Day 7: Bedford to St Ives
Kits, cats, sacks and wives, how many going to St Ives? Tricky question but around 50 pilgrims will be! This is a pleasant day's walk, not too taxing, through agricultural land, with church stops in a variety of villages. We skirt the brand new town on Cambourne (so new that it wasn’t on the map we used when we drove up to go route planning). The church at Elsworth, which we visit just after lunch,was where Rev. Wilbert Awdry, author of Thomas the Tank Engine, was at one time rector. At the end of the day, we walk to St Ives upstream along the River Great Ouse; the last stop being a chapel on the 15th-century bridge. You will be seeing a lot more of the River Great Ouse, in fact walking most of it, in forthcoming days to King's Lynn.
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There was a late change to our schedule: a fallen tree was blocking the entrance to SS Peter & Paul, Little Gransden so our Eucharist was in St Bartholomew, Great Gransden Howard & Theresa Park
St Bartholomew, Great Gransden Howard & Theresa Park
St Bartholomew, Great Gransden Howard & Theresa Park
Look who we found on our way to Pilgrimage 2012 Aidan Simons Original Tweet
St Andrew's, Caxton Howard & Theresa Park
St Andrew's, Caxton Howard & Theresa Park
St Andrew's, Caxton Howard & Theresa Park
St Andrew's, Caxton Howard & Theresa Park
Pilgrimage 2012 English summer! (heading back to meet the pilgrims approaching Elsworth) Pilgrimage 2012 Original Tweet
I'm leading Pilgrimage 2012 in the rain... Pilgrimage 2012 Original Tweet
Simon looks alarmed to be caught on camera participating in Pilgrimage 2012 Pilgrimage 2012 Original Tweet
Pilgrimage 2012 Basil the day pilgrim Michael Gamble Original Tweet
Holy Trinity, Elsworth Howard & Theresa Park
Holy Trinity, Elsworth Howard & Theresa Park
Holy Trinity, Elsworth Howard & Theresa Park
Pilgrimage 2012 the church at Elsworth was where the author of Thomas the Tank Engine was once the vicar Michael Gamble Original Tweet
Sheltering from the rain at Elsworth Pilgrimage 2012 Aidan Simons Original Tweet
Post lunch prayers Pilgrimage 2012 Aidan Simons Original Tweet
Pilgrimage 2012 Michael chats to the priest at St Mary's, Conington Michael Gamble Original Tweet
Pilgrimage 2012 drink stop at Conington Aidan Simons Original Tweet
Pilgrimage 2012 Concentration from Howard at Conington Pilgrimage 2012 Original Tweet
Pilgrimage 2012 tree obstacle course Fran Gamble Original Tweet
Pilgrimage 2012 St Peter and St Paul, Fenstanton Aidan Simons Original Tweet
Pilgrimage 2012 Millennium window at Fenstanton Pilgrimage 2012 Original Tweet
Pilgrimage 2012 why does it always rain on our day? John Chenery Original Tweet
Pilgrimage 2012 River Great Ouse in St Ives - nearly there... Pilgrimage 2012 Original Tweet
Pilgrimage 2012 Passing the chapel on the bridge - sadly we couldn't get the key to unlock it. Pilgrimage 2012 Original Tweet
Pilgrimage 2012 Get my feet out of these wet boots! Pilgrimage 2012 Original Tweet
Pilgrimage 2012 enjoying the river Fran Gamble Original Tweet
Pilgrimage 2012 St Ives hall featuring day pilgrims B & A Simons John Chenery Original Tweet
St Ives Howard & Theresa Park
St Ives, Mike & Jonny Howard & Theresa Park
