HIGHLAND CATTLE, AS LOW AS POSSIBLE

It's now time to leave Huntingdon behind, though only a mile or so, as our first stop is Hartford, where there's a great Charles Wells house called the King of the Belgians.

Somehow, we find our way across the Great Ouse, to Godmanchester, where there is a basin for boats navigating the river.

 

Facing the basin is a pub, the Royal Oak.

There are at least three other pubs in Godmanchester. First up is the Exhibition, which is described as a 'gastropub' these days.

Here is the Black Bull. A decent pub, if I remember correctly.

Last, but not least, because there's a beer festival there, the White Hart.

We now follow the 'back road' towards St. Ives and soon come to Hemingford Abbots, where we find an excellent ex Mann's pub, called the Axe & Compasses.

The next village, Hemingford Grey, is close to the Great Ouse and floods are not unknown. The New Crown has long gone.

There is still a pub in Hemingford Grey, the Cock.

As we approach St. Ives (Cambridgeshire, of course), we are about to recross the Great Ouse and, looking off the bridge approach, find some Highland cattle. There are few places in the UK that are closer to sea level!

We now negotiate the bridge over the river and, in case you are worried, there's a chapel on the bridge, for a quick prayer.

There's a pleasant wharf in St. Ives for boats to moor and gongoozlers to watch.

In the very centre of town is the White Hart, where one can stay the night. 

In the next post, we'll find out what else is in St. Ives, then head north.