<a href="http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/lincoln-castleMay14.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-1773" src="http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/lincoln-castleMay14-300x225.jpg" alt="lincoln-castle(May14)" width="300" height="225" /></a>Dave &amp; Lucie took us to <a title="Lincoln Castle" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lincoln_Castle" target="_blank">Lincoln castle </a>on Saturday where there was an event showing 1,000 years of crafts and we also had an opportunity to take guided tours of the Victorian prison within the castle and walk the walls and the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motte-and-bailey_castle" target="_blank">Motte and Bailey</a>. All the areas are being renovated as part of a major improvement to the castle to make it an outstanding visitor centre and to display one of only four <a title="Magna Carta" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magna_Carta" target="_blank">Magna Carta's</a>.

The great thing about the tours was that no only did we have someone telling us about the history of the buildings there was a civil engineer from the restorers explaining the issues they faced in undertaking the building work.

<a href="http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/lincoln-cathedralMay14.jpg"><img class="alignright size-medium wp-image-1774" src="http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/lincoln-cathedralMay14-300x225.jpg" alt="lincoln-cathedral(May14)" width="300" height="225" /></a>From the walls we had superb views across the city, the<a title="Lincoln Cathedral" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lincoln_Cathedral" target="_blank"> cathedral </a>and the countryside.

The cathedral bells were in full peal when we were on the walls which added tremendous atmosphere to the afternoon.

We look forward to going back once the restoration has been completed and the new visitors centre is open.