A Great Family Day Out
The Robin Hood Mini Club 7th Annual Seal Pups Run to see the Grey Seal Colony and pups at the Donna Nook Seal Sanctuary Saltfleet nr Mablethorpe.
Breeding site for seals in autumn/winter Donna Nook is one of the most accessible sites for seeing seals at a time of breeding in the UK. Elsewhere they either gather on beaches but in far away places like the Scottish islands, or they are out to sea in rocky outcrops. In Lincolnshire it is a short ride from near Louth to the beach and there they are, in late autumn and early winter.
Donna Nook National Nature Reserve (NNR) is probably the best place within the U.K. for photographing grey seals. Each year, as autumn rolls into winter, hundreds of grey seals begin hauling themselves out onto Donna Nooks' sandbanks to give birth to their pups. Here the most important activities of the grey seal calendar are played out, giving photographers unprecedented opportunities to capture dramatic pictures of this spectacular period.
After visiting the Seal Colony we will then drive to Mablethorpe for a Carvery Meal at "The Beck"
This event is open to all Minis and other Mini Clubs are welcome to join us for the day.
The event is free but there are some Fees you will have to pay to other organisations.
Dunham Bridge Toll charge 40p
Car Parking at Donna Nook £1 (last years price but may have increased this year)
Meal at the Beck
(Please note you do not have to go for a meal at the Beck to join us on the run)
Starting point is the Forest Corner Snacks Cafe Worksop Road, A616 (Just off Ollerton Roundabout), New Ollerton, Notinghamshire NG22 9DR (toilet available)
Meet at 8.45 depart 09.00
to Willingham Wood Car park via A6075/A57 Dunham Bridge 40p charge /A46/A631 to Willingham
Wood Car Park
Arrive Willingham Wood Car Park near Market Rasen 10.15 refreshment/toilet stop
At Willingham Wood Car Park the Robin Hood Mini Club will provide Tea Coffee & Cakes free of charge.
Depart 11.00 To Donna Nook seal Colony via A631/B1200/A1031
Arrive Donna Nook 12.00
Depart Donna Nook 13.30
Arrive "The Beck" 14.00
If you wish to join us for the meal at the Beck numbers will be taken at Willingham Woods and phoned in on the day.
The Return route back to Ollerton will be via the A1104 & A157 to Louth & Wragby then on the A158 to Lincoln
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Edited by Cadburymick, 31 August 2016 - 10:20 AM.
