Tag Archives: Costessey

Sunday Picture Post: Water and Woods

Posted on March 3, 2024 by crispina kemp

17th February 2024, after lots and lots of rain, we hopped a bus into Norwich and walked out along Marriott’s Way, ultimately to Costessey, which isn’t that far away. In last week’s post we stopped as we reached the city … Continue reading →

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Sunday Picture Post: After the Storm

Posted on November 5, 2023 by crispina kemp

We’ve been having lots of rain-storms this autumn. 24th October 2023 was forecast “wet”. So do we cut the walk. No way. We’ll take a chance. Hopped a bus into Norwich, hopped a second bus out to Thorpe Marriott. We’re … Continue reading →

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Sunday Picture Post: The Wooded Hills of Costessey

Posted on December 11, 2022 by crispina kemp

Before I moved to the coast, I had only to open my door and stroll to be amongst these wooded hills. Now (7th November) we bus into Norwich and bus out to Costessey. But it’s worth it… Photos taken just … Continue reading →

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Caught in the Rain. Again

Posted on November 12, 2022 by crispina kemp

According to the weather forecast we should have been on the bus coming home before the rain came. But it caught the tail end of our walk. It wasn’t torrential, though more than a brief shower. We took shelter here. … Continue reading →

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Sunday Picture Post: Back Home

Posted on May 8, 2022 by crispina kemp

It doesn’t matter the years since we’ve moved, our childhood home is always “home”. So, hop on a bus, then another, and come walk with me the woods and hills and lanes of my childhood. We start with the woods. … Continue reading →

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Sunday Picture Post: In Winter Woods

Posted on February 20, 2022 by crispina kemp

7th February, we hop on a bus to Norwich to walk along the Wensum Valley and visit the little Tud. From there we head into Costessey where there are wooded hills. Please come with me… Woodland photography isn’t easy when … Continue reading →

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Sunday Picture Post: The Wooded Hills of Home

Posted on November 28, 2021 by crispina kemp

17th November, we bus into Norwich then walk out along Marriott’s Way to Costessey. Land of my birth, scene of my wild days, the village sits on glacial deposits of sand and gravel; over the centuries those aggregates have been … Continue reading →

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Green Hills and Vales

Posted on May 2, 2021 by crispina kemp

April 22nd. The day arrives for our annual return to our childhood home, to the woods where I played Robin Hood and Sir Ivanhoe, where I learned the names of wild flowers. And from the woods a walk along Marriotts … Continue reading →

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In Time for Lunch

Posted on August 29, 2020 by crispina kemp

It wasn’t that the walk that morning had been long and arduous. It wasn’t that we melted beneath a fierce summer sun. But we had been out since 7:00 am (to catch the bus into Norwich) and walking since 7:40. … Continue reading →

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A Square Round Well

Posted on September 14, 2019 by crispina kemp

My submission for the #2019picoftheweek challenge title: All’s Well For details of #2019picoftheweek challenge see MariaAntonia This magnificent well sits beside the main Norwich to Dereham road, at the corner of Longwater Lane in Costessey. Despite misinformation to the contrary, … Continue reading →

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