Willingham woods dog toilet area, and the scent of Mablethorpe

We first visited Willingham Woods, a vast pine woodland. There must have been hundreds of motorbikes there which spoilt the initial thoughts of tranquility, but we didn't have to walk far before we lost the noise of the motorbikes. The paths are well trodden and we met quite a few other walkers on route. We practised recall on route, which means ali has to run quickly as Sailor bolts towards me. I'm not sure what the 'dog toilet area' was that was sign posted, I didn't want to find out. A lovely woodland, but after an hour Sailor was already lagging behind so back to the cottage for a rest before the afternoon excursion.

After a nap for Sailor, we drove 45 minutes to Mablethrope, a never ending golden sand beach with muddy water. Dogs are allowed on almost all of the beach, apart from the stretch by the amusements and fish and chip shops. No matter, that's the noisy bit anyway so instead we walked for a couple of hours up the beach, sailor leaping away from the waves. Something tells me that he doesn't like having his feet wet. He looked like he was loving it, and did a very rare thing, was pulling on the lead!

£2.50 to park in the beach car park, £5 for the day which is a bit steep, but we could see why there were so many people on the beach, each with their dogs and wind breaks. What a gorgeous first day to the holiday. I'm not sure Sailor will be awake much this evening....