Stour Valley Path: Little Bradley to Stoke by Clare
24 October 2010
I picked up where I left off yesterday, but this time with Ellie for
company rather than George.
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Walking from Little Bradley to Little Thurlow, with the Stour in the
trees on the left.
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The church at Little Thurlow
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And a climbing wall in the school playground there
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Getting ready for Hallowe'en
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The route briefly takes to the main road through Great Thurlow before
heading back to the river.
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Ellie as we cross the Stour for the second of six times today.
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Looking back to Great Thurlow Hall and the church behind it
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A ploughed field always provides a good challenge in trying to stick to
the line of the right of way as there is no evidence on the ground of
the route.
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Safely across that there is grass and equestrian equipment
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Walking through Kedington, a fox strides along the roof of a thatched
cottage
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Arnie Lane leads us on a long walk along field-margins
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From our first flirtation with Essex, we look across the river valley
and to the low hill the path takes
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Ellie on the bridge over the Stour
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...which has got bigger since we last saw it.
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Another field crossing leads us to a quiet road which we follow under
the line of the Great Eastern railway from Cambridge to Colchester via
Haverhill and Long Melford.
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At Baythorne End we cross the river again and there is a lovely mill.
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The walk then takes to Baythorne Park, at first along the drive to the
house
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before we leave it at this point to continue near the river
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Late afternoon in Baythorne Park
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What appears to be a relatively new lake in the Park
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Sheep between the Essex/Suffolk border (perhaps the old route of the
river?) and the river itself beyond the trees.
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Returning to the banks of the river as we near Stoke by Clare and the
end of this afternoon's walk.
Total 15.8 km in 3 hours 44 mins.
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