Okay, so maybe Saturday's walk wasn't really that early, but we were up and going before pretty much everyone else on campus. We woke up really early with the plan to just walk in whatever direction away from our manor that we found ourselves drawn to. This turned out to be a success! We left around 10:45am with our packed lunches and off we went. We walked down the lane, out to Harlaxton village and then climbed up a hill going away from town and the other direction from Grantham (the only city we have visited in the immediate area other than Harlaxton). The hill was intense, but it finally plateaued and we walked along that road until finally we came to the fork in the road. It was super windy that day and pretty cloudy but we were fortunate enough not to get rained on. We decided to take the country road into Grantham (sign posted it as another 3.5 miles). This road was much busier so we had to walk in the muddy grass to avoid being run over by the cars zooming past us. A guy even stopped and asked if we needed a lift (you do not ask for a ride here). I'm guessing that means that not very many pedestrians use that route for leisure walking lol. It was neat to see the country houses as we progressed towards Grantham. We even passed by another field of sheep, and also saw a game of football (soccer) being played. We arrived in Grantham and set out to find a place to sit and eat our lunches. We ended up eating them at the bus stop for lack of any benches or picnic tables in the city. Afterwards, we stopped in at Morrison's (a grocery store) to pick up a few items. I purchased some biscuits (actually cookies), and also a bag of crisps (chips in the US) for traveling snacks. We then left the store and were able to catch the shuttle back to school (which was awesome because our feet were sore after walking like 3 hours)!
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