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By Blickling

Posted on March 28, 2018 by crispina kemp

The weather being fair on Saturday, I hauled on the walking shoes and hopped on a bus, then on another bus. The intention was a circular walk, from Aylsham—the one-time centre of the Norfolk wool industry, now a quiet market town—and … Continue reading →

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A Patterned Platform

Posted on March 24, 2018 by crispina kemp

Once upon a time, a train line ran from Norwich, westward through many a Norfolk village. Laid in 1882 by the Midland and Great North-Western Railway, M&GNW was better known to the locals as the Muddle and Go Nowhere Line. My … Continue reading →

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It’s Spring

Posted on March 17, 2018 by crispina kemp

I’m not sure whether to enter this as ‘It’s Spring’, or ‘Close-Up’: my offering for this week’s #2018picoftheweek Challenge. There are several species of willow in the Uk with the alias of Pussy Willow, but only two grow in East … Continue reading →

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Alder Red

Posted on March 14, 2018 by crispina kemp

A difficult shot when the March winds do blow. But I was determined to capture the alder in all its parts. Despite the wind-blur, I think we can see last year’s ‘fruit’, looking remarkably like pine cones, hiding behind this season’s … Continue reading →

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Water. Everywhere

Posted on March 10, 2018 by crispina kemp

After the snow came the flood. Okay, so I exaggerate; it wasn’t that bad. Yet walking the Wensum Valley on Tuesday all I could see of the lower meadows were the protruding hedges and the tufts of the taller grass-hummocks. … Continue reading →

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After the Snow

Posted on March 7, 2018 by crispina kemp

Yesterday I was finally able to take the camera for a walk. And I found this, lost in the midst if several acres of snow-melt. It was a day of firsts. The first clear shot I’ve had of a Little … Continue reading →

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Things are Looking Up

Posted on March 3, 2018 by crispina kemp

This week in brief: Blasted by the Beast from the East; temperatures below minus 10 C;  incessant winds of 30-60 mph; low visibility, no public transport, only the busiest arterial routes open to traffic. Not a good week for walking … Continue reading →

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Outdoors Indoors Sunshine

Posted on February 28, 2018 by crispina kemp

Winter has hit Great Yarmouth with a vengeance—just to make up for all those years we’ve missed it.With an easterly wind blasting powdering snow at my windows so I can’t even see out, I’ve decided to keep the curtains shut. … Continue reading →

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Norwich Graffiti

Posted on February 24, 2018 by crispina kemp

There is a wall in the woods on Mousehold Heath, at Norwich. Just a length of wall. It connects to nothing. It’s not the ruin of some old building. In fact, it looks no more than 30-50 years old. Incongruous … Continue reading →

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Black and White Reflections

Posted on February 17, 2018 by crispina kemp

This week I braved the elements to take some fresh photos for the 2018picoftheweek challenge. I wasn’t sure of the wisdom of this walk having a mild case of vertigo in aftermath of a sinus infection and/or a cold. But … Continue reading →

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