Bliss Yesterday....

[gness]

....was a 2.5 hour walk around Stamford followed by a late lunch.

The walk was a Treasure Trail....I may have mentioned these before...or not.

You buy or download the map of your choice from Treasure Trails....there is a little story about a murderer.....or buried treasure...or completing a Secret Agent mission......and you follow the clues til you have solved the mystery.

It's such a fun way to discover hidden places and facts about a new town/city/area......or even where you live.......and if a clue on a pub is now hidden because the landlord's petunias have grown over it you have to go inside to tell him........and have a drink....;-)

Walks vary in time but are...as far as possible....wheelchair and pushchair friendly.
I believe there are now cycling and driving trails....have only done the walking ones myself.....next on my list is Foxton Locks.

With school holidays ahead it'd be a great day out for kids......have a look at the Treasure Trail site.....it really is fun.......x

[mccfluff]

hi gness, that sounds fun, will have a look at that.

[rockyracoon]

That sounds really good. I've done a few of the hunts round London but they didn't have a back story. Good fun all the same but your one sounds better.

[gness]

Sorry - forgot to put a link :

https://www.treasuretrails.co.uk/

Gx

[Barmaid]

My home town gness. Such a pretty place.

[Jackdaw33]

Is that Stamford in Lincs/Rutland?

[Barmaid]

I assumed that was the town gness was referring to. It's lunch. Just on the edge of Rutland.

[gness]

Stamford, Lincs, Jack....

It is lovely, Barmaid......I visit quite often but this took me to places I'd not seen.
The spire replacing the Eleanor Cross and the seats around it are so interesting......we chatted to a man who'd lived there for eighteen years and didn't know about the history of the spire and the seats.....x

[Barmaid]

Lincs fgs. Not lunch. Blummin autocorrect. But lunch at the George is always good.

[Jackdaw33]

Well if that's the one I'm thinking of, then it is a complete hole. In 1969-70 I was based at RAF North Luffenham, about six miles away. Stamford was the pits. No decent shops, no nightlife, no decent cinemas or pubs. We avoided it like the plague. Its only redeeming feature was the train to Peterborough or the A1 so you could escape.

[Barmaid]

They don't really know where the ec was. The spire is in the sheep market but it is thpught the cross may have been further out on the Casterton road.

[Barmaid]

Lol. Stamford had a reputation for the most pubs and most churches per capita. You mean you never went to the central cinema or the riverside club (lovingly locally known as the bogside)?

[gness]

Well it must have changed suddenly, Jack....been lovely as long as I have known it....
Interesting shops, great places to eat and the entertainment is good.

May be, Barmaid.....didn't get time to see the only remaining rose from it....next time perhaps.
We have one of the few remaining crosses nearby in Geddington.....x

[Barmaid]

Now there is another very pretty place.

[Jackdaw33]

In my time there, apart from getting the train home on leave, I only went to Stamford three times. Once to the hospital for an x-ray, once to the opticians for a new pair of specs and once to Freeman, Hardy and Willis for a new pair of shoes.

[gness]

And more so since the bypass!...x