2013-11-16 Cambridge via Duddenhoe End

I know nothing By the way Oliver, that route up the Narroway, along Powerscroft and over Millfield is perfect - thanks for that!

You're welcome. Glad you liked it. It's part of the ancient Porters' Route, or Black Path, which you can still trace on a map, although it's been interrupted in several places. Once upon a time, a spur of it would have gone to Spitalfields Market and either along, or very near, Brick Lane, where you started off. The best way of getting up to Lea Bridge is to follow it most of the way, i.e. go north from the polo court, right into Chambord Street, Columbia Road, turn left into Goldsmith's Row, and then all the way to Mare Street in a straight line. (It's interrupted at Hackney Town Hall and at Clapton Square, where you have to go slightly out of your way.) The only reason the DD route sheet points you at the Lea Bridge roundabout is because of the numbers.