So, with just 7 days to go until the moonwalk, it was meant to be a resting weekend. Instead, we did a small 11.9 miles in 4 and a half hours. It was a day of Environment Agency signs becuase of the number of weirs and sluces we past. It was also a day of meadows and kissing gates, lots and lots of them. The walk started at Huntingdon train station, through fields of daisy's and buttercups. We passed a medieval bridge which is wonky, walked along the ouse and watched all of the boats out on a bank holiday afternoon trip. The weather was glorious sunshine, which crisped my shoulders. We walked into Houghton, the most English village I've ever seen. Thatched cottages, olde village store, a market square, a steam engine and a pub! We also found a house we love, only 1.5 million to raise.
On we walked to Houghton Mill, a national trust property which is incredibly popular, there were people everywhere! We passed a cricket match in Godmanchester, one of the prettiest places in the UK. In St Mary's church in Godmanchester we passed a tomb stone saying that a woman, aged 21, had been murdered. On the back it had her story. Her husband wanted a divorce becuase he wanted to marry someone else, so murdered her and then was caught and executed. At the top it said 'warning to both sexes'.
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