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Flitch Way
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Braintree Railway Station
Braintree to Little Dunmow: 'Open to walkers, cyclists and horse riders, the Flitch Way is flat and mostly traffic free. There are many public footpaths exploring the countryside just off the route.'
Type of Walk
Distance (miles)
8
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'The route name comes from the Flitch Trial, a folk custom still surviving today which originated in Little Dunmow. Every four years a married couple stands before a mock court - if they can prove to the satisfaction of the judge and jury that they have, for a year and a day, "not wished themselves unwed", they are awarded half a pig known as a "flitch" (side) of bacon.'
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