I love midsummer's day, especially when the sun shines.

In a previous existence we used to go to a holiday resort in the far north of Scotland. It was still light at midnight and I wanted to ensure I was getting the maximum amount of daylight for my money.  Yesterday  I'd got a day free due to my daughter cancelling at the last moment so I decided on a drive down to the Lincolnshire coast again for a stroll around the nature reserves, followed by fish & chips at Skegness. I don't understand how some folk can last a whole week at SkegVegas, two hours is just sufficient for me. There are some hidden gems along other parts of the cost but I'm not going to tell you where they are, I don't need hordes of folks turning up spoiling my day of relaxation.

So I packed up a salad and other goodies into the cool box for lunch and set off at 11.30.

Whilst on the way down there, I took my usual Grantham avoiding route which consists of a short southbound track down the A1 followed by a sharp left-hander off at Great Poynton (where it's signposted for Boothby Pagnall), up though the village, under a railway bridge then left onto the B6403 onto a north-north-easterly track which eventually brings me back onto the A52, having avoided the tedium that is Grantham town centre. Now I've not been along here for a few months so I was astounded at what they have done to the traffic island - It appears to be a mini-Stonehenge and being Midsummer's day caused me (and no doubt countless other motorists) to do a double-take. Further down the A52 in the Boston direction they have installed a multiple average-speed camera system, similar to the ones they have around Nottingham. Could the revenue from this be used to finance GranHenge I'm wondering?

On the return trip I managed to find somewhere off the B1176 exit to park up and grab a few pictures. Late evening, sun going down. Probably should have been there at sun rise?

After having to limit myself to one checked back with Delta Airlines on my last trip, I find I can now take two checked bags on the next trip with American Airlines as my ticket was booked prior to their cut-off date.

Result.