13th May dawned bright and dry after a week of persistent heavy rain. We discussed, shall we change our plans to walk Acle to Halvergate and back, which involved crossing Acle grazing marsh. Nah, we’d take a chance on finding dry footing.
13th May 2023
The walk begins at Damgate Carr, a wet woodland on outskirts of Acle. The path is muddy but not impassable.
13th May 2023
And it’s great to see everything greening!
13th May 2023
I’ll admit, to reach this far did require full concentration! But, hey, here it’s walkable
13th May 2023
Beside us the Fleet is running high…
13th May 2023
So too the channels that drain the marsh…
13th May 2023
Any slight degree of warmth has the marshes steaming…
13th May 2023
We’re through the worst of it (mud, water-run grasses, overflown channels). Oh, but now the sun has left us!
13th May 2023
I love canola fields, such a welcome colour this time of year…
13th May 2023
Look! A proper road. I do hope we don’t meet a tractor…
13th May 2023
Talking of which, here’s some very old tractor-houses…
13th May 2023
The day has turned bleak but we trundle on…
13th May 2023
We’re now on the outskirts of the village of Halvergate. I love this place, the distant vista. Beyond that mist is the North Sea. We’re standing on the one-time beach of the long ago “Great Estuary”.
And that’s where we’re leaving it for this week. Too many photos to cram into one post. Second half next week! See you then.
