Introduction
An early start with rain forecast. New territory for cycling if not for walking. We cycled up the busway, turning off for Rampton then on to Willingham before venturing up the long straight B1050 to Earith. Not too busy on a Sunday. From Earith we went north to Colne and visited the old church. South to Bluntisham for the third sign. Fortunately there is a cycle path from here into St Ives along the A1123. We went to Needlingworth and detoured to Holywell although I knew that they shared a sign. Back to Needingworth to discover that the sign was "REMOVED FOR REFURBISHMENT". We went into St Ives for refreshment and back to Cambridge via the busway.
Earith
Single sided. River, boat, ice skaters, fish and eels.
Plaque on post: "Donated to the Parish of Earith by Mr & Mrs F.W.Carrington in appreciation of their many years of happy association with the village"
Colne
Single sided. Church, Roman centurian, apple tree with fruit picker and baskets of fruit.
Bluntisham
Single sided painting under glass. Difficult to photograph because of the reflection. Church, war memorial, ice skaters and monument with road sign. The painting is very poor condition and has cracked badly.
Holywell
A separate village on my list - but has a combined sign as Needingworth cum Holywell. Just to prove we went there:
Needingworth cum Holywell
Disappointingly "VILLAGE SIGN REMOVED FOR REFURBISHMENT"
94 village signs in 30 rides. We have now visited all villages within 15.5km of our home. The next village is Haddenham at 15.6km followed by Stretham at 15.9km which is difficult to cycle to without using the A10. Little Thetford at 18.3km is the next nearest after these.
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