17th October 2023, our walk on Mousehold Heath required that we passed through Norwich. Here’s some of the sights not included in Sunday’s post. Enjoy…
St Andrew’s church, showing my obsession with church windows. And next, a fine example of a fine city…
Norwich grew wealthy on shoe manufacturing. The factories remain, but the trade is gone. BTW my namesake St Crispin is patron saint of cobblers and glovers!
Paddling along the Wensum has become quite an attraction since early Covid days… and boating always has been
As with many of the city churches, St James is now redundant as a church and instead serves as a puppet theatre…
Love this band stand set just into Mousehold Heath…and below is a less peaceful relic. Cow Tower was constructed to house canons. It was used against Kett’s men in their C16th rebellion.
Always swans on the Wensum…
The cloisters at Norwich cathedral (it was founded as a Benedictine monastery). And a commemorative plaque with personal meaning for me. My father was part of 2nd Battalion Royal Norfolk Regiment, but he wasn’t taken prisoner with the rest, and he survived the massacre. Alas, he died early 2021, aged 100-and-some.
That’s all for now folks. But check out Friday’s post. I have fungi to show you…












All of these are such beautiful shots. I particularly like the one with the canoes all fanned out.
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That was irresistible!
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For sure! You captured it rather well.
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Thank you 🙂
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Pleasure is all mine.
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🙂 🙂 🙂
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😊💞😊
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Thanks Willow for sharing these beautiful, and personal photos.
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Always my pleasure
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❤️❤️❤️
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🙂 🙂 🙂
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Fantastic photos, Crisp. I love how you weave history into your posts! I so appreciate that, thank you!
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Always my pleasure. I’d like to include more but I don’t always have the time
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I didn’t know that your dad was a survivor in such a tragic battle. And to live to be more than 100, he was very blessed indeed!
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He tells a fascinating story. It’s on record at the Imperial War Museum and he’s been interviewed for various news programmes
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