Blogs from Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom, Europe

We headed towards Lincoln along the 46, the modern incarnation of the old Roman Road – the Fosse Way. A holiday place a few miles out optimistically stated Cathedral View, although the through the gloom and low cloud of this morning there was no real prospect. It was forecast to be a beautiful day later, so pretty much everywhere within miles of the city could make the view claim. At one time, the Cathedral had the highest tower in Europe. We headed round the very efficient ring road, which offers easy access to the older part of the city. We passed the Lincoln Imp pub, which has always amused me since I once noted somebody add a P on to the sign back in the days when I used to do the odd business appointment in ... read more

3 Jan Back at Roos we set out on another long day trip - this time to Lincolnshire. Our journey took us across the Humber bridge, the world's second longest suspension bridge, that is built near the site Romans would ford the river as they travelled north/south between Lincoln and York. Our first stop was at Fran and Mr. A's lovely historic cottage. The exterior walls were built with the lovely local sandstone, which Fran pointed out had a number of great fossils visible to the naked eye. Inside was like walking into the past. The ceiling head hight was incredibly low, but still very comfortable and the rough hewn timber beams showed the history of hundreds of years of age. Fran explained that when age they had found that the floor above was made up ... read more

Usually field trips are exciting days when you miss class for the day. Unfortunately that is not the case in England. We went on Friday, September 20th when the university does not have school allowing all the students to travel Europe. We went to the town of Lincoln where we took a step in the past all the way back to 48 A.D. when the Romans were running everything! We started the day by being divided into 4 different groups. My group began on a self-guided tour of the town of Lincoln, then to the Castle, off to the Cathedral, and ending with the Roman ruins. During the self-guided tour we walked around the streets looking at the cute store shops opening for the day. They had coffee and tea shops, boutiques, chocolate shops, and thrift ... read more

Very excited now! 4 days to go before my trip to New Zealan. Got an all singing, all dancing phone so I can take lots of photos and up load them.... read more

We had a Withnail moment today. As we drove through the Yorkshire Dales in heavy rain, we were reminded of his words: "We've come on holiday by mistake." We'd woken to rain. The BBC website reported flash floods around York. It had been our aim to make a stop in Lincoln for elevenses and a visit to the Gothic cathedral, a favourite of Ruskin's. As we walked through the Minster Yard, the wind hurled cold rain in our faces. There's a statue of Tennyson and his dog by the cathedral. A notice board claims him as a son of Lincolnshire, but points out ingenuously that he spent all his adult life "elsewhere". After a brief look at the nave, we retreated to a tea room on Steep Hill. A local paper reported that this very street ... read more