Tag Archives: Walks

A Patterned Platform

Posted on March 24, 2018 by crispina kemp

Once upon a time, a train line ran from Norwich, westward through many a Norfolk village. Laid in 1882 by the Midland and Great North-Western Railway, M&GNW was better known to the locals as the Muddle and Go Nowhere Line. My … Continue reading →

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Black and White Reflections

Posted on February 17, 2018 by crispina kemp

This week I braved the elements to take some fresh photos for the 2018picoftheweek challenge. I wasn’t sure of the wisdom of this walk having a mild case of vertigo in aftermath of a sinus infection and/or a cold. But … Continue reading →

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Protected: A Little Village with Big Connections

Posted on July 1, 2017 by crispina kemp

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The Two Mills of Tunstall

Posted on April 22, 2017 by crispina kemp

Living in Great Yarmouth, and making frequent journeys by bus along the Acle New Road (A47), I am rather blasé about our windmills, so many of which can be seen from that road. Yet, apart from one visit to Berney … Continue reading →

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Nature. Reserved.

Posted on April 15, 2017 by crispina kemp

Surlingham . . .  a small village off the main highway southeast of Norwich qualifies for both the blog projects I’ve set myself for this year—Norfolk Broads, and A Hundred Walks (walks in the old hundred of Henstead). But I … Continue reading →

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At The Broads’ Edge

Posted on March 18, 2017 by crispina kemp

At the Broads’ edge is Breydon Water, the meagre remains of the once Great Estuary (See Broadly). Here the three main Broads’ rivers join (the Bure, the Yare and the Waveney) to flow as one through the port of Great … Continue reading →

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A Hundred Walks

Posted on March 12, 2017 by crispina kemp

No, not 100 walks, but walks across, around and through an English hundred. This is something I began last summer, source of the flower photos I posted (see also The Confusing Case of the Norman Arches), and intend to resume … Continue reading →

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Tipping a Wink at Whitlingham

Posted on January 28, 2017 by crispina kemp

While I have no intention of making this post a promotion of Whitlingham Country Park (I’m sure they’ve their own department devoted to it), I will agree that it makes an ideal destination for a family day out. Sailing, canoeing, … Continue reading →

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A Wet Woodland Walk

Posted on January 14, 2017 by crispina kemp

Or perhaps A Spurious Segue In January 1797 John Hetherington, a London haberdasher, was fined £50 for causing a public nuisance—he was wearing the very first top hat. In public! In February 1797 the very last invasion of Britain began. And … Continue reading →

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Reflections

Posted on May 21, 2016 by crispina kemp

The weather forecast gave a midday temperature of 11° C, cloudy, wind NW 4 mph gusting to 6. Lo! What a miserable day considering this is now the middle of May. Yet it was the day I’d been waiting for … Continue reading →

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