A perfect weekend in the Lincolnshire Wolds: wide skies and gentle walks

The landscape of rolling hills and chalk valleys that inspired Tennyson is the perfect setting for an autumnal short break.

Here’s where to eat, where to stay and what not to miss Wide skies, gentle footpaths through gold and copper wooded hills, thatched cottages, cosy pubs and quirky shops: the Lincolnshire Wolds have all the ingredients for the perfect autumnal mini break. Victorian poet Alfred Tennyson lived in the village of Somersby for most of his first three decades and the local landscapes echo through his verses. In The Lady of Shalott: “Long fields of barley and of rye / That clothe the wold and meet the sky … ” The Lincolnshire Wolds National Landscape covers an area of 216 sq miles. On its…