Lincoln Christmas Fair

Thursday 3rd December
We were up and hitched up by about 10.15 and arrived at Whisby at about 12. We are staying with South Lincs DA again for the Christmas Fair rally.
It was very cold and wet, the field is a bit boggy but ok. We decided against putting up the awning as it was so muddy. We caught the rally bus at 4.30 and got to Lincoln at about 5. We walked round the fair looking at things and eating lots of nice food. We had mulled wine and mince pie, some roasted nuts, then stopped for a hog roast roll with apple sauce. We bought some xmas tree decorations,ostrich steaks, kangaroo burgers and danish pastries. We had had enough by 7 so caught the bus back to the caravan.
Friday 4th December
We had a panic this morning as when I cooked the toast, smoke was coming from the back of the oven. We realised that the t-bag that John had dropped in the vent during the summer was now dry and smoldering on top of the grill. The smoke carried on for some time but then stopped. Hopefully it is now burnt out.
It was lovely and sunny, so we thought we would take advantage and go for a walk. We drove to Skellingthorpe, only 10 minutes away and parked in the community centre. We then walked along the disused railway finding a series of caches. They were all micros, but were hidden quite cleverly. We managed to find all 10 and then did the sums to find the final. It was a nice walk with good views and was surprisingly warm. The final cache was halfway back towards the car. We had walked about 10km by the time we got back to the car.
Saturday 5th December
We were ready early so decided to catch the 11 am bus which we only just got on. We were planning on doing a few caches, so set off to the conservatory to get some information. The fair was packed and it was almost impossible to move; you couldn't see any of the stalls as you were swept along in the crush. We finally got in to the conservatory and sat and had a coffee. We got out of the crush and walked to do the Seldom Seen series, they were all in nice little gardens around the city which are often overlooked . We eventually found our way down to the river and called into the Horse and Groom for some lunch. It took them over an hour to produce the sandwiches, by which time we had gone past hunger. While sitting there we discovered we were 40m from a cache, so went out and found a few along the waterfront before slowly making our way up Steep Hill, which was still packed. We went for hot chocolate at the referectory in the cathedral and then went into the cathedral for the carol's by candlelight service. We had planned on staying in Lincoln to eat, but it was pouring with rain and still crowded so we headed back to catch the 7pm bus.
Sunday 6th December
It poured with rain in the morning. We packed most stuff away and then went over to the Pride of Lincoln where there was a geocaching event. We went in to meet some new gcers and a few we hadmet before. We had lunch and a chat and then went back to hitch up the caravan. Everything was very wet but we got off the field ok and were home by 3.30.