<a href="http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/wpid-bus_on_st_catherines_lincoln_england_-_dscf1399.jpeg.jpeg"><img class="alignright wp-image-2452 size-thumbnail" src="http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/wpid-bus_on_st_catherines_lincoln_england_-_dscf1399.jpeg-200x150.jpeg" alt="wpid-bus_on_st_catherines_lincoln_england_-_dscf1399.jpeg.jpeg" width="200" height="150" /></a>"Only the poor and the old use public transport" - don't know who said it but it isn't an original thought from me. Today we put this to the test by catching the number 53 at 9.35 from the Market Place to Lincoln. A pleasant enough journey if a little bumpy and as expected we visited every village en route so what is normally a 30 minute journey by car took an hour. We didn't have to worry about parking and free bus passes sweeten the experience.

We had a very pleasant day shopping and visiting a couple of art galleries. The <a title="The Ushers Gallery" href="http://www.visitlincoln.com/things-to-do/the-usher-gallery" target="_blank">Ushers gallery</a> is a bit dark and uninviting however the <a title="The Collection Gallery" href="http://www.thecollectionmuseum.com/" target="_blank">Collection</a> is an excellent place to wander around and the café was particularly good. A strange coincidence was Jane meeting in the gallery the woman who ran the portrait class she took in the autumn.

The return journey was fine although standing in the bus station couldn't be called pleasant. How is it that architects make bus stations so industrial? Perhaps they're constrained by costs.