{"id":76432,"date":"2018-01-12T23:30:34","date_gmt":"2018-01-12T16:30:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/lets-move-to-louth-lincolnshire-worth-the-slog\/"},"modified":"2018-01-13T00:03:27","modified_gmt":"2018-01-12T17:03:27","slug":"lets-move-to-louth-lincolnshire-worth-the-slog","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/lets-move-to-louth-lincolnshire-worth-the-slog\/","title":{"rendered":"Let\u2019s move to Louth, Lincolnshire: \u2018Worth the slog\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nIt\u2019s worth a detour to visit this historic market town where the ills of modern life have been kept at bayWhat\u2019s going for it? Unless en route for Mablethorpe (and, let\u2019s face it, most of us aren\u2019t), one rarely passes by Louth. You have to make the effort. Pack sandwiches and a flask. Crawl behind tractors, caravans and lorries laden with potatoes, past squelchy fields and countless villages ending in -by. Twist and turn and rise and fall through the Lincolnshire wolds. And then, just when you have abandoned hope of ever seeing another living soul, there it is: the fabulous spire of St James\u2019 church rising over the dashboard. After all that, you\u2019d fall upon Crawley as if it were Venice. But Louth is worth the slog. It\u2019s one of those just-wonderful places. Trust me. Relative isolation and feisty locals mean many of the ills of modern life have been kept at bay. Eve & Ranshaw department store still sells antimacassars. The Playhouse cinema still has intermissions. Only Aldi has breached their defences. That\u2019s not to say the place is a museum: Louth is beautiful, but it\u2019s a working market town with few airs and graces. And a damn fine cheese shop. Told you it was worth it.The case against All on its lonesome ownsome. The one-way system drives me to insanity each time I come. Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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