GMT20c – The Orwell Clunch Pit
By: snowgood
Tags: Cambridgeshire, Greenwich Meridian Trail, Orwell Clunch Pit
Category: Walking
| Aperture: | f/2.4 |
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| Focal Length: | 1.54mm |
| ISO: | 20 |
| Shutter: | 1/0 sec |
| Camera: | iPhone 11 |
After squeezing may way up the steps running beside St.Andrews Church the Greenwich Meridian Trail popped out onto the slopes above Orwell.
Two children were trying to launch a kite, perhaps it was too heavy or maybe the breeze to light.
Somehow it wouldn’t take top skies.
I carried on climbing expecting to reach the summit.
Much to my surprise the path led through a kissing gate, and then opened up onto the Orwell Clunch.
In essence this is a crater like excavation which reminded me of the Lochnagar Crater I discovered whilst touring The Somme.
Unlike the void left by an allied mine at La Boisselle this crater was caused my locals digging up the soft chalk for use as a building material.
If you ever find yourself at a loose end near Cambridge, then this is a super site for a summer picnic.
That’s assuming such things are legal during lokdown!
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