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Lovely places to go back to.

Four of us walked the whole of the Viking Way from Barton to Oakham in bite-sized sections over 17 days between 2008 and 2012.

Being from East Yorkshire, it was great to discover what Lincolnshire, Leicestershire and Rutland had to offer; the Roman history, the RAF presence, thriving agriculture and livestock such as the Lincoln Longwool Sheep flock, art installations near Woodhall Spa, magnificent churches (The Ramblers Church at Walesby is special), it's famous people (Alfred Lord Tennyson, Joseph Banks and Margaret Thatcher), great architecture (Lincoln Cathedral and the delightful thatched village of Exton) and above all the wonderful, expansive countryside.

One memorable day we met Charlie Ross and Charles Hanson of Antiques Road Trip and they signed our Viking Way Guide Book!

We have been back many times to the area for visits to the Kinema in the Woods (Woodhall Spa), cycled The Water Rail Way, stayed B&B in a railway carriage at Bardney and done the excellent town trail in Horncastle.

Great walk, good memories and discovered some lovely places to go back to.

A Viking Way double

I have completed the Viking Way twice; first solo, south to north, in 1979/1980 as a then relatively young 26-year-old; and secondly when 50, in the opposite direction north-south, in 2003/2004, with my walking companion neighbour, John.My first completion, originally intended to be a continuous journey along the entire route over 7 days during May 1979, was abandoned at the approximate half-way point in Lincoln, after walking for three days in almost continuously very wet, drab, and muddy conditions.Hoping for better weather, I went on to complete the Way over four further days on the same week of the following…

My favourite part of the Viking Way.....

My favourite part of the Viking Way is the part between Tealby and Caistor. It traverses the highest part of the Way and pick a clear day, on the hills above Claxby one can see for miles, even Lincoln Cathedral in the distance. The valley south of Nettleton is a little piece of Lincolnshire heaven. Where once there were noisy iron ore mines that supplied Scunthorpe steel works, now there is peace and serenity. Walking this valley reminds me of parts of the Yorkshire Dales such is the isolation.In Caistor, Claxby, Normandy le Wold and Tealby there are beautiful churches…

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