Huntingdonshire & Peterborough and Cambridgeshire & Isle of Ely

Walk Details:
Date: 6/7/2005 (originally 12/2/2005)
Total ascent: n/a
Total distance walked: n/a
Walk difficulty: n/a
Enjoyment rating: n/a
Best bits: 2 "free" tops!
Worst bits: This report is now out of sequence…
Walkers: Anth, Jim
Car Parking: n/a

Top details (1):
Name: Boring Field
County top number: 81 of 206
Grid reference: TL 04931 71254
Height above sea level: 83m/ 272ft
How nice was the top? n/a
Views? n/a
Description/Notes: The highest point in the former county of Huntingdonshire & Peterborough is up a ramp close to a farmhouse a kilometre north east of Covington

Top details (2):
Name: Great Chishill
County top number: 82 of 206
Grid reference: TL 42627 38640
Height above sea level: 146m/ 479ft
How nice was the top? n/a
Views? n/a
Description/Notes: The highest point in the former county of Cambridgeshire & Isle of Ely is an unmarked point in a field to the east of the village of Great Chishill

The Walk

A bizarre one this; we "bagged" two tops without having to visit them at all. As a result of some research into historical counties I discovered two new administrative counties: Huntingdonshire & Peterborough and Cambridgeshire & Isle of Ely. Both counties had been created in 1966 from the mergers of other counties, but existed for a mere nine years before being abolished (presumably because of their cumbersome monikers!).

Fortunately we'd already visited the highest points in these "new" counties whilst we were bagging the county tops of Huntingdonshire and Cambridgeshire. So my diligent research had earned us another couple of county tops without having to even go outside! Hurrah!

To access the trip report for our previous trip to Huntingdonshire click here. (also the top for Huntingdonshire & Peterborough). To access the trip report for our previous visit to Cambridgeshire click here. (also the top for Cambridgeshire and Isle of Ely).