That said, we left the site a little earlier this morning - about 11am. We planned a visit to a local National Trust property. The one we choose was Gunby Hall - about 25 miles away on the road to Skegness.
It had only opened for the season the day before! We spent a pleasant couple of hours looking around the House and gardens. I realise I’m very biased but the house wasn’t a patch on Canons Ashby - not as old, not as pretty, not as characterful, not as charming and the Room Guides, not as good!!
The family were called the Massingberds and the house dated back to 1700. We had a very pleasant cup of tea and slice of cake at the NT cafe before making our way to the seaside. Like yesterday, the rain of the morning gave way to the dry / sunny spells in the afternoon.
We had been to Skeggy a couple of times when Thom was at Lincoln Uni. It is a typical English seaside resort, reminding me of a slightly smaller version of Great Yarmouth. We were surprised at how busy it was- must have been Coronavirus driving people out to get some bracing fresh sea air?!
We walked along the beach some way and then back along the front to the Town Centre. Apart from lots of penny arcades / fun fair rides / fish and chip shops, there wasn’t a lot to see.
We had a cup of coffee looking over the sea and rows and rows of offshore wind turbines, before heading off back to Lincoln for something to eat.
We parked by the Cathedral and walked down Steep Hill to the High Street. We ended up at the all you can eat Chinese buffet called The Taste (aka The Laughing Buddha). We used to go there with Thom so it brought back lots of memories - there you go again, more food based recollections!
On the way to the restaurant we saw another famous face. This one was seen by both of us - not just Kim this time - so we were both confident who we saw ... Alan Johnson, ex Labour MP and Home Secretary.
We didn’t think we had overeaten at the buffet but the walk back up Steep Hill seemed to confirm that we had! It was a bit of a slog but very atmospheric- the Cathedral looked magnificent lit up.
When we got back to the site we got talking to our next door neighbours. Alan and Cindy from Newcastle were a lovely couple and kindly invited us into their van for a coffee. They were very Geordie and good fun to chat with. He was an ex lorry driver and gave me some caravan reversing advise. Luckily Kim had told them how inexperienced we were and how rubbish I was at reversing - I think I’m going to get a badge made up to save the current Mrs Pitts having to tell everyone we meet??!
By the time we got back to the van it was gone 10. Time for another episode of The Waltons then off to bed to blog, read and listen to more Coronavirus chat on the radio. Spain is shut down so we’ll be ringing the caravan club and insurance company tomorrow to see what is happening with our trip!
Our years travelling seems to be jinxed- first the wettest autumn / winter on record and then Corona-bloody-virus! What’s next??
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