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Lincolnshire Wolds Walking Festival 2018 – A Review
24th August 2018Over 2,500 people attended the 14th annual Lincolnshire Wolds Walking Festival, which ran from 19th May to 3rd June. The festival, which is co-ordinated by Heritage Lincolnshire in partnership with Lincolnshire Wolds Countryside Service, presented more than 100 walks over 16 days in the Lincolnshire Wolds Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. -
Coming soon - a new Management Plan for the Lincolnshire Wolds…
24th August 2018An important milestone was achieved in the preparation and forthcoming publication of the Lincolnshire Wolds AONB Management Plan (2018-23). This is a statutory requirement and the Plan was endorsed by the Lincolnshire Wolds Joint Advisory Committee (JAC) in April 2018 and is now on the path to its subsequent adoption by all of the principal local authorities: Lincolnshire County Council, East Lindsey District Council, West Lindsey District Council and North East Lincolnshire Council. -
An Apple a Day….…Keeps the Doctor away?
24th August 2018Maybe, maybe not but there's no doubt that apples are a key part of not only our diet but also our natural and cultural heritage. Traditional orchards consist of grazed grassland with at least five fruit trees of varying age and structure, with an abundance of standing and fallen dead and decaying wood. At one stage, every large house and farm would have had an orchard to grow soft and hard fruits to compliment the diet of the time and to set aside the fruits by preserving in jams, jellies and in store for the winter and spring months. Lincolnshire also has a large number of distinctive varieties of fruit, mainly apples in the form of Ellinsons Orange, Ingalls Pippin, Bolingbroke Beauty and Peasgood's Nonsuch to name just a few. -
An Outstanding Week in September!
24th August 2018Yes, yes we are – Outstanding that is!! September has always been an outstanding month in our countryside, with harvests being brought safely home, trees and meadows taking on their autumnal colours, skies offering a full palette of hues, musky bonfires lingering in the evening air and a welcoming calmness for visitors. -
Last chance for EU funding to boost your business
24th August 2018Local businesses only have until 1 September 2018 to apply for a grant from the LEADER programme. LEADER provides EU funding to micro, small and medium-sized enterprises in the Greater Lincolnshire area for projects that can help the rural economy grow.
