A night in Lincoln

On Thursday morning we went to visit a friend in Lincoln. One of the nice things about being free of paid work is that you can just go. Well that's what I thought. When Jo and I sat down to try to work out when we could just go, it was much more difficult than you could possibly have thought. Our week is busy - in the evenings especially so. In the end the only way we could go was to make our excuses and miss home group. This was less than ideal, in fact it was quite annoying, but we wanted to see our friend before she goes into hospital, so we must make sacrifices. So we travelled to Lincoln, after Liz drove to work on Thursday morning. Its about three hours away. The roads were clear and we arrived within the time specified on the Google route planner. Our friend took us around some of the city.

Lincoln is a beautiful place (in the centre anyway). We had lunch in Lesley's (on the hill) tea rooms. In the afternoon we visited the cathedral. Lincoln Cathedral is one of the most impressive cathedrals in England. The two stain glass windows at each end of the transept are really stunning. There are other windows that are really stunning too. These lit the whole area as the sun came directly through them - my pictures do not do them justice.
We stood in the centre and I tried to imagine what the place would look like without all the more recent additions - stunning. This is what building to the glory of God is all about. What a statement the building can make about the power of God. (Yes, I know it was built by men!).
The cathedral also holds one of four copies of the Magna Carta, one of the most important documents in English history (if not the most important), and also the basis for many other documents that support basic freedoms, and limit the power of rulers.

On Friday morning we visited "The Lawn". They have a greenhouse holding plants from one of Cook's voyages. Here I tried to photograph the fish. The digital camera has a delay, and fish have a tendency to move around - something to do with staying alive, I think. this was the best shot of about 6 or 7, so I moved on to the plants - at least they don't move! Here's an Urn Plant - from South America.




We also walked passed her Church - Burton Road Methodists, which I will add to our list of churches we have a connection to when I re-launch my web site. We could not go in, unfortunately, but check out the pictures on their web page.

Here is mine:

Burton Road (not the church) has a small shopping centre, and a real community feel, and its just minutes from the old city. What a lovely place to live.



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