Little (of interest) Ouse

Straight after breakfast we moved further up the Great Ouse from Ten Mile Bank to Brandon Creek. The EA moorings immediately past the Ship pub were empty, and we stopped there. I cycled back to get the car, we had lunch and talked to the crew of nb Moor and Peace.

Then we set off up the Little Ouse River, past the long Little Ouse Moorings and noting the diesel bay for later in the week (it's closed Sun, Mon and Tue).

We have to say that we found the Little Ouse rather unexciting. Oh for a lock! There is one on this river, at Brandon, but at about 40' it's too short for us.

One moment of light relief was this sign.

Nearing Lakenheath these three white domes appeared on the horizon.

I think they house radar scanners.

Further on we spotted a man observing something through a telescope, so we looked where he was looking and saw this.

Some sort of snipe, but that's where our bird knowledge ends.

We crossed an aqueduct over the Cut Off Channel and passed sluice gates, both features almost identical to those on the Wissey. Again, the Cut Off Channel is rendered invisible by the high sides of the aqueduct.

As we approached Brandon the railway line comes close.

After 14 miles in four hours we were very relieved to see the EA moorings just below the lock.

We tied up and don't want to think about the return journey yet! (I hope the title of this post doesn't offend anyone.)