<img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-1367" alt="lincoln-chrisy-shopping(dec" src="http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/lincoln-chrisy-shoppingdec.jpg" width="200" height="150" />We really needed to do some Christmas shopping and we hadn't had a great deal of success in Scunthorpe or Grimsby so we decided to drive into Lincoln and see what there was to offer.

The city was busy but we easily found a parking space a short walk from the centre. After a not very good <img class="alignright size-full wp-image-1368" alt="lincoln-steephill(dec13)" src="http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/lincoln-steephilldec13.jpg" width="150" height="200" />Costa coffee (what's happened to Costa Coffee? The quality seems to have taken a significant dive) we plunged headlong into the shops and before long we were coming up trumps with some excellent buys that met our needs.

We walked up from the centre into Strait and then Steep Hill where there are galleries, cafes and small shops selling all sorts of things. This is an area to be explored again.