Easter Monday saw all the Titans gathered together again, this time in Cambridge. The plan was to have a long flat walk stringing together the two landmarks, which are designated as both Scheduled Monuments of great historical and archaeological interest and Sites of Special Scientific Interest. (The Titans' interest was mostly brought about from the flat bit.)
The grey sky and drizzle gave us all a chance to have a good look at our rain gear. Mnemosyne and Prom took the opportunity to try out their full wet weather ensemble, Medusa realised her trusty old walking boots had holes in them and decided to take a gamble and packed her waterproof trousers at the bottom of her bag.
Starting in the little village of Balsham, which lies south east of Cambridge, the team headed south along the fields until they reached the Roman Road, where they headed westwards. Happily, it lived up to its reputation, being lovely and straight, keeping the need for navigation skills to a minimum and very good progress was made along it.
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| Titans modelling wet weather gear |
In time, (and after a few slugs of weird tasting isotonic drinks - orange flavour seems to be favoured at the moment) the group headed back up north, towards Wandlebury Country Park. Turning east, they soon came across a flight of stairs leading up on to the Fleam Dyke. It turned out to be quite a narrow path, high above the rest of the fields, with a slight tilt to the path . We even got some regular ascent and decent as the path often dropped to the level of the fields then went straight back up to it's former height. (Not always so flat, then!)
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| The flatlands of Cambridge |
At about mile 17, the constant drizzle, weird camber and a mud bath (wouldn't be a walk without it...) saw Mnemosyne and Medusa heading for the pub in Balsham, happy with their efforts for the day. Prom and Theia battled on bravely for another few miles to make it to the magic figure of 20 miles. Luckily M&M were on hand with the car to pick them up and the team headed off for a nice hot meal.
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| Medusa modelling mud |
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| ....and from behind. |
Worth noting.... After the walk, very few aches and pains were felt by anyone on the team, even a day or so later. Things are improving!!!
