To Lincoln ... and beyond!

In my (childish) mind, Lincoln is inextricably linked to Robin Hood (The Merry Men wore 'Lincoln Green', y'know); and thence to Nottingham. Coincidentally; that's the route we've just taken. We're moored in Nottingham, but most of this edition relates to our exploration of the lovely old city of Lincoln. The images in the previous edition of this (b)Log were all taken by Tony O'Neill; I, having managed by dint of unbelievable prestidigitation. to erase all the photos I had taken on my own camera!!!  (Read: 'finger stupidity'.)

You may note that - unusually, for a Brit - I rarely comment on the weather. However ... the past week has been glorious ... most un-English weather. Quietly misty mornings, morphing into cloudless skys and mere mild zephyrs of breezes. I'll stop now and go for a lie-down. Canals, rivers, and all waterways, seem irresistibly attractive to our arachnid friends; a condition with which Lyn (a life-long arachnophobe) has been learning to come to terms. Proof of her acclimatization is that her finger was pressing the shutter for this first picture - taken on a beautiful, dew-laden morning ... 

Lincoln is a fabulous exemplar of Middle ages England and its architecture. Viz ...

LINCOLN CASTLE

... AND OPPOSITE ... THE ENTRANCE TO THE CATHEDRAL

N.B. the 'cloudless sky', about which I waxed lyrical.

THE METICULOUSNESS OF THE MEDIEVAL MASONS IS BREATHTAKING

As a long-time fan of Ken Follett's: PILLARS OF THE EARTH; I was enthralled with this opportunity. (8-part TV mini-series is highly recommended.) However; my admiration for the engineering splendour of flying buttresses was crushed when I learned that

 these were solely cosmetic!

However; my appreciation of the era was salvaged by our perambulations around the this photogenic remnant of a bygone age ... still a living part of a modern city.

And so ... onward up the Fossdyke navigation - only one thousand, eight hundred years old - towards the mighty (by British Standards) River Trent, Newark, and Nottingham ... next time.