Hello and welcome back to my blog 😊.

This morning myself and Angela enjoyed a 7.4-mile circular walk from the attractive village of Tealby in Lincolnshire. Tealby is one of the prettiest Lincolnshire villages lying close to Market Rasen and on the edge of the Lincolnshire Wolds. In my humble opinion, the Lincolnshire Wolds are one of the best kept secrets in the UK, with their quiet, open and rolling landscape. https://www.visitlincolnshire.com/destinations/lincolnshire-wolds/

The 4th heatwave of our summer had abated and temperatures were much more comfortable as we set off early on Sunday morning, on a wonderfully quiet drive to Tealby.

Arriving in Tealby we parked close to the memorial hall.

We set off walking down Beck Hill, following The Viking Way, and crossed the ford at the bottom- I was surprised to see water still running.

Heading along a track uphill we passed through Bayons Park where once there stood a grand manor house – home of the Tennyson d’Eyncourt family. The house was demolished in 1964.

As we gradually gained height we had nice views looking behind us – we could just about see the tall spires of Lincoln Cathedral far in the distance.

We continued to follow the Viking Way until we reached the B1225. Our route now took us along the road for a while – the cars were an irritation but we were soon turning into the road for Kirmond Hall Estate.

We followed the road into the estate but eventually turned off – had we carried on we would have seen a large house and been trespassing!

We were definitely in Wolds country now with a valley stretching out ahead of us.

We were heading towards the village of Kirmond le Mire. A pleasant walk following a good path brought us into the village. We spotted a bench in the grounds of the church of St Martin so decided to take advantage and stop for a break.

Refreshed after our break we set off on a farm track. There was open countryside all around us. The fields were nicely striped from recent ploughing activities.

The farm track ended and we were then following nice grassed paths.

We soon found ourselves arriving back into Tealby where we stopped at the well stocked community shop for a coffee and bought a good Lincolnshire Wolds walking book. We also found some free walking guide leaflets -Tealby is a starting point for quite a few walks.

We noticed the nice thatched pub in the village – The Kings Head is a 14th century Inn and looked amazing . Maybe next visit.

Happy Walking! 😊🚶