Alternatively, you’ll need a strong stomach to read of the Hideous Happening in Holbeach, while you’ll be amazed at the Lincolnshire horse that walked 120 miles to Aintree, promptly won the Grand National and then walked home again!

Naturally, though, it is the Quirky Lincolnshire section where things turn very strange, and where a seemingly random almanac of 58 Lincolnshire places have their quirkiest facts laid bare: like which villages are home to a bizarre one-way system, the largest single-handed clock in the world, and the first ever carving of an ursine musician! Then there’s the village where T.E. Lawrence wrote Seven Pillars of Wisdom, the village that appears as a character in Bridget Jones’s Diary…or what about which three villages are home to the mystery White Lady, the ghostly Black Lady, and a deaf and grumpy mole-catcher? Alternatively, find out who are nicknamed Meggies, and what the Lincolnshire words kek and yaffle mean.

Finally, why not learn about some ancient and bizarre Lincolnshire town and village customs – such as the one involving a virgin in mourning garb, another which involves setting fire to a Fool, and yet another which involves the local vicar, a whip and 30 pieces of silver!

If you think you know Lincolnshire, read this fascinating and profusely illustrated book and think again…