Norfolk

[cessna152towser]

Excellent pics Chas.

[TxScotsman]

Where it going next

[Chas]

The Quaich has been on the move around this part of East Anglia.

A visit to the oldest mine in the world at Grimes Graves. Flint was mined there. So after sticks and antler, flints became the most widely used tool. From hunting and killing animals, to cutting up the meat and dressing the hides, to chopping down trees for fire wood - flints were high technology.

At the entrance to the site. You will notice that it is closed for the winter - no amount of persuading would get them to open up. So the Quaich is sat at the entrance.



The next stop was to be Thetford, but on the way we passed this little staunch:



Which is radio controlled by this cabin:



After the 1953 flooding disaster, a decision was taken. All the waterways in East Anglia are radio controlled. If such a combination of wind, weather and hightides re-occurs the whole area can be emptied of of water in under four hours. They test the system every year and it is very impressive to see the river disappear in just a few minutes.

Just on the outskirts of Thetford we passed the Shadwell Stud, where Sheikh Hamdan bin Rashid Al Maktoum the Deputy Ruler of Dubai keeps his horses. This is just the front gate:





The town uses its seal on most of the public buildings.



Thetford has a vast amount of history. This is the Duleep Singh memorial:





The monument has become a Sikh shrine and every week coaches arrive from all over the UK and Europe to visit it.

More to come.

Regards

Chas

[Chas]

While in Thetford, the Quaich visited the Thomas Paine statue.





Englishman by birth, French Citizen by decree, American by adoption.


He wrote the book "The Rights of Man" and was influential in the French Revolution and American Independence.

After passing the 800 year old King's House,



And the Guildhall and Court



We walked by the river and met up with Captain George Mainwaring



And spent some pleasant time discussing the plots of Dad's Army, which was filmed only 1/2 mile from where I live.





A little bit more to come.

Regards

Chas

[Chas]

I took the Quaich to my Scottish Country Dancing Club in Bury St Edmunds.

Here is one of the members reading the journal.



And here we all are posing with the Quaich



There is only one more photograph - when the SCARF and the Quaich got together



Unfortunately, East Anglia tends to shut up shop at the end of September and doesn't re-open till March. If I am ever lucky enough to host the Quaich again, I would hope that it would be in summertime, when there are things going on. It would be so nice to take it to Harpenden for the Gathering.

As I write this, The Quaich has already been despatched to its next destination.

Where is that you ask?

Have patience, I say, all will be revealed in a short time...

Regards

Chas

[Downunder Kilt]

Superb Chas, and the visit with Captain Mainwaring was brilliant (one of my all time favorite TV shows) Thanks for the tour of your part of the world. Cheers

[English Bloke]

Cheers Chas. Good on yer mate.

[TxScotsman]

Would like to host