The best days are those that are filled with new activities. Our Saturday started with a cycle ride to an open air agricultural auction held on the race course. There was so much stuff that they had three auctions taking place at the same time. Jane was keen on getting a few items so put written bids on a manual sewing machine, a metal vice, steel animal feeders and other "stuff". We stayed to see a few items go under the hammer and we watched 1 ton bags of chopped firewood which we were prepared to bid for up to £25 but the bidding started at £30 and the winning bids were always above £50.

<a href="http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/sausage-festivaloct14.jpg"><img class="size-thumbnail wp-image-2092 alignright" src="http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/sausage-festivaloct14-200x150.jpg" alt="sausage festival(oct14)" width="200" height="150" /></a>Our next "first" was the Lincoln sausage festival held in the grounds of Lincoln castle. There were all sorts of stalls mainly involving sausages (surprise, surprise) - cold and cooked. I enjoyed a hot savoury sausage roll which was delicious. Normally I don't enjoy eating food on the hoof but it was made acceptable as we stood and watched some musical entertainment.

<a href="http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/sausage-festival-singersoct14.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-2093" src="http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/sausage-festival-singersoct14-300x225.jpg" alt="sausage festival singers(oct14)" width="300" height="225" /></a>They were just what a sausage festival needed because they were not taking themselves too seriously. They were called <a title="Cosmic Sausages" href="http://www.cosmicsausages.com/" target="_blank">Cosmic Sausages</a> and kept us entertained for quite some time.

After a quick coffee we headed home in time to get out on our bikes for a nine mile circuit. The cycling seemed to be doing my knee a lot of good because I was exercising it without putting any weight on the leg. Time will tell if this was a wise thing to do. A good day especially as Jane was fit enough to be out and about, she won't allow anything to slow her down.