Saltfleet to Kings Lynn

Walk 29.

Walkers, Richard Porter, Bernie Porter, Paul Harris, Phil Wilson, Paul Brearley, Lee Wiggins, Hamish Morton. Alex Brown, Fred Capel, Kevin Devereux.


September 2019. 72.2 miles



Day 1 - Monday 9th September 2019

21 miles , 4 floors

Met up with  Phil ,Paul b ,Russel and Lee after their 4.30 start at Rimac ,70 years defending the coastline poster advertisement.

Walkers today: Paul B, Russell ,Phil ,Richard, Paul H and Hamish, Bernie, Lee

Overcast and slightly rainy during the day.
Hard going walking on the sand today.
Lunch in Mablethorpe at Mr G’S after which Kev joins us for a 30 minutes walk.
The pumping Museum
The north sea observatory was
Soft sand Wilson
Dog walkers everywhere with the associated Pooh!
Afternoon tea at Anderby beach cafe with a kind Donation.
Staying in the new premier in in Skegness which is a colourful caravan city.
Past miles and miles of mobile homes.
Stuart flies in from Dubai for the walk
Dinner at the  Vine
Parliament  is suspended and the Speaker John Bercow stands down. Britain appears in chaos

Day 2 - Tuesday 10th September 2019
Ingoldmells to Leverton Sea lane

21 miles

8.30 start
17.20 finish
Sleeping Brearley
Kev reversing skills are  tested up the ramp, poor dog.
Skegness promenade deserted now the seasons over.
Big fences at Butlins
£ 32 Christmas dinner and £3 pints
Kev and Paul join us back at the premier inn for morning tea and coffee
Stuart finds the post breakfast donuts, well done.
F16 jets dogfight.
Posh street builders leaving Skegness.
Walk to Gibraltar point visitors centre for lunch.
11 lunches for 10 people’s but only 8 arrive?
Sperm Whale bones in the garden.
Paul’s studies the maps.
Telling off walking on the 35k reseeded grass bank trying to find the coastal footpath which does not exist past Gibraltar point. A bridge to far unable to cross it. Kev returns to rescue us.
Richard relieves himself in front of the occupied bird hide. 
Herd of cows fancy us.
Grand national afternoon with the number of Gates and bard-wire  fences to jump.
RAF bombing range warning signs everywhere.
Old Helicopter  hidden away.
Lincolnshire cabbage everywhere for miles.
Hard clover walking under foot, not much wildlife to see
Walkers retire early.
Kev submerges the van after being chased by a tractor.
Dinner at the White hart town centre Boston thanks Lee for F&B director.
England 5v Kosovo 3  at St Marys in southampton for the euro qualifiers.
Staying in Boston  premier inn and the white hart for 2 nights.

Day 3 - Wednesday 11th September 2019
Freiston shores to Fosdyke Bridge

21 miles

Lee departs early for a swimming pool catastrophe
Spoilt Rambler Richard checks out of the White heart Boston
Russel gets a full bedbug report and he’s all clear
We’ll meet again museum.
Walker of the year Tim joins the walk
8.30 sunny start from Freiston shore
Pilgrim fathers memorial on the Haven side local nature reserve on the way into Boston
Kev has little walk.
Fast power model boats on the sailing lake
Nettles and thistle injuries with a very rarely used flat path.
Lunch at Shodfrairs coffee shop in Boston built 1310 
Richard questions the source of the cheese
Russel checks his medical condition at boots
Fp14 footpath diversion round the industrial estate
Afternoon plod along a Dyke built 1936 by the young offenders Boston prisoners
Richard has his fear of cows and horse challenged most of the afternoon 
Very welcome afternoon cold drinks at the RSPB Wyberton Marsh
No sign of the Hampshire lesser spotted pecker today
Rounding sheep up with a Mercedes-Benz suv !
Maze though the 2 tonnes cows obstacle course, Phil educates us on the cows attack strategy
Phil corn field detour
Long day and long walk in waste deep grass, very under used coastal path
Assault on the dyke , Stuart takes a mortal wound
Finished walking at 17.20 at Fosdyke Bridge
Lots of tired walkers
Excellent Italian Dinner at Ropers Arms best meal of the trip . Thanks to Imogen and the chef Alina

Day 4 - Thursday 12th of September 2019
Fosdyke Bridge to Sutton Bridge.

21 miles.

Today’s walkers Bernie Richard Stuart Hamish, Russell Paul B, Paul H and Tim.

Crossed Fosdyke bridge,
High dykes with large drainage ditches
Diggers clean.
Bernie tumbles off the wall.
Everybody agreed that the Roper Arms Italian was the best meal of the week.
The weather was sunny midday ,cloudy afternoon but no rain.
Treated to an excellent airshow by lowflying F-16 jets most of the morning.
Kevaro Tesco meal deal service comes good with the sandwiches for lunch.
Environmental agency good job of cutting the glas
Old dyke
Dead mole
Plum trees all afternoon
Rockets stored in rad Basel
Signs to Berlin
cafe no open till 4Pm
Caravans and cabbages and coming
The walking was slightly better underfoot today compare to yesterday but it still felt like a long way
Pippa pantry tea shop was like a welcome mirage at the end of the walk at Sutton Bridge.
Tea and chocolate cake all round
Lighthouses entry to revivers
Paul walks to his birth county of Norfolk
Tim walks though Hicks villl
6 miles to Sutton bridge  the. 7 miles and the. 6 miles , 3 miles later
Searching for king John jewels
1st Teas shop lady hates making tea.
Pippa pantry tea shop was like a welcome mirage at the end of the walk at Sutton Bridge.
Tea and homemake chocolate cake all round.
Only  opened 1 week
Bernie Porter changes his room
Post office services goes the extra miles
Pippa warns us off the The Knightshill hotel
Most of the walkers are staying at the Knight Hill hotel (Best Western). Where the gala dinner was.
Alex and Fred join us. Great speeches all around
Marsh dyke and ditch and cabbage

Day 5 - Friday 13th September 2019
Sutton bridge To kings Lynn

10 miles

Walkers Richard ,Bernie, Tim, Paul H ,Alex, Fred,Hamish

Walked over Stutton Bridge ,“cross keys bridge” swing bridge over the river Nene
No sign of King  John Crown Jewels
Sir  Peter Scott lighthouse  (Snow goose)
Bulls come onto the Dyke to face of with Richard. Bernie’s red top did not help
Sunny all day
Good walking under foot
Man made islands in the wash
Enter into Norfolk
Long drive home thanks Kev