{"id":1595,"date":"2006-11-16T22:15:00","date_gmt":"2006-11-16T22:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.geoffjones.com\/2006\/11\/following-in-wake-of-hereward.html"},"modified":"2006-11-16T22:15:00","modified_gmt":"2006-11-16T22:15:00","slug":"following-in-wake-of-hereward","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsite.geoffjones.com\/?p=1595","title":{"rendered":"Following in the wake of Hereward"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Wednesday Walk this week was from Ely to March on The Hereward Way (I now know why he was called Hereward The Wake<\/a> – obviously because he had to wade or boat through all the fens leaving a wake behind him!). <\/a>This also is part of the E2<\/a> connecting The Fen Rivers Way<\/a> to The Nene Valley Way<\/a><\/p>\n

Just look at this elevation profile. The first spot is\u00a0near Ely cathedral\u00a0 at 20 metres above sea level the next is Little Downham at 19 metres. <\/p>\n

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A good day we did 22.3 miles in 6 hour 12 min’s of walking plus I managed to get Sally to stop for 25mins (including a pint at the Lamb and Flag<\/a>\u00a0 in Welney<\/a>\u00a0 a delightful little village)<\/p>\n

The worst bit was walking along the top of the\u00a0dead straight 100ft drain bank. Otherwise a recommended walk for anyone in Cambridge with decent train links to March and Ely.<\/p>\n

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What ever you do don’t rely on seeing to many signposts.\u00a0I guess the money must have run out so they are very sparse indeed.<\/p>\n

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<\/a>The bridges also leave something to be desired, this one is near to the Nene at TL 46395 99483<\/p>\n

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\u00a0However, there is money for windmills here there is a small farm of 8 turbines on the other side of the Nene.<\/p>\n

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sally<\/h3>\n

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Was an excellent walk…..even though i got a blister..all your fault for making me walk so fast<\/p>\n<\/article>\n

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Ellee<\/h3>\n

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Aren’t those Fenland drains something special? My mum likes the Lamb and Flag in Welney, I always drive straigt through it on my way to Wisbech. But if there is heavy rain, then the main road is flooded and there’s a huge detour.<\/p>\n<\/article>\n

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Not sure about the drains being special..but Welney is , for all the swans that gather there,as iam sure you will already know.<\/p>\n<\/article>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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