The long narrow stretch of Mouton Marsh nature reserve is entirely man-made, mostly as a result of soil extraction when the sea bank was raised in 1981. There are two large saline lagoons and a patch of woodland which used to be a refuse tip – this was planted with a variety of trees over a 10 year period. Good news…..

After more than 10 years of service my trusty boots finally bow out – no amount of glueing can hold them together anymore, it is time for the younger generation to take over, it is time for some new ones.

Yesterday we woke up to heavy rain so we took a day off walking to visit the beautiful Ely Cathedral – the ship of the fens. One of the few facts I remember from the guided tour was the reason why the cathedral had never been bombed – apparently the Luftwaffe used it as a navigation point for their attacks on London.