Hello and welcome back to my blog 😊.

Today, myself and Mick enjoyed a 10.5- mile circular walk from Carlton Scroop to Marston and back again. I had done some of the route previously, but it was a new route for Mick.

Mick parked the car outside the church of St Nicholas – a grade 1 listed Norman church- in the small Lincolnshire village of Carlton Scroop. When we go walking we usually find that the local church is a good spot to get parking.

It was a chilly day once again. Rain was forecast for later in the morning so we had an early start to try and avoid the rain.

We left the village via field paths and could see a tall mast on the hillside. It is a microwave tower that was part of the cold war emergency communications system , ‘Backbone’.

As we were at a height we appreciated nice views across the distant fields. The clouds in the sky looked ominous though.

We reached a road and walked downhill to reach a farm track – we had joined the Viking Way, a long distance trail running 147 miles from the Humber bridge to Oakham in Rutland. We come across the trail quite often when we are out walking.

Our path took us along Frinkley Lane passing a wind turbine – it was interesting to see that the lower sections had been painted in graduated shades of green to blend in with the landscape – I’d not seen this before.

Continuing past Frinkley farm we crossed the very busy west coast main line and followed the lane into the village of Marston. As usual there were very few people visible on the trains.

We crossed over the river Witham and then stopped for a break at a handy bench.

We left Marston passing by the smelly sewage works and entered wide fields. The clouds overhead were getting darker.

Our undulating route took us up and down hills a few times and then the rain started. Rain turned into hailstones which were very unpleasant when they hit our face’s.

Thankfully, the shower only lasted about 15 minutes, but it was enough to give us a good soaking. Feeling damp, we strode across the remaining fields getting muddy boots. The sun was out again!

We had enjoyed a nice walk meeting very few people on our journey. Although it has rained, we both felt it could have been much worse and we had got away lightly.

Happy Walking! 😊🚶