This month Lincolnshire Pride’s Editor Rob Davis gets behind the wheel of a 30ft limousine and spends an evening working as a chauffeur… but did he take all the right turns or just drive his passengers round the bend?

A few years ago, limousines were non-existent on the county’s roads, these days they’re a common sight, and a novel way of transporting a group of restaurant goers, a hen party or a bride and her attendants on her big day… as capacious and practical as a minibus, but much more sociable, and a good deal more comfortable. “Limos” have becoming an increasingly common sight on our roads and to find out just what’s involved in being a chauffeur, we were invited to spend a day working with Boston Limoscene’s Kevin Hill.

As the owner of the only limo’ company based in Boston, Kevin is kept pretty busy… especially with the addition last year, of his unique Auburn vehicle increasing the number of vehicles in his fleet to five.
February onwards is Kevin’s busiest time, but already the bookings are piling up with another being confirmed just as we arrived to complete all the ‘preflight’ checks upon which Kevin embarks just before each booking.

Before each car is hired out, it is meticulously checked, to ensure that it is fully operational, clean and tidy. It’s important that each journey is a special occasion for its passengers, and whilst the destination and purpose for each journey varies, from parties to birthday celebrations and restaurants visits, to weddings and evenings out for stag and hen nights, school proms and birthday celebrations, one commonality is that the journey is always rendered special and always enhances the sense of occasion.

 “Travelling by limo’ is something that everyone wants to do at least once in their life.” Says Kevin. “It’s a little ostentatious, a little luxurious and always quite special. Whilst they’re much more commonplace on our roads these days, they’re still the chosen transport for A-list celebrities in America and businesspeople who want to travel in comfort.”

Kevin began his career in the flower trade working with bridal flowers. Numerous conversation with brides seeking transport for their big day soon gave him the impression that there was a gap in the market for luxury transport in the town, and when a friend grumbled that he couldn’t find a limo’ for his daughter’s school prom, an occasion becoming increasingly common this side of the Atlantic, he took the initiative and purchased a white Lincoln town car, expecting a tough