Ely Museum

... . Sat 6th August Andy and Sue went off on their bicycles to collect their car from Hilgay, while we visited the Drainage Museum. This houses a collection of old pumping engines, mostly in working order, and tells the story of how the fens drainage ...

On to our next historic site.  Of course, even though I was driving, I was just along for the ride.  Between Becky, the ultimate anglophile and Chas -- the best tour coordinator, I knew that I was in good hands.   Getting to our next ...

... that Oliver Cromwell had lived in with his wife and eight children for much of his married life. It was like a lot of small museums, but very well done and a great experience.   It started with a video of Cromwell's life and then we moved through ...

... wanted to be.  We went and did the things we hadn’t done earlier in Ely – the market, the Ely Museum, and Cromwell’s house. Springwater arrived late in the afternoon, having had the propeller changed at Earith. The old one was too ...