Lincoln in General

...Historic City.

Lincoln is roughly in the middle of England, but more towards the East than anything, the main, well known city's that are close to Lincoln are Nottingham, Sheffield, Leeds, Leicester and Birmingham. It is quite easy to find your way to Lincoln if you are coming from anywhere in Britain really, as you the A1 is not really that far from Lincoln. It is about 15 minutes in general, and seeing that it is one of the main ...
...myself, i have lived in Lincoln all of my life, which spans an amazing 28 and a half years. I have lived in my present house for around 26 years, in a quiet place of the city.

So enough of me, and how you can get here, let me explain things in general.

First, lets speak about the city itself, and what is well known here.

Well Lincoln, and indeed Lincolnshire itself, is well known for the RAF Bases that ... more

Well this is going to be a long Opinion i would say, because i am going to say about as much as you can about our Historic City.

Lincoln is roughly in the middle of England, but more towards the East than anything, the main, well known city's that are close to Lincoln are Nottingham, Sheffield, Leeds, Leicester and Birmingham. It is quite easy to find your way to Lincoln if you are coming from anywhere in Britain really, as you the A1 is not really that far from Lincoln. It is about 15 minutes in general, and seeing that it is one of the main roads in Britain, you can see why it would be easy if you wanted to come and visit Lincoln.

Me, myself, i have lived in Lincoln all of my life, which spans an amazing 28 and a half years. I have lived in my present house for around 26 years, in a quiet place of the city.

So enough of me, and how you can get here, let me explain things in general.

First, lets speak about the city itself, and what is well known here.

Well Lincoln, and indeed Lincolnshire itself, is well known for the RAF Bases that are situated in and around here, we are also well known for the best Aerial Acrobatics Team in the world, with the world famous Red Arrows, who have now moved back to there home in RAF Scampton, which i am really pleased about, as it is not that far from me, and i can see them training whenever they do train in the air.

We also have RAF Waddington, which again is a well known base, it is one of the main RAF Bases for the AWACS in Europe, most of the AWACS used in the recent Iraq war, flew from here.

Lincoln is also well known for its historic buildings.

Firstly you can go and have a look around Castle, which is an amazing 1068, that makes it a mind boggling 935 years old, and it aged well, no wrinkles or nothing LOL, no seriously, you have to see it to believe how amazing it must have been to be fighting a war back in them days, when you had bows and arrows, and caterpults, if you go to the top of the castle wall, you can see how overpowering it must have been to be a enemy trying to get up the hills, because lincoln is on top of a hill, and in the olden days, it was even bigger, so if you look back and imagine trying to scale that hill, with hot scoldering water, and arrows coming towards you, with stones, you can imagine how daunting it would have been.

Also in the Castle, you can go and look at the old court room, where people were sentenced to prison, or indeed death for crimes against other people and the goverment. You can also walk most of the way around the top of the Castle, as i was saying before, it gives amazing Views, which on a sunny clear day, can be quite breathtaking, seeing that you are not that far from the Cathedral, so you can look at how beautiful this old historic Cathderal looks, i will speak about that more later. Also in the Castle, you can go all the way down to the Dungeons, which is quite eerie, because you have to climb down ladders, which when you look up, you can imagine how frightening and scary it would have been.

The main Court that is in use today, the Crown Court, is also situated in the grounds, but i am affraid you cannot go in and have a look around mostly, but you can look and walk around it, and that to, even though it is used today, you can still look at it and think its a wonderful old building.

also situated in Lincoln Castle is the Magna Carta, which is a 780 year old document, which is 1 of 4 only remaining original documents sealed by King John after he had the meetings with the Barons at Runnymede in 1215. it is available to see in a darkened room where you can read and learn about the effects it had on our own lives. It is also in its original enviromental conditions.

All in all the Castle is a beautiful thing that brings tens of thousands of people from all over the country, and the world, to see it each year, and now also they are starting to get Groups to come here to preform concerts, this year we have Liberty-X and 3SL, i know these are not big, big groups, but Lincoln is starting to attract these, and the Castle is a good place to hold them.

Next we have the Cathedral.

Now this is 1 monumental building, it is 1 of the best known Cathedrals in the world, visited by hundred's of thousand's of people each year, and i know that many of them come from America, which i am told by my internet friends over there that they do not have any, so you can see the fascination in the Cathedral, at night time, when it is dark and you have the lights turned on and towards the Cathedral, it can be a beautiful sight.

The Cathedral was built in in 1092, it was built by Remegious, he was one of the first Normon Bishops of the largest Diocese in medival England. The Cathedral to this day stands there, but it needs a lot of resteration work done to it, which will costs millions and millions of pounds, which the Cathedral is trying to raise. It did apply for a grant from the National Lottery, but was turned down, maybe because it was not in London, where they gave a grant to rebuild a Theatre for £180 million, so to give Lincoln Cathedral around £5 million was far to much to do i can see, hippocrasy is ripe today as it always has been i can see.

Anyway, the Cathedral has been a landmark for the City for many hundreds of years, but during world war 1, and world war 2, it was never ever hit, not by 1 bomb, which seeing we was one of the main countys with the most airbases, it was very suprising, but now the damage is getting to be quite bad, with the traffic, and polution making cracks appear and also brickwork crumbling. I just hope someone somewhere helps, because if you see the magnificent building, you will see why it is regarded as one of the best Cathedrals in England, and also the world.

So what else is there in Lincoln...

Lincoln, as i always state LOL, have got a Football Club, with a nickname that is well known, the IMPS, as we are known, are a third divsion club at present, we have been in the league for over 100 years, and we have one of the best grounds in the third division, and also the second and some of the first as well.

We, like many other clubs, have been in trouble with the collapse of ITV Digital, but we have got out of it, with the help of the fans, the Chairman, and the sponsor a seat campaign.

We are now in the playoffs this year, and we are 5-3 up in the first leg semi-final, so if we win on wednesday the 14th may, we will be at the playoff final against either Bournmouth or Bury, of which i shall of course be going, so i will not say nothing more about the Football Club apart from this.

COME ON YOU IMPSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS. :).

So what else can i say about Lincoln...

In Lincoln, we have a lot of very well known outlets that you would find in many other towns and citys all over the country, you have Debenhams, which is one of the biggest outlets in the City, you have Next, which has 2 outlets opposite each other in the main High Street, you also have HMV or Andys Records to choose where you want to buy your newest collection of Albums, Singles, or even DVD's or Videos. You can go and stop off at the Local Bingo hall which is a Gala one, i know there are many of these all over. you can also, if you wish, go and get some food at McDonalds, there are many of these situated in the city, you have the main one in the city centre itself, to the drive throughs, which can be easier most of the time, if you do not want to que up for your meal for ages. You can go and purchase you Computer Games from the Game shop in town if you want to stay in the City Centre, but if you want to go a bit further afield, you have the Tritton Road Retail Park, this is where the main contenders are situated.

Here, in Tritton Road, you will find all the big name stores, like the DIY stores of Homebase or B&Q. You also have the big Computer Store, PC World, which is in itself a big stall, selling almost anything Computrised you can imagine, and you would sexpect that from the company.

You also have Comet, Currys etc, all the electrical stores, you can buy all your televisions from there, or maybe you want a nice new DVD Player, well that is where you want to go, unless you want to go and look at the local supermarkets, that always have deals in them now for TV's and also DVD Players, like Sainsburys, or Asda, or Tesco, which are all within 5-15 minutes of the City of Lincoln. The choice for all your needs are endless, but if you fancy a nice little trip out of Lincoln, you can catch a train to Nottingham, which takes about 45 minutes to an hour, and costs no more than £6.50 return.

So as you can see, the shopping experiance can be endless, if you live here though, it can get a little bit tedious, hence the trips to Nottingham, or Sheffield.

So what else, oh yes, the NightLife.

Ok, well if you was just visiting here from a little town you would think wow, its quite big, which, me coming from here, and knowing what it was like all them years ago, it is, but compared to say Birmingham, it is nothing, i went there for a night out, and it was massive compared to Lincoln, they had more pubs in 1 street, then we have in our City LOL. but still, it can still be a good night out.

For starters if you want a night out, you can to the well known country wide Wetherspoons, or Chicargo Rock Cafe, or you can go to a quiet local pub that are dotted around the City. You also have the well known Edwards, or Yates Wine Bar, which are well known around the Country. Then you have the Nightclubs, you have the triple floored Ritzy, which includes, Ritzy, Pulse and Jumping Jacks, so you have a varied amount of music, from The 60's to the 80's in JJ, to the latest dance music scene in Pulse, or you can go for the latest R&B and Cheesy music in Ritzys, the choice is yours. but we also have Walkabout, which is a pub, come club, this is open till 1am, where all the clubs are open till 2am, but this is a good pub, and club, very busy, good music, and good drinks, that makes it more appealing, and also what makes it more appealing, is if you get in before 10pm, it does not cost you a penny to enter, where as the nightclubs are £7, so you can see, a few extra drinks there.

All in all, Lincoln is a well known, well liked city, that is quiet, but also can be a good night out, and with the University that is getting bigger and better each year, it is bringing more students into Lincoln, which brings bigger and better Pubs and Clubs, which brings in more revenue for the City.

I would say, if you want to go and see a nice, quiet, but lovely looking city, come here, whether it is to see the Castle, or Cathedral, or just for a good night out, it will not Disappoint.

Thanks for reading, and take care.

Mickey xx 

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