Part 2; Clayhithe to Cambridge

From Clayhithe, I head south along the River Cam, passing the village of Horningsea, to reach Bates Bite Lock (No. 2 on the navigable portion of the River Cam).  Then it is under the A14 towards Fen Ditton, a village on the northeast edge of Cambridge; there are good views of its Church and of rowers on the river today, both eights and singles.  

As I walk towards Cambridge, there are views of Ditton Meadows.  I walk under the Railway Bridge linking Cambridge and Cambridge North railway stations, and carry on long the Fen Rivers Way to cross over the bridge at the Green Dragon pub to reach Stourbridge Common (see post Cambridgeshire; CambridgeCity) and walk towards the Museum of Technology, an industrial heritage museum whose original building housed a combined sewage pumping and waste destructor station (hence the 175ft chimney shaft) - it is a Scheduled Ancient Monument.  There are houseboats on both sides of the river as I walk beyond Elizabeth Bridge, along Midsummer Common to reach the edge of Jesus Green and Cambridge Lido.  

It is not far to Jesus Lock; this divides ‘Middle River’ from the ‘Lower River’ and sets the border where punting gives way to rowing and boathouses - it is Lock No. 1 on the navigable portion of the River Cam.  Finally, I reach Magdalene Bridge, just south of Magdalene College, which straddles the River Cam and is on the site of the original bridge that gave "Cambridge" its name.Read more