Day 39: Ickelford to Melbourn

No, we did not miss our way and end up back in Oz; nor did I spell it incorrectly lol. An unusual day! We skipped breakfast (not like us at all) and headed off on the bus into Hitchin, the next village, as Keith needed to have new heels on his boots as he had worn them right down. So we took them in as soon as the cobblers opened and then had brekkie whilst we waited. Once the boots were repaired we were ready to go and as the buses aren't very frequent we took a cab back to Ickleford to start our days walk a little later than usual. We headed off on the Icknield Way into the countryside.

Along the way we had a chat to some of the locals.

The walking was very easy as we have reached flat country and the trail is well marked. We passed through predominantly agricultural land with fields alternating crops of Rape and cereals.

At lunchtime we dropped down into the gorgeous little village of Ashwell to stop at the pub to eat. There were old Tudor style houses

and a post box from the the reign of King George.

Back on the trail it was very straight forward as it ran almost in a straight line through more agricultural land and along the way we chatted to a group of lovely "free range" chooks 

before continuing to the Village of Melbourn in Cambridgeshire, our 10th County! We are now heading almost directly East and should reach Lowestoft (the Eastern most point in England) in the next week.