Showing posts with label Norfolk. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Norfolk. Show all posts

Thursday, 23 June 2022

Oxburgh Hall

Smack bang in the middle of June, I treated myself to a day out at Oxburgh Hall in Norfolk. As you might expect from a National Trust property there was fascinating history and beautiful nature. It was also a gorgeously sunny day, unlike last year's June trip to Norfolk (see Walsingham and Wells Next The Sea). Here are some photos from amongst the many I took. 
































This, I believe, is a Hummingbird Hawk-Moth












Wednesday, 30 June 2021

Walsingham

The next two posts in this blog move away from the footpaths and open spaces of South Cambridgeshire and locate themselves firmly in North Norfolk.

This post is all about the ancient town of Walsingham that once housed an important medieval shrine to Our Lady of Walsingham and now has two shrines, an Anglican and a Roman Catholic one, based around the remains of the original shrine and its priory.

I visited Walsingham on a drear, grey day in the middle of June. A combination of the weather and the ongoing pandemic kept the crowds away and it felt like I had the small town largely to myself.