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<\/a>small church with truncated spire right beside river<\/p><\/div>\n
<\/a>riverside water wheel (still turning- but I suspect more for decoration than work- the building is now a restaurant)<\/p><\/div>\n
<\/a>punter in front of thatched cottage, Great River Ouse<\/p><\/div>\n
<\/a>remnant blockhouse of anti-invasion defenses, around 1940. There are many of these scattered along the waterways.<\/p><\/div>\n
<\/a>another riverside church, peeking through the greenery<\/p><\/div>\n
This is an enchanting part of the country to cruise in: I had been advised that we would be bored quickly with the flat country and nothing to see but banks. True- for about 5km, but the rest has at least as much to see as any other part of the waterways system I have cruised. The trees are magnificent in their blooming: chestnut, hawthorn, and many others. chapel-on-the-bridge, St. Ives<\/p><\/div>\n Dad ‘enjoying’ the shopping experience, St. Ives bank holiday market<\/p><\/div>\n one of thousands of flowering trees along the waterways<\/p><\/div>\n swans: nesting, begging, swimming with only one foot, sleeping- on land or just floating along. Lots of entertainment!<\/p><\/div>\n How many were going to St. Ives? Well, we did, and after leaving Ely, toured along a fairly uneventful ditch\/drain to Earith. A nice mooring on the river beside a marina, and then on to St. Ives. We wandered around … Continue reading <\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"