk from the OS book ‘Lincolnshire and the Wolds – outstanding circular walks’.
The walk was a wide circuit of the Bain valley to the north, west and south of Horncastle. We followed the Viking Way at the beginning and end of the walk.
Leaving the carpark nice and early in the morning the local ducks were making a lot of noise as we made our way to the market square – we wondered whether it was feeding time.
In the market square there was a grand monument, built by the people of Horncastle, to Edward Stanhope – a respected benefactor to the town.
Outside the Post Office in the market square there was a nice knitted cover on top of a post box – Halloween themed.
Navigating our way through Horncastle we walked beside the little River Waring.
After walking along a track beside housing estates we emerged on to a road and then, after a short road walk, started across fields.
The grass was wetter than anticipated. The day had turned cloudy. After a stretch across field paths we came to a road section. This was not enjoyable because there was just too many cars/lorries passing along it. We wondered whether the walk had been designed years ago before road traffic was as heavy as it is today and hedges were not so big.
The road passed over the River Bain.
We were glad to leave the road and head across fields again.
The walk was pretty uninspiring from a scenic perspective, however, we were enjoying being out walking and getting some miles in.
Eventually we came to the disused Horncastle Navigation canal. In 1802 the canal linked Horncastle and Tattershall, running parallel to the Old River Bain. As I am interested in canals this was the highlight of the walk today.
We followed the canal, walking on the embankment to Coronation Walk in Horncastle, and on through town to the car.
Angela had done some research and found a nice café to have lunch at – The Bridge. We enjoyed a super lunch there and can definitely recommend it.
Horncastle is a very civilised town. Why ? 1. It has public toilets and 2. They are free!! 😊.
Happy Walking ! 😊🚶♂️
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One response to “A circular walk around Horncastle.”
There are too many lorries using the primary roads of the transportation network. These big, lumbering vehicles are being driven with less ability than in prior decades. Since smaller vehicles have no choice but to share the roads, they are assuming the risk in traveling with the lumbering giants. A Smart car is woefully small, practically defenseless and hardly like a Volvo in its safety features. Even an SUV is no match for a lorry.
It is a miracle that more people aren’t killed by lorries every year. When a lorry jackknifes on the road, it provides in an instant’s moment a lethal road-block in full kinetic flowering glory. That accident-in-waiting is what strikes terror into the hearts of the imaginative drivers out there.
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