Dating back to 1160AD, Lincoln’s High Bridge is the oldest bridge in the United Kingdom to still have buildings on it.
The stone High Bridge was built around 1160, possibly replacing a wooden bridge. The first building to be built on the bridge, that is now part of Lincoln High Street, was a chapel, dedicated to Thomas [...]
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High Bridge – Lincoln
10 Comments CherryPie on Apr 14th 2024
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Lincoln Castle Grounds
12 Comments CherryPie on Apr 10th 2024
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(Not Quite) Lincoln – Day Four…
…Easter Monday
Mum had been moved to the escalation ward over night and had started to become delirious as we had suspected she would.
Due to being home a day earlier than expected, we needed to pick up some food supplies. We visited Battlefield 1403 in the hopes that we could also have lunch there. There was [...]
8 Comments CherryPie on Apr 7th 2024
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Lincoln – Day Three…
…Easter Day
When we called on mum to take her to breakfast it was obvious that she had become more unwell overnight. She could hardly stand up so we helped her to the breakfast room where she enjoyed her breakfast. We were also pleased to find that the other member of our party had recovered overnight.
After [...]
6 Comments CherryPie on Apr 6th 2024
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Lincoln – Day One…
…Good Friday
Miraculously, we left home and picked mum up on time. Twenty five minutes later, after topping up with petrol and returning home to fetch Easter gifts that we had forgotten to pack, we eventually left our locality.
We had a good journey apart from our decision to stop in Newark for lunch. The traffic there [...]
10 Comments CherryPie on Apr 4th 2024
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Coming Soon…
…Easter adventures in Lincoln
10 Comments CherryPie on Apr 2nd 2024
