This is not the view we normally see of Brian who took a day off as back marker to lead today's walk from Skellingthorpe.
The walk started near St Lawrence's Church ...
... continuing on field paths and through woods into Nottinghamshire ...
... and to Harby.
In 1290 on the evening of 28th November Queen Eleanor of Castile,
consort of King Edward I, died of a fever at the manor house of Richard de
Weston in Harby. Earthworks in the field to the west of All Saints’ Church are
all that remain of this historic site. King Edward was grief-stricken at her
death and Eleanor was commemorated in no fewer than three tombs and
twelve memorial crosses on the route of the funeral cortege between Lincoln and Charing Cross.
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| A fine view of Cottam Power Station |
We returned along the disused Lincoln to High Marnham railway line (now part of Sustrans cycle route 647 from Lincoln to Sherwood Forest) and behind Doddington Hall (and its fine tea shop).
Begun in 1595 by Robert Smythson, one of England’s
foremost Elizabethan architects, Doddington Hall was completed in 1600 and is a fine example
of a late Elizabethan mansion. It has been a family home for over 400
years.
