We spent ths weekend with the Mountain Activity Section of the Camping and Caravanning Club. We arrived at Haxey Quay on Friday evening after a horrid journey up the M1. The site was nice and flat and beside a river.
On Saturday we left for a walk at Gringley on the Hill. It was a nice walk across fields and along Green lanes, a particularly nice one was Lovers lane -no more than a path through a Blackthorn wood, this was followed by Hangmans lane.
Lovers lane;
In one field we saw a nodding donkey in the distance - not sure how much it produces but presumably it is worth it with the cost of oil now!
We had lunch at the Brickmakers Arms at Walkeringham, which was very nice with flag-stone floor and open fire. The locals were playing a simple game called Bull Ring which involved swinging a Bull Ring which was attached to the ceiling on a piece of string and looping it over a hook in the wall - some of them were very good at it. Apparently the game originated from a Hotel in Scotland.
The last bit of the walk was along part of the Chesterfield Canal before returning to Gringley with another sign of Spring -the first lambs we had seen this year. About a 9 mile walk.
We returned home on Sunday with Gale force winds, snow, sleet and sunshine.
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