Christine led 19 ramblers on an 8.6 mile walk starting in Skillington. She gave a short history of each of our walk route villages explaining the Viking origin of many of their names. Also, that Maggie Thatcher's father from Grantham used to preach at the Skillington Baptist Church. The weather was glorious with blue skies and sunshine. We walked on good paths reaching Buckminster for a coffee stop at the village church. Crossing fields, we stopped at the churchyard in Sproxton for lunch. returning via paths near the Saltby airfield where we saw Buckminster Gliders Club craft in the sky.
Thanks Steve for ... everything!
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| Christine's briefing |
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| Heavy going in places |
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| Christine leads |
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| Coffe stop in at St John the Baptist, Buckminster |
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| St John the Baptist, Buckminster |
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| Located in the grounds of the church is this Grade II* listed Mausoleum |
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| St Bartholomew Church, Sproxton - lunch |
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| Lunch again ... |
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| ...and again |
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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 |
