Great Doddington is great!

Moored Great Doddington

It’s a nice village just up the hill from the river.  It has a shop too, and the post office has been opened again with new owners, although UK Villages Online are not showing it as re-opened yet.  We walked there this morning to have a look round, before walking over to Summer Leys Nature Reserve on the other side of the Nene.  This was created from old mineral working in the Nene Valley.  We sat on the benches and watched the wildlife on the lakes, a very beautiful area indeed.

Chas and Vic  found a bridge to take them back to Moore2Life and No Problem…

While Ann and I along with the two dogs set off across the countryside for a lengthy walk which too much of the rest of the day!!

As we wandered round, we kept seeing pointers along the paths with Waendel written on them.  It was only when I got back and put that into google that I found out that there is to be a International Waendel Weekend this very weekend in this area.  I wondered where the name Waendel came from and found..

 “In the early 6th Century an Anglo-Saxon leader named Waendel gave his name to a settlement which was sited on the banks of the River Nene - "WENDELINGBURGH - The stronghold of Waendel's people" - later to be known as Wellingborough.

It seemed appropriate to name the walk after the town's founder - Hence the name "Waendel Walk". “

So now I know!

We came back via the Nene Way, passing the very pretty mill at Doddington Lock.  It can’t actually be seen from the lock, so it was nice to get a pic of it from the other side.

It was being done up, it sure is gonna look good when it is finished. 

A very welcomed cuppa from Vic on our return, and we got the chairs out and spent the rest of the late afternoon enjoying the sun.  Off came the walking boots!  It’s a lovely evening now and Lucy is pleading with me to go out across the fields for a while.. think I will