Cold and Snowy
Approximate distance 13 Km or 8 miles
The scene is set
When the car was dropped off at Caistor the ride back to Barnetby was interesting to say the least. Living at the lower levels we didn't realise how much snow remained in the Wolds. On Phil & Gavins drive back from Caistor they came across a lorry driver who had only just managed to get his lorry through on the top road. The snow drifts were completely across the road in some places.
The Ancholme Valley to the west would have been a boggy marsh at the time the area was settled by the Danes. Their influence is readily detected in the village names ending in "by". Sheltered sites with springs, lower slopes suitable for agriculture and high wolds for grazing, led to numerous settlements in close proximity to each other.How cold was this walk going to be? There were initial fears at the start of the walk that Barbara's jacket would interfere with the radar at Humberside Airport!
The wind blowing across these open fields was freezing!
The monument above the village of Somerby was erected in 1770 by Edward and Ann Weston of Somerby Hall. The inscription at the bottom of the column explains it's celebrates 29 years "of their happy conjugal union"
The "Rest and be Thankful" shelter built in 1866 opposite Searby Church
When we reached the pub in Caistor the locals were really impressed that the effing walkers were in. The Town pump was erected to celebrate Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee in 1897. Which is brighter, The lion or Barbara's jacket?
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