A planned day out with Tracey and Clara today along the Spa Trail from Horncastle to Woodhall Spa,which also incorporates the Viking Way saw us enjoying a lovely,if slightly longer than imagined walk.
It starts along the canal at Horncastle joining the Viking Way and then follows the old railway which stretched between Thornton Lodge Farm up to Woodhall Spa.
It was beautiful,bright weather when we set off,with wall to wall sunshine,but after lunchtime it clouded over,but was still pleasant.
The walk is mainly through a mixture of farmland and woodland habitat,but the last section is through the Hotchkin Golf cCourse at Woodhall,so an eye out for low flying golf balls was needed.
A stop at the superb Tea House In The Woods at Woodhall was a must,before walking the 7.5 miles back to Horncastle.
A few birds were seen along the way and included a cracking pale morph Common Buzzard and 23 Brambling near Martin and a nice flock of 57 Siskin at the golf course at Woodhall.
An all together enjoyable day out,with us being a little sore when we got back,but glad we had another great day out together again.
The following are a few photos from the walk,including some of the superb sculptures along the route.
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