Norfolk Mountains 15 - 17 September 2006
16 September 2006 21:45, | Club Meets
Norfolk Mountains 15 - 17 September 2006
Keith Mott reports:
We were once again blessed by fine weather for this exceedingly arduous meet. Friends started arriving on the Thursday and by Friday evening 15 sat down to the traditional local fare of spaghetti bolognaise.
On the Saturday we continued our trek along the Waveney Valley, this time further to the west than before. Eventually we will make the watershed where the Waveney ends and Little Ouse begins. This effectively makes Norfolk an island! The walk was enlivened by the sight of thousands of geese on their way to a party at Christmas! We also surprised a pair of deer on a section of heath. The heathland was an unusual sight since the it is sandwiched between areas of wetland. The deer are a common sight.
We were joined at a pub by the non-walkers where lunch was taken. The walk in the afternoon retraced some of our steps with a diversion at the end around the mere. It was then back to the house for more food and drink. I said it was arduous!
Sunday saw us venturing a little further afield to Wymondham. We parked by the mid Norfolk railway and walked along newly designated footpaths onto an estate. Although there were numerous tracks marked on the map many were fenced off. We left the park and made our way to the nearest pub which turned out to be run by the owners of our local micro brewery whose beer we sampled last year. Sunday lunch was being served which we could hardly refuse. Some of the group managed to get a lift back to the cars and a scene from the Keystone Cops played out with cars going in various directions, although in much slower motion of course.
The group dissolved slowly with some coming back to the house for refreshments before the long journey home. Frances really enjoyed her postponed birthday party and would like to thank all those made it so memorable.
Keith Mott reports:
We were once again blessed by fine weather for this exceedingly arduous meet. Friends started arriving on the Thursday and by Friday evening 15 sat down to the traditional local fare of spaghetti bolognaise.
On the Saturday we continued our trek along the Waveney Valley, this time further to the west than before. Eventually we will make the watershed where the Waveney ends and Little Ouse begins. This effectively makes Norfolk an island! The walk was enlivened by the sight of thousands of geese on their way to a party at Christmas! We also surprised a pair of deer on a section of heath. The heathland was an unusual sight since the it is sandwiched between areas of wetland. The deer are a common sight.
We were joined at a pub by the non-walkers where lunch was taken. The walk in the afternoon retraced some of our steps with a diversion at the end around the mere. It was then back to the house for more food and drink. I said it was arduous!
Sunday saw us venturing a little further afield to Wymondham. We parked by the mid Norfolk railway and walked along newly designated footpaths onto an estate. Although there were numerous tracks marked on the map many were fenced off. We left the park and made our way to the nearest pub which turned out to be run by the owners of our local micro brewery whose beer we sampled last year. Sunday lunch was being served which we could hardly refuse. Some of the group managed to get a lift back to the cars and a scene from the Keystone Cops played out with cars going in various directions, although in much slower motion of course.
The group dissolved slowly with some coming back to the house for refreshments before the long journey home. Frances really enjoyed her postponed birthday party and would like to thank all those made it so memorable.