Continuing south- and the penultimate blog posting

Continuing our travels southward from Market Rasen we followed the River Witham on a tarmaced rail trail through Lincoln and all the way to Boston. Wind in our faces- deja vu from early days in Holland- flat and windy. Lincolnshire has been a friendly and very scenic county to ride in and we even saw some sun! As we arrived in Holbech the news headlines warned of an 'amber weather alert' - hurricane force winds were due to hit the country that night, "bringing the biggest storm to hit Britain since 1987, with widespread devastation forecast. Even though the next day we battled the winds to Kings Lynn as yet the south hasn't been overly affected. Tradgey struck 6 kms from Kings Lynn when Chas' rear gear cable snapped, defaulting to high gear- very hard work with a heavy load. Sunday, bike shop closed, so we decided to catch the train to Norwich and on Monday find a bike shop to carry out repairs.

Well folks, this is the penultimate posting for our intrepid cycle journey around the North Sea with only 4 days cycling left. We will post our final blog after we cross the 'finish line' in Colchester.

Old pub in Lincoln

Old church in Lincoln

Lincoln cathedral

On route down the Witham Water Rail trail

Interesting sculptures along the way

And many barges and some locks

Coming into Boston

Boston cathedral

Boston town hall

Boston main street

...and again

Norwich market place

Colmans mustard shop and museum- made in Norwich

RAF band at the Battle of Britain rememberance parade. We represented NZ!!

The Brits love a parade





Mayor inspects the troops

Norwich castle - began building in 1067 AD

Archway over the ancient moat to the castle