CYCLING TOURS / MINI HOLIDAY

Date: Thursday 13 – Sunday 16 June

Start/Finish: Lusby, Lincolnshire

Difficulty: medium

Distance: 45–65 km a day

Surface: back roads, byways and gravel paths.

Highlights: lost villages, foraging, area of outstanding natural beauty.

OVERVIEW

Do the names Hagworthingham, Ashby Puerorum, Skendley Psalter, Scanelsby, Calcethorpe and Belchford ring any bells? Can you even pronounce some of them? Perhaps not, but these are all magical places tucked deep inside the Lincolnshire Wolds; an area with some of the most beautiful and unspolit scenery of our very own Midlands region.

Rolling hills, golden sandy beaches, some of the earliest post-Roman brick buildings in the UK, Hansaetic League market towns, deserted medieval villages, and on top of all that it is ‘An Area of Outstanding National Beauty (AONB)’. Why haven’t we been here before?

It is time to get Lost in the Wolds on the legendary Zig Zag Summer Weekender. This year we’ve gone and booked out a Manor House (check out the photos) – Airbnb describes it as ‘Beautiful Victorian Elegance’. A change of scenery from our usual YHA affair, single and double rooms are limited so book early if you want your own space.  

ITINERARY 

• Thursday  13 June
  Evening arrivals and welcome dinner.

• Friday 14 June
  Foraging artist Chiara Dellerba will lead a culinary themed adventure, dedicated entirely to art and weeds; for dinner we cook together what we forage.
  Distance: 35km
  Elevation: 200m

• Saturday 15 June
  Our resident Zig Zag archaeologist Jason Mordan and conservation architect Simon Middlecote will be opening our eyes to the ancient neolithic burial mounds and shrunken medieval villages.
  Distance: 65km
  Elevation: 450m

• Sunday 16 June
  Zig Zag co-founder Toby Ebbs will finish the weekend off by making use of one his all-time favourite monographs: ‘Parliamentary Enclosure & New Lincolnshire Landscapes’ (1987) which he assures you is more exciting than it sounds. Before the tour, we will pack up, move vehicles and luggage, and return later in the day to collect everything.

If you cannot make the whole weekend you can join us for just a day tour.

PRICING

We have 6 bedrooms available in the Manor House and If space runs out in the house then the owner has allowed us to park a limited number of campervans on the drive and pitch a few tents on the lawn, so we have multiple pricing options (see below).

• Double room £480 per couple

• Single bed in shared room £280 pp (limited space)

• Camping £240 pp

• Camper van £240 pp

Prices include three bike tours and three nights stay with breakfasts and evening meals.

• Weekend e-bike hire £70 pp

• Day tour only £25 pp

BOOKINGS & ENQUIRES

If you are interested in booking or have any questions, please get in touch via email at info@zigzag.tours.