Reach walk - NOT amateur radio

Last week we did a walk around the next village of Reach and picked some blackberries. 

It is a very sleepy village.

Reach - NOT amateur radio

 

This sleepy village 2 miles from us has some fine walks. There has been a fair here since the 1200s.

Wednesday's walk - NOT amateur radio

 

This was on our walk at Reach on Wednesday. We went early to avoid the heat.

Sleepy Reach - NOT amateur radio

Yesterday, we did a very early walk around this nearby village before it got too hot. There are no shops but it was an important port in Roman times and has had a fair since the 1200s.  Today, it feels like a sleepy backwater.

Walk yesterday - NOT amateur radio

 

This is a collage of our walk around the village of Reach, near Cambridge, yesterday.

Reach - NOT amateur radio

 Today we did a nice walk around the sleepy village of Reach. There has been a fair here since 1201.

Reach walk - NOT amateur radio

 

We did a nice walk around the village of Reach about 3 km from us. My wife created this collage. Fields of corn are cut and there are blackberries in the hedges.

Breakfast time? - NOT amateur radio

This thrush was hunting for worms and insects when we were on our walk earlier. Must be breakfast time!

Reach walk - NOT amateur radio

It was very muddy under foot. There has been a fair here since the 1200s. It is a very sleepy village.

More walk - NOT amateur radio

This collage summarises our walk earlier. The sun was shining. 

We went around the sleepy village of Reach, near Cambridge.

Walk horse

 

We saw this horse on our walk yesterday in the village of Reach.

Not quite - NOT amateur radio

 

Our grandson yesterday on a walk not quite in the sleepy village of Reach. 

Reach was an important inland port when the roads were poor and there were no railways. It has had an annual fair since the 1200s.

See http://www.reach-village.co.uk/index.html

Reach - NOT amateur radio

Reach is a sleepy village about 2 miles away.  In Roman times it was a busy port importing much by water.  

The photo shows the Lode (waterway) today. 

Walk collage - NOT amateur radio

 

The photo is a collage of our walk early this morning.

Early walk - NOT amateur radio

As today is supposed to get very hot, we did a very early morning walk. We set off at 0545z! The photo shows me on the walk around the nearby village of Reach. This is a delightful walk with a mix of views. At one point we could just make out the roof of Kings College Chapel, about 10 miles way in Cambridge.

Reach walk - NOT amateur radio

At the weekend we went for a nice walk at nearby Reach. My wife made this collage.

What are a little strange are the two emus in a garden. They have been here for several years. I do not know why they are there. Perhaps they like emu eggs!

Reach - NOT amateur radio

Our nearest village is Reach. This has no shops, one pub owned at one time by the villagers and is at the end of an earthwork built about 1400 years ago called the Devil's Dyke. At one time it was an important Fenland port. It still has one of the oldest fairs in the land opened by the mayor of Cambridge. The village green (shown in the photo) is in the centre of the village.

Strange sight - NOT amateur radio

Before lunch we went to nearby Reach for a walk. We were surprised to see a couple of emus walking with chickens in a village garden. It just seemed so very odd.