Rab's 7¼ mile walk took ten members from Sproxton Village Hall to Saltby for coffee and then round Saltby Airfield to the RAF Memorial for lunch. Then, returning to the start we passed by the impressive Sproxton Quarry before diverting to see an Anglo-Norse cross at St Bartholomew's Church.
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| The start at the Village Hall |
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| Sproxton Village Green |
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| The Nag's Head, Saltby |
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| Saint Peter's Church, Saltby - coffee |
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| Aircraft from Saltby played an important role in the D-Day landings |
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| Lunch stop at the RAF Memorial |
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| One of many massive banks of straw bales on the site of Saltby Airfield and destined for the 38MW Sleaford Renewable Energy Plant. Annually this plant burns 240,000 tonnes of straw (approximately 55 bales per hour), sourced mainly from farms local to the Sleaford plant |
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| Sproxton Quarry (1925 to 1973), Middle Jurassic Lincolnshire Limestone Formation |
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| St Bartholomew's Church, Sproxton |
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| In the churchyard, near the south porch, stands an Anglo-Norse cross dating from the 10th or 11th century |
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| Today's walk (in red) compared to others we have done in this area |
