DISTANCES Colchester to Marks Tey, 6-1/4. Thence to Coggeshall, 4-1/2. Coggeshall to Braintree (R.), 8. Braintree to Witham (R.), 8. Witham to Ingatestone, 14-3/4. Ingatestone to Margaretting, 2. Margaretting to Galleywood Common, 2-1/2. Galleywood Common to Danbury Hill, 4-1/2. Danbury Hill to Maldon, 5-1/2. Maldon, viâ Heybridge, to Tiptree, 7. Tiptree, viâ Messing and Heckford Bridge, to Colchester, 9-1/4. _Alternative routes_ from Braintree to London, suggested for persons occupied in London, but preferring country residence-- (1) Viâ Bishop's Stortford (10-1/4) to Marble Arch (43), viâ Sawbridgeworth, Harlow, Epping, Loughton, and Woodford Green. (2) Viâ Chelmsford, Chipping Ongar, Epping and so to London, exactly reversing route given fully at the head of Chapter VI. CHAPTER IX--(_continued_) COLCHESTER TO GRAYS ROADS Good to Chelmsford; not bad to Billericay; very bad beyond. HILLS Galleywood Common, a stiff rise; about 150 feet in 2 miles. Billericay Hill, 1 in 13. Langdon Hill, a stiff rise; 300 feet in 2-1/2 miles. DISTANCES Colchester to Chelmsford (R.A.), 23-1/4. Chelmsford to Great Baddow, 1-3/4. Great Baddow to Billericay (P.), 8. Billericay to Horndon, 8. Horndon to Chadwell, 4. Chadwell to Little Thurrock and Hangman's Wood, 1-3/4. _Suggestions._--(1) Return to Colchester by motor-boat from East Tilbury to Clacton-on-Sea, about 54 land miles. Thence by rail. (2) To London, viâ Barking, 12; thence 7-1/4 to Whitechapel. The worst entry into London. CHAPTER X ROYSTON TO HARLESTON ROADS All good high-roads. HILLS None worthy of mention. DISTANCES Royston (R.) to Newmarket (R.), 24. Newmarket to Bury St. Edmunds (R.), 14. Bury St. Edmunds to Scole, 21-1/2. Scole to Harleston (R.), 7. CHAPTER XI HARLESTON TO NORWICH ROADS All fair, some good, especially Yarmouth to Norwich and Norwich to Cromer. HILLS None of moment. DISTANCES Harleston (R.) to Bungay (R.), 7-1/2. Bungay to Beccles (R. A.), 6. Beccles to Lowestoft (R. A.), 10. Lowestoft to Yarmouth (R. A.), 10. Yarmouth viâ Caister to Norwich (R. A.), 23. Norwich to Cromer (R.), 22-1/2. CHAPTER XII CROMER, WELLS, FAKENHAM, LYNN, ELY, CAMBRIDGE, AND ROYSTON ROADS Fair from Cromer to Wells; good from Wells to Lynn and from Lynn to Cambridge. HILLS None of moment, but no monotony of level except between Lynn and Cambridge. DISTANCES Cromer (R.) to Wells-next-Sea (R.), 20-1/2. Wells to Fakenham (R.), 9-3/4. Fakenham to Lynn (R.), 21-3/4. Lynn to Ely (R.), 29. Ely to Cambridge (R. A.), 16. Cambridge to Royston (R.), 13-1/2. _N.B._--Royston is 42-1/4 from London, and a good point of exit for the Midlands. CHAPTER XIII EXPEDITIONS FROM KING'S LYNN ROADS Mostly high-roads and good.