Discovering and rediscovering Lincoln

 The International Bomber Command Centre (IBCC) is a world-class facility to serve as a point for recognition, remembrance and reconciliation for Bomber Command. Providing the most comprehensive record of the Command in the world, the IBCC ensures that generations to come can learn of their vital role in protecting the freedom we enjoy today.

It was a bitterly cold day with dashes of rain mixed in when we visited Bomber Command Centre and I have to admit that we didn't  brave the elements to walk around the site, so we had lunch in the cafe, took these photos through the window and found our way back to the car.  Another visit will be needed in the future.

We next drove to Bracebridge where we went to live after the flat in Monks Road (see previous post).  

We lived in this lovely terraced house in Elder Street until approximately June 1970 during which George broke his leg playing football and I had our daughter in Lincoln Maternity Hospital.

River Trent at Torksey ...

Torksey Lock from the Trent ...

with the now decommissioned Cottom Power Station in the near distance

Taken from Torksey Lock landing towards the lock ...

and down the lock cut to the mighty Trent ...

where the information board shows Gainsborough and West Stockwith to the right  and Cromwell Lock to our left

In the far distance I can see Torksey Viaduct, a rare example apparently of a tubular box bridge build over 150 years ago and closed in 1959.  In 2016 it was opened as a walking route.

Torksey Lock cut entrance/exit and information board showing facilities at the lock.

We walked a short distance along the Trent towards Cromwell Lock and then turned off the pathway ... it was time to head home.

And since we've been home ...

We had our flu jabs on Saturday and our Covid boosters this morning.

Yesterday (Sunday) these pigeons were sitting on the stock fencing below our garden ...

I wonder what that was all about!

A wonderful rainbow this morning

Thank you Sandra and Ian for being wonderful hosts over the last few days and ferrying us around to see the sites.  See you both again soon.