Oh, what a miserable day. Rain, rain and more rain. Set off for N Lincolnshire but with ever deepening gloom diverted to Lincoln. However constant rain so little point in trying to take photos so just mooched around. Returned to campsite and did some washing - at least some clean clothes for the next week. Camp site is really attractive and has won conservation awards. Small lake in the middle home to various ducks and moorhens. Various species of birds including owls hooting at night. Forecast is better for tomorrow so have planned a sixty mile round trip on the bike. [View Full Entry]

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Up early as usual, good breakfast, tent packed up and on my way by 730AM. Fairly grey skies with occasional showers. Drove along the estuary of the Nene which is attractively remote. Drove west through southern Lincolnshire (knwon as Kesteven)- Sunday … so not a good day for visiting churches. Took various landscape photos and visited a number of nature reserves. Eventually met up with my old friend the A1 - cannot say that that road has improved. That took me to Woolsthorpe Manor which is the birthplace of Isaac Newton. The building itself dates from the early seventeenth century - [View Full Entry]

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Saturday, Folks ! This is a reorganise day. Also plan where I am going in Lincolnshire next week. Have booked three nights at a camp site near Horncastle (between Lincoln and the coast). I even get reduced rate because I am over 55 - some adv in getting old ! We are have a pub lunch and then plan to watch the cup final. Quiet relaxing day. Tomorrow I will set off early and work my way through southern Lincs hoping to arrive at camp site late afternoon. Hope all is well with you all. Steve [View Full Entry]

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Hi Folks Slowly getting the hang of this blog business so hopefully will be more regular in future ! Today set off on cycle - needs to use more so as to save on petrol costs ! Set off early to take photos of Oxburgh Hall - 16th cent stately home. Arrived to find it covered in scaffolding - not pleased. Continued on through the countryside. Continued few miles to Cockley Cley where there is an attractive medieval church and the Iceni Village (Iceni as in Iron Age tribe). Grumbled about the £5 entrance fee. Really worth it. Site contains an [View Full Entry]

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Hi Folks Dinner is abiut ti be served so will have to make this a quick one ! Apologies for not updating earlier - one complaint already. Problem is finding somewhere to log on. So expect this to be an occasionaly diary ........ Arrived in Gibbet Lane Wednesday evening - thats where Heather and Rob live. Also delighted that cousins Andrew and Anthony were also there - a family reunion indeed. Expect to move on to Lincolnshire on Sunday - if the weather holds. Forecast seems a little dubious for then. So far have been very luck with the exception of [View Full Entry]

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Well here we are ... 6AM and ready to roll !! Lovely fine morning - cool, but sunny and a delightful dawn chorus to send me on my way. Heading for a point just to the east of Ipswich and Woodbridge in south east Suffolk. Intend to explore Rendlesham and Tunstall forests today and then next day or so the rest of that part of the coast known as the 'sandlings'. Incidentally if you search Rendlesham in google you will find various refs to well doc UFO incident in 1980 !!!! [View Full Entry]

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Sure glad I'm not setting off today. Wet and windy. Final packing just about done - do I really need all this .... Can I really squeeze another small bag in that space .... This is not my car ...... just borrowed it (the car photo) so that I could work out how to use these pages. Hopefully I will photo my car tomorrow on the BIG DAY - assuming I can work the camera !!!!!!!! [View Full Entry]

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