A Late Afternoon Trip to the Local Farm Shop

Started taking some photos of what is left of Autumn colour this afternoon on our way to a local farm shop and......... can I put the 

i-pad down............ 

The tearoom won a County competition as a place of excellence

 but not for us today, I need to get back.

Well at least it gave a break to Norfolk photos!

Bircham Village, Norfolk

This tea-room in Bircham Village was recommended to us by folk in Burnham Market where we were staying.

It is close to Amner Hall, the country residence of Prince William and his wife Kate.

Apparently she is known to drop in for coffee on occasion

It was very quiet when we were there late afternoon but apparently very busy breakfast and lunch time.

I have to say the Lemon cake was delicious

The smell of the cakes being baked for the next day whetted one's appetite too

The King Hotel and Pub opposite

The Village store, again visited by Kate

and flowers growing out of a chimney

There was an interesting working windmill close by but I'll leave that for another post. 

Burnham Market, Part 5

The Nelson Inn was about 3 minutes walk away from where we were staying. As mentioned in previous postings Admiral Horatio Nelson is much featured in this village. 

As well as being close by, the food was delicious

  For my last posting on Burnham Market, before moving on to more of Norfolk, here are some photos of the shop below our holiday accommodation, all part of the same conglomerate.

Looking through the window after dark

A typical holiday shop where one needs to spend time looking around

And lastly peeping through a couple more windows after dark

The sweet shop opposite

next to the Barefoot Retreat Office next door.

Hope I haven't bored you with 5 posts on one village!

Two Funerals in a Week

Spent Wednesday in this small but pretty village of Roxwell, attending our second funeral in 6 days.

The first was for Alan's late brother's wife and the second for the Mother of our son-in-law.

The local pub

and village store

and the village church that managed to fit several hundred people for the funeral service.

A local field was opened up for car parking.

Our daughter's Mother-in-law was an Anglican Vicar to 3 country parishes.

It's actually the same church that our daughter was married in 18 years ago.

Today we had another street party to celebrate our Queen's Sapphire Anniversary - 65 years on the throne - the longest serving Monarch.

I will post photos from that next before continuing with 

holiday pics.