Run from West Row to Bury St Edmunds along the river Lark-Vincent

Starting off in West Row joining the river by the Judes Ferry pub the footpath winds its way along next to the river. The ground is wet and uneven although the vegetation is relatively low it is difficult to maintain a constant speed but its flat and the sun is shinning.

After Approximately 3 miles the footpath reaches Mildenhall where after crossing the high street you rejoin the river, there is a small section of gravel before reaching a maintained path which continues up and over the river into Barton Mills.

A quick picture of the path next to the river lark taken from the stretch between Barton Mills and Icklingham!


The next stretch of run involves crossing the A11 at the edge of Barton Mills Before rejoining the footpath alongside the river. This section of footpath is less used and in places is slightly overgrown but it's quiet and peaceful all the way until you take a detour away from the river to enter Icklingham.

At Icklingham I ran along the main street before reaching a bridleway that takes you away from the road and along the edges of fields, although not undulating this had a small climb before dropping back down to Lackford.

At this point I managed to get lost and took the wrong route which carried me out to the road from Lackford to Flempton and then onto Hengrave. The route I should have taken would have kept me off road rejoining the river lark into Bury.

Before Hengrave I met a friend running the opposite way who helped me out to re find the correct route by dropping back to the river at the end of Hengrave.

From Hengrave to Fornham was the most twisty and least maintained piece of footpath I had been on and with tiring legs was only enjoyable by the views of the river and adjacent fields.

On entering Fornham I ran along the path taking me into Bury St Edmunds, passing the train station before entering St John's Street and the short climb up towards the shop which concluded my long run of the week with the highest point over the 16.8 miles.