13th February dawns a drab, mizzly cold day. But regardless, we bus into Norwich and out again, as far as Poringland, And at once we see the first historic icon.
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These two towers are visible for miles around, built upon the second highest place in Norfolk. These transmitting towers were built in 1939 and played a vital role in WWII, see here RAF Stoke Holy Cross
From the ‘high place’ we’re walking down to the river, more or less sea level. The way winds up and down over gently rolling hills.
A conveniently placed bench…there are several along the way!
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We’re heading first to that woodland
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The way takes us past several old trees…see Tuesday Treats for more
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Looking towards the Tas Valley. No sheep grazing today
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We skirt around the woods…
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And the way takes us down…down…into Tas Valley
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Where we find the church of St Edmunds guarded by the ancient ramparts of Venta Icenorum.
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Finally, the sun fights through the cloud to pull the crumbling ramparts out of deep shadow
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This Roman town, named for the Iceni (Boudica’s people) was established in first half of C2nd. To quote Wikipedia, “a newly built and sparsely populated frontier town focused on administration and trade.” In other words, not many Brits lived here, and definitely not Boudica.
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Inside the walls…
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Looking down to River Tas and the raised causeway of the Norwich to London train line
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And finally the River Tas… Did this once deliver supplies to the Roman town?
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That’s all for now folks. Hope you enjoyed.
crispina kemp 
I very much enjoyed your lovely walk. You have so many interesting places!
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We do indeed. Glad you enjoyed. Not the first time I’ve done this walk, or featured it, but that was long long ago.
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No, but still. You have a nice selection and it’s quite alright to go back (I often go to the same ones…)
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If the bad weather holds me at home, I might have to draw on some of the deep archives.
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Bad weather does hinder exploration. Not that I’m worried since you have a bottomless supply of images!
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Not quite bottomless. But if all fails I do still have photos from my old Nokia!
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No, but let us just say you have more than many 😉
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Probably. And if you think, most walks I take 300 useable photos, but only post around 24 to blog…. yea, loads in store!
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I can take anywhere from 100 – 400, too. I go through them and remove the duplicates (or so close, they might as well be) and the really blurry – that I don’t like. The ones that have nothing that interest me…
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Me too. That might wean out a third of them. Then again…
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I know you hold on to much more than I do 😉
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Yes, I do
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Lovely country lanes and fields, I love that perfect bench, beautiful work
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It’s a new addition, wasn’t there last time we did the walk
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Love it.
You go on such interesting walks.
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I spend hours pouring over maps!
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Lovely pictures Crispina.
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Thank you, Sadje
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Most welcome
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🙂
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Beautiful pictures and I love the historical references.
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I could have added more, but SPP is about the walks, more than the history… and you know I’m obsessed with the history 🙂
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