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Europe » United Kingdom » England » Norfolk » Oxborough September 3rd 2011

Mary had asked us to plan where to go on the Bank Holiday on 29 August 2011. I suggested visiting Oxburgh Hall which we visited with my mother in 2005. We remembered the red brick wall, moated manor house, church, vegetable garden, and woodland walks. As we arrived at the Car Park, we decided to do woodland walks starting from the church. We followed the numbers and arrows. There were wooden sculptures, e.g. rabbit, squirrel, owl, heron and a green man and we saw them while following the signs. The woodland trail took us to the woodland surrounded by lush countryside, viewpoint to the manor house, and a little stream. John and Mary had planned doing picnic and brought folding chairs. However, it wasn’t warm enough to do picnic on 29 August and we decided to ... read more
Oxburgh Hall with parterre garden
Dahlia
vegetable garden

Europe » United Kingdom » England » Norfolk » Norwich August 5th 2011

Afternoon... I have been wanting to start a b log about my travels for some time now, but just haven't been able to get around to it...so finally...here goes. My name is Wes. Originally from Canada, I now live in Norwich in the UK. I've been travelling for a few years, although to be honest I haven't been to nearly as many places as I would like! (I suspect that goes the same for the majority of travellers here!) As I mentioned, I'm originally from Canada, Windsor Ontario to be exact. List of places I've been: Canada (Lived) USA UK (Lived) India Italy Spain Bermuda (Lived) I hope to add in more content over the next while about places I've been and lived. If anyone had questions, please get in touch. ... read more

Europe » United Kingdom » England » Norfolk » Attleborough July 28th 2011

Hello blog-followers! I arrived in London (from Dublin, Ireland) a few weeks ago so have a lot to update you on, so here we go.. Working at a kids summer camp was the push for me to get out of Oz and explore the big wide world, so before I got settled for the 6 week challenge I set aside 3 days in London to do some sight-seeing and enjoy some time on my own before surrounding myself with crazy kids, long days and action packed activities! London - Day 1 I caught the tube (London’s easy & efficient way to travel) and took a peak inside Westminster Cathedral before setting foot to visit her Royal Highness (the flag was flying, signalling she was home) and watching the change of the guard at Buckingham Palace. The ... read more
Buckingham Palace
All things British..
Camp XUK

Europe » United Kingdom » England » Norfolk » Cromer July 4th 2011

Getting very bored packing, but having lots of help from Rach, Kathryn and Roly...... read more
Roly

Europe » United Kingdom » England » Norfolk » Blakeney June 26th 2011

Just back from a great weekend in the 'big sky' country of England; Norfolk. Scott, Adam, Myles and I headed off out of London early Saturday morning arriving at Kings Lynn around 9.30. We were soon heading towards the start of our walk, which was a section of the famous Peddlers Way / Norfolk Coast Path. Our kick off point was a standard British seaside town called Hunstanton. We jetted out of there pretty quickly. The first part of the walk was along and behind the sand dunes and past a bird sanctury. To our amusement there were a number of bird watchers around. Their equipment must cost a fortune. We then did a 'U' in land, which offered fanastic views back to the coast. We walked past huge fields of wheat which were a lovely ... read more

Europe » United Kingdom » England » Norfolk » Norwich June 19th 2011

The 20 Questions... 1. Where the devil have I been? 2. Most memorable meal? 3. Photo of the week? 4. Best bargain? 5. Most imaginative use of the Buff? 6. Most amusing sign / place name? 7. Biggest fashion crime? 8. Crappest tourist attraction? 9. Best view? 10. Div of the week? 11. Dodgy moment of the week? 12. Catchphrase of the week? 13. Most epic magic 8 ball decision? 14. Average Bristol Stool Chart score? 15. Soundtrack to the week? 16. Local brew review 17. Favourite person of the week? 18. Best game invention? 19. Thing that made me happiest? 20. Thing I've missed the most? Okay, so for those of you with grammatical OCD I am fully aware that most of the above are in fact NOT questions, but 20 statements just doesn't have ... read more
The Bristol Stool Chart

Europe » United Kingdom » England » Norfolk » Norwich June 11th 2011

Bangkok, Roi Et, Rayong... read more

Europe » United Kingdom » England » Norfolk » Hempstead May 13th 2011

Well, after a long period camper van stories continues. We left Brownhills and I took over the driving nearly killing us at the big scary roundabout where my husband got quite scared, not a good start, and we finally chugged off on the open road again. Not for long. The van started to slow down, a bad sign, so Robert decided to pull into a farm opening and look at the engine. This involved taking out all my useless packing, quite a lengthy task involving quite a bit of grumping. Then he hummed and haahed and fiddled about with the engine a bit, very boring, but I had my sectret weapon - a page turner- a rivetingly rubbishy book. Finally we put everything back and he drove. We chugged off again towards York. We found a ... read more

Europe » United Kingdom » England » Norfolk » Downham Market December 10th 2010

A romantic, moated manor house, situated south of Downham Market of Norfolk, has been the home for the Bedingfeld family since the 15th century. There are a series of certificates presented by the Edward 4th, which he had acknowledged to build the fort in Oxburgh, displayed in the King’s Bedroom. When Sir Edmund Bedingfeld acquired the castle in 1482, it was in the middle of the War of the Roses. The Bedingfeld family were Catholic worshippers, and therefore their thoughts and life were frequently threatened and suppressed by the Tudor politics. Until the beginning of the 18th century, they repeatedly moved out of Oxburgh or lived abroad. The Bedingfeld family were finally settled in Oxburgh at the beginning of the 19th century. At that time, the 6th Baronet of Bedingfeld inherited it. Tudor style interior and ... read more




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