Wednesday 16th July

We managed to get away at 0945hrs this morning - our earliest yet. We retraced our way back down the Burwell Lode and joined the Cam. We had already decided where we wanted to moor and luckily there was a space waiting for us. We had had to pass through 2 locks on the way - quite a shock as there have been so few locks to date.





Another Black Swan (not so rare)





The Cam becomes much more interesting as you progress down it - we were both surprised how wide it is, although I don't know why.


It was still only 1.30pm and we knew we were only about 6 miles from Cambridge city centre. The towpath doubles up as a cycle track, so we set off on the bikes to see how far we could go. We actually arrived in the city about 45 minutes later. We padlocked the bikes - two of thousands - and set off by foot to have a quick look around.

The River Cam as you enter Cambridge

We saw the public moorings and will try to get one tomorrow morning. There are a lot of residential boats on the river which means there is limited mooring for visitors.

We cycled back to the boat against a fairly stiff breeze - feel we should be getting fitter but we were both exhausted

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Boat Crews in training past our mooring

The lady in the boat next to us is widowed and has been travelling on her narrowboat by herself for two years managing all the locks, mooring etc by herself!! Puts me to shame!!