We started off at 9:30 and cruised east along the Old West River. To be honest the Old West River isn't the most exciting of journeys as it passes through flat agricultural country, often obstructed by the high flood banks. Nothing wrong with it, but little that would lead anyone to say anything other than "quite nice" even at the best sections.
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| Hovering Common Tern |
Travel is normally fairly slow as the water is shallow but today the pleasure was further limited by the strong wind that made steering the boat hard work. We did enjoy watching the plentiful common terns hovering over the water and occasionally diving in a usually unsuccesful attempt to grab a fish.
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| Juvenile Great Crested Grebe |
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| Moored near Popes Corner |
By lunchtime we had reached the moorings not far from the end of the OWR where it meets the Cam to re-form the Great Ouse. We need to go to nearby Ely to shop but as the weather forecast is not good for the next two days we decided to stop here tonight and spend the following two nights in Ely where mooring is limited to 48 hours.
I walked to Popes corner and saw a bird I did not immediately recognise, but was able to take a clear high magnification picture. Our bird book later confirmed it as a juvenile Great Crested Grebe.
7.78 miles 0 locks 2.5 hours.
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