Paxton pits and St Neots

Densie moored at Paxton Pits

We spent the morning walking around Paxton Pits Nature Reserve a former gravel quarry that is now a well known bird haven.  Our best sightings were a goldcrest which Denise missed and a cuckoo flying over the reserve, only the second one either of us have ever seen.  We must come back in the evening some time as Paxton Pits is apparently one of the best places in the country to see and hear nightingales.

In St Neots lock

We returned to the boat and set off for St Neots just before lunch, arriving there 90 minutes later  after ascending the double length St Neots Lock.  After lunch on the boat, it started to rain, but this did not stop us walking to the nearby Waitrose to stock up for the next 4 days.

3.12 miles 1 lock 1hour 40 mins cruising