A late summer walk along one of our favourite routes. Starting in Wold Newton it leads up through the Vally Wood dropping to Beesby before climbing up to the high point of Stock Furlong Wood with wonderful views out to the coastal Marsh and sea and inland over the Wolds.
Needing to take the car for its weekly run to keep the battery topped up, we decided to escape for a walk in the Wolds. Parking in the middle of nowhere to avoid villages and people we walked a favourite route on the edge of the Wolds overlooking the coastal marsh. There is still plenty of snow about and there was a biting easterly wind. The temperature last night was -5.5, the coldest night for ten years, according to the Grimsby Weather station. Stopping for a flask of hot chocolate and a piece of christmas cake in the wood it was good to see lords and lady leaves showing now among the snowdrops. In this week of snow it has been fascinating to see the evidence of nightly activity in the animal tracks: deer, rabit, fox and a variety of birds. One highlight of the walk was the sound of the raven cronking that is usually around the wood. I have reports of several that have been seen in the Wolds now.
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We were the only vehicle parked on the muddy parking spot at the entrance to Wold Newton's Valley Wood. We had driven out to deliver cards and calendars as well as check out the winter feeding station hide which I shall begin feeding and spending time at now the leaves have gone and it is light in the wood.
The Valley Wood is the start of one of our favourite circular walks, but todatwe were just walking to the end of the valley and back in the drizzle to stretch our legs. Good to be out, though.
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