Sunday 20th August 2023
We left the site and had an uneventful trip (well apart from an unseen speed hump) to Saffron Walden which we decided was a good halfway stopover point.
Saffron Walden is a market town about 15 miles south of Cambridge it retains a rural appearance and some buildings of the medieval period, it has an air or affluence.
Its original name was Chepyng Market but in the 16/17th century the saffron crocus was widely grown thanks to the town’s favourable soil and climate. The stigmas of the flower were used in medicines, as a condiment, an expensive yellow dye and as an aphrodisiac .
There was more to see at Saffron Walden and I’m sure we will return in the future.
We are now spending 2 nights on a NT campsite at Houghton Mill, Houghton Cambridgeshire. The camp site is on a stretch of the Great Ouse River. It’s an expensive site and very much like CandC sites very regimented but the facilities are superb.
After setting up we walked into Houghton Village, very little here in the way of commerce but very interesting buildings.
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