Distance: 16 miles
Ascent: 20m ha ha
Weather: hot
Bunny, squirrel, bees, butterflies, mute swans, buzzard, midges
A warm night, including a moment of panic when Rob thought he might have left his trousers behind at the last hotel. He hadn't.
We retraced our steps out of Aylsham via the church yard and lanes. Then we were onto the disused railway line that was our route for most of the day. We crossed the River Carr, seeing two fish. Fish!
It was hot and sunny, with a light breeze, pleasant in the shade. The buzzing of the bees on the brambles was quite loud, and it was a good day for butterflies. They don't stay still enough to get a good look, but I'm pretty sure there were small tortoiseshell, gatekeepers, small copper, small skipper, peacock, painted lady and speckled wood.
North of Worstead we met some woolly sheep, which looked like cotswold sheep and some balwens.
Crossing a road, there was a sign by the side of the road saying 11 miles from Cromer - we've walked 28...
Lunch was had at bench looking over some nettles at cows in a meadow, while a buzzard looked at the cows and we looked at some small birds, chaffinch, goldfinch and long-tailed tits. Along the way we also saw green yellow stripy dragonflies and some red spiky flowers that could have been willowherb, could have been nightshade.
We met chap on a bicycle with a splendid beard, he could have got at least three kittens in that one, and then were passed by a chap on an electric bike smoking a cigarette, which is cheating. There was also a house called Kia-Ora, which is dedication.
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