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Europe » United Kingdom » England » Lincolnshire » Bourne August 2nd 2023

If you key Bourne into a search engine, the chances are the top listing will not be Bourne, Lincolnshire. The Bourne Identity. The Bourne Supremacy. The Bourne Ultimatum. The Bourne Legacy. The Bourne film franchise. Jason Bourne. All are likely to head up the list of answers. Poor old Bourne - the market town - will probably be relegated to the also rans of the list. I can honestly say that films - movies in certain circles, without the desire or inclination to visit the cinema, often pass me by. Big screen action is fine, but listening to a soundtrack of people nearby munching on an oversized portion of popcorn isn't really too appealing. Similarly, the next bite at the showing on an overpriced satellite TV channel isn't in the family priorities. I can therefore honestly ... read more
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Europe » United Kingdom » England » Lincolnshire » Bourne August 27th 2019

I like a lot of the place names in the UK, but whoever named the villages in Bourne were having a laugh when they came up with these ones. Ness and Rich, the bride and groom, live in Rippingale, or Rippers to those who know it well. Rippers is a quaint little spot with just one pub and only 5 rooms in that pub. These 5 rooms were snapped up quickly for the duration of the wedding festivities and I was a bit slow off the mark so I stayed at the hamlet down the road, Dyke. That’s right, a real place name! Dyke is set amongst the hay fields just a 20-minute walk from the outskirts of Bourne (what an ordinary name) and Sutho (best man) and I were the only two staying out of ... read more
Hay bails
Impressive old church in Rippingale.
The hill




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