A pretty wild and wet week which I have sat out in various places along the north Norfolk coast and then into Lincolnshire.
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| And this wasn’t even low tide |
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Wonderful local crab baguette at
Brancaster Staithe |
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| Thornham |
At Thornham I watched the tide go in and out and the birds do likewise.
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| Thornham |
The weather improved a little at Spalding beside the R. Welland where I watched dinghy racing.
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| R. Welland |
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| The start |
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| A Solo dinghy rounding the mark |
I had hoped to visit the Romany Museum near Spalding but it was closed for the duration of the annual Appleby horse fair. The bulb museum had closed down and the Bubblecar Museum wasn’t open the days I was there! Nevertheless I liked Spalding with the river running through the town and a very Dutch feel about it. The administrative area is even called South Holland.
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Lithuanian grandmother
busking brilliantly |
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“The Hiring”
of an agricultural worker
for a season |
Crowland Abbey was “Dissolved” but retained the north aisle for its parish church. It was a huge building in its prime. This was the fourth on the site - previous had been variously destroyed by fires, Vikings and an earthquake. “To lose one ........... but to lose four .........”!
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| Crowland Abbey |
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Three way bridge originally over
the waterways which were the
routeways until 19th century |
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| “Copper Kettle Tearoom” thatch |
During the last week I came across two quite unusual driving experiences. The first was a wonderful road sign - “ Dip your headlights if ships are approaching”. The explanation is that the road runs alongside the waterway leading to Sutton Lift Bridge and at night time headlights could be confused
with the bridge signals. The second was the traffic lights today that held up traffic while planes were coming into land at RAF Coningsby, maybe trainees! They were pretty low and very fast!
