Ships of the Fens

From the carriage window on my train trip to Cambridge the other day I snatched a couple of photos. I knew that I'd see boats on the approach to Ely, but I wasn't ready with my camera when I first saw them.


I missed my best chance of a shot of Ely Cathedral too: I could see that a load of trees were rapidly going to block my view, but I managed to get something, despite one right in front of me here. The train was going too fast!


Ely Cathedral is known as the "Ship of the Fens" as it used to be surrounded by a lot more water before the fens were drained. The town (city?) itself was the "Isle of Ely".