Trains and more trains
Firstly we must agree with the numerous favourable comments about the pub and the delightful staff. The beer is excellent too. Also, it’s a great location for visiting Lincoln city and the nearby excellent nature reserve. The CL is located right next to a busy railway line and this can be both entertaining and incredibly irritating by equal measure. The trains can be every 5 to 10 minutes for most of the day and start at 05:45 each morning; finishing at about 23:30. We did have a freight train on our first night at 3am which was no fun especially given that our pitch was 10 metres from the line. I would recommend avoiding pitch number 1 as this is right on the boundary with the track. I estimate most trains to be travelling at 70-80mph so it is very noisy and therefore the CL is far from peaceful. We did ask on arrival if we could have pitch 4 or 5 but we’re declined despite 5 remaining unoccupied throughout our 4 night stay. I think future visitors should be made aware of the train situation beforehand as the reference made in the details does somewhat play it down.
