Anglia in ancient times.

[Psaw]

You wont know this as im sure Carlillians rarely venture out of Carlisle, but anglia is very flat, indeed like Holland, and we owe the waterways management to a dutch engineer, whatever his name was. Wisbech has some buildings built in the dutch style thanks to dutch settlers.

In olden times anglis was a swamp, and still is when it rains bad, the road from Littleport to Wisbech is flooded regularly, and the management of oxen in old times was a big problem.

To overcome this, and to rescue stranded oxen, ancient farmers built pontoons or bridges, to allow oxen to traverse flooded areas to dry ground.

They had to count them over to make sure all were rescued as any farm animal was precious, and to do this the farmer to his mates would count them over like this...

Oxen forded one

Oxen forded two

Oxen forded three.

Three seems to be the number, it might have been four five or six, maybe more, but the water does claim victims.

Good morning.

[Fyxon]

Is that true,interesting if so.

[Blackdogblue]

Flat & boring…