Not many people have heard of Walsingham in the U.K. and even less people know of it overseas and yet around 900 years ago it would have been one of the most famous pilgrimage points in the known world. Situated only 130 miles from London but even today much more isolated and harder to… Continue reading A Trip To Norfolk, A Pilgrimage To Walsingham
Category: Norfolk
Posts relating to the County of Norfolk
The Lost Treasures of Bad King John (plus other treasures both found and missing).
Have you ever wanted to get rich quick? Long before Nigerian spammers were in on the act there was the art of metal-detecting. Often metal-detecting enthusiasts are derided as being a little bit odd and depicted as spending their lives wondering around barren fields with not much to show for it but then one of them… Continue reading The Lost Treasures of Bad King John (plus other treasures both found and missing).
It’s always sunny in Norfolk
The more eagle-eyed amongst you may have noticed that my Saturday post is actually a day late. It isn’t due to the summer solstice which is what I would have posted if only I had been able to but simply that I have been rushed off my feet now for several weeks. This might sound… Continue reading It’s always sunny in Norfolk
A pilgrimage to Walsingham and north Norfolk churches
Yesterday began in a little bit of a strange way. As I always do, I laid my clothes out the previous night so that when I awoke early, I could dress in the dark without anyone waking up. This time I had my only white top which I put on. After a while my shoulder… Continue reading A pilgrimage to Walsingham and north Norfolk churches
A reigny visit to Sandringham House
Todays blog may well be a little shorter than those so far this week. This is partly due to a rather surreal turn of events this morning which I will explain tomorrow and has somewhat delayed me but also as yesterday we went to Sandringham House. Sandringham is one of the homes that The Queen… Continue reading A reigny visit to Sandringham House
The ruins of Binham Abbey and then on to Holkham Hall
Yesterday we decided to visit the stately home of Holkham Hall and set off late in the morning having taken a leisurely breakfast more cups of tea than I usually would. It was another sunny day and if it were to be the last summers day of the year then there could be no complaints… Continue reading The ruins of Binham Abbey and then on to Holkham Hall
A trip to the beach by steam train
On day 2 of our holiday to Norfolk we decided to go to the seaside town of Sheringham but before that we put out some of the goodies which we bought yesterday in Holt. The wind chimes above we got from an Aladdins Cave of a shop which was full of goodies from India, China… Continue reading A trip to the beach by steam train
A belated summer holiday
Yesterday we went on our summer holiday a little bit out of season due to my work circumstances or rather lack of them!! We like to have at least 1 week a year in the countryside and this year have a cottage in the beautiful county of Norfolk. Norfolk is an extremely rural and quiet… Continue reading A belated summer holiday
Stephen Liddell 