8th July 2025 and though the weather forecast was undecided we decided we’d get out there. Not being sure of next week’s walk, I’m dividing the photos across two weeks. Let’s go…
8th July 2025
Damgate Carr, at Acle, is a wetland woodland and ‘beyond’ is a grazing marsh; with recent heavy rainfalls we weren’t sure how wet this walk would be – certainly the sun was catching every sparkling raindrop!
8th July 2025
8th July 2025
There are plentiful channels helping to drain what in 1813 was described as a swamp – and here, at least, there are bridges to cross them 🔼🔽 some older than others
8th July 2025
8th July 2025
Hemlock here grows to enormous heights – when the wind isn’t trying to flatten it 🔼🔽 and into the ‘tunnel’ that always makes me think of that major transition (death and birth)
8th July 2025
8th July 2025
So pleased whoever’s responsible for upkeep of this National Route (Weavers Way) had recently cut a passable swathe. It isn’t always so 🔼🔽 and onto the marsh, no longer a veritable swamp!
8th July 2025
8th July 2025
Looking left, seaward🔼🔽 looking right, landward. Love how the water weed turns the channels into emerald lanes!
8th July 2025
8th July 2025
Ah, now this is one problem with this walk. Cows do graze here. And we need to get through that gate 🔼🔽 In the distance we can see our ‘Beyond’ destination, beckoning
8th July 2025
Time for a breather (for which we pause while climbing over a stile) We’ll continue this walk next week. Hope you’ve enjoyed so far. It is nice not to have 2 inches of mud on my soles!
crispina kemp 
Lovely way to keep cool I think
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It was a pleasant day, temperature-wise 👍😎😊
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Beautiful green on green scenic views Crisp, … reminds me back when I lived family wise, younger much younger, near Grantham, Belvoir estate, … oh it was lush, just as your pictures are, … and the cows grazed, and we tried to get past them, but it was feeding time,… I didn’t know they could move that fast, I took to my heels, leaving my sister behind, … well, it’s every girl for themselves, in those situations, …😉…. And yes, continue the walk next week, I’ll meet you here …💙
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That’s a happy memory. Mostly the cows are well behaved, though we did have one walk when they crowded around us and followed. Can be frightening. Worse if you’re slipping around in hoof-trampled mud. Anyway, date for next week
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Green , green
The most verdant I’ve ever seen
It seems like an age since the last it rained
Yet there you have in your lenes frame 💜💜💜
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We’d had overnight rain. In fact, forecast was maybe/maybe not more rain. But the walk is within the Norfolk Broads region, lots of water everywhere
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it looks amazing 💜💜
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And it’s not just in the photos. Truly, it’s a magical place, all year round
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I know 💜💜
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How green are these scenes. Beautiful 💚
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Thanks, Sadje. I think I need for you and others to remark on how green it is for me to realise and appreciate it.
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You’re very welcome 💚💚💚
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🙏😊💖
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So lush and green 💚💚💚💚
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I guess that’s the result of overnight rain. But it’s also a ‘wetland’
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Lovely green pics ❤
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Thank you, Joanne. And let’s thank our planet
🤔🙏❣️
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So beautifully lush, Crispina!
I had to laugh at the cow pic;
at first glance she appears to be floating! 😂
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There are 2 cows, but it’s not terribly clear. 🫣🙄❤️
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Hahaha! So there are! 🐮
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And they did very graciously move to allow us to pass 😁
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Looks like really dense growth, lovely tho!
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I’m taking the photo from a path that threads through the woodland. Here was an almost-glade, the understory glinting from the rain and shining. That’s the photo
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And belatedly I realise you didn’t mean just the one photo, first up on the reader. But the same applies, and coming out of that green tunnel really does feel like being born into a different world!
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