As I started to pack up camp a farmers vehicle drove up into the field and on the way back to the road noticed my tent and stopped briefly before continuing back to the road. I was away by 07:30 and heading along a dead flat road to Wrangle where I joined the A52 which fortunately wasn’t too busy.

Crop spraying

I soon left it for the minor lanes to head through Friskney and on to Wainfleet where I saw the Brewery building and old windmill without sails. Leaving to the north I stopped briefly opposite Primrose Farm to buy some asparagus for £2 from a road side stall in an outhouse. I continued along minor lanes to the A158 to head into Skegness.

Across fields of plastic oceans

I stopped at a shop to buy a bit of food then continued into Skegness. I didn’t go straight to the railway station as I wanted a ride round the town to see what it was like I didn’t see anything of interest and got to the railway station earlier than planned. There was a blue plaque on the station wall to John Hassall (1868 - 1948) who was the artist who created the Jolly Fisherman painting for the Great Northern Railway Company in 1908 with the ‘Skegness is so Bracing’ motif. I left on the 10:15am train to Nottingham where I changed for the Manchester Oxford Road station. Luckily I didn’t have long to wait for the Chorley train which left from the same platform.

Asparagus from Primrose Farm

Skegness Railway Station