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Cool_Dude went for a hike.
3 days ago
This was a walk along the the drains and waterways west of Lincoln on damp December day, This made the pre-Christmas lunch with the Ramblers more inviting, sitting inside in the warm. Not a challenging walk, except when crossing the A57. Fortunately drivers stopped allowing the small group to cross safely.
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Cool_Dude went for a hike.
December 11, 2025
A walk through little Texas. Pevsner describes Sudbrooke as an American style garden suburb, The route passes two oil fields with their "nodding donkey" pumps. We even saw a cowboy, someone on horseback wearing chaps and guiding cattle. Yee-ha! The farms on the way are agri-industrial, landscape flat. A contrast to the rolling hills of the Wolds
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Cool_Dude went for a hike.
November 9, 2025
In 1629 parishioners of Bassingham asked for enclosure of the parish. They wanted a shorter route to the Fen pastures. The open fields blocked the way causing a six mile journey for their animals. Paths on the fen are ways I would not normally walk. On this mild bright autumn morning I walked, with Ms Cool_Dude, across Bassingham Fen surveying rights of way for the county council, treading paths new to us.
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Cool_Dude went for a hike.
October 3, 2025
A morning walk before arrival of storm Amy. I expected lots of acorns and berries. The wealth of fungi was not. Fungi, big, small, red, pink, brown and white. All that and a tree, an Ent, escaped from Middle Earth.
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Cool_Dude went for a hike.
September 18, 2025
The Cool_Dudes travelled to Pembrokeshire for this walk. It is an easy cliff top walk with a leg near the Bosherton Lilly Ponds. We would like to record more walks like this, but the weather was against it. One bonus was standing on the Eight-arch Bridge watching and otter swim in the water below. The walk was accompanied by the noise of artillery and machine gun fire from the Castle Martin range.
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Cool_Dude went for a hike.
September 14, 2025
A varied short route by the estuary and through the wildwoods. The route is more difficult than the guides suggest. The rocks beside Garron Pill are slippery. The path in the woods beside Daugleddau is rough and undulating. An interesting but demanding walk
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Cool_Dude went for a hike.
September 9, 2025
A pleasant walk between suburban villages. Thankfully, there is little development to spoil this walking route from a forty-year-old leaflet. A walk made better by the glorious later summer sunshine.
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Cool_Dude went for a hike.
August 31, 2025
The oldest bell in the British Isles? That was the claim made for the bell in St Andrew's church. The ringing of the 12th century bell ended a late summer walks in the remotest Lincolnshire Wolds. This mini-festival of four walks ended with an excellent afternoon tea in the church.
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Cool_Dude went for a hike.
August 22, 2025
A walk in the Lincolnshire Wolds, close to the highest point in the county. There are panoramic views on most of the route. The cathedral at Lincoln,17 mile away, is visible on the horizon. The bench, where the Cool Dudes stopped for lunch, must have one of the widest views south of the Humber.
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A Ramblers walk on a glorious autumn day. Through the woods and over the rise before the Witham valley. Crossing Branston Top gave views of the cathedral and the distant Wolds. The walk ended at the village hall with an excellent, and plentiful, lunch before the business of the annual general meeting.
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