Anyone in the Lincolnshire Wolds?

[Widgeon]

Just come back from a weekend in Louth (which was lovely) and did a bit of walking in the North Wolds - compared to home they were pretty amazing in many ways. Massive wide field margin bridleways, hardly any gates, quiet lanes (admitedly with horse-eating ditches on some of them). I'd rather like to come back and bring my horse - can anyone recommend places to stay that do horse holiday accomodation, and ideally also offer guided rides? It's not that I can't navigate etc but following a bad experience with a previous horse I've really lost my confidence hacking alone so would need company.

 

[Esmae]

If you contact Lindum group EGB there is likely someone who can help you.

 

[Widgeon]

Good idea, thanks.

 

[iknowmyvalue]

good idea about the EGB group.

Not wolds (but also not far) but Field Farm at Mumby and possibly Hunters Gap in Theddlethorpe do horse holidays.

Not sure about guided rides, but if you’re coming up over a weekend I’d be more than happy to come along for company (I live about 10-15mins from Louth)

 

[windand rain]

Yes live in Caistor the riding around Rothwell is fantastic not sure but think Nettleton Grange does holiday livery lots of fantastic rides as they used to do the golden horseshoe. There may well be a holiday weekend at Market Rasen racecourse too or at Willow Banks Livery where the endurance rides go from. Ther are over 60 miles of tracks and roads called the lindsey trail https://www.visitlincolnshire.com/things-to-do/lindsey-trail/. You need a permit to ride on some of the beaches but are all close by

 

[Widgeon]

Not sure about guided rides, but if you’re coming up over a weekend I’d be more than happy to come along for company (I live about 10-15mins from Louth)

Thank you! I may come back to you on that one.

 

[Widgeon]

Yes live in Caistor...

Thank you for all of this, that's really useful. We stopped in Caistor on Sunday on the way home and it had incredible architecture but a lot of the buildings rather dirty and boarded up. Obviously Sunday is never the best place to visit a town, but it felt like it could do with some more cash, then it would be spectacular. Or perhaps it's just really suffered from the pandemic? Apologies if I'm unjustly insulting your home town - the church was lovely, as were a lot of the houses and buildings around the square. And friendly people which counts for a lot!

(We did pass a woman in the town centre packing up a 3.5t lorry with an advert on the side for (I think) helicopter flights from the airport - and there were horses everywhere we went so obviously very good riding country)

 

[windand rain]

Agree it needs money historically it was a thriving Roman town so lots of history and the Viking way is a good walk. Sadly it has declined in the last few years due to covid and political wrangling which is a shame. We live just outside would love it to get better funded. Nettleton church is one of a few Saxon churches left still holding services.

 

[spotty_pony]

I’m In Lincolnshire but closer to Lincoln itself but we still have the wide grass margins and the huge dykes - my horse had even become a fan of jumping them since moving here and he used to hate them!