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Lincolnshire Lost Lanes Day 1 – Retford to Newark-on-Trent

Lincolnshire Lost Lanes Day 1 – Retford to Newark-on-Trent

This little cycling tour with four guys – Andy, Andy, Andy and Mike – began on the day of the queen’s funeral. With reduced train services it meant another challenging day to reach our starting point before our Lincolnshire Lost Lanes Day 1 cycling could begin. Eventually … we managed to arrive at Retford Rail station. On a cool September afternoon, we were then soon on our way to Newark-upon-Trent. We began by heading out of town towards White Houses….

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Lincolnshire Lost Lanes Itinerary

Lincolnshire Lost Lanes Itinerary

This Lincolnshire Lost Lanes Itinerary outlines a short little tour I (Andy) will be cycling in Autumn 2022. It is inspired by Jack Thurston’s series of cycling guidebooks. The fifth in the series is a celebration of cycling around Central England, including Lincolnshire. I will cycle with some of our friends from Stockport Community Cycling Club. The team for our short little tour will be Andy P, Andy S, Andy S and Mike. Lincolnshire is a fantastic county to explore…

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Devoted – Newark, Lincoln & Southwell

Devoted – Newark, Lincoln & Southwell

This blog doesn’t often focus on our church activities, one Sunday morning service is the same as another it might be argued. However, last weekend we attended the Devoted 2015 Festival. This is a ChristCentral organised event based at Newark Showground and we attended with our Stockport Family Church friends. The weekend wasn’t all churchy, however. Each day we took the opportunity to get out and visit the local area. We arrived on a Thursday evening. Then on Friday following the…

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