A nice seat for a view of the Cambridgeshire mountain ranges...

[Walti]

Following on from the hills at the bottom of my garden thread....

Here are the mountainous ranges of South Cambridgeshire, just a short walk from where I live!

High altitude in Cambridgeshire (nearly 35m above sea level...)

[Olybirder]

At least you have got some greenery. We have got 360 degree houses. Actually that is a wonderful view and I am extremely envious.

Ron

[Walti]

I’ll take some photos at home, then you won’t be as jealous! That view is probably a mile or two from home!

[MJ224]

Mini mountains I think, but still a super view.....:-)

[Walti]

I was accidentally wrong with the altitude....

started at home at 18.5m above sea level, then dropped down to 12m, the hills you can see are 60m at their peak and at least one of them is a man made hill in the form of a Bronze Age burial mound! My 10km walk had a total of 109m of climbing in it! The photo is taken at nearly 40m - the altitude went to my head!

The highest point around here was behind me topping out at a stratospheric 70m!

Its not far from here you can get below sea level quite easily!

[Walti]

From the Cambridgeshire Mountain guide:

Gog Magog Hills
75.0m (246ft), 4233rd tallest in England.

The Gog Magog Hills in Cambridge are a range of low chalk hills situated ether side of the A1307 Babraham Road. According to English folklore, Gogmagog was a giant, and is also mentioned in the 12th century Historia Regum Britanniae.

The area is home to a farm shop, and the hills are adjacent to a golf club that was founded in 1901.

[BDennis]

A friend of ours in South Cambs related to us that as a change from playing his concertinas on mountain tops (a thing he does) he decided to play it at the lowest point in the county which is Holme Fen and he was actually below sea level at -3m! Actually I think that is the lowest point in England.

[Walti]

I thought Prickwillow was the lowest point... just checked Wikipedia (which is always right as we know) and it's not mentioned! ;(

[Dewi9]

Looks just like the Lincolnshire Wolds ... nice and green.

Actually the Wolds just beat you - they range from 120m up to a whopping 150m above sea level.

[BDennis]

A nice photo and viewpoint, I don’t recognise the horizon I think you might be somewhere east of us. When I walk not far from here along to the South Cambs border near Hatley St George I can see the heady heights of Therfield Heath near Royston at about 168m. One of our walks here in Beds goes up to 60m.

[Walti]

Yes almost due east of you, just to the south of Cambridge.

If you know the Cambridge to Haverhill road, then it’s just off there, a few miles outside Cambridge.

[pdk42]

Lovely shot Paul. I thought the Gog Magog Hills were the highest. Is that them?

[Walti]

The Gog magog hill is immediately behind me in that photo, the photo was taken here: 52.16049615922838, 0.1993164496827184

[Phill D]

Nice to be close to the mountains . Not that I can see any from where I am now. Will get a view of the Derwent Valley when we eventually move though.

[wanderer]

You'll be needing oxygen then.
Our hills (Everest is a big hill) have a good covering and in Penicuik we had 6" (15cm) this week, now reduced to 4".
But on the BBC news today (Sat) was this;

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-55764291

all of 1600ft (500m).