July 20 Wolferton, Norfolk

Yeah!  We lucked out today!!  It was overcast all day which meant we didn’t see the sun and ergo, it wasn’t hot.  It was a delightful day.

When we looked at the map we saw that going to Cambridge meant going south and then we would have had to turn around and go north so that plan was discarded.

We had a walk to the river in Hemingford Grey and what a picturesque spot that turned out to be!  The village is so peaceful and quiet.  Not difficult to understand why this B&B is almost constantly booked.  Besides being in a quiet, peaceful place, it is close to many sights.

 Beside the River Great Ouse 

We went in to check out the next little town, St. Ives and found again, another wonderful picturesque spot so we spent some time walking around there.

The splendid 15th Century Bridge and chapel over the river is one of only three such surviving bridges in England. 

Since we went to see Norm’s cousin Pearl in Ely, Norm’s been talking about taking me to see Ely Cathedral so that was our next stop.  This cathedral was begun in the 11^th century and is an active, living church today.

 

Ely Cathedral

 As we continued our journey north we decided to stop for lunch in a town called Downham Market where we found the Castle Hotel.  This is an old coaching inn that has been welcoming visitors for 350 years.  We got a big kick out of the bar ceiling which was full of photos and various sayings so we were quite entertained as we ate.

We arrived in Wolferton at Norm’s cousin Joan’s place and had a walk around the village.  Wolferton used to be a railroad stop and became famous for the Royals who used the station because of its proximity to Sandringham House.  The Royal Family still come here from time to time to see the Queen’s pigeon’s (someone actually does look after a flock of pigeon’s that belong to Queen Elizabeth), Prince Charles has a home here and the home is offered at times to foreign royalty.

The station is now a private home and the station has been preserved.  Just amazing!

 The Royal Station

 John, Jen and Norm

 The Royal Station at Wolferton

Joan and John in the garden at HH

As it got too late last night, I am writing this on Monday morning.  We had an interesting experience last night.  I woke up around midnight and opened my Kindle to read for a while.  In my peripheral vision I saw something fly by so I turned on the light and woke Norm up.  It was a bat!  We had no idea what to do so we decided to open the window in the hopes it would fly out and we moved out to sleep downstairs.  When we got to the living room we got an attack of the giggles.  The Fates are ensuring that we have a most memorable holiday!!

Sending love R/P