Sunday Picture Post: A Walk to Ringland Hills

Posted on November 8, 2020 by crispina kemp

Last Thursday, my daughter and I had arranged to walk Oulton to Hopton, 10-miles, mostly off-road. However, the weather forecast wasn’t good: high winds and heavy rain. So we cancelled. Oh, but my legs weren’t happy with that. So the day before (Wednesday) being forecast fine, I was up early and catching a bus.

I’ve already posted photos of the fungi I found that day. Now here are some of the other photos I took. Enjoy.

I bussed to Taverham and walked through to West End, Costessey…

Taverham Lane: 28 Oct 2020

I trespassed at Costessey Pits (formerly known as Taverham Pits) where I spoke to the bailiff about the possibility of a permit to take photos. More on that anon (I hope)

Smallest of Costessey Pits: 28 Oct 2020

Hogweed: 28 Oct 2020

It’s amazing what you find at the back of a hedge. I was looking for fungi. Found this.

Deer skull: 28 Oct 2020

From Costessey, Ringland Lane takes me to Ringland Hills, my destination. For much of its length, the lane runs alongside the beautiful River Wensum…

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… where there are swans…

“Good morning, Mrs Swan.”

“Good morning to you, Mr Swan.”

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“Good morning, Our Cygnets.”

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And… tra-la…

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Destination! Ringland Hills

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This photo doesn’t begin to show how steep that is…

But it’s worth the climb. Little over 50 yrs back, this was mostly heathland

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I picked up a bug along the way. I asked on Twitter what it might be (both Norfolk & Suffolk Wildlife Trusts follow me on @ineebrown51 ) I had worked out it was a shield bug but no one could name it more precisely

a Sheild Bug: 28 Oct 2020

Looking back as I left Ringland Hills by the road…

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Turn left at the bottom and head out to Ringland… where I stopped at The Swan PH for a coffee… such a life of leisure and luxury I lead!

And now the clouds were moving in…

River Wensum at Ringland: 28 Oct 2020

And the morning sun had drawn a misty veil over the valley

Looking over Wensum Valley: 28 Oct 2020

But I was ok, I was heading home: Back to Taverham to catch a bus.

I have walked this lane since I was a child but it took this photo of a car to make me realise just how tall is this oak!

Mighty oaks… 28 Oct 2020

I took photos of fungi and foliage and berries as well. The fungi you’ve seen. The foliage and berries will the Tuesday Treat.

I do hope you’ve enjoyed this stroll through an autumnal-coloured Norfolk.

A note regarding my internet connection: It’s erratic and intermittent. So I’ve uploaded the photos I might need for the early part of the week. If need be I can then slip them into the posts with the phone.

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An English Country Cottage

Posted on November 7, 2020 by crispina kemp

Ringland Lane, Costesset: 28 Oct 2020

A friend on Twitter had said her image of England was of thatched cottages and gardens. We’d already said that white picket fences were the English image of the States. This photo includes them both… plus some typically autumn foliage.

All together, Charming, you will agree, another title achieved in Maria’s Antonia’s #2020picoftheweek

A note regarding my internet connection: It’s erratic and intermittent. So I’ve uploaded the photos I think I might need for the early part of the week. If need be I can then slip them into the posts with the phone.

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EMERGENCY NOTICE

Posted on November 5, 2020 by crispina kemp

I’ve a problem with my internet connection and will be unable to post any photos until it is sorted. I don’t know how long that will take. But don’t lament. I shall be back with my photos ASAP

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CCC104: Health Warning

Posted on November 5, 2020 by crispina kemp

WARNING

Living can substantially increase your chances of death

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Crimson’s Creative Challenge #104

Posted on November 4, 2020 by crispina kemp

CCC104

Welcome to my weekly challenge—open to all—just for FUN, FUN, FUN

Here’s how it works:

Every Wednesday I post a photo (this week it’s that one above.)
You respond with something CREATIVE

Here are some suggestions:

  • An answering photo
  • A cartoon
  • A joke
  • A caption
  • An anecdote
  • A short story (flash fiction)
  • A poem
  • A newly minted proverb, adage or saying
  • An essay
  • A song—the lyrics or the performance

You have plenty of scope and only two criteria:

  • Your creative offering is indeed yours
  • Your writing is kept to 150 words or less

If you post a link in the comments section of this post I’ll be able to find it
If you include Crimson’s Creative Challenge as a heading, WP Search will find it (theory)
by ‘Searching’ in the WP Reader (fingers crossed)

Here’s wishing you inspirational explosions. And FUN

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Tuesday Treat: Fungi from Ringland

Posted on November 3, 2020 by crispina kemp

Ringland Hills, 6 or so miles outside Norwich, is a wooded delight that overlooks the River Wensum. At this time of year, it’s an essential visit. I’d love to be able to name all these fungi but the one thing I’ve learned about fungi since photographing them is they’re devilishly difficult to identify with certainty.

A coral fungus: 28th Oct 2020

It’s the first of these I’ve ever found. And a good-sized one, too

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The raking light shows this bracket to best effect

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No, not sliced banana on sticks…

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Yes, it has been raining… a lot

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Hope you enjoyed. Until next week…

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Oh, Not Again

Posted on November 1, 2020 by crispina kemp

10 Jul 2020

Oh, there she goes again
Making like she’s not a big pain
Limping like she’s bloody well lame
“What’s the matter, lovey, can’t you keep up?”
“You know I’m not well.”
Yea, yea, yea, now whirl your arms and hug your chest
Today’s histrionics are not her best

48 words written for Sammi’s Weekend Writing Prompt: Histrionics

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Sunday Picture Post: From Sunrise to Showers

Posted on November 1, 2020 by crispina kemp

October 22nd: The bus delivered me to the Ravine at Lowestoft just in time for me to hasten down to the prom… for this

Sunrise at Britain’s most eastern point: 22nd Oct 2020

I thought it a clear sky, apart from that cloud on the horizon. Until I turned to walk on. The wind was blowing the clouds from inland

Gunton Cliffs: 22nd Oct 2020

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The sun was painting everything red, and in a clear sky, I couldn’t look her way

Gunton Warren, dunes: 22nd Oct 2020

Red bracken? Red? Hmmm.

Gunton Warren: 22nd Oct 2020

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She added gold to the shining leaves…

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And like Lot’s wife, I dared to look back…

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… before making my way through the holm oaks to the cliff top

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A few of the fungi I met on the way. They didn’t give me their names, and I didn’t ask…

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From Gunton Warren, I crossed into Corton Woods…

22nd Oct 2020

For those who inevitably ask, that green on the water is pondweed. And a seat is offered, but I walked on…

22nd Oct 2020

It’s never easy to photograph woodland trees, but here’s one…

22nd Oct 2020

And a few of the woodland fungi…

22nd Oct 2020

Burgundydrop Bonnets: 22nd Oct 2020

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Probably a Black Milking Bonnet: 22nd Oct 2020

This intriguing fungi-sculpture looks like it should be in a Japanese garden

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And just as I was leaving the woodland to return to the cliffs, a stinkhorn

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Corton beach is a casualty of storms this past decade. This particular stretch has no public access. And the weather is changing: rain brought in on those clouds

Corton beach: 22nd Oct 2020

Atop the cliff, the wind is strong (30mph), but I wanted a photo of this foliage…

22nd Oct 2020

Look! The North Sea is blue. But… but… but… yes, it is so. Or it was this day.

Looking northward to Great Yarmouth. I’m almost home. But first I must negotiate Hopton, another beach that’s gone missing except at low tide.

Hopton, Gt Yarmouth lies beyond it: 22nd Oct 2020

I made it to the bus before the clouds emptied upon the land. A good morning’s walk (8-10 miles). Hope you enjoyed the sights

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A Sure Sign

Posted on October 31, 2020 by crispina kemp

28th Oct 2020

This Is It (autumn) another title achieved in Maria’s Antonia’s #2020picoftheweek

No other words needfed

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Pride and Prejudice

Posted on October 30, 2020 by crispina kemp

Sunrise reflected: 29th Oct 2020

Answer me, please
What did I do?
For this isn’t like what I know of you

I admit I texted you to take a hike
In words more abusive than you’d like
But confused, what did this long silence mean?
That you’d changed your mind,
Moved on, left me behind?
Then you ought to have said
Not left me with this ache in my heart, in my head

I heard the news, can’t say that I didn’t
A multi-car motorway accident
I searched but no word of you
And the phone…
No answer, no ring
That was perplexing
And that’s when I texted you
You insult me, you toad, I’ll live without you

For weeks, rather I’d die than to endure the pain
Yet… Oh My God…
The red dawning came
With impatience, I had prematurely judged you
OMG I had maligned you

I pleaded, forgive me
For I’d lost my pride
Washed away in the tears I’d cried
“We’d always be friends.”
I thought you had lied.

And you, as I’d asked, forgave me
I’ll take that as proof
No need to say that you love me most ardently.

My impatience, my prejudice, my pride
Because in that accident your phone had died

 

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