East to West Photos: Day 7

26 March (0730-1700)
Distance: 22.5 miles (Tot: 130 miles) (Admiralty Point to N of Holbeach St Matthew)
Weather: cloud, two light showers, a chilling wind

I’m not sure why there aren’t more photos of this day, as we made our way around The Wash, via Sutton Bridge, to Holbeach St Matthew. I do recall that it was the coldest I got on the entire trip, so maybe that was why I didn’t get the camera out more.

Similar to the end of Day 6, most of this day was spent walking along sea defences, where on the seaward side were salt marshes and a sea view. The lumps in the photo below are two man-made islands; the second one in particular was deceptive in its position and seemed to be just ahead of us for hours upon hours, making us feel like we were making slow progress. 

About 150 yards away from the lighthouse in the photo below, directly across the River Nene, was another, matching, white lighthouse. There being not a bridge between them, we had to walk 6.5 miles to get to the one on the other side. On the plus side, we did get to see some of the industry on the river, and to meet an interesting family in Sutton Bridge when we gate-crashed their closed pub for a cup of tea.

There are no photos of the next 15 miles, even though my memory tells me that there were things that should have been photographed. Fifteen miles later, we were on the lookout for somewhere to pitch and were more than happy to find a perfectly flat area next to a pumping station and with the benefit of the camouflage of the green palings (funny to think that we were hiding behind gappy fencing), I was happy to pitch well before dark. As far as we’re aware, no-one passed by whilst we were there. The pitch may look a bit industrial from the photo above, but taken from a different angle it was completely inoffensive rural pitch (and I’m pleased to say that with the low water levels in the drainage channels, the pumping station didn’t suddenly start up during our stay).

The original post about Day 7 can be found here.