Norfolk

NfkDumpling, hope you enjoy many happy holidays in your caravan.

Just realised, I posted about our holiday on here, should have been in the Travel section, sorry!

The iPad spell check keeps taking th g away!

Bressinham.

I agree the gardens at Bressinham are superb and I love the trains, - best enjoyed in the company of a small child or two.

Met the Wonderful Man in Norfolk; shared our first kiss in Thetford Forest. Lovely place.

Went to Titchwell today. The geese are coming in. Winter drawers on!

Just looked up Invercoe, Number, it looks lovely. We bought a caravan last spring but haven't ventured far yet. We're still getting used to all the mod cons that didn't exist when we had one before - 35 years ago!

If anyone is thinking of visiting Norfolk next summer, do go to Bressingham Gardens near Diss. We used to live in Hoxne in the early seventies so we have seen it grow from humble beginnings. Our children adored the old fashioned Galloper roundabout and so do their children. It's one of my favourite places in East Anglia.

nfk there are some beautiful places in Norfolk and we are trying to get round and visit many of them..Norwich is lovely I like all the old quaint alleyways away from the hustle and bustle of the shops,I don't do hustle and bustle much prefer peace and quiet to potter and mooch...the Quay area of kings Lynn is also a favourite to mooch around..

We`ve just booked the main part of our holiday for next year, we`re taking the caravan here www.invercoe.co.uk for 12 nights, now we need to book 2 nights at either end for stopping off on way there and home again, but the site we want, near to Carlisle, isn`t taking bookings till January.

Glad you love living here Smoluski. I'm born and bred so have nothing to compare with. I love our market towns and Swaffham is lovely. Norwich is quite nice for the occasional visit too.

celebgran we live in a small village close to swaffham,I originate from Essex,having moved here just over four years ago,we lived in Basildon.
there are lots of lovely cottages around,do you fancy inland,coastal,or perhaps on the broads..all idyllic I love this part of the world.

whereabout in NOrfolk do you live Smoluski??

we are in Essex, always lived in this area, but our little weeknd trips to Norfolk are fun mainly we enjoy the evening entertainment but wonder about maybe having cottage next year with little Rosie our king charles.

You go girl !

Wells is lovely nonu but only been in Norfolk for 4 years and still discovering just how lovely it is....

Yeah , get your point S. chips are the best thing at seaside .

A friend of ours had a cottage at Wells , it is a pretty place , mind u haven"t been there for years . Too busy dashing off to to the U.S. Still we have to see what the colonies are up to !! LOL

We didn't do very well this time nonu E got cold said it was like fishing boring .....we had chips and came home ..game over...our best was a bucketful,didn't count but the car now stinks of fish as they dint rinse out the bucket which is still in the boot [phewee. Emoticon]

Smoloski , crabbing , what can I say , our two imps were here about 10days ago . We went crabbing at Old Felixstowe and joy of joys caught 53 , couldn"t believe it .

They live in Bournville , so seaside is just the best thing for them , mind u have to keep an eye on Grandad as he can get a bit carried away .

Still boys will be boys .

back home, was very good value and fun weekend!! we enjoyed trip into Cromer on Sat I managed to forget couple essentials like my mascara! huge bag full make up but none of that mmmm and OH forgot his after shave so we had little shop in Boots for the discount due to OH being pharmacist there.

I have manged to come home with sore throat and cold, but did not start til last night woke up in night with throat sore, so did not spoil weekend!!

is very cold now!!
Cabarets were very good, they have 2 young ballet dancers who dance to singer very enjoyable on fri, and last night comedians very good.

did quite bit dancing too!! will have weigh in tom. only disapointment swim pool closed due to boiler problem.

celebran - Have a good time! 'thank you ladies!!' Hmmm, maybe I should write something a little more butch next time.

thank you ladies!! we shall not stray far as weekend is full board and the evening entertainment should be good, so may venture to walk into village but not time to explore much, we know the area pretty well.

all packed and off we go!! Just take Rosie to dear neighbour.

E has discovered a new activity, crabbing..it is the thing to do in wells,funnily enough a child hard to please enjoys this simple pleasure...I believe this has been the request for today's amusement....plus she likes the chips from French's who claim to make their chips and fish 89% fat free,they are delicious and I believe the claim is true as I cannot eat the batter from fish as it upsets my stomach ..this didn't it was yummy...

When we lived in Norfolk we used to go for a walk in Sandringham country park. There were a lot of Spanish chestnut trees and we took delight in making our chestnut stuffing from 'the Queen's chestnuts'.

NfkDumpling Thanks for putting me right on Holkham Hall opening times. I should have checked. I hope Norwich is still open - although when I went last year, the cathedral nave was closed to visitors because a film company had been filming there. It had to be done to help pay for the cathedral's electrical update.

If it's not too late, Sandringham is open but only until Sunday [4 November].

PS: I agree that some North Norfolk beaches can be dangerous. I also agree that Norfolk is very flat. My wife-to-be also called it 'primeaval' when I first took up the A12 to Norfolk. Mind you, that was just after Boudicca left

PPS: Come you on together. Let's be having you. Good old Delia!

That is why I love living in Norfolk(artygran you put it so well) it maybe cold and windy but we are all so healthy and the big wide skies with all the geese in formation flying at the moment are a sight to behold.
Cookies is the Salthouse shack and very quaint but the fish is certainly wonderful, and fun if you go with a group of friends.you can BYOG.
Hopefully we will be having another lunch together in this area soon.