Starting at Ancaster Church, Scott's 8.7 mile walk took ten members along the Ancaster Valley to Culverthope and Kelby returning to Ancaster on paths adjacent to the Valley.
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| The start at St Martin's Church, Ermine Street, the Roman road from London to Lincoln and
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| The Ancaster Valley is a gap in the Jurassic limestone ridge which runs roughly north south through Lincolnshire. The gap was formed by the River Trent which cut through the ridge some 450,000 years ago on its way to low lands now covered by the North Sea |
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| This steep sided valley covered with limestone grassland, scrub and woodland is one of the finest sites for limestone flowers in the country |
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| Pipes and valves, part of Anglian Water's 34-kilometre water pipeline between Waddington, south of Lincoln, and Harrowby, east of Grantham. It will eventually join up with the other planned pipelines to the north and south, forming the network that stretches from North Lincolnshire to Essex |
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| Approaching Culverthorpe Lakes |
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| Snowdrops in Culverthorpe |
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| Culverthorpe Village |
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He said it was going to be muddy - he was right
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| Feet of clay - guess who |
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| Kelby Duck Pond - lunch stop for some |
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| Wildlife in Kelby |
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| St Andrew's Church, Kelby - lunch for the rest |
