We started off from the parking lot at St. Mark's shopping center, and we've got two snaps from there, the first of an obelisk and the second of the cathedral seen at a distance over the trees. The obelisk used to be perched to one side of a bridge that carried the High Street over the River Witham, but was moved many moons ago, shortly after St. Mark's ceased to be a major rail station and some time before it became a shopping center. The cathedral makes a snappy shot from almost any place in the city that you can catch a glimpse of it.

The High Street runs right past St. Mark's and almost all the way up the hill to the Cathedral. This is the view up the High Street from just in front of St. Mark's shopping center. Remember, I did say that the cathedral looks snazzy from almost any angle. This may or may not be one of them.

St. Mary's church stands where the High Street crosses the rail line through town, and to me it seems more out of place than most buildings in Lincoln, because it stands at the junction of three busy streets and is surrounded almost entirely by more modern buildings -- except for these five Victorian storefronts, a leftover from another age entirely.

This is the High Street again, just kittycorner from St. Mary's church, where it's been closed to traffic. You can walk the rest of the way up the hill to the cathedral without the bother of cars and busses smogging their way past you. The Stonebow is the meeting place of the city council, and has been for hundreds of years, even though more modern buildings have grown up around it. Up until this road was pedestrianized, traffic was allowed to pass through the Stonebow and up the street.

Remember that obelisk? And I said it originally sat on a bridge? Well, this is it. You'd be forgiven for thinking it wasn't a bridge; most people miss it, largely because they went and built this lovely half-timbered cafe over the top of it. If you look under the cafe from behind, you can make out the bridge underneath. Don't know who the girl in the foreground is.

We walked up to the top of the High Street to see Steep Hill, and turned around to get this shot of the High Street looking south, toward the Stonebow. This part of the High Street doesn't have as many retail stores as the lower part; it's mostly pubs up here.

This has got to be one of the most picturesque streets in Lincoln, Steep Hill. It's the final walk up the hill from the High Street to the cathedral, and it's a doozy -- you'll be breathing hard by the time you reach the top. The first photo is a shot from the bottom of Steep Hill as it leaves the High Street, and the second photo is a shot of Jew's House, about halfway up Steep Hill. Jew's House is supposed to be the oldest house in Lincoln. We would have continued up Steep Hill to give you a few more shots of the city, but we ran out of time. Maybe on our next trip.

I thought I'd throw this one in -- it's a shop that sells used books and bric-a-brac. Even the most mundane buildings in Lincoln can be photogenic.