[This walk was completed on the 9th September, 2021]
I approach the gate with some anxiety. Will I have to turn back and complete this walk by trudging along roads? No! Thank goodness. It’s not a public right of way, but the sign says it’s a Permissive Footpath.
[This walk was completed on the 9th September, 2021]
There is still a red flag flying at Donna Nook. I leave my Scooty bike chained up to a fence post in the long grass at the edge of the overflow carpark. In the absence of an obvious hiding place, I decide leaving it in plain view is the best option.
[This walk was completed on the 8th September, 2021]
I’ve reached a dead end. In front of me, the sea wall continues, but apparently there is no way through to Donna Nook.
To my right, a track leads towards the sea. But this is MOD property and there is no access when the red flags are flying. I can’t pretend I haven’t seen the red flags.
Continue reading[This walk was completed on the 8th September, 2021]
I’m back in Lincolnshire and making the most of a few days of fine September weather. But, when I park The Beast in the car park, at Donna Nook, I’m alarmed to see a red flag flying over the dunes.
[This walk was completed on the 20th August, 2021]
I leave the wide beach behind, and follow a path over the dunes, to where it joins a farm track. On the way, I pass several warning signs about unexploded ordinances and the danger area I’m leaving.
[This walk was completed on the 20th August, 2021]
The promenade looks busier today. Perhaps because it’s a Friday there seem to be more visitors about.
[This walk was completed on the 19th August, 2021]
It’s midday when I reach Vickers Point, where I spot a beach cafe and decide it’s time for a treat. I order ice cream with strawberries (fruit makes the snack “healthy”, don’t you know), but the serving lady picks the berries up with bare fingers to position them, artistically, on the plate
With her fingers? Should I say something? Demand another plate?
[This walk was completed on the 19th August, 2021]
It’s 10 o’clock in the morning, but feels much earlier. Skegness is still asleep. I stand on the eerily empty promenade and look out over the milky sea, where the wind turbines are barely visible in the morning mist.
Walk past the lifeguard post – with no guards on duty yet – and then start out across the sands.
Continue reading[This walk was completed on the 18th August 2021]
I follow the track from the car park. It runs southwards towards Gibraltar Point along the edge of a wide area of vegetated dunes. Once upon a time, the sea would have probably reached this point.
[This walk was completed on the 18th August 2021]
I leave my bike behind and catch the bus this morning. Should be simple, but I have two problems. Firstly, I can’t find the bus station, and have to ask someone, because the buses are cunningly hidden behind the railway station. Secondly, the bus driver has never heard of Low Road. Luckily I remembered the name of the garage on the corner. Lomax garage? Yes, he’s heard of that.
There doesn’t seem to be a bus stop here – although Google Maps has got one marked. But the driver drops me off anyway.
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Unprovoked attack by cows on The Weaver’s Way
Be vigilant. Give cattle a wide birth. Provide notices…
I was lying on the ground with a ton of cow above me.
Ruth's Coastal Walk (UK) 