North East Lincolnshire

Walk Details:
Date: 4/12/2005
Total ascent: 42m/ 138ft
Total distance walked: 1.39 miles
Walk difficulty: 1.5/10
Enjoyment rating: 3.5/10
Best bits: A good stomp up an easy track felt great
Worst bits: The actual top was a bit of a non-entity
Walkers: Anth, Jim
Car Parking: There’s not much parking in Wold Newton – we squeezed onto the verge at TF 244 962, near South Farm

Top details:
Name: Stock Furlong, nr Wold Newton
County top number: 106 of 207
Grid reference: TF 25211 96835
Height above sea level: 117m/ 384ft
How nice was the top? 1.5/10
Views: 3/10
Description/Notes: The highest point in the unitary authority of North East Lincolnshire is an indeterminate point along a bridleway.

The Walk:

It had in theory been a short drive from our last top on the highest point of the Lincolnshire Wolds, but it had taken a fair old while due to getting stuck behind a tractor that was shedding straw bales at regular intervals. We were therefore champing at the bit, and after a slight problem finding a parking space we marched off down the road at high speed. We soon turned eastwards up a gently sloping bridleway past a field of enormous horses.

We felt great – the early morning air was wonderfully fresh and fragrant; the path was easy underfoot, and sloping just the right amount to get your blood pumping without slowing you up. We soon came to the field where the OS maps showed a spot height of 117 metres right on the bridleway. In fact, the bridleway was pretty much flat here; we walked along a bit and back again before deciding that the highest point was probably on a slight embankment where a hedge had used to run.

To the north-west the OS 1:50,000 maps showed a trig point whilst the 1:25,000 maps merely showed another spot height (of 115 metres). From where we were standing we couldn’t see a trig point across the flat landscape, and we wondered if it had been removed. With time pressing, we didn’t bother to go and find out.

Another high-speed march took us back to the car, ready for the next top. Quick, easy and unspectacular, Wold Newton had at least given us a chance to stretch our legs.