Tag Archives: Norfolk Walks

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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Along the Yare

Posted on April 25, 2021 by crispina kemp

You’d think with living at the mouth of the Yare (Yarmouth) I’d have enough of that river. But no. Early on 15th April, despite an unfavourable weather forecast, we catch the bus to Norwich and get off at the outskirts … Continue reading →

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Into The Woods

Posted on April 18, 2021 by crispina kemp

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: A Different Way

Posted on April 11, 2021 by crispina kemp

My new camera arrived on 3rd April. Impatient, the next day I take it for a walk. I’m out early. The light isn’t good and it’s cold, but… Too cold to walk on Breydon bank, I join a farm track … Continue reading →

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Sunday Picture Post: Fritton

Posted on March 28, 2021 by crispina kemp

7:20 am 23rd March, we hop on a bus to Belton, a village a few miles southwest of Great Yarmouth. From Belton we walk a very Sandy Lane to Fritton Woods (aka Waveney Forest). The white flowers of blackthorn are … Continue reading →

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Sunday Picture Post: Early on a Spring Day

Posted on March 21, 2021 by crispina kemp

Friday 19th March – the day before the vernal equinox – the Met Office forecast suggested I might catch a sunrise But with the sunrise scheduled for 5:59 I needed to be out early Downriver from Haven Bridge; towards Breydon … 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: Another Day by the Sea

Posted on March 7, 2021 by crispina kemp

2nd March 2021, not the warmest of days. Mist hangs heavy all day. But we’re geared up for the walk, so we’ll do it. Starting at North Lowestoft where the sea has swallowed the beach… We keep to the prom… … Continue reading →

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Sunday Picture Post: By Fields and Woods

Posted on February 28, 2021 by crispina kemp

It’s time to venture further afield. Can’t go far, lockdown still holds, but Acle is just across the grazing marshes, less than 20 minutes by bus. We don’t know what we’ll find by way of plants so we click-crazy at … Continue reading →

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Sunday Picture Post: A Windy Day at the Beach

Posted on February 21, 2021 by crispina kemp

If I walk from mine to the end of Gorleston promenade and back, that’s a 10-miler. Forecast is showers, becoming heavy in the afternoon. And high winds gusting yet stronger. But what the hell, I’ve been held in by the … Continue reading →

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