Ely

Travelling up the Great Ouse

Ely Cathedral on a hill is visible for miles around

Left our mooring at 9am and cruised at over 4mph the whole 9 miles to Ely in grey and windy weather.  Its not an exciting stretch of waterway .  The section in the photograph is about 2.5 miles absolutely straight with nothing more to see than is apparent in that view. One usually knows where one is on the map from the few wires, mainly power lines, that cross the river.  Here there are none.

Moored at Ely along side Charlotte May

Our hope was to find somewhere available to moor in Ely which we knew could be difficult as it is a very popular place to stop and the only riverside town of any size between Kings Lynn and Huntingdon..  We couldnt see any space free from one end of the town to the other, but fortunately the crew of "Charlotte May" a similar sized narrow boat to ours, invited us to moor alongside.  Even better the mooring was outside a pub that seems to serve good food.  So here we are for a couple of days.