Tag Archives: Mousehold Heath

Sunday Picture Post: Autumnal Trees

Posted on November 9, 2025 by crispina kemp

30th October 2025, a day of dazzling sun. So we hop the bus to Norwich and head off to Mousehold Heath, that wonderful tree-grown heath with its precipitously-sided former quarries where fungi tend to show themselves around about now. I … Continue reading →

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Sunday Picture Post: Mousehold Heath

Posted on December 8, 2024 by crispina kemp

22nd November 2024, we board the bus for Norwich and walk out to Mousehold Heath, passing through the cathedral close. You are welcome to join us… November and the sun rises later, casting everything in gold The cathedral is a … Continue reading →

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Sunday Picture Post: The Heath Above the City

Posted on October 29, 2023 by crispina kemp

17th October 2023, a bright sunny day. So we put on our hikers and hop on a bus to Norwich. There is a wooded heath about the city, we’re headed there. Please do join us… To avoid the rush-hour city, … Continue reading →

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Sunday Picture Post: By Heath and River

Posted on November 13, 2022 by crispina kemp

Continuing our walk of 21st October. From atop Mousehold Heath we now descend through the trees and down to the river. The mist has cleared. The sun shines from a clouded sky. Enjoy… The trees are late in turning colour … Continue reading →

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Sunday Picture Post: Town and Country Morning Mist

Posted on November 6, 2022 by crispina kemp

21st October 2022 begins with thick mist. Bussing across the marshland into Norwich we can’t see beyond the edge of the road. We’re heading out to Mousehold Heath, a wooded hill topped by a heathland Our route takes us down … Continue reading →

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Sunday Picture Post: Taking the High Road

Posted on July 24, 2022 by crispina kemp

4th July. Sunny. Hot. We didn’t want long hours on a bus. We went to Norwich then walked to Mousehold Heath, the local beauty spot A riverside walk, a good way to start the day The depth of the valley … Continue reading →

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Sunday Picture Post: Mousehold Heath

Posted on October 31, 2021 by crispina kemp

15th October, we bus into Norwich and arrive wonderfully early to walk through uncrowded streets. We’re heading for Mousehold Heath, a (mostly) wooded height that sits above Norwich on the banks of the Wensum. We cut through the cathedral close … Continue reading →

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Sunday Picture Post: Norwich and its Heath

Posted on October 18, 2020 by crispina kemp

Fungi season’s begun. So it’s off to Mousehold Heath for us. A bus to Norwich. A walk through the cathedral close Then up the hill. Not high, but sufficiently steep. It’s where Robert Kett and his rebels set camp. (See … 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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