13th May dawned bright and dry after a week of persistent heavy rain. We discussed, shall we change our plans to walk Acle to Halvergate and back, which involved crossing Acle grazing marsh. Nah, we’d take a chance on finding dry footing.
13th May 2023
The walk begins at Damgate Carr, a wet woodland on outskirts of Acle. The path is muddy but not impassable.
13th May 2023
And it’s great to see everything greening!
13th May 2023
I’ll admit, to reach this far did require full concentration! But, hey, here it’s walkable
13th May 2023
Beside us the Fleet is running high…
13th May 2023
So too the channels that drain the marsh…
13th May 2023
Any slight degree of warmth has the marshes steaming…
13th May 2023
We’re through the worst of it (mud, water-run grasses, overflown channels). Oh, but now the sun has left us!
13th May 2023
I love canola fields, such a welcome colour this time of year…
13th May 2023
Look! A proper road. I do hope we don’t meet a tractor…
13th May 2023
Talking of which, here’s some very old tractor-houses…
13th May 2023
The day has turned bleak but we trundle on…
13th May 2023
We’re now on the outskirts of the village of Halvergate. I love this place, the distant vista. Beyond that mist is the North Sea. We’re standing on the one-time beach of the long ago “Great Estuary”.
And that’s where we’re leaving it for this week. Too many photos to cram into one post. Second half next week! See you then.
crispina kemp 
Amazing what some rain will do, looks like s jungle safari, lovely
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More like the Amazon! 🙂
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That must have been quite the workout! But oh, how beautiful. I, too, love the brightness of canola! It’s like the sun lay a field of light…
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It brings sunshine into what is often a gloomy day! 🙂
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It does. Reminds me of my drive across Canada and seeing fields of canola, followed by fields of phlox. Beauty!
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Oh wow. The scents of those!!!
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The mosquitos were as big as birds so I couldn’t even tell you. All I remember is stepping out of the car, trying to focus my camera and get out of the swarm!
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At least we’re not troubled (too much) with mosquitos
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This was out in the prairies, Manitoba and Saskatchewan. Good gawd they were HUGE!
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Very good photos. Thanks for sharing
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Thank you, Sadje 🙂
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You’re most welcome
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