Hello and welcome to blog 😊.

Yesterday, the Three Amigos met up and enjoyed a 9-mile circular walk taking in Scampton village and the old RAF base.

It was a lovely blue sky summer day as we set off from our handy parking at the Scampton viewpoint. We had extensive views across Lincolnshire. After a short road walk along the A1500 (never ideal as the traffic was fast moving) we headed across fields – finding the path proved tricky as it was overgrown!

We were heading uphill to the B1398 on the escarpment,which again, gave us fine views as we walked along.

We crossed a stile and headed downhill towards the small village of South Carlton.

A field of horses that we crossed proved entertaining with the horses being very interested in our back packs! They were very friendly and gentle.

Arriving into South Carlton we passed a nice wood carving of a wheat sheaf on the village green.

We continued crossing arable crop fields and a good call by Mick, when we were unsure of the path to take, brought us to North Carlton. We admired some piglets that were in a pen and then headed into fields where the path was well defined for a welcome change.

We were passing fields of bamboo – quite unusual to see.

After another brief section of road walking we were crossing fields of sweet corn.

We arrived into Scampton village where we passed St John the Baptist Church. During world War 2 the RAF base nearby was home to the famous Dambusters. In more recent times, it was home for the Vulcan bomber and the Red Arrows. In the churchyard there are commonwealth graves and some for the German Luftwaffe. We took a look. At the side of the church were silhouettes of air crew watching us past – it was quite poignant.

Leaving Scampton we headed for the village of Aisthorpe and then, a slight uphill walk, brought us to the boundary fence of the old airfield. We all felt it was a shame that there were no planes taking off and landing there.

We followed the perimeter road for a while, then headed through nicely shaded woods into the other end of Scampton village. We couldn’t help but notice that there were a lot of new houses being built. The village pub ‘The Dambusters Inn’ was looking good.

Chris spotted a silhouette of Barnes Wallis (inventor of the bouncing bomb) on the wall.

Finally, we headed across fields and up the A1500 back to our cars.

It had been a good stretch of the legs.

Happy Walking! 😊🚶