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Chapter 14: Hedge Fun

Still keen to bag Little Ouse, I plotted a return to Cambridgeshire for early May.  However, when I reviewed my longlist of baggable pillars, I struggled to find an efficient route which would take me near England’s lowest again.  Instead, a pleasant drive round the south of Cambridge appeared to be taking shape, with a couple of high-numbered pillars alongside farm driveways (10453 Monks Hall and 10671 Fowlmere) practically bookending a trip that promised an in-depth exploration of a wide variety of the county’s greenest hedges…. 11155 Littlebury Hedge is an easy roadsider, and its hedge has conveniently parted around it, seemingly to allow access to rockbothering lunatics.   On the other side of the road, a stretch of woodland offers a tempting ramble through a carpet of bluebells, so it’s a damn shame about all the Keep Out notices that encircle it.   I admired the flowers briefly from my car instead.   Sadly, S4368 Heydon demonstrates the necessity for suc...