It was a bit overcast at first for our first full day in Norfolk – quite a relief after all the sunshine of the last few days. We made our way up to Wroxham, parked up and walked to the
Hotel Wroxham where we sat out by the river for a coffee …
The Hotel has a webcam which we check every day when we’re at home …
We rang Pam and told her to logon and she’d see us sitting there. She asked Mike to wave and we had a chat while she watched us – technology – it’s great isn’t it? After coffee it was back to the RV and with map in hand we found our way to Wroxham Broad …
This is somewhere we’ve visited many times by water but have never driven to it. One pound bought us as long as we wanted in the car park and it was a lovely spot for lunch. There were so many geese with their young …
a family of coots …
and a family of ducks …
We stayed for quite a long time watching boats come and go and then the map came out again to decide where we’d go next. Another place we’ve stopped with a boat is opposite the Ferry Inn but we’ve never before ventured down there in the RV. After negotiating a very narrow road we emerged by the river and parked up. The Ferry Inn is closed and looking very sad …
a sign of the times I think. We then began the walk alongside the river towards Cockshoot Dyke. We went up the Dyke and looked towards the Broad …
The boardwalk takes you into the Bure Marshes …
and ends at a hide overlooking the Broad …
If we’d known it was there we’d have taken our binoculars! This Broad is so peaceful as no boats can reach it – it’s a haven for wildlife. On the way back I spotted some beautiful water-lillies …
So now it was back to the RV and through Woodbastwick which is a real chocolate box village of thatched cottages. This one caught my eye …
I’ve never seen writing like this before on a cottage …
The village green was immaculate …
The previous evening we’d arranged to meet an American cousin of mine who was holidaying in Norfolk and so we made our way over to Ludham where he was staying, but with no signal on my phone we had to head back to Wroxham and park up waiting for his call. We finally got together and went to The Kings Head for a meal. I’d been emailing Scott for quite a long time after finding him by chance from a genealogy Surname website but of course we’d never met so it was great to sit by the river and learn all about each others lives. We went back to the RV for coffee and he told us what he’d been doing since he arrived on Monday. He’d been visiting loads of churches and looking for gravestones of his ancestors. He’d also been to the Family History Centre at Kirby Hall and had been trawling through documents looking for more ancestors. He was a mine of information being able to quote dates in the 1700’s for births and deaths etc!! After taking a photo …
we said our goodbyes and made our way back to the campsite.
The Hotel has a webcam which we check every day when we’re at home …
We rang Pam and told her to logon and she’d see us sitting there. She asked Mike to wave and we had a chat while she watched us – technology – it’s great isn’t it? After coffee it was back to the RV and with map in hand we found our way to Wroxham Broad …
This is somewhere we’ve visited many times by water but have never driven to it. One pound bought us as long as we wanted in the car park and it was a lovely spot for lunch. There were so many geese with their young …
a family of coots …
and a family of ducks …
We stayed for quite a long time watching boats come and go and then the map came out again to decide where we’d go next. Another place we’ve stopped with a boat is opposite the Ferry Inn but we’ve never before ventured down there in the RV. After negotiating a very narrow road we emerged by the river and parked up. The Ferry Inn is closed and looking very sad …
a sign of the times I think. We then began the walk alongside the river towards Cockshoot Dyke. We went up the Dyke and looked towards the Broad …
The boardwalk takes you into the Bure Marshes …
and ends at a hide overlooking the Broad …
If we’d known it was there we’d have taken our binoculars! This Broad is so peaceful as no boats can reach it – it’s a haven for wildlife. On the way back I spotted some beautiful water-lillies …
So now it was back to the RV and through Woodbastwick which is a real chocolate box village of thatched cottages. This one caught my eye …
I’ve never seen writing like this before on a cottage …
The village green was immaculate …
The previous evening we’d arranged to meet an American cousin of mine who was holidaying in Norfolk and so we made our way over to Ludham where he was staying, but with no signal on my phone we had to head back to Wroxham and park up waiting for his call. We finally got together and went to The Kings Head for a meal. I’d been emailing Scott for quite a long time after finding him by chance from a genealogy Surname website but of course we’d never met so it was great to sit by the river and learn all about each others lives. We went back to the RV for coffee and he told us what he’d been doing since he arrived on Monday. He’d been visiting loads of churches and looking for gravestones of his ancestors. He’d also been to the Family History Centre at Kirby Hall and had been trawling through documents looking for more ancestors. He was a mine of information being able to quote dates in the 1700’s for births and deaths etc!! After taking a photo …
we said our goodbyes and made our way back to the campsite.
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