Sunny & warm bank holiday - strange but true

On May Day bank holiday Monday, James and I wanted to have a day out exploring somewhere new. We decided to visit Lincoln as it's only about 30 miles from James's house in North Lincolnshire. I knew it had a cathedral and a castle, but knew little else.

After a long winter, we appeared to have a strange, large, yellow warm sphere high in the sky. It took us a while to accept that it could possibly be a sunny, hot, summery day especially as that is usually unheard of on a bank holiday!

We brought a packed lunch and started our day sat relaxing by the river watching the boats go by. Then, we headed up the hill to the Tourist Office to get our essential item - a map! A sign said that a 'walking tour guide' was just about to start, so we booked our ticket and found that we were the only 2 in the group, so we had a very personal and brilliantly interesting tour of Lincoln. The guide was a font of all knowledge on Lincoln, Cathedrals, and...well...just about everything else! After an hour and a half we had learnt a lot and managed to catch a bit of sunburn on the back of our necks!

Lincoln is a very beautiful city steeped in history with a wealth of gorgeous buildings, cobbled streets, river, green spaces, modern sculptures, art galleries, cafes, modern shops (which we didn't visit), and just about everything to make a great day out. Because it's a bit out of the way, it doesn't attract as many tourists as say, York or even Leeds, so, with loads to see and without the crowds on a very sunny and warm bank holiday Monday, it was the perfect way to spend a day!