17th February 2026 dawns chilly but dry after too much rain for too many days. Rather than trudge through knee-deep mud, we choose a walk that’s mostly roads though we might have to wade through puddles. This walk starts at Brooke and ends at Chedgrave. Six miles. Come along and enjoy…
17th February 2026
🔼Sheep sunning themselves beside the Well Beck 🔽 I’ve taken a photo at this particular spot many times, trying to capture the play of light on the catkins and the barely emerged leaves
17th February 2026
17th February 2026
🔼 The Well Beck glimpsed between the trees. This little stream is a tributary of the Chet, itself a tributary of the Yare 🔽 ⏬ The Beck flows through pastures green, trimmed with oak and alder
17th February 2026
17th February 2026
17th February 2026
🔼 How I envy those who live along this lane. So little traffic yet not lost in any uninhabited depths 🔽⏬
17th February 2026
17th February 2026
🔽 Here’s another place I find irresistible to photograph. Here I’ve focused on the mix of colours and textures
17th February 2026
17th February 2026
🔼 Nature reasserts her attraction for my lens. Love trees, and this one has wonderful form 🔽 Here’s where we take our chances along a dirt track. Will it be muddy? The catkins seem to invite us in
17th February 2026
17th February 2026
🔼 Back onto a proper made-up road. A quick look back as we climb out of the valley. This is Norfolk: Valleys aren’t deep, sides aren’t steep 🔽 And here at last we find the mud! Oh well, we’re nearly at Chedgrave and our bus home, so best we trudge through it
17th February 2026
I hope you enjoyed our walk. It’s a route we take often at this time of year. The sheltered valley ensures early flowers and usually the walk is kind to the shoes!
You can see some of those flowers in Tuesday Treats, plus some other…things
crispina kemp 
I loved this little trek through a country lane! I am so happy to see everything is so green! But I guess that is your repayment for 50 days of rain!
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Yep! But also it is a river valley. Not a big river, but centuries of winter floods make for acres of water-retaining clay. Nice green meadows that swallow your shoes and coat you in gloopy mud
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Ooh, how interesting… especially that big shed!
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Two photos qualify, and I’m unsure which one you mean. Corrugated iron? Or brick?
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Oh sorry… the corrugated iron.
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A stunning variety of photos today Crispina …. even more colorful than usual!
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Sunshine!
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Just beautiful 💕
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Thank you. I love that route. Always get a wonderful up-feeling while walking it
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Love these colorful pictures
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Thank you, Sadje. It was a sunny day (to begin with), that helps
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Yes one can see bright colors
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