The rest of yesterday ***with track and voice***
May 15, 2019 § Leave a comment
The post about yesterday (Tuesday) finished with a thoroughly understandable rant about the vandalism that results when farms become agribusinesses. That rant covered the part of the day until I reached Fosdyke Bridge and crossed the Welland.
From then on things were different. Believe it or not, the reason for the change was none other than the Sea Bank! Not, however, the Sea Bank I had previously got to know. This was the old Sea Bank, built perhaps two hundred years ago and sitting now a distance from the present coastline, with farmland on each side. There is a footpath along the top of this old Bank, one that evidently is mown about twice a year. To judge by the height of the stinging nettles it’s due for mowing now!
Beautiful surprises on this path! A talented accordionist on a boat as I left Fosdyke Bridge; a kestrel flying out of the scrub no more than five metres ahead of me; another kestrel leaving a nesting box; an inquisitive fox; a bench exactly where I needed one. The difference between this old Bank and the modern one is that it is a living part of the countryside around. You feel it.
Eventually I reached Boston and found my B&B. It was a long and tiring day, especially as the sun had shone the whole time, but at least the better part had come at the end. Good memories.
The accordionist on his boat at Fosdyke Bridge
The path on the old Sea Bank north of Fosdyke Bridge
The path on the old Sea Bank north of Fosdyke Bridge
The old Sea Bank north of Fosdyke Bridge
Hawthorn, on the old Sea Bank north of Fosdyke Bridge
The old Sea Bank, now a natural part of the landscape
Holbeach Hurn to Boston
A voice recording of the accordionist can be downloaded at:
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