This week we've been on days. Yesterday we went to the lovely Lincolnshire Wolds; gentle rolling hills near the east coast of England. There are a few market towns in amongst the Wolds.
Louth is pretty and well worth a visit especially if you like book shops, new and second hand. Besides fine shopping there are also many well-stocked charity shops. Alas, the appraisers have done their homework and many vintage items are priced accordingly.
In one charity shop I saw a boxed McDonnel Douglas F-4E Phantom II by Sanchis of Spain [priced £50]. It was jet black and had the tail fin missing I think. Looked huge. There's a red version on Ebay from a Greek seller [Greek Toys: pictures below] at the moment.
Horncastle is a town literally full of antique shops. They're everywhere. Items which would appeal to readers include many TV-related Dinky die-cast including Gerry Anderson.
Examples included an SPC, an SPV, a blue TB2, a Green Hornet Black Beauty, a gold James Bond Aston Martin, a Batmobile, a Monkeemobile, a UFO SHADOmobile and Beatles Yellow Submarine. I could even feel my Yorkshire wallet unstitching!
Other attractions in the area, which we didn't visit - we ran out of time - but which might prove interesting for readers were centred around vintage cars.
On Your Marques is a toy car themed cafe and attraction featuring Scalextric and die-cast. You can even have a go on a four lane slot car track pictured here! It's in Mumby on the A52. Check out their website.
Another attraction a little further afield is the Bubblecar Museum at Boston. Check out their site too. They even do bubble rallies!
You find all the best days out mate. Saw a Bond Bug on the road the other day, so small it was amazing. I always wanted one as I grew up. That cafe looks fab!
ReplyDeleteAwesome Woodsy! That slot car track reminds of the one in the hobby shop near my old high school.
ReplyDeleteDidn't manage to get to either the cafe or the Bubble Car place. We just ran out of the clock stuff. Next time. The Bond Bug was such a fab looking car Bill wasn't it. I wonder of Gerry Anderson ever considered using them in UFO? May have been too too early for the Bugs. I was a passenger in one in the Seventies. My mate had one and drove it on his motorbike licence because it was classed as a motorcycle!
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