Chapel St. Leonards, Hogsthorpe & Chapel Point - 24th July 2010Pathfinder Guide - Lincolnshire Walk#17
(7.8 Miles, 3hrs, 15 mins)
We drove to Chapel St Leonards and parked in the main pay and display car park near to the town centre. The road to this enters a housing estate, but a little further on you do find the car park entrance. Cheap at £1.60 for 6 hours.
We walked out of the car park the way we came (which is a few hundred yards away from the walk start in the book, actually at the town centre).
Following the road and passing the school we crossed over the bridge at Orby drain and followed the path left to the church yard. Entering the churchyard to find a stile and into the field beyond (some cows here but they paid us no attention)
After another field and crossing another bridge over the drain shown below
we headed into another field, crossing it
diagonally to the far side and a kissing gate to a lane.
Following the lane lead us into Hogsthorpe, walking through the village, eventually turning off right and then left across school playing fields and into the fields below.
The day was overcast but very warm, you can see the state of the ground, very dry due to the weeks of generally hot weather and little rain.
After several miles of mainly fields and then a long, long track that seemed to go on forever, winding left and right and quite rutted, we turned onto a dirt road across the old marshes.
The walk is actually on the beach itself for about 2 miles or so. We did find another picnic area/car park a little further on from where we had stopped (and this we discovered had several picnic tables!).
We did look/see if it was possible to follow a firmer path away from the beach here, but the path we found doubled back on itself heading us in the wrong direction, so it was back onto the beach.
This was pleasant with a nice sea breeze, and walking on the wetter sand was far easier than the soft powdery stuff nearer the land.
Our Walk Score: 6/10
After several miles of mainly fields and then a long, long track that seemed to go on forever, winding left and right and quite rutted, we turned onto a dirt road across the old marshes.
By this time we were both hungry, but decided to wait until we were nearer the beach and hopefully a picnic area with benches or tables.
After several miles we eventually arrived at Wolla Bank, which was a car park, but no picnic area that we could see.
We headed up through thick sand and trudged onto the beach, heading nearer to the sea and firmer ground (wetter sand) so walking a little easier.
We headed on a bit further, but hunger was too much and we stopped on the beach to eat, against some rocks.
We headed up through thick sand and trudged onto the beach, heading nearer to the sea and firmer ground (wetter sand) so walking a little easier.
We headed on a bit further, but hunger was too much and we stopped on the beach to eat, against some rocks.
The walk is actually on the beach itself for about 2 miles or so. We did find another picnic area/car park a little further on from where we had stopped (and this we discovered had several picnic tables!).
We did look/see if it was possible to follow a firmer path away from the beach here, but the path we found doubled back on itself heading us in the wrong direction, so it was back onto the beach.
This was pleasant with a nice sea breeze, and walking on the wetter sand was far easier than the soft powdery stuff nearer the land.
The beach was fairly busy, but not too packed with dog-walkers, sun-bathers and some fishermen awaiting the tide to come in.
Another mile further on we arrived at Chapel Point and took the steps off the beach onto a concrete path near beach huts and then a more distinct path. We turned off right on this along a very narrow path which took us to a roadway in the town, and led us back to the town centre and then the car park.
Our Walk Score: 6/10
A fairly varied walk, though the field and track section did get a little monotonous, but was saved by the beach section towards the end. Worth doing because of this. Pleasant rather than exciting!.
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