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Whilst I enjoy your posts about London it is really nice to see you get out exploring different parts of the country again. Lincoln is a fantastic forgot visit. Less so Grimsby!

Jon Combe | 30.08.20 - 8:10 a.m. | #

Totally enjoyed this, thank you. I just used google streetview to look at most of your walk, Lincoln cathedral looks stunning.

Toni | 30.08.20 - 8:49 a.m. | #

Now really back to my childhood years, many happy days in Lincoln though it has seen big changes in recent years. Your photo of the Strait doesn't quite show John Birkett's shop, an electronic Alladin's cave and still going strong after many years. Glad you enjoyed it.

davews | 30.08.20 - 9:24 a.m. | #

Lincoln is a smashing place to visit for a day or two, and quite lively when the students are in residence. Not sure that you did justice to Steep Hill though; I found it a challenging climb more suited to ascent by mountain goats! 2x stops to regain the ability to breathe if I remember correctly, but totally worth it if you have time to visit the castle and the cathedral on a joint ticket.

Frank F | 30.08.20 - 9:44 a.m. | #

As a family that has always been drawn to the south and west for visits, those in the north and east have always been somewhat off our radar.
Must rectify that. Fascinating looking place.

Cornish Cockney | 30.08.20 - 10:06 a.m. | #

You're right, I took one look at the Steep Hill and thought nah I don't want to tackle that on my mobility scooter, not even downhill.

Caz | 30.08.20 - 10:49 a.m. | #

Having apparently been staying in Lincoln during your visit, I can report that it got considerably (and slightly uncomfortably at times) busier on Saturday. Not sure if it was due to the weekend or that it stopped tipping down!

We drove for once (couldn't face hours in a mask on the train and needed to get to a remote cemetery as the main focus of the trip) so did also get to see the sites of various WW1/2 Lincolnshire airfields, and follow much of Ermine Street all the way to the bank of the Humber, which did help make up for being stuck in a car for hours.

Andrew S | 30.08.20 - 11:00 a.m. | #

According to the BBC the street parallel to mine is actually steeper than Steep Hill (third steepest in the country to Steep Hill's fourth), and until March I was walking up it on the way back from work every day.

Sarah | Homepage | 30.08.20 - 12:10 p.m. | #

Welcome to my home city! A pity train times (although much improved within the past year) precluded exploring the uphill area more, there are several Roman remains in and around Bailgate (which continues the line of Ermine Street/Steep Hill north, beyond Castle Square, through the original Roman citadel), culminating in the only Roman archway in the country you can still drive under - with care!

Steep Hill may not be the steepest in the country - indeed there are several others in Lincoln which are at least as steep, but probably not as picturesque.

I hope on a future visit you will have time to visit the castle and cathedral.

timbo | 30.08.20 - 2:05 p.m. | #

Enjoyed this post today as Lincoln is my husband's home town. We last visited in 2015 with our daughter and her partner and we stayed at The White Hart which is where during the First World War the design of the tank was formulated. The Lincoln Imp in the Angel Choir in the Cathedral is the official mascot of Lincoln City FC.
My father-in-law worked at the Cathedral as Head Mason and his ashes are interred in the cloisters.

Sara | 30.08.20 - 2:22 p.m. | #

I had completely forgotten about the level crossing lift situation. The last time I was there a very ruddy faced person in a mobility scooter just missed the crossing, had a swearing tirade, before heading for the lifts, only to be beaten by everyone who waited.

R | 30.08.20 - 4:29 p.m. | #

…which is quite unlike the crossings at Barnes and North Sheen, where the new footbridges were built without lifts or ramps because you can wait for the barriers to open.

Sprout Eater | 30.08.20 - 8:50 p.m. | #

Lincoln(shite) was my stop from 75-79.
Students? No students, unless from the agricultural college or local tech.
No bookshops - oh, hold on, there was a WH Smith.
Me? I was stuck in a small village between it and Boston with a bus three times a day between them. Right up until I read a piece by Jan Morris in Rolling Stone about the delights of London and consumed by nostalgia returned to t'Smoke.
Never needed to go back.

Martin O'Holcombe | 30.08.20 - 10:43 p.m. | #

I visited Lincoln as the start place to travel the Fosse Way, which is a Roman road which traverses England in a south-west direction all the way to Totnes (maybe further). What a drive!

Nigel | 30.08.20 - 11:08 p.m. | #

Although it towers over the flatlands around it, Lincoln, at 75m above sea level, is by no means the highest point in Lincolnshire. A few miles south of Grantham, at 100m above sea level, is the summit of the East Coast Main Line. But the highest point in Lincolnshire is at Normanby-le-Wold (168m), overlooking the railway about halfway between Lincoln and Grimsby

timbo | 01.09.20 - 8:37 a.m. | #











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