Saturday 8 August 2015

Prickwillow on the River Lark

After a very quiet night we returned to Ely for a pump-out and to refill with water.  These tasks done we continued downstream before turning right onto the River Lark, one of the main tributaries of the Great Ouse.  A couple of miles further on along this typical fenland waterway - high banks with little visibility of the flat farmland beyond - we have moored in the delightfully named small village of Prickwillow.  We aren't here for the shops, there aren't any, or to visit the pub as there isn't one.  What there is,though, is a museum of Fenland water drainage engines with a collection of old pumping engines.  These are run occasionally, the next time being tomorrow.   So we will stay here until Monday morning.

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