12th August 2010 - Caistor & Top of The WoldsPathfinder Guide - Lincolnshire - Walk #25
Top of the Wolds - 8 Miles (Actual 8.98 Miles!)
4 hours
We parked in the centre of Caistor (Market Place) which was free. The day was bright and sunny, blue skies.(at the start!)
After crossing the A46, the route took us along the Viking Way along the edge of corn fields, and then pasture where we encountered a couple of horses. Friendly, they followed us across the pasture, perhaps expecting to be fed.
Parts of this route were a bit overgrown, so no shorts unless you fancy nettle stings and thistle prickles!
After a few miles the route headed down into woodlands for a very short while, and the remains of tunnels from the old ironstone mining industry that riddled these hills till 1968.
Heading back to field edges again, the weather turned and we got a liberal soaking whilst walking along the "top of the wolds" roadway.
One distraction here was a Turkey farm, with the said birds been on general view to anyone passing by.
At Nettleton top we ate our lunch in the rain and continued on, the rain stopping after a short while.
Be aware that the section around top of Nettleton hill; the book suggests there is a stile after the corrugated iron barn (at the field corner). If there is, we missed it, and we did look hard. We carried on a while along the filed edge, but ended up ducking beneath the barbed wire onto the track the other side.
This led us to better views across the wolds and down to Nettleton village.
Dropping stepply we arrived in Nettleton, passing through the edge of the village and field edges again. Some of these tracks were once again very overgrown.
The last part of the walk is more of the same, eventually arriving on the edge of Caistor and a mile or so back to the start through the town.Our Walk Score: 5/10
Apart from the view at Nettelton top there was not a lot to hold our interest on this walk and many sections were much the same. Not the greatest one and nor very memorable.
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