Lincoln Festival of History

It's been Lincoln Festival of History this Bank Holiday Weekend and so I decided to go with my support worker. I always enjoy a day out at Lincoln, it's one of my favourite cities to visit but the event was rather disappointing.

I was able to go inside the mediaeval Guildhall for the first time. This photograph was the only one which was clear enough to include.

Siobhan couldn't make it up Steep Hill and so stayed in the pub drinking coffee.

It's usually free admission into the castle but there was a charge today because there was an event there that was part of the festival...I didn't go in.

On the way back to the car we had to wait several minutes at the level crossing for three trains to pass.

Foolow, Eyam, Stoney Middleton, and Calver

I caught the number 257 bus to Foolow and took the footpath that goes across the fields, and through a lot of gates, to Eyam. 

I walked through the village and popped in to the tearooms for a pot of tea and the most delicious cranberry flapjack I've ever tasted; there were some tasty treats for dogs as well.

I had planned to finish the walk at Baslow but my knees were hurting , and by now it had clouded over and was really quite murky. There was a bus back to Sheffield in a few minutes and so I got on it.

Maltby, Roche Abbey, Stone, Firbeck, and Langold

I caught the local bus to Maltby and then walked to Roche Abbey, not by the most direct route though, taking footpaths out to the west. The route was much more undulating than just sticking to the bottom of the valley...and I did spot a deer.

(I had to Google this)

I continued along the valley to Stone and then across the fields to Firbeck, and finished at Langold. 

Bamford, Thornhill, Brough, Shatton, and Hathersage

I got off the bus at Bamford Station and walked over to Thornhill and then cut across the fields down to the main Hope Valley road which I had to walk along for nearly a mile until I reached Brough; fortunately there's a causeway.

I then climbed up to a track which then becomes a narrow lane called Townfield Lane, now heading east towards Shatton. I joined the Derwent Valley Heritage Way at Shatton, following the river down to the hamlet of Leadmill and then finishing the walk at neighbouring Hathersage.

(There were a couple of ostriches in a field at Shatton)