So, the bus was a 45 minute wait and I walked the High Street until I spotted a chippie (was really hungry and thought a piece of cod would hit the spot) behind the Cross Keys Hotel.  I drenched the fish in vinegar and downed it as quickly as the searing heat allowed then went [...]

The Duke of York was also dead late in the afternoon but I didn’t think I had time to socialise anyway so downed my pint of Flowers IPA whilst inspecting the small establishment centered on a half circle bar.  Good windows out on the High Street )D of Y is at the south end of [...]

The Crocus is in a modern building out on the hill south of Saffron Walden in the midst of the modern housing that has developed as S.W. has grown.  I stopped in to rehydrate with a Fosters (no ales) and to change back into my dry clothes.  I could’ve done it at the bar as [...]

This month was very good for the progress of the Run Across Britain, if not for the shear number of new miles logged then for the psychological boost brought on by piercing the membranes of Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex, and Hertfordshire thus expanding this at least to more than just a Run Across Cambridgeshire {this is [...]

The weather has been absolutely gorgeous except for the times when it has been completely shit.  Above, there was a nice day in the village, so I shot the house (above) on my way to catch the bus to work. Then, I noticed that the neighbourhood kids must have been bored the night before, having [...]

With twenty minutes until the next bus there was just time for a pint of Elgood’s Golden Newt (strong cocoa flavour to this one) at the Old English Gentleman.  The pub was friendly though packed, the landlady was attentive and cheerful, the architecture was like being in an old ships hold or in a pub [...]

Decided on a kebab after wolfing down a beer before the bus and thought I had time; but, coming out of the kebab shop I spotted the bus passing and tried to race it for about a mile but never got to another bus stop before it cleared town traffic and left me to walk [...]

There was time before the bus to Cambridge to grab a quick one and I found it irresistable to pass up a bar called the Temperance.  Unfortunately, that was just one of those misreadings and the place was actually the Temeraire, but by that time I had already ordered a White Adder and found my [...]

The King’s Arms is on Market Hill in Saffron Walden, a side street just below the big church.  Seek it out, it is a nice old brick building with a pleasant porch in the parking lot and friendly folks populating the place. I had a Bateman’s XXXB and had a look around at the slate [...]