Travels Abroad: London and Europe: London, UK Spring 2015: 3) "Three Villages Walk"

Monday morning we left London for two days and a night, on our way to Peterborough and beyond. We traveled from East Croydon Station to Victoria Station by fast train, then took a tube to Kings Cross Station. We were supposed to take the 11:05, but it was cancelled due to a faulty train. We had to bite the bullet and wait for the 11:08. Hahahaha. We suffered through the 3 minute delay and were soon on our way. The only stop was called Stevenage; the rest of the time we were barreling through the countryside at top speed.

Once in Peterborough, where we would spend the night, we had to take a bus into the countryside to get to our walk. Bus #201 left from the central bus depot, across from the train station, depositing us in the tiny village of Barnack. From here we walked a loop of over 5 miles, passing through three villages (and two pubs!). We were in and out of Cambridgeshire and Lincolnshire on the walk, which straddles the border between the two counties. Once complete we caught the bus back to Peterborough, walked to our small hotel to check in, then came back to town later for dinner (in a pub). It turned into a really fun day in the countryside, and then back for an evening in the main town.

Our GPS route, as marked on Google Earth. We began and ended in Barnack, moving clockwise to Bainton. Our half way stop was at the White Hart in Ufford.