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Nice photos of the bridge and from the bridge. Too bad it was just so windy up there! I can't believe no one in the tourist center knew how much it costs to cross the bridge. That should be common knowledge for them.
To be honest, I thought it was appalling they didn't know that. It's such a basic thing.
Friday 23 June – part seven: on the trail of the Knights….
As we headed through Lincolnshire, the sky kept darkening, and threatening rain…
It really was another world, and this was the world of farming, with tractors all over the place. Thank goodness Mark didn’t need to overtake any of them, as they were generally on the other side of the road!
We were soon heading into historical Lincoln, and you can see why it’s called that from these photos…
We quickly found our hotel…
We parked up, and given there was only hour long parking there, thankfully discovered the hotel had a car park behind the hotel, which we eventually found, after one or two difficulties.
We parked up, and checked in, and were taken to our room. It was definitely a very historic place, with narrow staircases, and low ceilings.
The room was very nice…
… and the bathroom was very impressive.
We didn’t spend long in the room, as I wanted to see both the castle and the cathedral before they closed, so we set off through the city, and wow, it was just beautiful everywhere you looked.
We found these, which are the Lincoln Knight’s Trail, a trail of a total of 36 knights to mark the official 800th anniversary of the Battle of Lincoln, and over the next couple of hours, we found quite a few:
Next: this is something we never expected to see in a cathedral!
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Looks like a great place to explore! The hotel seems nice, glad they had parking.
The modern bathroom seems out of place, but I’m sure is a vast improvement over what it might have existed previously.
So far, it looks like a great choice in hotel.
The knights around the city are cute! Chicago often has things like this. For a while it was cows, and then something else, and this past summer it was dogs. I'm sure lots of cities do this!
Hope the rain holds off for you!
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Looks like a great place to explore! The hotel seems nice, glad they had parking.
The modern bathroom seems out of place, but I’m sure is a vast improvement over what it might have existed previously.
Oh my goodness, I dread to think what the original one would've been like!
The knights around the city are cute! Chicago often has things like this. For a while it was cows, and then something else, and this past summer it was dogs. I'm sure lots of cities do this!
We've seen somewhere that had the cows - I can't remember where now for the life of me, but I really enjoyed that one... can't think why!
Quite a historic hotel and very nice. Love the modern/old look to the bath and very European looking. Especially, the sink! But, I'm wondering, where's the bidet?
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Quite a historic hotel and very nice. Love the modern/old look to the bath and very European looking. Especially, the sink! But, I'm wondering, where's the bidet?
Oh please - what bidet?! We don't generally have them over here, so not a British thing...
Friday 23 June – part eight: this is something we never expected to see in a cathedral!
We made our way first into the castle, and the entrance fees were pretty steep, which I knew already, but there was no way I was paying them, when it was only open another 45 minutes, and it was looking like this!
Apparently, they had concerts over the weekend – Cliff Richard tomorrow night and Michael Ball and Alfie Boe on Sunday night, although what made us laugh is that you wouldn’t see anything from some of the seats, as they were located behind trees!
We wandered around, and I got some photos as best I could in amongst everything else…
I have to be honest, we both felt as if we weren’t welcome here, that it was all about the concerts.
A bit disillusioned, we made our way over to the cathedral…
We entered after 4:30pm, so entry is free after that time, and I’m glad it was, as the sights that greeted us in here were something we never expected to see in a cathedral!
From what we could tell, these were all companies who’d supported the church. I have to say if I’d paid to come in here, and then been greeted with this, I’d have been livid. I was a bit disappointed with the cathedral, in all honesty. It was nowhere near as spectacular as I was hoping.
Even more disappointed now, we headed out again. Good grief, the city’s two major tourist attractions had both failed to meet my expectations. I understand the cathedral was to do with a heritage skills festival from what I was able to find online, but somehow none of this really struck me as heritage skills. Apparently. It was a celebration between the City of London Livery Companies and the cathedral to “celebrate traditional crafts and skills essential to the preservation of the cathedral and other ancient buildings, as well as keeping heritage and skills alive.” Hmmm…
How disappointing for you, hopefully things turn around. My great grandfather was a coach builder in England, we don’t know much about it as my grandfather was a “home child” so we are only finding things out as we do the research.
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I can't believe no one in the tourist center knew how much it costs to cross the bridge. 
That should be common knowledge for them.
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We don't generally have them over here, so not a British thing... 
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