エンバートンでの周辺の簡単なハイキングとウォーキング

I find it safe to lock my bike in the market square. They are visible from the cafe windows and the entrance to the fish and chip shop. It gives a bit of peace of mind.

The route does a dog-leg about here, which takes you to the other side of the hedge. The official bridleway route. I keep missing it - although you end up at the right place in the end as you travel parallel to it and rejoin through a gap in the hedge at the end of the field.

Cycle off the High Street to the Rugby club, signposted Sports area.

A lovely coffee and exceptional cannoli. There is a cycle rack across the road in the market carpark, which is visible from the cafe tables on the street. I will be returning here again :)

Great place to stop and watch the world go by

The route we followed is the new path. The one to the NE on OS maps is no longer there. Dont follow the road as wee did for awhile turn straight onto the footpath - it's fairly obvious.

Notable for its limestone brick work, Turvey is a charming little Bedfordshire village on the River Great Ouse. Of its six historic public houses, two remain: the Three Fyshes and the Three Cranes. The latter also boasts B&B rooms. Two buildings of note in the village are Turvey House and Turvey Abbey. Its parish church has Saxon origins but the building today is almost certainly post-Norman.

Olney is a beautiful market town on the River Great Ouse. Its picturesque streets are a great place for a mooch, with independent shops, charming cafes and traditional pubs. Just to the south of the town is excellent walking in Emberton Country Park and its pretty lakes. The town is well known for the Olney Pancake Race, which first took place in 1445. Every year, on Shrove Tuesday, the women of Olney run and flip their pancakes over a fixed distance, all while dressed as 'traditional housewives'.