Tag Archives: Norfolk Broads

Sunday Picture Post: Gateway to the Broads

Posted on October 5, 2025 by crispina kemp

24th September 2025, with the flowers past their best and the fungi season not yet started, we decide to visit Acle, ‘Gateway to the Broads’ for at least there’ll be boats. Please join us This fingerpost says Weavers Way, a … Continue reading →

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CCC045: That’s Dead Slow

Posted on July 30, 2025 by crispina kemp

Context is everything Believe me 6mph, my crow-friend croaks 6mph, that’s a joke 6mph, what, cos their wings are broke? 6mph, I can fly faster But that sign is for humans in charge of Broads’ cruisers Because 6mph is all … Continue reading →

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Sunday Picture Post: All Along The River Bure

Posted on May 4, 2025 by crispina kemp

14th April 2025, a wonderfully sunny day, not to hot, not to cold, the perfect walking day. We hop a bus out to Acle from where we circle less through the villages, more through the green spaces between them. Shoes … Continue reading →

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Sunday Picture Post: Surlingham 2017

Posted on February 16, 2025 by crispina kemp

As predicted, we’ve been unable to walk the cameras this week. But my archive is deep, though somewhat lacking in February photos. Also, I don’t want to use photos from my regular twice or thrice yearly walks. So here’s one … Continue reading →

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Sunday Picture Post: Down By Upton Way

Posted on July 23, 2023 by crispina kemp

24th June. Met Office forecast a blistering day. But if we go early… and we don’t go too far… We opt for Upton, a short walk across the fields from Acle, and we can bus to there. Make sure you’ve … Continue reading →

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Sunday Picture Post: South Walsham

Posted on January 23, 2022 by crispina kemp

Picking up where we left off last week, 13th January, we’re heading now to South Walsham, home of my several-times great grandfather. Looking back at the mill… Along the narrow lanes To South Walsham… church of St Mary Church of … Continue reading →

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Tuesday Treat: St Olaves

Posted on March 30, 2021 by crispina kemp

St Olaves (named for the Norse Saint Olaf) is a small village on the River Waveney, the natural border of Norfolk and Suffolk. We passed through here on our way to Fritton Woods (See Sunday Picture Post) and stopped a … Continue reading →

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Sunday Picture Post: Land of My Fathers’

Posted on March 14, 2021 by crispina kemp

Monday 8th March dawns misty and cold. But we’ve arranged to do this 10-mile walk from Acle via Upton to South Walsham (home in 1817 to my many-times great-grandpa, John Self Brown) and back, and so we will.  The bus takes … Continue reading →

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Sunday Picture Post: Treading In My Several-Times-Great Grandpa’s Footsteps

Posted on August 23, 2020 by crispina kemp

I caught the 6:35 (am) bus out of Great Yarmouth as far as Acle. The weather wasn’t good for sunbathing but excellent for walking. And I had a way to go. My destination was South Walsham (via the green lanes … Continue reading →

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Water Under the Bridge

Posted on July 25, 2020 by crispina kemp

Transportation, another title achieved in Maria’s Antonia’s #2020picoftheweek The bridge is at St Olave’s on the Waveney River. Part of the Broads area, the river forms the border between counties of Norfolk and Suffolk. I liked the double-take, of both … Continue reading →

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