Starting in The Green, Phil led eighteen ramblers on a squelchy, 7-mile walk past Long Clawson Windmill but not to Holwell Mouth as advertised due to the poor conditions in woods near this spring, the source of the River Smite. After a coffee stop, more field paths and better tracks took us to Nether Broughton for lunch in the children's playground before a strenuous climb over Slyborough Hill took us back to the start through the appropriately named Long Clawson.
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| The Green, Long Clawson |
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| Our Leader |
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| Long Clawson Windmill at Mill Farm showing the characteristic Lincolnshire-style cap |
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| Escape from marauding cows (or bullocks or heifers). Didn't stop to look carefully |
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| One example of the squelch |
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| Coffe stop |
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| Lunch in Nether Broughton |
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| Crossing the infant River Smite again |
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| Assault on Slyborough Hill |
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| St Remigius Church, Long Clawson |
Thanks for the photos Steve and John.