Lincolnshire - 9th-10th September
I had reached King's Lynn at the end of July, where I had caught a train back to London, leaving the North Sea coast free for holidaymakers during the school holidays. It was the end of the first week in September when I started off again, catching the train back to King's Lynn and cycling off along the course of the old A17. This is a trip I've made many times and I didn't feel the need to take the detours that the NSCR takes to avoid traffic. I almost regretted this decision as the heavy lorries hurtled past me on the A17 between Saracen's Head and Fosdyke, but it was soon over and I was back among fields full of cabbages again. I should say here that although I raced through this part of the journey it's well worth making a few stops to see some of the astonishing fenland churches, especially the one at Walpole St Peter. River Welland at Fosdyke Bridge Cabbages On the way to Boston I found another dyke, but this one was made getting on for 2000...