Trip to Lincoln - 13th March ‘20

Today was our first post-Coronavirus trip.

The amazing announcements from around the world yesterday has made our trip this weekend a little  surreal! It’s looking like our trip to Spain in 2 weeks may well be off so we need to make the most of our long weekend in Lincoln.

And, as if to confirm the old adage that every cloud has a silver lining ... we may be looking at a catastrophic pandemic but at least it meant that our Lincoln site had had 2 last minute cancellations (folks self isolating apparently?) and left us the only campers - result!

We didn’t leave Whilton until 3pm. Kim had worked in the morning and I had walked the dogs with Laura and tried on Brunnehilda’s new jacket ...

She looked very smart (Brunnehilda not Laura) and this will hopefully stop the worst of the mud and grime when travelling. I also changed Brunnehilda’s number plate - we got a new car earlier in the week - to make her legal.

The journey was good apart from the last 10 miles. There was a huge queue crawling around the road worked Lincoln by pass and then we drove right by the site! This necessitated an additional 10 mile round trip to find somewhere to turn around!

Then more trauma when we got back to the site. There was a security gate stopping us getting in. This meant Brunnehilda was left blocking the road while we waited a good 5 mins before we could raise the owners and open the gate. The Tesco delivery driver, who couldn’t get by, was not a happy chap - unless he was using his horn to wish us all the best?

The owners are very nice and totally relaxed. The facilities, for a small 5 van site, seem excellent. We had the pick of where to pitch so I motor moved her front-in to allow a view of the pond (and the ducks) from Brunnehilda’s kitchen.

By the time we got set up it was pitch black! We headed off to a Tesco Extra in Lincoln to stock up. We are both very tired so, after an episode of The Waltons while eating our Tesco ready meal, we were both ready for bed - #rockandrolllifestyle

I drifted off thinking what a very splendid place Brunnehilda would be to self isolate for a couple of weeks. Also ... FYI.. 4G is rubbish here!