TRAVEL
Travel in the Deepings?
Woburn
Traditional travel and tourism might be some time before they return to any sort of normality. But if you need a travel fix, the answer might be closer than you realise. Stuart Render reveals some popular destinations lurking in plain sight in the heart of our community. Taking advantage of the opportunity to get out and about on foot, you do notice things which, in a car, you might very probably miss. At footpath level this includes road signs. Take a route off Thackers Way and up pop roads bearing names such as Foxgloves, Marigolds and Bluebells. A little further along come Curlew Walk, Wren Close and Nightingales. Back home, and looking at a map of Market Deeping and Deeping St James, I soon realise that it’s not only flowers and birds that are adding interest to the landscape. A quick count reveals around 30 roads named after towns, cities and villages. There’s even a country, although being pedantic, it’s not really a country. More about that in a moment. So, to give you inspiration for future visits, here’s a light-hearted look at where you can travel without ever leaving the Deepings. The Italian city of Florence can lay claim to being the cradle of the
Renaissance. This romantic, enchanting and utterly irresistible city is undoubtedly a place to feast on worldclass art and gourmet Tuscan cuisine. Located off Lady Margaret’s Way, Florence Way can surely claim to be similar. Crowning a hill in rural Leicestershire, Belvoir Castle has been the home to the Duke of Rutland’s family since 1067. With exceptional views across the Vale of Belvoir, the castle remains one of the most magnificent and beautiful Regency houses in England. This ancestral home is the fourth castle to continued >
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