Onto the Fens

On the Middle Levels

After an enjoyable weekend in Peterborough we are on the move again.  We left the Nene at 9:30 and locked down onto the Middle Levels on a course which will take us across the fens to the Great Ouse. The scenery is definitely an acquired taste, flat farmland crossed by mainly straight waterways. Visibility is often constrained by high embankments either side of the waterway, its main purpose being water control rather than navigation.  However there are frequent good views of windfarms the fens being an ideal location with lots of land, continuous winds, and few people around to object.  I find they are an enhancement making up the the absence of any other striking features.

Moorings are limited but we have found somewhere to stop in March, a rather busy little town, which has the advantage of a Launderette not far away.  After 3 weeks our clothes bag is rather full.