Glen and Maggie led twenty four ramblers on an 8.2 mile walk across fields to Hickling. After a cloudy start the sun came out and the temperature rose. Coffee was taken in a field near Hickling and lunch at a swing bridge on the Grantham Canal.
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| The start near St Michael and All Angels Church, Hose |
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| St Michael and All Angels |
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| An erratic (or two)? |
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| Coffee stop near Hickling |
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| Glen leads |
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| Hickling Basin |
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| Restored Hickling lengthsman's hut on the canal towpath. A lengthsman had responsibility for maintaining his ‘length’ of the canal |
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| Not swinging on the bridge today - too tired |
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| Family of swans on the towpath |
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| And back to Hose |
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| Diversion from the canal needed at the (very low) Bridge 37 due to an access dispute. See map below |
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