Tuesday, 5th September 2023
At this time of year, garden should not require much looking after.
I do hope these flowers survive my absence.
They have thrived so far, despite total neglect.
At the end of last summer, I put them in the (unheated) greenhouse, then, forgot to water them, or, indeed do anything to them for the. 4 or 5 winter months.
Come spring, they looked dead, but, they have come back to life and produced lots of flowers.
Elm Croft CL, Rockland St Peter, Norfolk, NR17 1UL (N52.539974 E0.922318)
Quite a distance. Norfolk is always deceptive, Norwich is effectively as far as London, from Newcastle. Quite a reasonable drive, despite the heat, and, the on-going road works at Darrington.
Just to add a final complication, a couple of local roads are closed, for some reason, this causes great confusion to the Sat-Nav, and, irritation to the driver, after 274 miles!
We don't arrive until 16:00, despite an early start.
All appears satisfactory, pleasant place, all organised and tidy, only one other visitor here at the moment (caravaner).
Although it is late afternoon, it is 25c and full sunshine.
Wednesday, 6th September 2023
The day begins with some mist, and, a modest 13c, but, by noon, it is 29c.
We do a cycle ride, too. explore the immediate area.
The first thing we find is that the road closed signs are a joke. The actual road closure is about two miles passed the "Road Closed" signs, and, the closure is for a stretch of about 20 metres. The locals are simply removing the plastic barriers, driving through, then, replacing the barriers. We don't even need to do that, on our bicycles, we just manoeuvre around the barriers.
We cycle quite a circuit, given the heat, Rocklands St Peter - Little Ellingham - Hingham - Scoulton - Rocklands St Peter.
The only disappointment is, that none of the villages have a pub, we have to wait until we get back to Rocklands St Peter, but, then, The Whit Hart is closed until this evening, so, we retire to the village Community Shop for coffee, sandwiches and cake.
The afternoon is spent keeping cool!
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