Keith Edkins photos from 01 September 2007 to 01 October 2007

Bridge over ditch beside New Ghant Drove The track over the Bridge is called Five Hundred Drove and leads to the western outskirts of Manea.

Distant storm over the Fens

Five Hundred Drove in the rain Sorry about the raindrop, but it gives some idea of what conditions were like!

Flood gauges on road across Ouse Washes I can't help feeling that if the water was 8 feet deep, these gauges would come too late to save you!

Footpath junction sign on Bishop's Land One path leads into the middle of Bishop's Land, the other back to the centre of Manea.

House on Old Pools Drove

Public bridleway to the Ouse Washes Leads from the Manea-Chatteris road to the Washes at TL4786 near Welches Dam.

Rainbow seen from Littleport station

Road to Rookery Farm This was Strictly No Admittance so I had no choice but to shoot straight into the sun.

Sluice on Old Bedford River at Welney

Track to The Apes Hall The Apes Hall is presumably behind the trees. I never got to see it.

Harvesting potatoes on Hill Farm

Nissen hut with distant windfarm.

Enclosure of straw bales These seemed to be last year's bales - judging by the weeds growing on them - and mark off a little yard for piles of sand etc.

Harvester on New Pools Farm. Probably for sugar beet, or maybe potatoes. (Maybe an Edenhall machine?)

Harvesting on New Ghant Farm

Parked plough beside the B1093

Stacked vegetable crates at West Wood Farm Probably for potatoes, which are the dominant crop around here

Wall of straw bales at Little Mare Fen

The Five Hundred A featureless fen near Manea. If you look very hard you can see a wind farm in the distance.

Agricultural Conveyors by roadside at New Pools Farm

Straw bales higher than house on Dairy Drove

Milestone II miles to Cambridge Carrying date 1729 and the crescent arms of Trinity Hall. Many milestones around Cambridge carry these arms, having been erected by Dr William Warren, Fellow of the Hal…

Dilapidated wagon at Markswood Farm

Lone tree with distant radar The Debden Radar in the background, which serves Stansted Airport, can be seen more closely in 280029. The tree is near the Harcamlow Way.

Pond and Barns at The Lodge

Pylon over Littley Wood East and Grove Spring The edge of nearer wood (Littley Wood East) is hard to make out: it is just about in line with the pylon

Straw bales and crossing cables near Frogsgreen Farm

Track of old Roman Road

Tractor doing its thing at Markswood Farm

Yardley Farm Early C17 barn, timber framed and weatherboarded with grey slate roof. Grade II listed. http://www.heritagegateway.org.uk/Gateway/Results_Single.aspx?resourceID=5=122264

Edge of Forty Acre Wood Part of the plantations surrounding Shortgrove Park, seen from the Harcamlow Way.

Westwood Lodge Contrary to my original titling this is not the grade II listed Friars Farm farmhouse, which is out of sight to the left of the red brick lodge.

Spring Close

Green Lane living up to its name

Looking up towards Millow Hall Farm

Maize field near Cockayne Hatley

Newspring Water Works By the side of the A1

Straw bale castle and a "pigtail" cultivator (thanks to Michael Trolove for identifying this). The curl at the top of the spring tine is likened to a pigs tail!

Two horses with but a single thought "He looks like a soft touch for sugar lumps!" (They were wrong)

War Memorial, Ashwell Circa 1919 by Sir Edwin Lutyens. Portland stone. Tapering chamfered cross with stepped plinth, rectangular podium and circular steps. The 3-stage plinth has names of fallen inscr…

The March Hare PH, Dunton

Irrigation control box on Newspring Farm

I came by the Scenic Route There's a Scenic Route sign at the turn off the B1042, and this is presumably what they mean. 2265 can just be seen close to the centre.

The Chequers PH, Wrestlingworth Late C17 or early C18. Colourwashed roughcast render, apparently encasing some timber framing. Clay tile roof of fairly steep pitch. LH gable end has projecting brick c…

Derelict barn at Plantation Farm

Ruins of Hooks Mill Farm

Horse tethered beside the Great Ouse

Bean field beside Mile End Road One of the 36 Views of Ely Cathedral

Dumped vehicles on Black Horse Drove Keeping Britain's countryside beautiful!