Day 1 - Oakham to Stamford

27th March 2008.
16 miles (plus 3 miles or so for the walk to and from Peterborough train station). Initially walking along the northern shore of Rutland Water, then cutting south east to Ketton and Easton-on-the-Hill before heading northeast to end at Stamford.
Hereward Way - Day 1, Oakham to Stamford. 16 miles.
Parish church, Oakham
Detail, parish church, Oakham
Hereward Way sign, Rutland Water
View over Rutland Water, Barnsdale
Looking back over Rutland Water from Barnsdale
Rutland views
Trio of powerboats, Whitwell
Dam wall, Sykes Lane
St Peter's church, Empingham
St Peter's churchyard, Empingham
Thatched cottages, Empingham
Heavy boots! Crossing fields, New Wood approaching Ketton
Quarry and Ketton Cement
Archway, Church Street, Ketton
Foot- and roadbridges over the river, Ketton
Easton on the Hill
A final claggy field crossing
Approaching the A1 with Stamford beyond
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