This is the 4th post on a series about the Via Beata pilgrimage by bike concluded on the 3rd of August 2021.
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- Promote the cycling video for this day of the journey.
- Provide an overview of the route and allow for the download of a “cleaned-up” version of the GPX track we rode on this day of the journey’s.
- Provide the link to the written account for this day of the journey in Katy’s Blog.
- Provide the gallery of photographs that Katy and I took on this day of the journey.
- Provide links to useful online resources about this day of the journey.
- Provide a communication channel to enable readers and interested parties to ask questions or drop us a message through the blog.
1. The Video for this day of the journey
The 24m 23s video below was recorded between St Ives and Ecton on the 27th of July 2021.
2. The route we cycled on this day of the journey
The map below shows a “cleaned-up” version of our route between Lowestoft and East Harling on this day. By “cleaned-up” I mean, where I considered necessary, I edited the “real-life” track to exclude some of the mistakes or issues we encountered along the way, such as navigation errors, closed gates or other impassable obstacles (with a bike), etc. The objective being to prevent you from making these same mistakes or benefiting from the experience we acquired while riding on this route. Keep in mind everything changes… life is dynamic, roads and paths are closed for maintenance or become impassable for a number of reasons, access to certain locations may become restricted, etc. Use it at your own risk.
In addition to the raw GPX route shown in the map above, which you may download through the link below the map, I have also created a Google Maps version of the entire route in the EyeCycled Google Account.
To visualise the Google Map of the Via Beata route and main Waypoints please click on the link below (opens in a new tab).
https://www.google.com/maps/d/edit?mid=1mKIjBROBR1o6IiHTRx0Mh6dNUSpa7oc&usp=sharing
3. Katy’s written account of the day
Please click on the picture below to be taken to her blog post.
4. Photo-Gallery
A picture is worth a thousand words.
These are the pictures we took on this day of the journey. Where possible we provided some context in every picture taken. These pictures are not to be sold or used without prior consent.
Click on the thumbnail to expand picture and read about that moment. The navigation numbers below each gallery refer to the number of viewable pages in the gallery.
Day 03 Photos (Third day of the 10 days journey)
5. Links to useful online resources for this day of the journey.
We are giving you our experiences here for free, but it is up to you if you want to replicate them or not. Each journey is different and you may want to plan a custom one for you. Hopefully some of your journey may match ours, but for any portions that don’t these are useful online resources for this day.
| # | Resource Link | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Golden Lion Hotel in St Ives | This is the Hotel we departed from on this day of the journey. We enjoyed our stay here and have no issues recommending it to you. |
| 2 | Houghton Mill | Read about the Houghton Mill in the village of Houghton in Cambridgeshire. It has been there for over 1,000 years. |
| 3 | Way-Station: Rest For Your Souls, Little Stukeley | This way-station is located on the grounds of the Beacon Centre, which is a Baptist place of worship in Little Stukeley, Cambridgeshire. |
| 4 | Ely Cathedral | Ely Cathedral is definitely worth a visit. |
| 5 | Way-Station: Obedient Unto Death, Little Gidding, Cambridgeshire | Little Gidding is a Way-Station but also the fourth and final poem of T. S. Eliot's Four Quartets, a series of poems that discuss time, perspective, humanity, and salvation which is one of Katy's favourite poems. |
| 6 | Stanwick Lakes Country Park | Stanwick Lakes Country Park comprises of 750 acres (304 hectares) of former gravel pits. Prior to the construction of a bypass road, a Roman villa was excavated between 1984–1992 and several mosaics were found. In 2013, one of the mosaics was returned after being studied and is now on display in the Park's Visitor Centre. There are still extensive archaeological remains in this area, including a mid-late Anglo-Saxon and medieval settlements abandoned before 1450. |
| 7 | The World’s End hotel in Ecton | This is the Hotel we stayed at the end of this day's journey. We enjoyed our stay here and have no issues recommending it to you. |
6. How to get in touch with us
The easiest way is to use the form below and send us a message, but you can also leave comments both here as well as in YouTube or our social media accounts. Kepp in mind we do this as a hobby, not as a job, so our responses might be delayed. We aim to provide a response within a week, but it can happen that we are travelling or otherwise unavailable for longer than that. If you didn’t receive a response within 2 weeks, but send us a folloy-up message.
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