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– Some Lincolnshire-related websites....

These have been selected because of their high quality, specific personal interest or in one or two cases a certain wacky awfulness.
I do not do "reciprocal" linking, but am pleased to learn of sites which might fit.

"Any fool can appreciate mountain scenery. It takes a man of discernment to appreciate the Fens."
[Harry Godwin - pollen analyst - circa 1932]

• Lincolnshire Bird Club – Pretty much what it says! Excellent website.
• Lincolnshire Wildlife Trust – great reserves across the county.
• The Lincolnshire Naturalists' Union – the only amateur Natural History
  Society covering the whole of Lincolnshire. Join it now!
  Free weekly email newsletter – sign up on the site. [I edit it!]
• LoveLincsPlants – An exciting partnership between the Lincolnshire Naturalists' Union, Lincolnshire Wildlife Trust,
  Sir Joseph Banks Society, The Natural History Museum and Lincoln University, funded by the Heritage Lottery Fund.
• Lincolnshire Environmental Awards – Lincoln Lindum Rotary Club's unique annual awards scheme.
  Remembering Ed Lacy's pithy comments.
• The Heritage Trust of Lincolnshire – Protects, preserves and promotes the rich heritage of the county.
• Society for Lincolnshire History and Archaeology has many useful links
  to museums and other collections, sites and oganisations.
• The Peasants' Revolt 1381 – "Serfs you have been and are; you shall remain in bondage...."
• The Lincolnshire Rising 1470 – during Wars of the Roses.
• The Pilgrimage of Grace 1536 – one of the worst uprisings of Henry VIII's reign.
• LCC's Libraries and Archives page
• The Parish Library at St Botolph's Church, Boston – founded in 1634 on the instructions of Archbishop Laud.
• Lincs to the Past – a site that contains hundreds of thousands of records covering
  items held in Lincolnshire's Historic Environment Record, Archives, Libraries, Museums
  and Tennyson Research Centre.
• GENUKI's introduction to Lincolnshire – Lincolnshire archives &c.
  Lots for family history researchers.
• The High Tide On The Coast Of Lincolnshire– the famous Lincolnshire poem.
• The Mary Gordon – Famous Electric Boat.
• BBC Radio Lincolnshire
• Kinema In The Woods – unique and wonderful place.
  Started life as a sports and entertainment pavilion in the late 19th Century.
• The Broadbent Theatre – Wickenby - with an amazing history.
• Alkborough – and other British turf mazes – Marilyn Clark.
• Shearman's Wath – Late Neolithic / Early Bronze Age Henge North of Horncastle
• LIVES – Lincolnshire Integrated Voluntary Emergency Service.
• Coastal Grazing Marshes – Northern, based on Light Detection and Ranging (LIDAR).
• Coastal Grazing Marshes – Southern, based on Light Detection and Ranging (LIDAR).

– and a few "local" pages which may lead on to useful places.....

"Les absents ont toujours tort." Philippe Nericault (1717)

• http://rogerparsons.co.uk/ – Charity Consultancy. Helpful charity-type links.
• http://rogerparsons.org.uk/ – Tutoring and helpful teaching-related links.
• Lincs Jobspot – selection of links for the Lincolnshire job hunter.
• Lincs Media – contact list for Lincolnshire's TV, Radio and Press.
• Vertebrate Checklist – Amphibia, Reptiles and Mammals.
• Wildnews Bulletin Portal – archive of past LNU newsletters.

– and now, some interesting stuff – in no particular order.....

• W.B.Yeats – reading his own verse.
• The Megalithic Portal – Information on Megalithic sites. Brilliant.
  
• King's Lynn Museum
  A reconstruction of Seahenge is the museum's stunning centrepiece.
• Anything Left handed on-line.
  The best place worldwide for left handed people and left handed products.
• Sundials on the Internet – Fascinating. But where's the Sun?
• Ultimate ESP Evidence? – from Cliff Pickover.

– Maps, Places, Geology, Weather....

• The Weather Outlook – short to long term forecasts.
• Admiralty EasyTide – Tide Table information on-line.
• The Environment Agency – Sign up for Flood Warnings.
• The Met Office – Check for Severe Weather warnings.
• Flight Radar Map – Click on an aircraft and you will get all the info. Airline, type, speed, altitude in real time.
• Marine Traffic – Global Ship Tracking Intelligence.
• British Geological Survey at Keyworth
• Earthquake Activity The latest Earthquake Information – with maps.
• Caribbean Volcanoes by geologists John Roobol and Alan Smith – with maps.
• Ecuador Volcanoes
• Volcano Live by Australian scientist and volcano adventurer John Seach – notes on over 2000 volcanoes.
• BGS British geology maps - now free to explore on web.
• LNU The Geology of Lincolnshire - downloadable book.
• Ordnance Survey and the Environment Agency's useful websites.
  EA gives flood and pollution risk maps and related information.

– Apples and Orchards....

• Stamford Community Orchard Group – winner of the 2011 Lincolnshire Environmental Awards "Community" section.
• EEAOP – a registered charity working to guarantee a future for local orchard fruits and orchards.
• Brogdale Farm – home of the National Fruit Collection.
• Orange Pippin – collaborating with the Home Orchard Society to build an international database of apple trees!
• Mistletoe – grow your own!

– Drink, Food....

• Ferry Ales Brewery – Superb craft brewery. So much to enjoy, so little time.
• Bateman's – Lincolnshire real ales. Tremendous!
• Lincolnshire Craft Beers – Superb!
• The Sebastopol Inn, Church Lane, Minting – The pub dates back to the 1830s when a private householder
  took the opportunity to brew beer and sell it from the premises.
• The Blue Bell Inn – dating back to 1257. Historic haunt of four RAF Squadrons!
• East Lincs Seafood – Boston. On-line fishmonger. Website down?
• Boston Sausages – Online Shop. Really outstanding sausages.
• Maud Foster Windmill – Working windmill with excellent shop. Very good flour.
• Sibsey Trader Windmill – English Heritage's windmill with shop. Some current issues with on-going repairs.
• Myers Lincolnshire Plum Loaf – Simply the best.
• Jakemans Cough Sweets – famous Menthol-based cough and throat sweets that really seem to make a difference!

– Elsewhere in the UK.....

• Craster Kippers – from L. Robson & Sons Ltd.
• scotchwhisky.net – information regarding Scotch Whisky and the Scotch Whisky industry.
• Macsween of Edinburgh – award-winning traditional haggis, vegetarian haggis and black pudding.
• Parsons Pickles supplies Laverbread, – the traditional Welsh delicacy produced from the edible seaweed, "Laver".
  You can order it on line – don't worry – it comes in tins! Cheaper than driving to Carmarthen or Swansea!
• The Fish Society also supplies pre-frozen laverbread.
• Ashton Fishmongers of Cardiff on 02920 229201 supply tubs of fresh laverbread by mail order.
• The Castles of Wales – A great website about what it says! Another Médaille d'Or Award winner!

– Music....

• "A" Net Station – Ross Ice Shelf Radio – streaming excellent music. Try it.
• CONCERTINA! – WWW sites related to concertinas. Yes, I'm still at it! [Lachenal No: 154565]
  The definition of a gentleman is "someone who can play the accordion [concertina?] and doesn't!"
• Gilles Poutoux – Uploaded videos. Undoubted Genius.
• ITMA – Irish Traditional Music Archive. Includes Padraig McGovern, uilleann pipes and Peter Carberry, accordion.
• Skelligbeag's Irish Traditional Music. – The FitzGerald Family, Noel Hill and more.
• Angloconc's Channel – British traditional music (mostly) by a talented US performer.
• Paul Brady – selection of videos.
• Joji Hirota – Percussionist, flautist, singer and composer.
• Mugen Taiko Dojo – performances and Taiko Drumming courses.

– Other interesting stuff....

In the midst of great joy, do not promise anyone anything.
In the midst of great anger, do not answer anyone's letter.
Chinese proverb

• Taoist Arts Association.
• Taoism and the Philosophy of T'ai Chi Ch'uan by Christopher Majka.
  Taoism is a major world religion, but few people know much about it
  Put that right with a visit here. [I'm still trying to keep up my T'ai Chi Chu'an!]
• Cheng Man-ching's Yang Style T'ai Chi Chu'an.
• Video of Cheng Man Ching Yang Short Form 37.
• Cheng Man-ching's Biography.
• The Tao Te Ching – Lao Tzu's classic, translated by Gia Fu Feng and Jane English.
• The Art of War – Sun Tzu's military treatise, as translated by Lionel Giles.
• The Art of Peace – by Morihei Ueshiba, the founder of Aikido, translated by John Stevens.

– Current Affairs and News....

"A cloud of critics, of compilers, of commentators, darkened the face of learning,
and the decline of genius was soon followed by the corruption of taste."
Gibbon - Decline and Fall, Chapter 1 - on the Antonines.

• Hansard (House of Commons Daily Debates) – What your MP really said!
  If you are interested in UK politics, a regular visit here is called for.
• New Scientist's News of the Day – The well known science mag's view of what's of interest on the Web.
  Worth a bookmark and a weekly check.
• The Daily Telegraph Internet – [Médaille d'Or Award winner] and
• Private Eye website – always worth a visit!

– Service Providers and Useful Software....

Thomas J. Watson – Head of IBM - 1945
"I think there is a world market for maybe five Computers"

I have found the following products very useful.
Most of them are free or have free versions.
Please ensure they are compatible with your operating system
and existing software before any downloading and installing!

• Mailchimp – a web-based bulkmail managment system suitable for newsletters – free for small mailings.
• Groupmail.
• Malwarebytes – detects and removes all traces of malware. Outstanding.
• Dropbox – a free service that lets you bring your photos, docs,
  and videos anywhere and share them easily. Never email yourself a file again!
• Stellarium – is a free open source planetarium for your computer.
• Moxilla Firefox – Free and open-source web browser.
• Apache's Open Office – Free alternative to the Evil Empire's software.
• Xenu's Link Sleuth – allows Webmasters to check website hyperlinks – and it's free!
• Down Right Now – monitors the status of your favorite web services.
• Cyber Threat Map – Checkpoint - map of today's attacks.
• Internet Traffic Report – monitors the flow of data around the world.
• Yahoo UK – Free Webmail and lots of other stuff.
• WordPress – Create a free website or easily build a blog.
• Heart Internet – Low cost Web hosting and much more.

I hope you have enjoyed these links and find some of them useful. Suggestions for interesting additions are always welcome...

"How strange is the lot of us mortals!
Each of us is here for a brief sojourn; for what purpose we know not, though sometimes sense it.
But we know from daily life that we exist for other people first of all for whose smiles and well-being our own happiness depends."
Albert Einstein

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