{"id":1105,"date":"2012-12-08T07:42:05","date_gmt":"2012-12-08T07:42:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/martinblack.com\/?p=1105"},"modified":"2016-12-02T13:30:29","modified_gmt":"2016-12-02T13:30:29","slug":"waterbeach-to-ely-via-two-fen-rivers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/martinblack.com\/oldsite\/2012\/12\/waterbeach-to-ely-via-two-fen-rivers\/","title":{"rendered":"Waterbeach to Ely via two fen rivers"},"content":{"rendered":"

Winter arrived with this walk. \u00a0Beautiful blue skies with barely a cloud to be seen, cold but not\u00a0that<\/em><\/strong> cold, all-in-all a perfect day for a hike in the English countryside (despite what those dullards at Wonderlust magazine<\/a> might have to say about the matter.)<\/p>\n

Waterbeach is a village a few miles north-east of Cambridge and it was here that I began the hike.<\/p>\n

\"At
At Waterbeach<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

A frosty white path took me down towards and alongside the River Cam.<\/p>\n

\"Following
Following the frost<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I was on the Fen Rivers Way<\/a>, a path of some 50 miles or so that starts in Cambridge where it follows the Cam until that river joins the Great Ouse. The path ends at King’s Lynn where the Ouse empties out into The Wash.<\/p>\n

\"Fen
Fen Rivers Way marker<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The walk is an enjoyable mix of slow moving river…<\/p>\n

\"The
The Cam<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

…and\u00a0pleasant\u00a0countryside.<\/p>\n

\"A
A copse on the Cam<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I spotted a few likely looking wild-camping spots as I walked. \u00a0The lack of litter along the way indicated the path isn’t greatly used, always a good sign.<\/p>\n

I took a break at the half way point and enjoyed sausage sarnies and some tea from my flask.<\/p>\n

\"Lunchbreak
Lunch break self portrait<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I met a couple of hikers also heading up to Ely. \u00a0I passed a runner (and what a place for a run!) and a few dog walkers.<\/p>\n

Suddenly I was on the home stretch, five miles to go!<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

At\u00a0Pope’s Corner the Cam flows into the Great Ouse.<\/p>\n

\"The
The Cam meets the Great Ouse at Pope’s Corner<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

From here onwards I had Ely Cathedral to guide me homewards<\/p>\n

\"Ely
Ely Cathedral in the distance from the Great Ouse<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

A short while later I was on the Ely waterfront, heading towards a pint at the Cutter Inn<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"Ely
Ely waterfront<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

And an excellent pint it was too. \u00a0The perfect end to a fine winter’s river walk.<\/p>\n

\"A
A pint of Adnams at the Cutter Inn, Ely<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Winter arrived with this walk. \u00a0Beautiful blue skies with barely a cloud to be seen, cold but not\u00a0that cold, all-in-all…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6073,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[12],"tags":[36,56,35,44,32,68,43,50],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/martinblack.com\/oldsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1105"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/martinblack.com\/oldsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/martinblack.com\/oldsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/martinblack.com\/oldsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/martinblack.com\/oldsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1105"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/martinblack.com\/oldsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1105\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1118,"href":"https:\/\/martinblack.com\/oldsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1105\/revisions\/1118"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/martinblack.com\/oldsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6073"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/martinblack.com\/oldsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1105"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/martinblack.com\/oldsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1105"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/martinblack.com\/oldsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1105"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}