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jackI cycled to St Ives and swam across the Ouse!
It was actually a useful part of the walk, as I started where the busway crosses the river, then walked through St Ives, and through The Thicket paths. Then there's no bridge yet before Houghton, but I found a place that was easy to get into the water from both sides (almost opposite but not quite).
Changed under big magically thin towel. Everything into dry bag and plunge in. The water was incredibly lovely, I didn't want to get out.
Then walk back through the meadows on the South side of the Ouse, just outside St Ives.
I also stopped at a lovely Terrace restaurant right over the river, and stopped in the Norris museum which was really nice and sold me some small pretty notebooks.
It was actually a useful part of the walk, as I started where the busway crosses the river, then walked through St Ives, and through The Thicket paths. Then there's no bridge yet before Houghton, but I found a place that was easy to get into the water from both sides (almost opposite but not quite).
Changed under big magically thin towel. Everything into dry bag and plunge in. The water was incredibly lovely, I didn't want to get out.
Then walk back through the meadows on the South side of the Ouse, just outside St Ives.
I also stopped at a lovely Terrace restaurant right over the river, and stopped in the Norris museum which was really nice and sold me some small pretty notebooks.
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Date: 2023-06-17 08:27 pm (UTC)I didn't read carefully enough first time, and wondered if that included the bicycle ;)
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Date: 2023-06-18 10:23 am (UTC)That would be very fun for less linear trips. "Cycle to A. Swim to B. Cycle on from B.." But it would require a lot more logistics, and only if I wanted a pure cycling trip. Whereas it's quite often there's one bridge, but the nice circular walk doesn't quite stretch to the NEXT bridge :)