1. Walked from Long Bennington to Newark, so reverse of the GPX route. This shows where the first path leaves the road in Long Bennington. All distances are best guesses based on the mile positions as shown when the GPX is loaded into OS maps 13.28 km from start — 25 Apr 2024
2. Bridge over River Witham at Long Bennington 13.12 km from start — 25 Apr 2024
3. No visible path across field beyond bridge 13.07 km from start — 25 Apr 2024
4. Crossing next field 12.98 km from start — 25 Apr 2024
5. field boundary 12.71 km from start — 25 Apr 2024
6. Approaching the road at Westborough Gate Lodge. Note that the path follows the field edge so deviates slightly from the right of way. 12.25 km from start — 25 Apr 2024
7. Westborough Gate Lodge 12.23 km from start — 25 Apr 2024
8. entering the field at Westborough Gate Lodge 12.21 km from start — 25 Apr 2024
9. path along edge of field 12.18 km from start — 25 Apr 2024
10. passing the Lodge farm 12.18 km from start — 25 Apr 2024
11. Note that the path stays on the left hand side of the field and deviates a little from the right of way line 12.13 km from start — 25 Apr 2024
12. Crossing into next field 11.91 km from start — 25 Apr 2024
13. following field edge near Lincoln Hill 11.91 km from start — 25 Apr 2024
14. Approaching Dry Doddington. Here the path along the edge of the field is easier to follow than the diagonal right of way. 10.87 km from start — 25 Apr 2024
15. This illustrates why I didn't attempt the diagonal field crossing - an electric fence and a crop field with no cut gap 10.87 km from start — 25 Apr 2024
16. Following the field boundary into Dry Doddington 10.78 km from start — 25 Apr 2024
17. In Dry Doddington 10.54 km from start — 25 Apr 2024
18. In Dry Doddington 10.5 km from start — 25 Apr 2024
19. The road from Dry Doddington towards Claypole 10.14 km from start — 25 Apr 2024
20. leaving the road to take the field path to Claypole 9.01 km from start — 25 Apr 2024
21. A clearly cut field path. The soil is clay so very sticky when damp. 8.93 km from start — 25 Apr 2024
22. further into the field 8.85 km from start — 25 Apr 2024
23. bridge across ditch between fields 8.69 km from start — 25 Apr 2024
24. The next field also has a clear cut path 8.68 km from start — 25 Apr 2024
25. The last field before Claypole. No alternative to crop trampling, since any sign of a marked path soon disappears. 8.37 km from start — 25 Apr 2024
26. further into the crop, now no path whatsoever 8.21 km from start — 25 Apr 2024
27. Approaching the road at Claypole 8.13 km from start — 25 Apr 2024
28. The path goes through this gate into Claypole churchyard, then turns right along the edge. 7.97 km from start — 25 Apr 2024
29. the path past the church is unsurfaced grass 7.95 km from start — 25 Apr 2024
30. The first field beyond the churchyard is rather overgrown, but there is a traceable path line 7.9 km from start — 25 Apr 2024
31. Another well marked field path 7.72 km from start — 25 Apr 2024
32. Well Fen Lane 7.56 km from start — 25 Apr 2024
33. Leaving Well Fen Lane, the first of several stiles 7.32 km from start — 25 Apr 2024
34. The path goes up the bank of the Witham, and over a stile. 7.08 km from start — 25 Apr 2024
35. The bridge over the Witham 7.05 km from start — 25 Apr 2024
36. Another stile at the far end of the Witham bridge 7.05 km from start — 25 Apr 2024
37. Another stile leads into a field 7 km from start — 25 Apr 2024
38. The right of way goes straight across this field, but a small detour is needed to avoid the horse fences 6.98 km from start — 25 Apr 2024
39. another stile 6.92 km from start — 25 Apr 2024
40. another well cut field path across more damp clay 6.84 km from start — 25 Apr 2024
41. Approaching Broad Fen Lane, the path crosses a ditch on this bridge 6.52 km from start — 25 Apr 2024
42. The path leaves the lane through this gap 6.49 km from start — 25 Apr 2024
43. Another well cut field path (yet more clay) 6.42 km from start — 25 Apr 2024
44. The path turns north along a ditch 5.87 km from start — 25 Apr 2024
45. This bridge crosses the ditch 5.71 km from start — 25 Apr 2024
46. The way through the next field is obvious 5.7 km from start — 25 Apr 2024
47. approaching the road on the edge of Balderton 5.55 km from start — 25 Apr 2024
48. We follow the lane north 5.39 km from start — 25 Apr 2024
49. There is new housing development underway here, but the path along the lane is still clear. 4.67 km from start — 25 Apr 2024
50. bridge under the A1 at Balderton 3.94 km from start — 25 Apr 2024
51. The lane emerges at this junction 3.86 km from start — 25 Apr 2024
52. leaving the road on a narrower tarmac path 3.81 km from start — 25 Apr 2024
53. An unexpected bench on the route through the houses 3.54 km from start — 25 Apr 2024
54. further into the housing estate 3.3 km from start — 25 Apr 2024
55. the route continues on a fenced path next to a playing field 2.57 km from start — 25 Apr 2024
56. Further on along the fenced path 2.25 km from start — 25 Apr 2024
57. The remainder of the route is along pavements, with no difficult road crossings, so I don't think any further pictures are needed to illustrate it. This path leads down to the old railway route (see Newlon 1) 1.29 km from start — 25 Apr 2024