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Yesterday's walk through the Cambridgeshire Fens from March to Whittlesea.

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This follows the route of the Hereward Way, which so far has been a mixture of some impressive and beautiful bits combined with dangerous roadside walks like a game of Frogger where you have to watch out for fast-moving articulated lorries and tractors pulling huge sugar beet trailers.
 
The fence is still down, so the council have put up a sign to prevent the careless from taking legal action

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It's becoming even more obvious which are the second homes and holiday lets, as they are starting to look scruffy and the gardens over-grown.

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Enjoyed a couple of beautiful warm days. Forgive me a sunset picture :oops:

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Not too bad on today's ride, last week I did the canal towpath which was a quagmire and earlier last week I did another ride that took me through Thursley Common and came back covered from head to toe in thick mud. But today was on the North Downs Way which is sandy here, as were all the bridle paths that loop back to home. One thing at this time of year, the leaves cover roots and holes in the path, if you're bombing downhill it looks like a flat surface of leaves, until...
 
Not too bad on today's ride, last week I did the canal towpath which was a quagmire and earlier last week I did another ride that took me through Thursley Common and came back covered from head to toe in thick mud. But today was on the North Downs Way which is sandy here, as were all the bridle paths that loop back to home. One thing at this time of year, the leaves cover roots and holes in the path, if you're bombing downhill it looks like a flat surface of leaves, until...
My bit of the North Downs isn't sandy so the water sits on the trails which often seem to be slightly lower than the surrounding ground - years, if not centuries, of use I guess. I'm also having to drop off the Downs to find off-road trails and they seem to be the muddiest especially around the old quarries just south of the M23/M25 interchange.

ETA: Yes, leaves cover a multitude of hidden traps.
 
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