I used to live near Lincoln and I knew the cathedral well, although I never sang in it. I was in a choir which was going to sing Berlioz Requiem there, but I fell ill shortly before the concert and couldn't do it. I once went to a sung evensong in Lincoln cathedral after I'd moved away from the area and had briefly revisited it while on a coach tour. The choir sang Allegri's Miserere and we were all in floods of tears (even many of the men in our group!) as those pure, clear choirboy high Cs soared into the heights of the roof in the dim evening light. I've been a member of many choirs and choral societies all over the country. I used to live in Peterborough and sang for 13 years in Peterborough cathedral and I now live in Winchester and I've sung in Winchester cathedral for 20 years.