Comments on: Ely to Prickwillow via Branch Bank

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By: Sean

Sean — Sat, 30 Jul 2011 22:24:28 +0000

The wife and I are traveling to Ely next week, and we’ll have to try this route. I sent her a link to this post… thanks for the idea!

By: Will

Will — Sun, 20 Mar 2011 14:37:22 +0000

Tried this route out this morning. Great cycle, Nice views, really enjoyed it. Thanks

By: andrea

andrea — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 21:30:32 +0000

i feel i have to share my recent experiance of Branch bank!!
on two consecutive days this week ive had to travel from essex to kings lynn.Being not very confident in finding my way i googled my address and Kings lynn,so armed with my best friend and the google map i set off!.anybody familiar with a google map will know that it prints out instructions road by road saying when to turn ,how long each road is etc,i had 24 instructions.. not bad i thought..we reached the Fordham road with no problems but then the crazy world of the countryside took over.
Queen adelaide way was no where to be found no matter how many times my mate repeated it over and over ,out of desperation we ventured down Queen adelaide road instead.no problems here though because we then found our next turn the B1382/Ely road.At this point we both start to get jittery as the road directly opposite has no sign post so we do a right turn and fly past it…heading off in completely the wrong direction ,no more turnings on either side so we continue…for miles!!!……and then we spot it …the dreaded Branch bank signpost.i reverse and turn in …we both look at each other relieved,untill that is the “road” quickly descended into a narrow moss covered track.My car is small and certainly not built for cross country but we persivered,we both stared laughing and cursing the map and i suddenly thought of on coming traffic …where would i go ?? in the lovely ditch no doubt!…a farmer actually stopped and stared at us ..all along im saying ..no this cant be right how could google do this to us and surely a complaint to the local council was in order,halfway through i start to really worry as there was no end in sight ,there was no way to turn back and i was busting for the loo.my friend was still having the time of her life laughing and pointing to the moss,though the laughter soon stopped when we finally pulled into a area which was clearly somebodies private farm land!!…feeling just like a pair of criminals we sped out as fast as we could before somebody arrested us!.
so on our return we followed all signs to london and skipped the farmers track.

That evening i tried to get different instructions from goggle but ended up with the same ones …containing Branch bank,but it wasnt going to get me!!i knew it wasnt right,google wouldnt allow me to be arrested for driving through a farm surely?…so i googled Branch bank it self! and to my complete surprise i realised after reading up on the above info that me and my friend had actually been on a day out to a historic local byway..lol, a tourist attraction that people travel on their push bikes to see and to ride down.if we had known we would proberly have both enjoyed it,but we missed it because we were scared!,so scared was i that when we reached that point the next day we sat at its entrance and i refused to turn in .we headed back to the Queen adelaide turn and had another look at the unsignposted road opposite…we took it ,as that was all that was on offer and guess what! we drove straight past the exit of the track/branch bank.after studying the map it seems there are 2 branch bank roads…jus the real one is unsignposted whilst the moss track has a very clear one!.is the local council filming its own clips for youve been framed..surely somebody she take control here and ensure clear signs on both roads…my poor car is most offended and now my friend wants to go back to enjoy it as it should be!

By: Stuart Bell

Stuart Bell — Mon, 12 Feb 2007 22:53:22 +0000

I think there’s a little information board under the Queen Adelaide village sign too — must check that out next time I’m round there.

Incidentally, I’m aware that the GPS trace got slightly confused in places along this route (I didn’t give it sufficient time to get a decent lock at the start) — I didn’t do an exciting off-road section or joyride on the railway, honest!

By: Sam Holloway

Sam Holloway — Mon, 12 Feb 2007 22:17:13 +0000

I believe you’re correct on your identification of Queen Adelaide. Many Cambridgeshire villages have a ‘village sign’ (they look like old-fashioned pub signs, but on a pole in the village green), and Queen Adelaide’s shows the lady in your portrait.

Now there’s an idea – a collection of photos of Cambridgeshire village signs…

By: Greg

Greg — Mon, 12 Feb 2007 17:23:09 +0000

I very nearly read that as “via Bank branch”. Taking the Northern Line seemed like a rather unnecessary detour