Walking to Lincoln - 16th March ‘20

A gorgeous sunny day today - starting soon after 10am and only going down at sunset.

We had a lovely morning. Breakfast, putting up Bella and then sitting in the sun reading and watching  the ducks!

Bella was a great success this time. Normally it takes me a couple of hours from start to finish - today was about an hour. The main reasons being 1) it wasn’t freezing cold, 2) there wasn’t a 70 mph wind gusting, 3) the hard standing was pebbles on top of soil not the normal hard standing. And, I even managed the record time on my own - Kim was cleaning the van ready for Thom and Rach.

After the chores were done we had a smashing hour reading (and snacking!) in the sunshine at the side of the lake. In the mad world of record rainfall, floods, storms and Coronavirus it was like a little oasis of paradise.

We took the car to somewhere called 5 Mile Bridge - about 1 mile down the road at Fiskerton - on the River Witham. From here there was a lovely 5 mile walk (hence the name of the bridge!) into Lincoln along an old railway track.

The scenery was a bit boring - very flat - but the council had put things up along the track to inform and interest! It was also nice to see the huge imposing Lincoln Cathedral getting closer and closer as we approached the City.

See the Cathedral at 10 o’clock from Kim’s head!

We left the car at about 3.15 and arrived at Lincoln City Centre approaching 6pm - as everything was shutting!! We had a couple of stops for intake of food and snacks along the way with the last one being g particularly glamorous- under a railway bridge in an industrial estate!

After arriving in the centre we then walked another 1.5 miles to Morrisons - to make it easier for Thom to find us! We had some chips and coffee before the restaurant shut at 7. Thom and Rach arrived and picked us up at about 7.40.

We went back to Brunnehilda, picking up our car on the way. Talked Thom and Rach through caravan stuff and then left them to it. We are going back on Thursday morning to pick up Brunnehilda.

The journey home was slightly depressing hearing about all the new Coronavirus measures - our Spanish trip is now cancelled and it looks like Brunnehilda will be grounded for a few weeks / months!!

Seven Acre Campsite, Fiskerton:
Pros:
1) Nice position by the lake - good view
2) Great facilities - for such a small site
3) Easy hard standing surface for Bella erection
4) Very laid back and pleasant owners
5) Friendly caravan neighbours
Cons:
1) No walks from the site
2) Busy road - and quite noisy
3) Expensive for a small CL site