Travel to Ely
July 14, 2021 in England ⋅ ⛅ 19 °C
By train to Ely - just takes an afternoon. Very warm and sunny here. The Lamb Inn is right next to the Cathedral, which incidentally can be seen from miles around.
Around Ely
July 15, 2021 in England ⋅ ⛅ 17 °C
A morning spent touring Ely cathedral - not bad, but it was the Stained Glass museum that was worth the entrance fee. Free concert at lunchtime.
Cycled to Soham and Wicken in pm. Warm but veryRead more
Ely and Newmarket
July 16, 2021 in England ⋅ 🌙 17 °C
The ride out of Ely on NCR11 is possibly the prettiest I’ve been on - past the cathedral, through two parks and then following rivers and dykes for 7 miles. At Wicken we followed good tracks throughRead more
Ipswich
July 17, 2021 in England ⋅ 🌙 18 °C
A rest day. Very hot. No photos!
Trip to a big antiques centre near kings Lynn. Thankfully we don’t have the capacity to carry any bulky or heavy luggage otherwise we may have got carried away withRead more
Heveningham
July 18, 2021 in England ⋅ ☀️ 26 °C
Hot got hotter. Pleasant country route to Woodbridge following NCR48. Coffee stop. Pushed onwards to Parham Airfield which houses two museums - one to American 390th bomber squadron and one to theRead more
Sutton Hoo, Bury St Edmunds
July 19, 2021 in England ⋅ ⛅ 25 °C
Even hotter. Painful to cycle
For more than an hour without rest and refreshment.
Sutton Hoo busy and hot. Nice to
understand a little more about the ship burial and archaeology.
Pushed on toRead more
Bury St Edmunds
July 20, 2021 in England ⋅ 🌙 15 °C
Another good stay at the Dog & Partridge. We ate at the pub last night , not willing to put any effort into walking in the evening heat. In the morning toured St Edmundsbury cathedral and had aRead more
