So, you might remember that some time ago we taught you all how to climb Steep Hill without wanting to die. Wasn’t that just spectacular?
Well, we promised you a video and know you’ve been going out of your mind, wondering when you could see such a wonderful short film.
You’ll be pleased to know that the wait is finally over, enjoy!
If you’re anything like us busy bees at L&T, you’ll be in the height of your dissertation writing at the moment (oh the pains).
And if you’re also an avid follower, you’ll know L&T is due to take a bit of a holiday from this week so we can write ours (yay).
So as a special treat, here are ten other things you could find yourself doing instead of that dastardly d word..
1. Facebook and Twitter. When you might come across posts like this, do I need to say more?!
Photo: Via Facebook.
Photo: Via Facebook.
Photo: Via Facebook.
2. Watch Location, Location, Location. There’s nothing more annoying than Kirsty Allsopp, but you’ve just got to love her and Phil on what has to be one of the best shows in the universe.
3. Hide in one of Lincoln’s best cafés. We at L&T love a good brew and slice of cake. So go to Coffee Aroma, or Churchills or maybe even Bells’. Cake is ALWAYS more important than dissertation! We’ve heard cronuts are also rather nice.
4. Make your own Krabby Patty. They look amazing, I’ve always wanted to try one!
5. YouTube is always a wonderful place to go when your diss drives you to despair. Here are some of the oddest and funniest videos you’ll ever see:
6. Go on Buzzfeed. Because who doesn’t want to know which of Harry Styles’ ex’s they are or what haircut you should actually have?!
7. Pretend you’re Beyonce and have a little sing a-long, unless you’re on the third floor of the library. That would just be awkward. No, of course I’ve never done it….
8. Wander up Steep Hill. Our very own Richard Morris “genuinely goes for walks up Steep Hill when I reach the end of my tether with this fucking work”. And so do many of us. We feel for you Richard.
9. Pretend you’re Davina McCall and write letters to long lost family members. You never know, they might pay your tuition fees for you.
10. Randomly throw bread in the air at the Brayford and see how many ducks/seagulls/swans catch it mid-flight. It’s like the Brayford’s answer to football and is very fun (just don’t drop your phone into the water like our writer Alice did…)
You may have heard about the American food craze that is the cronut.
You’ve not heard of a cronut? Well crawl out from under that rock and I’ll tell you. Continue reading
If you read the first part of this guide last week, you may have spent the last few days lost, trapped in the fog and eagerly anticipating what to do next. Well, fear not, here is part 2.
The first shop you’ll encounter here may be 44, which is easily our favourite Steep Hill spectacular. It’s basically a really cute craft shop which sells notebooks, postcards, cushions and general household objects. Some of these are imported from places like Japan, making them totally unique in Lincoln. So oriental!
Next there are a couple more little boutiques and clothes shops that sell lots more vintage items. We tend to spend awfully long in these, but as we said earlier, we’re basically all grannies. Seriously, you should see my mothballs. That’s not a euphemism. The rest of the customers too are either grannies, or ‘young’ grannies like us. It’s like a wild little OAP party.
If you’re an avid reader, you’ll have noticed our rather incredible review of Bell’s tea and coffee house the other week. This should most definitely be your next stop as it sells some amazingly tasty home-made cakes. If you don’t like cake, just get out. Stop reading now and leave.
Anyway, after this, you can wash down the cake with a wonderful mini pub crawl. This should include pubs like the Wig & Mitre and Widow Cullen’s Well. These are like proper old school, stereotypically English pubs. They’re complete with comfy armchairs, massive rugs (ooh, raunchy) and even portraits of random, slightly creepy bearded men for your perusal. They do very cheap cider though and are friendly, which is always nice.
You’ve now made it to the top of 2012’s best street ever in the universe or something. Congratulations. Here you’ll find another cafe and another pub (woop). If you’re one of the ridiculously slow path hogging tourists who’ve come to see Lincoln after watching the Da Vinci Code, you’ll be happy to hear that the Cathedral is up here, too. Exciting times, dear readers!
It’s a pretty well known fact that Lincoln’s award winning Steep Hill is actually completely flat.
And if you believe that, you’ve clearly never been to Lincoln. Steep Hill is actually very, very steep.
Now, I know in Lincoln you’ll probably be spoilt for choice when it comes to looking for a cafe or tea room. If you think Lincoln is running short on this type of place then seriously, you must love a hot beverage.
If you like tea rooms and pastel colours, this might just be up your street. Or hill.
Those familiar with Lincoln will know the sinking feeling (no, not the song by the ‘the the’) you get when someone, usually a newbie, mentions popping up Steep Hill to look at pretty buildings (apparently there’s a cathedral and castle up there or something, you might not have heard of it).
The clever person was who called it Steep Hill was pretty accurate, and quite frankly, they deserve a round of applause. So here’s how the lovely people of Lincoln get up Steep Hill without dying. Continue reading
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