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Clock Tower at the Norwich City Council building The Castle dominates the skyline of the town of Norwich and it is the obvious place to visit. The Castle usually holds a number of exhibitions, but since the building is being restored most of the displays have been removed and the castle is much as it Read More …
Today we took the coach from Bury St Edmunds to Norwich. When we got to Norwich, we had a coach tour of the town. We didn’t know why until later but it seemed strange that so many crowds were there with Morris dancers scattered throughout the town. Ancient walls are all over Norwich Norwich Castle Read More …
We began the morning on the coach to Cambridge and got a wonderful driving tour of the city with a stop at the Cambridge American Cemetery and Memorial. The coach dropped us off at a park and we walked through the town to the Fitzwilliam Museum. The Fitzwilliam Museum has a wide array of collections Read More …
Our last class with Chrissie went well and everyone seemed confident that we will be able to complete our projects. We all got to the bus, then realized Ralph had not made it – he missed us by minutes. Since we had no idea where Ralph was, rather than keeping everyone waiting, we went on Read More …
Class was from 9-11:45 on the schedule. The place with the class room was not open that early and no one was there to let us in. Once we got in, everyone went right to work. In the afternoon, we all went to the Guildhall where some of Helen’s pieces were on display (and for Read More …
The full name of our Embroiderer’s Guild of America Extended Study Program with Helen Stevens was Country, Manors and Museums or as the booklet they sent us called it 12 Day English Embroidery & Exploration. I will just use ESP for the tour. The next morning a walking tour was on offer. Since I’d been Read More …
The plan for today was to see the White Cliffs of Dover – but the weather had other ideas. We did drive by Dover Castle because the winding road to the Cliffs visitor center went that way. It was raining so hard by the time we got to the visitor center, even hardened British hikers Read More …
The National Trust Standen House had a Morris & Co. exhibit of William Morris’ company designs so we had changed our itinerary in order to see it. It was definitely worth it! Although I took dozens of pictures, for some reason I did not take any of the exterior of the house. Standen was designed Read More …
This day we changed our plans – instead of going to RSPB Berney Marshes and Breydon Water, we went to RSPB Minsmere on the recommendation of the staff at Titchwell Marsh. It was great – a very nice walk through marshlands and woods and we added a few new birds to our life lists! And Read More …
The first stop of the day was RSPB Snettisham Nature Reserve. It was a really bad day for bird watching – very rainy and slightly foggy. Some mallards were hanging out in the car park. Snettisham is known for the water birds that gather and the spectacular views of them taking off as the tide Read More …