A Stay With Winterton Cottages, Norfolk
Must admit, until recently, I didn’t know too much about Norfolk. Only things I knew were that the main town is, Norwich, the watery bits are, The Broads and once upon a time, Stephen Fry…
Through Norwich City By Kayak
Sloughbottom Park is a large park next to Mile Cross in Norwich and is home to several grass football pitches, a basketball court, a BMX track and a plethora of happy dog walkers. It also…
Kayak Gibraltar Gardens, Norwich To Drayton On The River Wensum
The River Wensum runs from a spring between the villages of Colkirk and Whissonsett in North Norfolk, is thirty miles long, before joining the River Yare, which gives Great Yarmouth it’s name, before heading out…
A Visit To Titchwell Marsh, Norfolk
Staying in Lincolnshire for the weekend, I was looking for days out that I could do with the family. I stumbled across RSPB Titchwell Marsh in my searches and thought it sounded like a promising…
Swallowtail Butterflies Of Hickling Broad
The swallowtail is a rare butterfly found in the Norfolk Broads area. There are occasional sightings in the south of England, when migrant populations make their way across the country, but the Norfolk Broads are…
A Norfolk Wander In Horsford Woods
A couple of miles north of Norwich lies the large village of Horsford. It’s one of those places that is out of the city far enough that there are fields between the outskirts of suburbia…
Roarr! Dinosaur Adventure – A Family Day Out
On a warm August Sunday, we decided to go on a Jurassic experience at Roarr! Dinosaur adventure in Lenwade, Norfolk. This was our first time visiting but as keen dinosaur enthusiasts we thought it would…
Thetford Forest – UK’s Largest Man-Made Lowland Pine Forest
There is something liberating about heading deep into a forest and leaving the hubbub of modern life behind you. Filling your lungs with the scent of pine and treating your ears to the strange silence…
A Visit To Great Yarmouth And The Winter Gardens
On a very brisk day in November my family and I were on a mission to get out to the seaside, but more than that a surprise visit to see our eldest son who at…
The Roman Saxon Shore Fort of Burgh Castle, Norfolk
Built around AD 300, Burgh Castle is one of the best preserved Roman monuments you can see in Britain today. Although only 3 walls survive, they are virtually standing at their original height. I happened…
A Surprise Trip to Cromer – Norfolk Coast
Cromer on the Norfolk coast is the destination for many holidaymakers, and its locally caught crab is said to be delicious. The Pier at Cromer is one of only a handful remaining on the UK’s…
Sheringham – A North Norfolk Gem
Sometimes you go to a new place and as nice as it is, that will be the only time that you visit there. On occasions however one visit somewhere leads to continual return visits because…
