5th
March 2017
Dear
All,
“Well
Brian – it was a trip of two halves”, this refers to our Friday and Saturday
day visit to Lincoln to celebrate the end of Kate’s radiotherapy sessions.
Friday it rained non-stop both during the journey and the first days sightseeing.
On Saturday the sun came out and it was a different world. We had accommodation
at “Bishop Grosseteste University” which is the former Teachers Training
College. This was a little strange as the campus seemed largely deserted for
most of the time we were there even though it was normal term time.
On
Friday we had a conducted tour of the Cathedral which was excellent and the
building magnificent. We then walked down “Steep Hill” (which really is) via
the ancient “Jews House” to Brayford Pool (the old harbour) before returning to
the campus then later returning to the centre for a meal at “Browns Pies”.
Castle
Hill, Information Centre
Carved
wall in the Cathedral
On
Saturday we walked the length of the Castle Ramparts with splendid views of the
city and surrounding countryside, before joining a conducted tour of the rest
of the Castle and Prison. We also inspected one of the four remaining copies of
the “Magna Carta”.
After
this we visited the “Usher Art Gallery” and the “Museum of Lincolnshire Life”.
The Museum was again brought to life by a local guide. It is housed in an old
barracks and besides recreating old shops and trades has a large collection of
old farm machinery especially wagons and carts and the first military tank that
was made in Lincoln. The guide owned a modern “Penny farthing bike” and
demonstrated mounting, riding and dismounting at the end of the tour.
View
of Cathedral from Castle Ramparts
Kate
and George III
Wagon
Wheel exhibit
Horace
on Penny Farthing
It
has been a museum week as after swimming on Monday I had arranged a conducted
tour in Cambridge of “The Whipple Museum of the History of Science” for the
chapel. This contains a collection of apparatus used in pioneering experiments e.g.
Darwin’s microscope, teaching aids, large collections of globes and historic
items such as Sinclair’s ZX 81 computer.
Orrery
In
the evening it was the Cricket Club AGM and I was granted permission to buy a
new mower!
“Just
Vegetating” this week started “Minor Vegetables” such as Salsify and Scozonera
and Kate’s recipes were: Sweet Potato gratin with coconut and chilli, Squashsage
and chestnut roll and Swede with honey.
In
the evening we went to Warboys for a talk on “500 years since the Reformation”
by an Australian called Stephen Tong.
We
were treated to live music for the first time in “60s Music” by “Kim & Lee”.
Kim was Kimberley Rew was guitarist with “Katrina and the Waves” and wrote both
their 1985 No. 1 hit “Walking on Sunshine” and their 1997 Eurovision winner: “Love
Shine a Light”. He played brilliantly and I have never heard a guitar played
better.
Our
Thursday walk started fairly locally at Graveley and took in Offord D’Arcy and
Offord Cluny. It was not the most exciting walk but it stayed dry and the pub
was good.
Love
Mike
& Kate
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