A short drive/walk in the Lincolnshire Wolds.

 The weather has been quite unpredictable, but a few days ago Popcorn and I enjoyed driving and having short walks along the way, around our usual haunts, on a pleasant early autumn afternoon.

A bridleway we used to enjoy.

Horses grazing in the late afternoon sunlight.

Sunlight lights up this cottage.

A lone tree on the horizon caught my eye in the sunlight.

Another "lone tree".

Hogweed set against the sky.

Looking through the trees to some Shetland Ponies.

I must try this path one day.

Crops already drilled here for next Spring. 

Not much Autumn colour yet but some trees just starting to turn.

This tree is in decline but still manages to produce a few leaves.

Low, late afternoon sunlight.  The cows are still out in the meadow but will soon go to
their winter quarters.

The last few photo's were taken from a road so I left Popcorn guarding the car.
Home then for tea.

Nikon Z6.2 + 24 - 70mm lens.

Waithe Lane on a stormy day.

 We had a walk along Waithe Lane, it was a day of sunshine and showers. 

A panoramic view over the fields from the lane. 

Very late flowering Cow Parsley.

Next years cereal crop has germinated in the recent rain showers and sunshine.

In the distance the clouds were building up and rain showers created a rainbow.

Blue sky above but the rain was on it's way towards us.

Poplar trees with more new crops.

The heavy clouds getting closer so we made a hasty retreat back to the car.

We got back just in time, the view through the windscreen tells a story.

Panasonic TZ100 Compact Camera.

Saltfleet Haven.

 Saltfleet is a coastal village in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire.  It's approximately 8 miles north of Mablethorpe and 11 miles to the east of Louth.

The Haven comes in from the North Sea and in the past there was a thriving shell fishing industry here.  The Saltfleet Haven Boat Club has some mooring along the bankside.

Popcorn & I visited here on a lovely morning in May 2024, the tide was out so the water quite low.

Mooring jetties all along this bank.  At high tide they enable access to the craft.

Lobster pots, there's still a trade for shellfish from here.

A more modern cruiser from the Haven Boat Club.

Looking inland gives a nice view of a Lincolnshire "big sky"!

A swirly cloud formation, looking out toward the coast.

This boat is probably for sea angling or Lobster fishing.

Safety first.

Nikon Z6.2  with 24 - 70mm lens.

 

Ponies at the Windmill.

 Popcorn & I went to the monthly meeting of the "Simply Mustangs UK" car club.  It was at the Waltham Windmill site.  I took one or two photographs and went off to have a walk around the grounds.  The windmill is one of only a few in the UK with 6 sails but at the moment the sails & cap are off for extensive renovations.

I published a post of Waltham Windmill some time ago when it was in full working order, you can see it here  Waltham Windmill with all 6 sails.

The cap & sails are being renovated on site so I got a few photo's of them and hope to return in a few months time to see them being reinstalled.

"Simply Mustangs UK"

The Mustang cars were on the playing field at Waltham Windmill and already had quite
a crowd of interested onlookers,

They're all kept in pristine, shiny condition. 

Red, white & blue are my favourite colours in photo's.  

A lovely example of a Mustang car.

As well as the Mustang badge on the grill, this car had a poignant  memorial plate remembering 
a much loved dog.  Being a life long dog lover I had to include it here on this post.

A detail pic.

A couple of passengers including another Zippy!

Windmill renovations.

The mill tower, now without it's cap & sails.

The renovations are being done in conjunction with Historic England.
In the background is the Museum of Rural Life, another place to visit on site.

The cap now on the ground.

The sails are being stored in a compound nearby. 

Another view of them, with a pram in the foreground (?)

This is an exhibit from the Museum of Rural life, just a doll in a traditional pram.

This pic shows the heavy iron plates that hold the cap onto the top of the mill tower. 

A final view of the cap and sails in the background.

Nikon Z6.2 + 24-70mm lens.