“I don’t know where else I can go, Over, Over”

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An easing of Lockdown to allow me to to stay overnight in Carluke and Caersws can’t come soon enough; the appeal of Huntingdonshire is wearing thin.

That’s not to say little Over is without charm, even for this Charming Man.

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On the other side of the sign there’s a pashmina
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Reaching chintz overload

Over is Proper Fen Edge, a mile out from the slowly-emerging New Town of Northstowe.

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A good start, anyway
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You’ll know this area as well as Manchester, soon

Stop me if you’ve heard this one before; frankly they could change the name from Over to Willingham or Earith and you’d be none the wiser.

One main street, one pub, one shop (a Premier rather than a Co-op) and four tonnes of thatch and roses.

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Some of you like these pics
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In the Flemish style
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Spot the human
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H.C. Hemington would make a nice micro
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Meet me at the cemetery gates

No-one on the streets, but a heartening number of gentlefolk and children out on bikes into the Fens.

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Spot the windmill

One Two Tone van, one Community Centre bar with Wherry on last time I was here, and one hard working Wells local with Wainwright and Atlantic on the bar and a food takeaway service hopefully keeping them afloat.

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Meat is Murder

You wouldn’t spend your holidays here.  Or perhaps you will.

 

 

Published by retiredmartin

Retired NHS, doing long walks around UK and the world to record the great bits. Focused on Good Beer Guide pubs and live music.

6 thoughts on ““I don’t know where else I can go, Over, Over””

  3. There were so many Smiths songs referenced in this blogpost I thought to myself, “Well I wonder… should make some crack about ‘that joke not being funny anymore,’ but then I decided no, what difference would it make?” (Martin, it was really nothing. Please, please, please forgive me for being such a thorn in your side okay I’ll stop now)

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