We take the bus to Norwich and another to Beccles and hop off at Hellington Corner – not a village, more a few houses that straddle the busy main road. Hellington itself is a typical old Norfolk village: the old hall, the church and church farm, perhaps another farm, small holdings, and widely scattered clumps of houses. And a wet common.
The church can be seen from the main road. A rural lane takes us there
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I cannot pass this church without I take a peep inside. No longer in use for worship, it is open to the public
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For more on this church, see my post from 2016
Moving on, the lane takes us down, and down into a valley. In days of old a proper river probably ran here. Now it’s more of a winter-burn, a beck
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The lane is mostly traffic-free…
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We turn off before the bridge over the beck (here called the Run) and the rural lane becomes more of a tidy track
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Which serves the manor house before meeting the Common
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The Common is rich with rare flowers…see Tuesday Treats. Small belts of trees and woodland mark the landscape which, away from the Common is mostly arable
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With the neighbouring village of Rockland St Mary quickly skirted, we’re again into arable fields
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I’ve now become obsessed with the varicoloured ripening grains
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The path over fields end in a track that would take us to the next village of Surlingham, if we so wished. I will say, by now that shade is most welcome, the day having grown hot
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I have to stop to admire this tree – though, backlit, I’ve had to work with it to bring out the colour
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And here we are at destination
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Wheatfen Nature Reserve is a wetland, a fen. There are paths, some of them boggy, some merely wet. I’ll show you around next week.
Hope you enjoyed this.
crispina kemp 
How lovely. I adore the ripening grain shot such luscious colors. 😊
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I am finding myself increasingly fascinated by it
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Gorgeous photos, but I’ve always wondering how long you usual travel to reach these destinations. Here, in Australia, I’d be driving for 60-90 minutes to reach anything rural, probably up to 2 hours for forested.
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I don’t drive, so it’s always public transport. Sometimes that requires a bus into Norwich (45 minutes) and a second bus from them (ca 1/2hr). But some walks requires just one short journey.You have to remember, England is so much smaller than Australia and I live in a very attractive corner
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You are very fortunate 😊
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Yes. I am aware. I would not move, at least not out of UK, and probably not out of Norfolk now
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A thoroughly enjoyable walk! Thank you!
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Happy you enjoyed!
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A wonderful walk, Crispina. Again, from beck to lane to track to common. Words (well, not lane) I never use!
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It’s a very rural, ancient and intimate environment
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And my kind of place to walk.
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Yes,, and as you know, mine too
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Indeed!
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😊
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