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Sunday Picture Post: Chet Valley

8th March, it takes two buses to deliver us to Brooke, southeast of Norwich, to begin our walk along the Chet Valley. With so much rain of late, we’re happy to road-walk. So put on your “walkers” and join us. … Continue reading

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Sunday Picture Post: Village Life

Last week we walked the Yare Valley. Today, we’re back on Norfolk’s mostly flat top, walking the villages (second part of walk 27th January 2022) Every Norfolk village should have one of these… And they all have one of these… … Continue reading

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Sunday Picture Post: Last of November Walks (Part 2)

22nd November now seems so long ago, but let’s refresh memories. A bus across the grazing marshes take us to Acle where we squelch through Damgate Carr (carr = wet woodland) and over the pastures to join with a dry-ish … Continue reading

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Sunday Picture Post: Boudica’s Way

10th November, hopped off the bus at Dunston Hall on A140. This is where the *modern* road picks up the course of a Roman road from Venta Icenorum to Colchester and Chelmsford. Is this the road that Boudica took on … Continue reading

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Sunday Picture Post: Beyond the Marsh

Last we we left our marshland walk at Tunstall. Today we’re heading to Halvergate. Please do come along. The famous flint flushwork, much in evidence in this part of Norfolk The marshland wasn’t drained until early C19th. Before them *marsh* … Continue reading

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Sunday Picture Post: Marshland Walk

10th August, we hop on the bus… and get off at the next stop: Acle, the far side of the grazing marshes. We’re walking from Acle to Halvergate via Tunstall. These photos record the first stage… to Tunstall. Waterproof boots … Continue reading

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Sunday Picture Post: Down Tight Country Lanes

This isn’t a long slog; it’s easy walking through quaint villages and green woodland. Hopping off the bus at Poringland we head down a lane lined with trees hung with bundles of mistletoe. How enchanting. Which takes us to the … Continue reading

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Sunday Picture Post: Weston to Ringland

We take the bus to Morton-on-the-Hill  and walk via Weston Longville to the local beauty spot of Ringland Hills. Put on your hikers and join us (it’s not a long walk) The glaring brightness cast deep shadows. I hope it … Continue reading

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Into The Woods

Oh yay! Although the sun’s hiding, yet spring is truly come. We take the bus from Great Yarmouth to the small town of Acle on the far side of the grazing marshes. Most of our route will be off-road. But … Continue reading

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Sunday Picture Post: Land of My Fathers’

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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