Leisure Archive
(April 2013)

24 April 2013

I Love My Lincolnshire Life

Lincolnshire Life are launching a new competition for 2013 and we invite you to get out and about around our great county with your camera and share the results with us. We are looking for images which highlight the beauty and variety of Lincolnshire: from the Wolds to the coast and from the bustling market Read more…

23 April 2013

Woodhall Country Park

Woodhall Country Park has been voted AA Heart of England Campsite of the year for 2013 by the AA. The Heart of England covers the counties from Lincolnshire across to the Welsh Borders, down to Warwickshire, up to Yorkshire and including Derbyshire etc. Woodhall Country Park is the only site in Lincolnshire to be awarded Read more…

Crewyard Holiday Cottages, Leverton, Boston

If you like the relaxed freedom that self-catering accommodation provides, Crewyard Holiday Cottages offer seclusion and a homely feel. These former farm buildings are located just six miles from the historic market town of Boston and thirty-four miles from Lincoln. Converted into three, single storey cottages, these comfortable homes from home are set around an Read more…

Belvoir Vale Cottage, Stenwith, Woolsthorpe-by-Belvoir

Belvoir Vale Cottage is on the edge of the beautiful Vale of Belvoir, officially an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, and more than 100 yards from the nearest house. Any closer neighbours have either four legs or feathers! Stenwith is a collection of five dwellings and the stump of a disused windmill between the Grantham Read more…

Tattershall Lakes

Investing in your own Lincolnshire holiday home is a tempting option and there are solutions to suit every budget. One of the most attractive resorts in the county is located at Tattershall where the 360-acre site is in the shadow of the historic castle and planned around a country park with fishing, jet and water Read more…

Cliff Farm Cottage, North Carlton

A place of tranquillity in North Carlton Cliff Farm Cottage is a charming cottage converted from nineteenth-century farm buildings in 2003, with level access for wheelchair and less mobile guests, and which sleeps four persons. It is situated on a working arable farm three miles north of the historic Cathedral City of Lincoln, close to Read more…

The Cow Shed @ Cow Pasture Barn, South Elkington

A new purposely designed, self-catering cottage is available for its first occupants in glorious countryside, at South Elkington just two miles from Louth, acknowledged as one of Britain’s best market towns. The Cow Shed @ Cow Pasture Barn has been luxuriously appointed and adjoins a large family home, also converted from the original farm buildings. Read more…

Camp Beaumont

Fun and adventure for young people is closer to your doorstep than you perhaps thought. Ideal for giving 7 to 17-year-olds their own independence and experience of time away from home, the two market leaders in activity holidays for young people, PGL and Camp Beaumont, both have facilities within easy travelling distance. Camp Beaumont’s most Read more…

2 April 2013

Sports star…

Vauxhall Insignia BiTurbo SRi Sports Tourer There are many things I like about this car and just a couple of tiny things I don’t. Let’s get the grumbles out of the way first. The Vauxhall Insignia needs better wing mirrors. They’re just too small and narrow to give you a confident view – especially when Read more…

Mercedes-Benz CLS 250 CDI BlueEFFICIENCY

Pace, grace, comfort and beauty are the perfect words to describe this German machine. After a 200-mile journey I felt as fresh when I got out of the Mercedes-Benz CLS as I had when I’d started the trip. The car is great at soaking up the UK’s pothole ridden A and B roads and it Read more…