Day 34: Bishop's Stortford

I've had a couple of rest days after coming back from Lancaster (520 mile round trip!) so back in the swing by heading off out to Bishop's Stortford, for the sole reason of having a walk around.

I was in the town a year ago to watch a highly fractious match between Billericay Town U13 and Brentwood Town U13. Prior to that I'd been at the same stadium to see a goalless draw between Bishop's Stortford and Barking with my dad, when I was about 16. I didn't go anywhere near there today!

Much of the walk was along the picturesque urbanity of the river Stort, which (like Ipswich) has a well laid out river path, with lots of new apartments on either side.









I particularly like the country market which appears to be held in someone's garage.



While walking back to the car I saw this boundary stone. Bishops Stortford is wholly in Hertfordshire now - looks like at some point in the past, it was in Essex. Mr Google has been unable to tell me when this stone no longer became part of the boundary between the counties.

3.09 miles in 1 hr 1 min 23 sec (ave 3.02mph)
Calories burned 508; steps taken 6,851; elevation 108 ft
8 deg C, cloudy