No snow or ice!  A joy to walk west from Ware along roads and tracks passing Bluecoat Yard, containing a medieval manor house. quickly followed by the bronze statue of The Malt maker and a cat, commemorating over 600 years of this local industry. Then, by contrast, the Glaxo works representing the modern era.  We passed over the A10 onto the lower lying land fed by several waterways.  Peace and quite was order of the day and several trees supported mistletoe.
      Reaching Hertford, we returned following the canal and the River Lea, the canal boats stocked with wood and coal with smoke drifting for their chimneys.
      We passed The New River which is neither new or a river.  It is a water supply aqueduct completed in 1631, to bring drinking water from Hertfordshire to North London. A simple walk that brought many aspects of history to the fore. 
      Many thanks Tina.  Peter and Marion

Peter and Marion are ready for a warming coffee break.

The maltster and his cat are commemorated in Ware