| Today I did the last part of my journey, cycling the length of one of Mother Thames's favourite daughters, the Lea (or Lee). I've also checked off most of Lea's nephews and nieces in the form of the major tributaries Rivers Ash, Beane, Mimram, Rib (Quin), Stort; And the brooks, Bayford, Broxbourne mill, Spital, Small River Lea & Turnford, Wormleybury. With each of these, I've gone as close as I can to the source and then followed towpaths, bridlepaths or roads as close as I can to each stream all the way to where it joins the Lea and ultimately the Thames. At some stage to do this properly I should probably check off the rivers Moselle and Ching. And at least the Cuffley and Turkey Brooks. There's also the Limehouse cut to follow. Today's journey was from Ware to Leamouth where it joins the Thames and back again with a diversion to Victoria Park and the Hertford Union Canal Cut. The catch was the NE wind behind me on the way down and in my face on the way home complete with a few minutes of driving rain. It's always a pain when the hard work is on the way home! Details here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/River_Lea And an excellent write up of the paths and features from Diamond Geezer, here: http://lndn.blogspot.com/2009_08_01_lndn_archive.html http://www.flickr.com/photos/dgeezer/sets/72157621790088657   River Lea - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia >>[edit] Etymology. The River Lea was first recorded in the 9th century, although its name is believed to be much older. Spellings from the Anglo-Saxon period include Lig(e)an in 880 and Lygan in 895, a... [from: Google+ Posts] |
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