A walk today along the river Wensum as it winds through the wonderful city of Norwich. Started at the Compleat Angler where you can walk through their outside area and down to the riverside path. On the opposite bank a fishing match in progress with some anglers using poles nearly able to touch the bank on my side. Will the fish out think them and win??
On to Pulls Ferry where building materials for the Cathedral were brought by water including all those blocks of stone. During building this spot must have been a hive of activity but now peaceful and tranquil. On your left you pass the playing fields of Norwich School with the cathedral as a backdrop. How quintessentially English this scene is, I value it greatly.
Past Bishop Bridge, past Cow Tower and the newly built bridge linking St James Palace where the Broads authority are now based and The Adm & Eve car park. How thoughtful of the planners to provide such an easy route for te Broads Authority staff to get to the Adam & Eve pub!
The bridge is an arc across the river with exposed rusted steel. It looks good.
Continue on to Whitefriars Bridge which takes you onto Quayside. Here street furniture made to look like ships cargo helps give an atmosphere of how life used to be here with ships loading and unloading. Further along is one of the oldest bridges in Norwich, Fye Bridge by the Ribs of Beef. Walking on from here takes you through an arch to the Art College. Here you can turn right to cross Balckfriars bridge or join me in one of my favourite cafes next to st Andrews Hall. Sit by the window reading a paper, enjoying good coffee and watching the world go by. Sheer bliss! Cheers!
Stuart
Sunday, 22 January 2012
Thursday, 29 December 2011
Coltishall 5 Miles-291211-2Hours 10 Mins
Coltishall. Map Reference OL40 268205
Today a walk along the Bure Valley Railway path and return beside the river Bure. Parked at Coltishall "station" car park. Only 4 spaces here that you can park in. The "NO Parking" signs everywhere refer to the part as you drive in. But to your left when looking at the track you will see a "Bure Valley Walk Car Park" official notice. Alternatively there are several other places to park in Coltishall.
Walked West following the track. Navigation is very straight forward on this walk! The track follows beside the Bure Valley Railway which runs Nine miles from Aylsham to Wroxham and can be used by both walkers and cyclists.
The walk takes you deep into the countryside with views across fields and past a rather austere Little Hautbois Hall which appears to be only accessible by a tiny track which has its own railway crossing.
Approaching Buxton at a bridge there are steps taking you down to the river where you can walk under the bridge and walk back to Coltishall beside the river Bure. When you cross a small lane with a bridge the footpath continues on the other side of the river (Northern Side). Follow this Eastwards to return to Coltishall near to "Coltishall Island" petrol station and shop.
An enjoyable walk and the River Bure is lovely.
Today a walk along the Bure Valley Railway path and return beside the river Bure. Parked at Coltishall "station" car park. Only 4 spaces here that you can park in. The "NO Parking" signs everywhere refer to the part as you drive in. But to your left when looking at the track you will see a "Bure Valley Walk Car Park" official notice. Alternatively there are several other places to park in Coltishall.
Walked West following the track. Navigation is very straight forward on this walk! The track follows beside the Bure Valley Railway which runs Nine miles from Aylsham to Wroxham and can be used by both walkers and cyclists.
The walk takes you deep into the countryside with views across fields and past a rather austere Little Hautbois Hall which appears to be only accessible by a tiny track which has its own railway crossing.
Approaching Buxton at a bridge there are steps taking you down to the river where you can walk under the bridge and walk back to Coltishall beside the river Bure. When you cross a small lane with a bridge the footpath continues on the other side of the river (Northern Side). Follow this Eastwards to return to Coltishall near to "Coltishall Island" petrol station and shop.
An enjoyable walk and the River Bure is lovely.
Wednesday, 16 November 2011
Felixstowe-The Golf Club 311011
My walk today took me from Felixstowe Golf Club along the Cliff top to the ice cream stall, (very friendly people) and back along the sea wall past the Golf club to the Ferry. Return by the path adjoining ten golf club.
As you walk along the Cliff top you can enjoy some fab views out to sea with alli its shipping activity. There are some lovely Cliff top houses,many with picture windows and balconies to enjoy this great vista to the full. Down the steps by the Ice cream stall and back along the sea wall. The beach huts are all locked up securely against the winter storms, a long way away form their summer glory and judging by the shingle strewn along the wall there have been some rough seas already.
As you reach the golf club the 2 Martello towers loom into view. Huge monuments to our history. I understand they were built to guard estuaries and harbours to prevent invasion. To me they are quite amazing constructions. Round walls cannot have ben the easiest to construct and the depth of the walls msut have been very good news for the brickmakers.
Continued along the seawall down to the Ferry which at weekends connects you to Bawdsey across the water. Bawdsey Manor which can be easily seen was the base for secret radar experiments in the war. Makes me imagine this all being a very restricted area in those dark times. How many people worked there. A few mad professors perhaps. The pressure to make things work, the disappointments, the kicking of dead equipment hoping it would come back to life and the thrill of something starting to work that man had never seen before.
At the Ferry is the most fabuous fresh fish shop. It looks more like a shed but inside, oh insidie!1 The freshest fish dsiplay I have ever seen. had two fresh gherring whaich i cooked for braekfast the next day. Oh heavely food.
At the Ferry there is also a tea room and a boatyard full of , to me , most interesting craft.
A path to the right leads you along the bottom of the golf course by the harbour and then a path branches off at a kissing gate which takes you along the edge of the golf course back to the club house.
A fairly easy and very enjoyable walk. Stuart
As you walk along the Cliff top you can enjoy some fab views out to sea with alli its shipping activity. There are some lovely Cliff top houses,many with picture windows and balconies to enjoy this great vista to the full. Down the steps by the Ice cream stall and back along the sea wall. The beach huts are all locked up securely against the winter storms, a long way away form their summer glory and judging by the shingle strewn along the wall there have been some rough seas already.
As you reach the golf club the 2 Martello towers loom into view. Huge monuments to our history. I understand they were built to guard estuaries and harbours to prevent invasion. To me they are quite amazing constructions. Round walls cannot have ben the easiest to construct and the depth of the walls msut have been very good news for the brickmakers.
Continued along the seawall down to the Ferry which at weekends connects you to Bawdsey across the water. Bawdsey Manor which can be easily seen was the base for secret radar experiments in the war. Makes me imagine this all being a very restricted area in those dark times. How many people worked there. A few mad professors perhaps. The pressure to make things work, the disappointments, the kicking of dead equipment hoping it would come back to life and the thrill of something starting to work that man had never seen before.
At the Ferry is the most fabuous fresh fish shop. It looks more like a shed but inside, oh insidie!1 The freshest fish dsiplay I have ever seen. had two fresh gherring whaich i cooked for braekfast the next day. Oh heavely food.
At the Ferry there is also a tea room and a boatyard full of , to me , most interesting craft.
A path to the right leads you along the bottom of the golf course by the harbour and then a path branches off at a kissing gate which takes you along the edge of the golf course back to the club house.
A fairly easy and very enjoyable walk. Stuart
Blakeney 290911
Today I met up with my friend Pauline and we walked just over 3 miles around Blakeney past Cley Windmill and over the marshes. An absolutely glorious day, with blue sky and sea. P gave me some education on birds and we enjoyed a walk with good conversation and fabulous views. We are so lucky to be living in Norfolk. Earlier the extra high tide had come up to the road but it quickly subsided, just giving us a good reminder of the forces of nature and that sometimes they are bigger than the car.
Friday, 28 October 2011
Hopton to Corton 201011
Ooops forgot the camera today.
Great walk form Hopton to Corton. Parked at the end of Beach Road, you would never get near here in the summer as only a few spaces. Walked south past all the holiday camps, along the cliff tops.
PATH IS MARKED DANGEROUS BECAUSE OF EROSION. No Route through
There is not a lot of path left and at places where there is a fence you are close,very close to the edge and a big drop, only a metre of path, to the edge. But the views are fab. Look back and you can see Gorleston and the outer harbour with all the wind energy craft. Eventually you come to Corton where a turn to the left, a "score" leads to steps that take you down to sea wall and you can walk to Corton beach. Had to retrace my steps to walk back but I think there may be a bus.
But this path is dangerous and lots of warning signs and you are not really meant to walk it so beware!!
Great walk form Hopton to Corton. Parked at the end of Beach Road, you would never get near here in the summer as only a few spaces. Walked south past all the holiday camps, along the cliff tops.
PATH IS MARKED DANGEROUS BECAUSE OF EROSION. No Route through
There is not a lot of path left and at places where there is a fence you are close,very close to the edge and a big drop, only a metre of path, to the edge. But the views are fab. Look back and you can see Gorleston and the outer harbour with all the wind energy craft. Eventually you come to Corton where a turn to the left, a "score" leads to steps that take you down to sea wall and you can walk to Corton beach. Had to retrace my steps to walk back but I think there may be a bus.
But this path is dangerous and lots of warning signs and you are not really meant to walk it so beware!!
Sunday, 16 October 2011
Corton Church 16 10 11
Today from Corton Church. From the church walk towards the sea and along a track which will take you to the cliff egde. Beware sheer drop! This gives you a good insight into coastal erosion as eventually Corton Church will dissapear beneath the waves. Wooden deflectors have been installed to reduce the power of the waves that pummel the cliffs and further south towards Corton beach much work has been done with large blocks of stone and concrete barriers. But note the sign warning of danger as you walk along the sea edge path.
keep walking to the end of the path and you reach Corton beach, noted for it's nude bathers.
Thsi is, I think, a fabulous stretch of coast with views of Gorleston to your left, The Pier Hotel and the Outer Harbour with its giant wind energy lego like parts clearly visible and then to your right is Lowestoft with its own huge wind generator "Gulliver" which was the biggets wind turbine in UK when installed.
Sorry no pics, forgot the camera!
keep walking to the end of the path and you reach Corton beach, noted for it's nude bathers.
Thsi is, I think, a fabulous stretch of coast with views of Gorleston to your left, The Pier Hotel and the Outer Harbour with its giant wind energy lego like parts clearly visible and then to your right is Lowestoft with its own huge wind generator "Gulliver" which was the biggets wind turbine in UK when installed.
Sorry no pics, forgot the camera!
Monday, 25 July 2011
Gorleston Docks 250711
A walk along the river today from the harbour mouth to view all the extraordinary craft in this industrial landsacpe. Wind energy is building demand for some very different boats to construct these huge windmills out to see. Big industrial plant allways facinates me and I fine these constructions and work paltforms quite amazing. Oh how I would love to sail on them and see them in action.
A walk along the cliff top, tea and cake at JJ's beach cafe, walk up to end of the pier then along the river. Fab!
A walk along the cliff top, tea and cake at JJ's beach cafe, walk up to end of the pier then along the river. Fab!
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