Lincolnshire ideas

[danthwaites]

So I'm swapping the Lakes and Northumberland for Lincolnshire in a couple of months. Whilst it should be good for my career, I'm having fever dreams about flat, endless fields!

Does anyone have any suggestions for landscape shots around the county? Anyone explored the Lincolnshire Wolds?

 

[john.margetts]

Lincolnshire is NOT flat! There is a bit around Boston and another bit on the Isle of Axholme that is flat but mostly not. I live in Lincoln with a 1 in 4 hill outside the front door.

There is the Lincoln Cliff running along the east side of the Trent valley and then there are the wolds you mention. Lots of picturesque villages nestling in those wolds. I have no problem with inspiration.

 

[GHP]

Big skies !!

 

[JimM169]

Lincolnshire is NOT flat!
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Compared to the Lakes\Northumberland it is

I'm in Newark (OK it's technically Nottinghamshire but close enough) and the featureless landscape is the only downside I can find from moving up from Surrey. To be honest I haven't really got out and explored properly but The Wolds might offer a few more opportunities or some of the coastline. The area around Belvoir Castle is quite nice as well

 

[tijuana taxi]

Lincolnshire is NOT flat! There is a bit around Boston and another bit on the Isle of Axholme that is flat but mostly not. I live in Lincoln with a 1 in 4 hill outside the front door.

There is the Lincoln Cliff running along the east side of the Trent valley and then there are the wolds you mention. Lots of picturesque villages nestling in those wolds. I have no problem with inspiration

I live in Cambridgeshire and know flat when I see it, can usually tell a flat area by the number of airfields, no surprise there are/were so many in Cambs, Lincolnshire and Norfolk.

 

[zendog]

From Newark it's less than an hour to the south bit of the white peak.

Just back from a weeks holiday there and it is quite lumpy.

IMG_4635 by steve.palmer24, on Flickr

 

[danthwaites]

Lincolnshire is NOT flat! There is a bit around Boston and another bit on the Isle of Axholme that is flat but mostly not. I live in Lincoln with a 1 in 4 hill outside the front door.

There is the Lincoln Cliff running along the east side of the Trent valley and then there are the wolds you mention. Lots of picturesque villages nestling in those wolds. I have no problem with inspiration.

I hope no offence was taken! Thanks for the suggestions!

The area around Belvoir Castle is quite nice as well

Brilliant, I'll add it to the list! Cheers!

From Newark it's less than an hour to the south bit of the white peak.

Yeah I'm definitely going to take advantage of being closer to the Peak District. I'd not heard of the White Peak so thank you!

 

[DG Phototraining]

NE Lincs is very flat over a very large area, it made cycling there easy as a kid

Around Lincoln though there's lots of rolling hills, not as dramatic as the Lakes but nice enough and yes, BIG skies are easy

Dave

 

[Scirocco_09]

Lincolnshire's a nice place to live, even if you're in the centre of Lincoln you could be out in the middle of the countryside in 15 minutes, but it is difficult to photograph well. The Wolds is the best area by far, a few areas off the top of my head are Red Hill Nature Reserve, Bluestone Heath Road (Cadwell to South Ormsby), Brinkhill, Binbrook, Walesby and Rothwell. It's especially nice in summer when there's crops and bales in the fields which you can use as foreground. There isn't much in the way of drama though, the hills will surprise you but generally the scenery is gentle rolling farmland. There's miles and miles of coast though, I like Anderby Creek and there's Donna Nook for when the seals come in November and December, although you really want snow if that happens as it's a bit muddy brown otherwise. If you need more drama the Peak District is only 1.5 hours away...

 

[john.margetts]

I don't need drama for good landscapes. I rather like looking over the Trent valley from around Scampton.

 

[danthwaites]

Lincolnshire's a nice place to live, even if you're in the centre of Lincoln you could be out in the middle of the countryside in 15 minutes, but it is difficult to photograph well. The Wolds is the best area by far, a few areas off the top of my head are Red Hill Nature Reserve, Bluestone Heath Road (Cadwell to South Ormsby), Brinkhill, Binbrook, Walesby and Rothwell. It's especially nice in summer when there's crops and bales in the fields which you can use as foreground. There isn't much in the way of drama though, the hills will surprise you but generally the scenery is gentle rolling farmland. There's miles and miles of coast though, I like Anderby Creek and there's Donna Nook for when the seals come in November and December, although you really want snow if that happens as it's a bit muddy brown otherwise. If you need more drama the Peak District is only 1.5 hours away...

That's great, thanks for the suggestions!

 

[Tobers]

Misty frosted waterways, gentle light, focus your efforts on extremely simple compositions, lots of exploring. What's not to like?

 

[Logicearl]

There are some great views if you walk from Belchford to Scamblesby.

 

[john.margetts]

There are some great views if you walk from Belchford to Scamblesby.

Plenty of colour variations in that part of the world at various times of the year, particularly during the wheat harvest.

 

[anisah]

Yes. it is relatively flat in comparison to the Lakes, but there is plenty of good countryside around. As well as the Wolds, which can be very beautiful, there is the River Witham which runs all the way down to Boston. There is a great track for walking or cycling along it called the "Water Railway" (it is based on the old railway track that ran there). Lots of opportunities for photography along there. There are also quite a lot of woods, eg Bardney Limewoods, Chambers Farm Woods to name but 2 within a couple of miles of where I live. Also worth checking out are the sites of the Lincolnshire Wildlife Trust, eg Gibraltar Point, Snipe Dales. Additionally Lincolnshire is littered with small back roads which give you plenty of opportuntiy to stop and find new and diiferent things to photograph. The only thing to be careful about on the roads is tractors which run on all, including the main roads as it is an agricutural county, and heavy lorries are needed to move the produce to market. Areas round the south of the county may appear flat, but that does not mean they are devoid of scenery. Around Spalding, Holbeach, Bourne, out towards the coast and down towards the Norfolk border there is a lot to see. The population is very scattered and so communities are often very small, so small groups have their own character and photographs of different areas can be very interesting. For example we live in a small off road community of 10 people only, surrounded by SSSIs and farmland. There are also many old and historical houses, churches and abbeys (mostly in ruins), but they provide a wealth of opportunity for photography.

Since my wife and I took up photography as a hobby rather than a sideline business we have developed a great interest in wildlife, birds and insects, of which there are many over the whole of the county. In our garden it is not unusual to see kestrels, woodpeckers, partridges, pheasants, tits of all varieties, many different finches, blackbirds, sparrows, starlings, all sorts of doves, insects of all types (eg butterflies, dragonflies, damselflies, bees, hornets); we even have deer, foxes, rabbits, hares that come quite regularly. You should not be starved for photographic interest, you just need to stop and wonder at the beauty of nature.