Bit of a panic, but on to Ely!

Prickwillow to Ely, Rivers Lark and Great Ouse, 6.25 miles 0 locks

We pulled the pins about lunch time from Prickwillow.  There is a museum there.. The Prickwillow Drainage Engine Museum.. it was open this morning and Vic took Kiera to have a look while I spent some quiet time on NP.

Vic was telling me that they have a mark on the wall where the high tide is at Kings Lynn… some 14ft from the ground!  A very interesting place by all accounts, and I wish I had gone and had a look myself.. never mind.

I sent Kiera forward with the radio at the junction of the River Lark and the River Great Ouse to let me know if any boats were coming as we came out of the Lark.. a frantic message from her that a boat was right in our path… she was so exited half the time she didn’t have the button pressed for send.. but I somehow knew that perhaps there was a boat about! 

It really wasn’t going to be a problem, the Gt Ouse is very wide at that point.. but an important ‘job’ for my young crew member that was, and she didn’t let me down!

A distance view of Ely Cathedral as we cruised upstream to this wonderful town in lovely weather.  After the damp weekend we were back to summer conditions again.

Called in at the services for a pit stop, then finding one of the last places to moor, we spent the rest of the afternoon looking round Ely and visiting the library for local information for Kiera to digest…

Tomorrow we will be visiting the magnificent cathedral… I didn’t do that yet myself, and am looking forward to it in Kiera’s company..