A Frosty Walk in the Lincolnshire Wolds

 A cold and cloudless day greeted us this morning. After breakfast, later in the morning, we headed out into the Wolds to Tealby. Parked up by the village hall, we were soon walking along the Viking Way towards the settlement of Risby, passing first the now derelict Castle Farm. Immediatley after walking through the edge of Bedlam Plantation we stopped at our regular place: a bench looking out over the valley towards the Lincoln Cathedral. Here we had our lunch of Christmas cake and, for me, tomato soup. Annoyingly we forgot the cheese and hula hoops. While we were sitting up here enjoying our picnic a raven flew out of the wood kronking loudly and a tawny owl hooted sleeply form inside the wood. As we moved on the crisp cold air up here tingled the nostrils. At Risby we turned uphill to the east and walked out to the narrow lane that leads up from Tealby. We walked along the road for a while before crossing fields and then down to Tealby.

A short but excellent walk topped off by a drink in the warm, cosy bar of the King's Head.

A Walk Along The Viking Way from Tealby in the Lincolnshire Wolds.

As it was such a beautiful day we decided that it was too good to be in despite my spending the morning photographing birds so we opted for a walk along the Viking Way from Tealby.  This is a 147 mile long distance footpath that winds its way through Lincolnshire, from the Humber Bridge in the north to Oakham in the south.  Out path from Tealby climbed high onto the edge of the scarp slope of the Wolds giving excellent views across the flat farmlands to the ridge of the Lincoln Edge and the Trent Power Stations beyond.  A wonderful afternoon.

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Tealby

Tealby and the Church

Wolds scenery.

From the Viking Way.

From the Viking Way