Walking weekend in Norfolk.

This year the walking weekend was based near King’s Lynn,North Norfolk.Unfortunately the weather forecast was not good  with  a very cold north wind and rain was predicted for  Monday afternoon.

The party (those who were doing the walk) left the hotel and drove a short distance to the Sandbouy Pub,(near the village of Bawsey) .Having  parked our cars we set  off on the walk  with Roger Cropp in the lead . This was a short one, of about 4 miles, around abandoned sand workings ,with the pits (former workings) full of water.As  we set off there was a pervading air of “malt” but this was from a nearby factory producing bird feed from grain.

During the walk (as usual ) we were able to converse with different people as the column moved and changed. Part way round John Clarke gave us a short talk on the origin of the sand,which was from the last ice age,some geological features  and  he told us that he had seen a fossilised sand dune.

At the end of the walk we returned to the Sandbouy pub for a lunch of sandwiches,chips and a welcome glass of beer.As predicted, by 1.30 pm ,it was raining and it was decided to abandon the afternoon walk.Some people went back to the hotel,others to the visitor centre at Sandringham and a few for a short walk near Wolferton.

By the time we arrived at the parking lot ,near Wolferton,it was raining heavily and we had to put on wet weather gear. Roger lead the way through the trees to the low laying marshy area and along the board walk to the information board.We returned to the car park and passed a bench dedicated to John Denver.

Our reduced party walked into Wolferton village to look at the  closed(Royal )railway station,which is now a residence,past the Royal Stud and visited the church.This is somewhat large for such a small community ,but has the remains of medievil wall painting,and at one time was much closer to the coast. O, and “Farmer “Mike helped a black lamb find its mother.

On Monday some  were to visit Sandringham House and others made their way home.A very pleasant few days away,pity about the weather.Our thanks to Roger for organising another successful  walking weekend.