At the end of our tether ...

 ... well ... at the farthest end of this leg of our voyage, anyway. We're at St. Neots; in Cambridgeshire; though some of our friends believe - wistfully - that it is still in Huntingdonshire ... don't you Roger? This will be our turn-around spot. We'll park Moonstone in a marina for a few days, whilst we take ourselves off to the http://www.biedaip.nl/, in Appingedam (near Groningen) in the northern part of The Netherlands.

Once returned to the U.K., we'll start to retrace our route back down the Great Ouse. That's pronounced: 'ooze' ... doubtless an etymological link somewhere there; but my Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology fails to mention it! Currently we're on 'The Old West River' tributary of the Great Ouse; but it does not appear to wend its way through Abilene, Tucson, nor yet Carson City.

Going downstream - towards The Middle Levels and The Fens - we will be presented (at Denver!!!) with a choice. We can continue to retrace our route via The Middle Levels, back to Peterborough, Northampton, etc.; or we can seek ou courage and opt for the offshore option: through Kings Lynn and across The Wash, to Boston; and thence up the River Witham up to Lincoln. Before making any concrete plans, we shall need to liaise with a qualified pilot. More about that later. No pictures this time. One five mile stretch of green riverbank is much like the next, I'm afraid. 

I've just realised that I've neglected to complete the editing of a snippet about our visit to Ely ... sorry! I'll get around to that very soon ... promise!

Cheers, Tom.