1st April 2026 and we’re off to a little known Norfolk swamp. No kidding. Put your boots on, and let’s go

1st April 2026

Damgate Carr, on the outskirts of Acle, is a thoroughly wet woodland, and one of the few in the Broads area with easy access 🔼 Moss-covered trees sprawl in a most relaxed attitude 🔽 The water-loving red currant makes the most of spring to flower before the canopy closes over ⏬

1st April 2026

1st April 2026

1st April 2026

🔼 Reeds have been cropped over the winter allowing new life to bloom. Trees are greening now, though ivy is still the main green-note 🔽

1st April 2026

1st April 2026

🔼 Moss covers everything. Yet these primrose plants have found a foothold amongst it 🔽

1st April 2026

🔽 We had wondered how muddy this walk would be, but it’s not too bad. Primroses and forget-me-knots line the paths (see Tuesday Treats)

1st April 2026

🔽 Out of the carr the land rises, and is drier. Here hemlock flourishes. Highly poisonous, the flowering stalks will reach 6′ or more by mid summer and release a distinctive ‘burnt coffee’ smell in the heat of the day

1st April 2026

1st April 2026

🔼 A drain runs alongside the railway embankment. Always happy to see the water-plants flourishing here 🔽 To your left, Acle. To your right, Great Yarmouth. Between them miles of rich grazing grasses

1st April 2026

1st April 2026

🔼 Weaver’s Way begins on the north Norfolk coast and wends across the county to cross the railway and thereafter head out to Acle marsh. Willows line the Way, and in early summer the cuckoo calls 🔽 Acle marsh. Follow the Way through a couple of small villages, then cross another marsh, and follow the edge of Breydon Water to the end. It’s a long walk, and not for me today

1st April 2026

Hope you enjoyed. As ever, it’s been a difficult choice, which photos to pick. I hope I’ve given you a taste of the place.

More photos from the day on Tuesday.