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Continuing our walk out of Norwich along Marriott’s Way on 26th September 2026, we pick up the trail at the city/county boundary. Please join us… and enjoy

26th September 2026

🔼 It surprised me mightily the first time I saw this reinstated station sign from the days of the rail line that now is Marriott’s Way. I’d always thought Costessey kissed the Norwich boundary here. 🔽 And so the Way continues, not quite straight as it does arc a tad up ahead

26th September 2026

26th September 2026

🔼 Last week’s post was all about the River Wensum. This week we have its tributary, the Tud. A placid chalk stream ideal for children dabbling their toes and their fishing nets 🔽

26th September 2026

26th September 2026

🔼 More evidence of the former rail track (it is a former rail track!); these appear at end of every mile. So, here we are, 3 miles out of Norwich 🔽 In places the track narrows, though I think it wasn’t originally quite so wiggly-woggly. And here’s about as much autumnal colour as we found, courtesy of bracken, which is usually an early turner

26th September 2026

26th September 2026

🔼 When I first walked this trail it was unkempt, natural, suited for walkers only. And quiet. Now it’s been surfaced suitable for cyclists and runners and…and it’s not as quiet as it used to be. Though it is nice to see families using it together 🔽 My favourite reach of the Wensum. Memories flow along with the river, for here’s where we swam back in the days when trains still used that line

26th September 2026

26th September 2026

🔼 A side-track cuts across the fields to Costessey 🔽 And look, we’ve walked another mile. Close to the end of our walk

26th September 2026

26th September 2026

🔼 Something about this field entrance caught my eye. The lines. The contrasts. And what catches the eye, must be photographed 🔽 Last shot of River Wensum from the bridge as we cross it. We’re now, officially, in Drayton, where we’ll have lunch before catching a bus back to Norwich.

26th September 2026

Hope you enjoyed our walk. I’m thinking this summery weather won’t last much longer. Maybe then we’ll see more of the autumnal foliage. Check out next week’s Sunday Picture Post to find out!

26th September 2026 and we’re out with the cameras again. The walk isn’t that long (4 miles) but with the increasingly unpredictable weather I feel it wisest to post the photos from certain walks in two parts. Part One: the sun is shining, there’s a slight breeze, the air is warm, let’s go…

26th September 2026

This being a Saturday, we decide to avoid the hectic buzz of Marriott’s Way where it starts in Norwich and join it at a quieter place though still within the city bounds. And so we have a gentle, peaceful start through 🔼 Beech trees and 🔽 crazy waving Horse Chestnuts that look like auditions for Halloween!

26th September 2026

26th September 2026

🔼 No matter where you join the Way, if it’s the Norwich half you’ll cross the river Wensum several times. Here’s our first crossing 🔽

26th September 2026

26th September 2026

🔼 Years back, before the Way was tidied and the land mostly drained, it then was kinda swampy. Yes, I remember that. Now it’s a pleasant, dry-footed woodland 🔽 ⏬

26th September 2026

26th September 2026

26th September 2026

26th September 2026

🔼 Silver Birch have colonised what once was rubbish-strewn wasteland 🔽 While trees have sprung up where walkers have thrown away their half-munched apples, to now bear fruit

26th September 2026

26th September 2026

🔼 Our second river crossing 🔽 and a Way marker, formed from former train-tracks. Both sights are telling us we’re close to the city boundary. And it’s time to leave the rest of the pics till next week.

26th September 2026

Hope you enjoyed this Part One. As you see, we might be away from summer now, but autumn hasn’t yet come.