On the move again towards The Cam!

Today – Ely to Nr Little Thetford, River Great Ouse, 2.5 miles 0 locks
Wed 18th to Sun 22nd May, Moored Ely, River Great Ouse

A long week at Ely which included a trip south to Portsmouth for me.  Sheesh don’t I just hate travelling across London on the underground!   I am in the way to those people who live by their clocks.  I sat on the tube looking around wondering what they all did for a living, wondered if they gave any thought to their retirement and what they would do.  I wondered if they even knew there were waterways out there, I wondered if they even knew when they retired…. Such is their pace of life..

This is what they are missing… an amazing sight each day as the ‘youngsters’ were taken out on a regular basis.  All the goslings went for a swim up the river daily and were shepherded by various geese.  They did not belong to anyone in particular, and one evening while I was dan sauff Vic said he lost count of the goslings once he got to 80.  It’s most amazing, they travel in a dead straight line with a goose at the front followed by all 80+ goslings with two geese at the rear, and ‘out riders’ keeping guard!

I liked Ely, its a real market town… the cathedral is magnificent.  It’s on an island you know… they say Isle of Ely round these parts.. very nice.

Today we just did a couple of miles to a very remote EA mooring near the quiet village of Little Thetford.  I have managed to do some walking in between travelling south, and yesterday ventured out across the fens with Lucy, a 7.5 mile hike… got caught in a storm for about 20 mins, but was reasonably dry by the time I had got back to NP…

Today, after we moored, I found a lovely round route of walking, about 5 miles taking in the village here and also Stretham… it was good to be back and doing what I love to do!  I wondered if those people on the tube knew that this exists!

I have had lots of emails and comments to recent blogs, all of which I will catch up on in the next few days….