Home to Sandringham

Set out from Croft in the rain to find some sun in Norfolk. We had to call somewhere for provisions before we went too far so I stopped in Lutterworth. I went a rather round about way for a change using the A14 and A141 which took us along miles of fens and drains to Sandringham. 

It's mostly dry at last and there was even a red sunset. We are only here for one night on the CMC site then off along the north coast towards Cromer.

There are a lot of pidgeons nesting around the site, this one is in a tree just behind our van.

Foxton and Canons Ashby

After a quiet night, the hens are in sheds overnight, we started the day with bacon sandwiches (bacon from the farm shop). Rosemary bought some steak and lamb from the farm shop then we went to have a look at Foxton Locks, as we were quite close by. Had a coffee and ice cream in sun watching barges go up and down the flight of locks.

Then we decided to go to a NT place and chose Canons Ashby near Daventry. We were held up by heavy traffic in the road works on the Northampton ring road, but spent a couple of hours looking round the house, gardens and church. No rain again and got back home at 7:00  via A5 to Lutterworth.

Kelmarsh Food Fare

We went to the food fair again this year and on this occasion we were able to take a tour of Kelmarsh Hall and Gardens which were opened specially for the occasion at half price.  I found the first floor exhibition of the maps and charts of Macdonald Gill most interesting.

The food fair was almost exactly the same as last year.

Afterwards we spent the night at a farm shop in the pretty village of Ashley, in the Welland valley near Market Harborough. Active farm and farm shop with sheep, lambs, cows, hundreds of hens and a friendly farmer and farmer's wife - a very good Britstop.