Norfolk Holiday

We had a few days in Norfolk during the week after Easter, travelling down on the Tuesday and back on the Friday. Below are the pictures from the week with information where appropriate.

Our first stop was in Norwich itself where we visited the famous Coleman's Mustard Shop.

We then went to Hawkins Bazaar, the famous toyshop in the City.

Plaque on the wall to Sarah Glover who invented the "tonic sol fah" method of music.

The old puritan chapel in Norwich.

The Parish Church of St Peter & Paul in Cromer.

The gardens surrounding the Church.

Narrow street leading to the beach.

Looking eastwards down the coast.

Cromer pier.

Fishermen on the end of the pier.

View from the pier back up to the town.

Viv and Matt head back down the pier.

Looking westwards from the pier.

The pier looking from the west.

High tide.

Walk along the beach.

Walk along Holcambe Marshes.

Windmill near Holcambe owned by the National Trust and let off as holiday accomodation.

Beach at Heacham.

The astonishing two-tone cliffs at Old Hunstanton.

Spring flowers coming into bloom.

The beach at Blakeney Point.

Starfish washed up with the tide (and put back in the sea once the photo had been taken).

Swan on its nest.

Reed beds and wildlife.

Potter Heigham Bridge - very low archway making it diffuclt for craft navigating on the Broads.

Boats on the river.

Large number of swans at Potter Heigham.

Lodge Farmhouse at Felthorpe, our Bed & Breakfast accommodation.

Easter Sunday Service at the Cross and Breakfast

On Easter Sunday, 12th April, a number of us met outside the Methodist Church in Otley at 6.15 am to walk the 1½ miles and 1,000 feet to the summit of Otley Chevin for the 7 am Easter Morning "Sunrise" Service.

After the service we returned to the Church for Holy Communion and then breakfast. Myself and four of the teenagers from Church ran the 1½ miles back from the summit to Otley in 7 minutes, beating most of the people who had driven up there back down. Not bad for a 56 year old!

Later, during the 10.30 am service, the lenten cross we had in Church for the last six weeks was stripped of the symbols on it (Chalice, Bag of Coins, Crown of Thorns, Purple Cloth, The Whip & The Palm Branches) and replaced with posies of flowers. The pictures below (with sub-headings where necessary) show the events of the morning.

First rest stop at the top of Johnny Lane.

Climbing the first set of steps.

The first sight of the cross as we exit from the wood.

Approaching the summit.

The sun starting to rise in the East.

Sarah approaching the summit.

Crowds gather by the cross as the sun rises.

Ready for the start of the service.

The service is led by Otley's Methodist Minister, Revd Julian Pursehouse.

We estimated that there were around 250 worshipers present at the early morning service.

Over the last few years Keith has always asked at breakfast why he didn't get bacon, sausage and tomato with his egg so this year we surprised him with a plateful. The only problem for him was that the bacon, sausage and tomato were all plastic!

The assembled gathering for breakfast in the Wesley Hall.

The Easter Crosses in the Church Foyer once they had been decorated.