Tuesday 4th October 2016 

Algakirk to Billingborough 14.5 miles

Setting off rather later than anticipated ! - (breakfast was very good) - we planned a full days walking. Given the flat terrain and the need to leave the cars somewhere recognisable and safe - roadside wasn't really an option due to the proliferation of drainage ditches - we aimed for Billingborough. This gave us a target mileage of around 14 miles.

Finding a handy car park off Station Road in Billingborough, we headed back to the Village Hall in Algakirk to resume our trek.

Algakirk quickly merges into Sutterton, a village with yet another splendid church. The route follows lanes predominantly, through Wigtoft, to Donington. Here we found the statue of Matthew Flinders and his cat, a famous explorer from Donington, who was responsible for charting and naming most of the South Australian coast! Walking is very educational!

After a stop for coffee in the Black Bull, next to a crumbling Co-Op recently decimated by a run away tractor?! we headed on past another fine church - ornamented spires a local speciality.?

From Donington you embark on a route across a very flat, open, sparse landscape following a track, then the South Forty Foot Drain, then the Bridge End causeway bank top bridlepath.

All straight, flat walking, but surprisingly hard work - it felt a bit relentless!

It was lovely to reach Horbling - a pretty little village, though the field section just prior was a little challenging with few landmarks to guide you to the crossing points in the ditches!

Horbling more or less leads in to Billingborough, so relief all round and back to the hotel for a soak in the jacuzzi!