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There is a good lay by with a take away,toilets and picnic tables on the right hand side of the A17 just past Heckington which is east of Sleaford.

As you go past Heckington get the kids to look out for the windmill on the right hand side in the distance,it is the only 8 sail windmill in the uk

There is a reasonable size petrol station with food outlet at the A15 / A17 roundabout.

Towing through Lincoln on the A15 is not great, with numerous junctions & bends.  It easy to make a wrong turning & turning a car & caravan round is not easy!!!

Even though it is further you can go round the Lincoln bypass then the A46 to Newark & pick the A17 up there. Much better roads, the A46 from the Bypass to the A17 junction is all dual carriageway.

This is a regular journey we make as we have friends and relatives who live around the Broads area, and always go via the A1 then the A47. there are plenty of good lay-byes along the route, many with catering vans installed. the A17 is often plagued by slow moving agricultural traffic, and is also more winding and a slower route in general.

One word of advice is to keep out of the service areas where the McDonalds are situated along the route of the A47, the carparks are very small and tight, and not suitable for caravans, its a case of turning around in a carpark space and exiting the same way as you came in (unless you go through the drive in), which from experiance watching others who have entered whilst towing has resulted in de-hitching and swinging the caravan around manually, whist other drivers are held up and waiting for the blockage to clear.

 Julia