Hi,

I've sung there in Choral concerts a number of times and have attended concerts, organ recitals and services there. It is an awesome place and well worth a visit.

As to singing there - be warned - it's very cold, even in the middle of summer!. So, I've sung there looking very spick and span in my white blouse and long black skirt with thermals on underneath and that was in June!. From a choral singers point of view, you have to trust the conductor - the acoustic is such that you can't hear yourself or any of the other voice parts or the orchestra much. However, from the audience it sounds tremendous. It is a truly wonderful place to sing in.

The small cafe in the Cloisters area is well worth a visit and serves excellent food. I have to confess that I haven't been into the Library. The other "touristy" thing to do there is to look for the Lincoln Imp, high up in the nave.

Incidentally, just north of Lincoln in the village of Stow is Stow Minster, often said to have been built as a model for and as a smaller version of the cathedral.

The Cathedral was also used as a setting for scenes in The Da Vinci Code film.

If anyone remembers the group Amazing Blondel, they have written many pieces about Lincolnshire and Lincoln and their song "Celestial Light" on the Fantasia Lindum album is one of my all time favourites. (In one of their songs they sing "I was born in Lincoln County" which I had assumed meant "born in the county of Lincolnshire". Then I moved here and realised that they were referring to Lincoln County Hospital which is where the maternity unit is!).

Deirdre