ST IVES

Shortly before 1 pm, Sheila arrived at the control point at St Ives - so it is now 62 miles down and 830 to go…
The second leg is a 61-mile jaunt through the Cambridgeshire Fens into Lincolnshire, ending at the next control point at Spalding.
From St Ives, the route passes through Ramsey Heights, very close to the place where German spy, Josef Jakobs, landed by parachute on 31 January 1941. Armed with only “his flying suit, £500 in British currency, some forged identity papers, a radio transmitter and a German sausage”, Jakobs broke his ankle on landing and was promptly arrested by the Home Guard. Tried by a military tribunal for espionage, Jakobs was later shot by a firing squad at The Tower of London.
Jakobs’ body is buried in an unmarked grave in Kensal Green cemetery but history does not record what happened to his German sausage. The hapless Jakobs was the last person executed at The Tower.
From Ramsey Heights, the road runs up to Wittlesey, skirting around Peterborough, and then follows the banks of the River Welland to Spalding.
By the time Sheila gets to Spalding, she will have completed her first 100 miles and will have 792 to go.