Elm Croft CL, Rockland St Peter, Norfolk, NR17 1UL (N52.539974 E0.922318) Contd...

Saturday, 9th September 2023

The weather forecasters are beginning to say, this will all end soon in a thunderstorm. Well it has to, doesn't it, this is three, or possibly four hot sunny days in a row, unprecedented for the UK!

For today, however, it continues, 30c and sunny.

An approximately 12 mile cycle ride. Rocklands St Peter - Caston - Griston - Watton - Carbrooke - Rocklands St Peter. Realistically, it was far too hot to do this.

One of the downsides of this area is, although there are pretty little villages, every 3 or 4 miles, very few of them have pubs. We passed only one pub today, and, that was closed!

Sunday, 10th September 2023

Another hot day to begin, but, clouds begin to build in the evening, rain coming?

We have had a fairly energetic few days, despite the heat.

Today is a "do nothing day".

The original plan was Sunday Carvery at The White Hart, in the village. 

However, when I tried to book a table, I was informed that the usual Sunday Carvery was cancelled, because of the hot weather. 

Instead, they are doing BBQ food and Pizza.

The pub is only about a mile away, so, a short cycle ride.

 

Deeping St James, Keal Lodge CL (N52.670112 W0.279909) Contd 4.......

 Sunday 14th May 2023.

Foggy first thing, but, by lunch time, 20c and sunny, and, it continued like that, until. evening.

Sunday, means church for Kathleen, I busy myself finding slightly shorter route, via the Church Yard of the C of E church.

I am thinking it is a bit of a waste, since this will be the last Sunday we will be here, but, it turns out, Thursday is a "Holy Day' (Ascension Day, apparently), so, a return visit to Church will be required for Kathleen.

After lunch, we "do" another of the walks described to us by the site owner.

A very pleasant walk, across the fields to the adjacent village of Frognall, it is very warm and sunny, so, a couple of Magnums (ice creams, not guns) are the order of the day.

Steaks for our evening meal, and, it is still warm enough to eat outside, not often that happens in the UK.

Monday 15th May 2023

Sunny, and dry, but, windy and cool at 14c.

I have a recurrence of my foot pain. This has happened before, a few weeks ago. The knowledgeable on on all things medical (Dana) diagnosed Plantar Fasciitis.  So, today would appear to be a day of rest, certainly no walking. Cycling may be a possibility, if the wind dies down a little.

Tuesday, 16th May 2023

Sunny and dry, with 17c.

A little shopping needed, my foot is not upto walking the couple of miles to Tesco. 

We cycle there instead, 4.27 miles, there and back. 

Even being careful what I buy, we have a back pack each filled with stuff, too. pedal back.

I suspect another journey will be required for more wine, but, not today.

The cakes survive the journey back, so we

have coffee and cake, before setting off for a circuit of the Deepings.

No particular destination in mind, we find the pub called "The Goat" which the site owner told us about, but, the time is wrong for lunch.

We cycle on and quite unexpectedly end up in Market Deeping, The Bull is still not serving food, for some reason, so,  we  go to the highly recommended Lilly's Tea Room, for a light lunch (very enjoyable, bacon sandwiches bursting with bacon). The original plan is to finish off with a piece of their very tempting cakes, but, the bacon sandwich is so large, it defeats Kathleen, and, by the time I have eaten one and a half bacon. sandwiches, I cannot eat a cake too.

A few more miles, after lunch, end up with approximately 14.5.