PYO currants and NT

A bright and breezy early start to the day. We had a coffee and cereals and headed for a PYO farm shop for breakfast (eggy bread and beans for me!) and fruit picking. We managed to find about a pound of mixed black, red and white currants for a summer pudding, but they were past their best. Then we spent the rest of the sunny afternoon back at Belton House, going round the interesting house and gardens where much was made of the royal abdication story. We also popped in to the nearby Belton garden centre and arrived back home around 6:00pm after a good day out.

Grantham - Belton House

We left the mill and it's chatty owner on a gloomy wet morning and travelled back towards home by way of Belton House. We just had a quick look and a lunch snack before finding our nearby overnight stop at Woodland Waters caravan site. A proper big site with lots of people on caravan or camping holidays. It also has some big fishing lakes, but having walked round 3 of them,  decided I would not bother as they are very open and there is a strong gusty wind. But at least it has brightened up a bit, so we will just chill out for the evening and watch the Olympics. If the clouds break we may even see the Perseid meteor shower.

Mablethorpe and the Mill

We had a quick chat with site owner before leaving for the coast at Mablethorpe. We easily found a sea view at the sea view car park (and peak season) in order to walk down to the beach and along to the town centre. It had not changed much over the years and brought back memories of day trips with parents for Rosemary. The tide was in but we did not paddle, it was a bit rough  for a start!  We had an indifferent cup of coffee in town and ham roll in the van before leaving to visit historic town of Alford. Did a bit of shopping and on to our final destination for the day at Withern Mill trout farm. I had an hour and half of uneventful evening fishing and Rosemary cooked a fresh trout from the farm. It was sunny most of the day until it turned cool and cloudy in the evening. A really nice CL and fishing location, well worth another visit out of the summer season when the fishing will be better.

Bainside Fishery

After a delayed start due to flat battery we got to Margarets about 6pm. We stopped the night in Essendine and left before lunch to go to the CL with a lake. It was close to Woodhall Spa so we shopped and had a late lunch of pasties. Really nice fishery with patches of water lilys and the resident kingfisher skimming across the lake. Caught plenty of fish too, roach, rudd and a 7lb carp. Rain and cold stopped play at 8:30.

Lincolnshire fishing

Planning a few days fishing in Lincolnshire next week, going via Stamford to see Margaret. Woodhall Spa, Mablethorpe (near) and Grantham with site seeing and/or fishing depending on the weather.