Saturday in steampunk Lincoln

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After an enormous number of strides (literally) being made by the intrepid crew of Sarah, Chris and me during the first three days based in Horncastle, we decided to have a shorter walk today.
We are now based in Lincoln. The weather is glorious, so we returned to Bardney where we finished yesterday and walked to Stainfield.
We set off across fields containing stubble and some unidentifiable crops, intending to visit the remains of Bardney Abbey. We kept to public footpaths through an abandoned piece of farmyard but realised we were being stared and pointed at by some locals. We came to no harm and arrived at the Abbey. Sadly there was little to see apart from a curious talking model monk (shown below). We carried on through another abandoned farm at Snakethorpe and on to Stainfield.
There is a beautiful mid-18th century hall next to the stunning church of St Andrew, claimed to be designed by Christopher Wren. Wonderful restored textiles shown below.
We returned to Bardney and were suitably refreshed in the Old Angel Inn.
We then had an entertaining walk around Lincoln which was host to the Steampunk Festival!