Posts Tagged ‘Norfolk’
October 14th, 2009
LINCOLN — Leaving Norwich, I headed west towards King’s Lynn and a Norman Keep called Castle Rising. Hmmm, I seem to have a bit of a theme going here. This one was in a much more ruinous state than the last two and wasn’t being used as a museum but there was still plenty to look at and climb over. The castle was once the residence of the widow of Edward II and later belonged to the Howard family.
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October 13th, 2009
NORWICH — This morning I walked into Norwich and had a look at another Norman Keep that is now a museum. It is also an art gallery too.
There must be an art or design school at the local university as there were lots of students sitting and drawing in front of exhibits. Quite a few classes of school children too!
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October 12th, 2009
NORWICH — I left Colchester with a bit more planning this morning. I have been in the habit of spending some time looking at the road atlas just before driving away. The driveway for Charlie Brown’s is right on the corner of a very busy roundabout and backing out is fraught with danger except my host very kindly stood in the road and stopped the traffic whole I backed out—so there was no time to look at the map once I was in the car.
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