Another week of dismal weather sent me scuttling into the archives in search of fairer days. And here’s what I found. 10th May 2017. We bus into Norwich, then out to Blofield Heath. From there we’re walking via South Walsham Broad to Acle (where we’ll catch a bus home). It’s a longer walk than any we’ve done of late but the day is sunny and warm. So forget your wet weather wellies, your hats, gloves and thermals, and come walk in the sunshine with me!
10th May 2017
🔼 We pass an alpaca farm where the delightful beasts have recently been shorn 🔽 And alongside a field which is lusciously green! ⏬
10th May 2017
10th May 2017
10th May 2017
As we near South Walsham (part of the Broads) we find an area of fen. Love fenland flowers 🔼 Marsh marigolds blind us with their golden petals 🔽 Reed thatch is the favoured roofing in the Broads. See that heron on the ridge?
10th May 2017
10th May 2017
We sit for a while and watch the geese. These are Spectacle Geese, aka Egyptian Geese 🔼🔽⏬
10th May 2017
10th May 2017
🔽 This little inlet always fascinates me. Never been here when those boats were absent. Weekend sailors?
10th May 2017
10th May 2017
Between South Walsham and Acle lies Upton Fen. It can be somewhat wet under foot but isn’t too bad today 🔼🔽
10th May 2017
10th May 2017
🔼 A rare glimpse of the building materials of yesteryear. The base is flint, ubiquitous for all buildings in the region. Above that? I’m thinking that could be clunch, a clay-chalk blend much used in East Anglia in the past 🔽 Fishley church always attracts my lens. So many photos I’ve taken of this, as we often walk to Upton from Acle, passing this church on the way
10th May 2017
And that, my friends, is all for this week. Hopefully I’ll get in a decent walk before next week’s post.
Hope you enjoyed this reminder of the sun!
crispina kemp 
I think the alpacas in photo one should move on over to the field in photo three as it looks to be much better grazing! hehehe
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If I remember rightly, I think that was barley, though it could have been wheat. Either way, we’d have to go without our daily bread or beer!
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Love these pictures Crispina. The alpacas are adorable
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Aren’t they. You just want to cuddle them!
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Yes, but I think the either spit or bite- or I’m confusing them with something else?
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That’s camels. But maybe these do too?
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Just checked it out. Yes, they do spit, but seldom at humans. Lamas do too
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I’ll have to check- google!
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They are shy and timid- don’t bite humans, but can spit if annoyed or touched in the back.
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And there you have it. Don’t try to ride them
😉
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I haven’t seen any of them here. 🥹
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So lovely to see lush green grass, clear blue water and sun-shiny skies! It’s warming my heart as it’s 9ºF and snowing like the dickens here and I don’t like it one bit!
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I hoped it might bring warmth to us during these cold months
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Wow, so gorgeous, all–the green is so vivid…and the castle (I may have mentioned in the past how much I love them).
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Sorry to disappoint, but that castle is a small village church. It’s the round tower and crenalations gives it that look! Specialty of the region
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Not disappointed at all, it’s so beautiful!
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I’m a bit fanatical about our round towers!
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I would be too!
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Norfolk (UK) is like the Grand Central for round towered churches. Although Suffolk has a few, and so too do Essex and (I think) Sussex as well. Otherwise it’s over to Germany and the Low Countries, Saxony etc.
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I really love your photos and learning more about these lovely towered churches…they could easily inspire poetry and stories.
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Look forward to seeing anything you create with such inspiration
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I’ll see what I can do😊
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I appreciate the warmth that comes through the pics on a gray, wintry day in the Midwest. 😉
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Since I had to dive into the archives, I thought it the ideal time to brighten our days
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Great idea.
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It looks so sunny where you are. We had nothing but rain lately and grey skies.
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It’s just I’ve struck lucky, catching the sunny periods. But that doesn’t always happen. It’s been horribly grey so far this year
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Also, these photos were taken in May 2017!
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Wow! Wonderful pics, Crispina.
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Thank you, Indira 🥰🥰🥰
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