Lincolnshire is a large county; in England the biggest after Yorkshire. It is divided into the three parts; Holland in the south-east, Kesteven in the south-west and Lindsey in the north. It is a very flat county, extending from the fenland in the south and round the Wash, all the way along the North Sea coast north to the Humber Estuary. The Humber marks its northern edge, across which lies the East Riding of Yorkshire, and it borders Cambridgeshire and Northamptonshire in the south.
The North Sea coast runs into the sea with long tidal mudflats and sandy beaches for its whole length, so that the tide may run out a mile from where the map shows. Lincolnshire is mainly flat with a great deal of drained fenland particularly in the south of the county. Only the Lincolnshire Wolds in western Lindsey and the hills spreading out of Leicestershire into Kesteven have any claim to altitude.
The drained marshlands which make up much of the county have been turned into rich arable lands. Lincolnshire is one of the few counties without a motorway running through it. Lincolnshire dialect is full of weird and wonderful words and phrases which often leave outsiders looking a little flummoxed. Large parts of the county are agricultural and open countryside which means it does smell, from time to time.
You get used to it after a while. Lincolnshire is home to lots of hamlets and villages with rather unusual names — like Cowbit, Boothby Graffoe and Quadring, all waiting to trip up unsuspecting tourists and outsiders. Although there are plenty of positives about living in a rural area, there are some drawbacks too — such as intermittent WiFi and mobile phone signal.
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