Another special stay in Norfolk.

OK - this post starts with a little quiz: (and without 'Google')' does anyone know what a Sitooterie is?
We saw this sign at a recent visit to Blickling Hall in Norfolk

We visited Blickling Hall whilst staying again at our lovely Norfolk bungalow - well with this view from the front garden, the temptation to return for another stay was too irresistible to er, restist! 

One of the great attractions of this part of the world is the huge number of interesting places to visit.
This is the car park to one of a number of fully accessible board walks at the Norfolk Broads.



This is Barton Broad - it is amazing that anyone can get through here let alone Thomas in his chair - fantastic!! 

The route led all the way down to this wonderful platform with plenty of wildlife to see.
One highlight was a kingfisher zooming past right in front of us.

The Broads is a unique area famous for many things; for instance it's where Nelson learned to sail. But it's also the only place in Britain where you can see the beautiful Swallowtail butterfly. Unfortunately there were none on show this time but we did see newly hatched caterpillars on this Milk Parsley. This plant is a rare relative of Cow Parsley and is the only food-plant of Swallowtail larvae.

Another favourite part of Norfolk is this idyllic track or 'loke'. This leads from our bungalow and makes a beautiful walk across the fields and woods.



We were treated to some amazing sunsets - I took this shot of the barley growing in the field in front of the bungalow.

If anything, the moon looked even more atmospheric down the loke.



Sunrise was rather beautiful too - can't wait to be back!!