Hello and welcome back to my blog 😊.

It was just after 07:00 when myself and Angela set off for the Lincolnshire town of Bourne. We thought that we would get a head start on the rush hour traffic only to find the A1 was as busy as ever! C’est la vie.

Our walk was a 7-mile circular walk starting in Bourne and passing through Bourne Wood to reach Edenham. We then returned through the woods again back into Bourne.

The Burghley Street car park in Bourne was empty and free – a good start to the day. It was a cloudy morning, but thankfully dry.

We set off through the town following a drainage ditch (bone dry) towards the woods. We passed a section where the householder had made a particular effort with maintaining the area next to the drain – it brought a smile to our faces looking at the nice flowers.

It wasn’t long before we entered the wood along a good path.

The woods were quiet – I had anticipated hearing more birds. There were no people about.

A strange pair of eyes were spotted following our progress through the wood 😊.

We passed a Willow sculpture called Helter Skelter. We felt it needed some work.

Shortly, we were crossing a wooden bridge and out onto open fields.

As we walked on further we reached a nice view of the valley containing the River East Glen and the distant church tower in Edenham.

A walk downhill into the valley brought us to a bridge across the River East Glen. Crossing we saw very little water in the river.

Walking into the village we stopped at the Church of St Michael and All Angels, found a bench and I enjoyed my usual scotch egg 😊.

Refreshed after our break we followed a lane out of Edenham, uphill to a farm where we passed through a couple of field’s to enter the woods once again.

There were more people about now, dog walkers mainly. Walking along I could hear acorns dropping from the oak trees. Some of the bracken was turning brown. Clear signs of an imminent change in season .

After a lovely walk through the wood, along good pathways, we arrived back into Bourne where we walked through housing estates back to the car park. The car park was now full!

We found a nice coffee shop and relaxed with a latte. It had been an easy walk and enjoyable too.

Happy Walking! 😊🚶