Lincoln was the destination for today, by omnibus as opposed to ‘Martlet’.
The bus wound its way via a disused airfield that had a mix of new build homes on two sites – ‘Blue Skies’ and something meadow. The ex RAF houses were at the opposite end of the airfield and required a extremely twisty roadway to be negotiated there and back. The mileage travelled and pollution caused by cars of all the residents of these old houses just to reach the main A46 road must be considerable. Not something that the government (MOD) must think important otherwise they would not have sold off the houses in the first place. After this airfield new town, the journey continued in older villages and arrived in Lincoln 80 minutes after leaving Newark.
We spent time having a look around; then arrived to examine the Catherdal just in time to have a conducted tour of the west tower and the nave roof void. We also went outside on the west face and the south side of the main roof and took lots of photographs. We then descended and continued on our own, exploring the beautiful building for ourselves. A final look around Lincoln, Brayford pool and the Fosdyke and then it was time to retrace our bus journey and return to ‘Martlet’.
Weather bright and sunny, clouding over after we were up high in the cathedral, the sun did not bother to re-appear.
