13th February dawns a drab, mizzly cold day. But regardless, we bus into Norwich and out again, as far as Poringland, And at once we see the first historic icon.
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These two towers are visible for miles around, built upon the second highest place in Norfolk. These transmitting towers were built in 1939 and played a vital role in WWII, see here RAF Stoke Holy Cross
From the ‘high place’ we’re walking down to the river, more or less sea level. The way winds up and down over gently rolling hills.
A conveniently placed bench…there are several along the way!
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We’re heading first to that woodland
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The way takes us past several old trees…see Tuesday Treats for more
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Looking towards the Tas Valley. No sheep grazing today
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We skirt around the woods…
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And the way takes us down…down…into Tas Valley
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Where we find the church of St Edmunds guarded by the ancient ramparts of Venta Icenorum.
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Finally, the sun fights through the cloud to pull the crumbling ramparts out of deep shadow
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This Roman town, named for the Iceni (Boudica’s people) was established in first half of C2nd. To quote Wikipedia, “a newly built and sparsely populated frontier town focused on administration and trade.” In other words, not many Brits lived here, and definitely not Boudica.
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Inside the walls…
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Looking down to River Tas and the raised causeway of the Norwich to London train line
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And finally the River Tas… Did this once deliver supplies to the Roman town?
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That’s all for now folks. Hope you enjoyed.
crispina kemp 