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I'm writing this as we fly over Halifax on our way to Atlanta and then Monterrey. More on that in the next post.
After stopping in Nottingham for a few hours, we left Robin Hood behind and headed for Lincoln. Pretty beat from all the travel we were glad we booked four days.
Our stay was another good one. It takes a lot of time to find what you are looking foe. It appeared hat Loncoln was a relatively inexpensive city but choices were limited. I do most of the planning and I asked Juan to do some research. Right off the bat he found a place called SimplyStay. The lowest price yet per night.
Turns out the place is in the center of Old Town. The castle is three blocks up the hill along with the cathedral.
I may have explained about the parking but I'll do a bit of it again. There is very little to no free parking in the U.K. This stay is located in front of 12 spaces. Charges during thr day and free all night after six.
Out the door at 7:45 to move the car before 8 a.m., drive around the building to the NCP parking lot. Early bird is in before 9 a.m. and you can stay until 23:59 p.m. all for 6.25 GBP. Stay one minute more and get caught and you pay 60GBP. So, at 5:45 p.m., to receive my happy hour cocktail, I would move the car back to free parking. I'd get there, put on the emergency flashers and wait.
This is a real game and people play it. First come first serve. I'd wait foe someone leaving and as they pull out the vultures attempt to circle. I actually had a near bumper to bumper getting a space one night. 🤣🤣🤣
Anyhow, the Airbnb was very, very well equipped. There was nothing we didn't have.
Thw cathedral was built in 1092. After a devastating earthquake in 1185 the new construction began. It was the tallest building in the world for over 200 years.
Walking up the hill through Old Town.
Many small shops and restaurants in buildings from 500 years ago.
This was the view from our stay. You couldn't get any better.
The architecture way leading to the cathedral grounds. This also were people came to pay their land, house, and tax payments.
Queen Eleanor's is buried here.
The cathedral has quite a bit of security. Any room we entered alone a volunteer, priest, or nun would appear. Here we are on the CCTV.
All.the weeks in the U.K. and we still hadn't gone to a pub and we couldn't go home without doing that. We went to Katie O'Brien's Pub about a block away.
We didn't tour the inside of the castle. Some reviews weren't so good. We walked around the wall and perimeter. The walls are 8 to 10 feet thick. Even though, thw castle saw several battles in the 13th and 14th centuries and the Parlamentarian Civil War of 1644.
A walk along the Witham River. Canal houseboat line the river and some are well-equipped with solar panels and comfortable decks.
Revitalization projects are going on to revise the economy. We met a guy from Shri Lanka who was opening a GDK German franchise.
The oldest medieval style bridge house in existence today. Named the "I can't say" it was built in 1550.
The Harliquin House, also known around town as the Wonky House, is just down the hill two blocks from the cathedral. Made of timber and built in the 1500s, it has been a pub, public house and antique shop.
The oldest surviving cemetery in Lincoln. We weren't able to enter. It would be have been cool to check out some of the people buried there.
The water tower that still supplies some of the towns water is over 125 years old. It also has a keeper's house next door.
Getting older but a lot more travel to go!
I apologize for any errors but I wrote this on my cellphone. 😅
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