Can't download lakes data due to link issue in ne_download()?

[landLogic]

I am brand new to rnaturalearth. I finally got the rnaturalearthhires package installed: I think it is the http in the url vs the https url where I can go and find a zip file of the data:

No data: http://www.naturalearthdata.com/http//www.naturalearthdata.com/download/110m/physical/ne_110m_lakes.zip

Data available: https://www.naturalearthdata.com/http//www.naturalearthdata.com/download/110m/physical/ne_110m_lakes.zip

I used:

lakes110 <- ne_download(scale = 110, type = 'lakes', category = 'physical')
Result:
trying URL 'http://www.naturalearthdata.com/http//www.naturalearthdata.com/download/110m/physical/ne_110m_lakes.zip'
Error in utils::download.file(file.path(address), zip_file <- tempfile()) :
cannot open URL 'http://www.naturalearthdata.com/http//www.naturalearthdata.com/download/110m/physical/ne_110m_lakes.zip'
In addition: Warning message:
In utils::download.file(file.path(address), zip_file <- tempfile()) :
cannot open URL 'http://www.naturalearthdata.com/http//www.naturalearthdata.com/download/110m/physical/ne_110m_lakes.zip': HTTP status was '500 Internal Server Error'

I hope I have asked this in the correct place. Thanks for your time.

[landLogic]

spudunk in cambec/earth seemed to have the same issue: cambecc/earth#97 (comment)

[andysouth]

Thanks @landLogic and apologies for delay. There was a problem with the NaturalEarth website a couple of weeks ago that caused downloads to fail. Is it OK for you now ?

[landLogic]

@andysouth Thanks Andy, Yes it is working now! Great fun too.
Thanks