tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2864052595440250048.post526623776347139235..comments2024-02-25T08:36:14.759+00:00Comments on Keep Pushing Those Pedals: Across the fields to Fordham and backJmehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18078208384599353066noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2864052595440250048.post-63083847146677270602012-06-09T13:35:29.003+01:002012-06-09T13:35:29.003+01:00I must have seen Hemlock many times without really...I must have seen Hemlock many times without really considering it. I suppose I must have thought of it as giant cow parsley. Apparently cow parsley is edible (according to Wikipedia - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthriscus_sylvestris) but unpleasant.<br /><br />Thanks - It is unusual to see eagles over this part of the fens and normally I am a bit slow getting the camera out to take a picture.Jmehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18078208384599353066noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2864052595440250048.post-45210525814244656492012-06-08T21:06:22.774+01:002012-06-08T21:06:22.774+01:00Hello,
Looks like a nice route.
That plant in yo...Hello,<br /><br />Looks like a nice route.<br /><br />That plant in your first photo is definitely hemlock. Like you said, you can tell by the ferny leaves, and it's much taller than cow parsley, but the light green stem with dark red/purple blotches is the absolute giveaway.<br /><br />Flowers usually around, well, now (Mid June - Early August), whereas cow parsley is just finishing flowering. <br /><br />Its funny, its quite a nice, inoffensive plant, but it's stature suddenly becomes somewhat more menacing when you consider it's one of the most deadly plants growing in our hedgerows!<br /><br />Nice pic of the eagle, too. :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2864052595440250048.post-11839829333162464492011-05-19T10:58:59.556+01:002011-05-19T10:58:59.556+01:00I have only once had a farmer wave his shotgun in ...I have only once had a farmer wave his shotgun in my direction and that was many, many years when rights of way we not something I really bothered much about<br /><br />My son used to kayak there with his friends - he <br />always rated it. I do think that Lasagne is one of my favourite cycling foods. When I did LeJoG, ten years or so ago that must have been the most popular thing to order.Jmehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18078208384599353066noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2864052595440250048.post-46844884634316369662011-05-18T15:53:17.877+01:002011-05-18T15:53:17.877+01:00Yeah, the legalities of using a cycle across the b...Yeah, the legalities of using a cycle across the bit where it says "Written Permission" are a bit sketchy.<br /><br />I personally cycled across this bit and due to the fact that a) I wasn't shot by a farmer and b) I'm not now in purgatory mean that it's probably best to just cycle along it. Like you, I don't cycle on pavement and I'd have got off and pushed if I'd have encountered any hikers.<br /><br />As an aside: I'm not a massive fan of chain pubs but stopped for a lasagne at The Bridge pub on the river in Waterbeach - its lunchtime deal for £5 was a bargain - lots of chips and a decent sized lasagne portion.<br /><br />PS - Don't buy a Coke as they're £3.15 a pop! Shocker!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2864052595440250048.post-32533803396421457822011-05-17T22:25:05.614+01:002011-05-17T22:25:05.614+01:00Thank you.
I agree it is definitely a lovely rou...Thank you. <br /><br />I agree it is definitely a lovely route and not a bad way to get to Waterbeach Station either. There is a picture of Bottisham Lock about two thirds of the way down this <a href="http://keeppushingthosepedals.blogspot.com/2009/08/better-weather-same-old-roads-and.html" title="Post-Aug3, 2009" rel="nofollow">Post-Aug3, 2009</a> and of the "Written Permission" sign<br /><br />Apparently there is a problem with agreeing access with the current landowners as the Connect 2 proposal has been around for ages. to create that route.Jmehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18078208384599353066noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2864052595440250048.post-60361912461051457712011-05-17T20:54:52.194+01:002011-05-17T20:54:52.194+01:00Hi Jamie - tried to cycle this today without a map...Hi Jamie - tried to cycle this today without a map. Ended up going a completely different way by accident as I'm such a chump. Do you know this route?<br /><br />I started in Burwell and after heading down Weirs Drove and turning off to travel alongside the electricity sub-station on the Lodes Way, I was then following the Lodes Way until heading through Whites Fen onto the Whites Fen Droveway. I then turned off the NCN11 by turning right onto the Lug Fen Droveway (where you cut over a little bridge and a couple of stiles marked with a sign saying you can only cycle here with written permission - near a farm/house?) and past Bottisham Lock and through Clayhithe.<br /><br />I was then running along the River Cam until I reached a pub called The Bridge in Waterbeach - where I rejoined the NCN 11 along the Cam towpath into Chesterton.<br /><br />Was a lovely route and only took an extra 15-20 minutes onto the time it'd take from Burwell to Cambridge on NCN51 through the Swaffhams and Bottisham onto Stow-cum-Quy.<br /><br />Have you done this one? Sustrans seems to call the Bottisham Lock/Clayhithe bit a planned route.<br /><br />Really enjoy your blog - keep it up!<br /><br />PatrickAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com