…and taking advantage of a lovely day Higgins and I went for a little hike.  I also wanted to test out my new fingerless mitts.  The first pair I made were the largest size and are just a tad loose, my hands are long rather than wide.  I used the pinky colourway of the wool I bought last week, it’s really pretty.

A much better fit, the middle size on the pattern which you can find on Ravelry, and of course, even quicker to knit. 

It’s quite hard to find quiet places to walk amongst all the arable land in our bit of Norfolk but a lot of the fields have  unploughed verges…

… and in places there are maps of the permitted footpaths. 

Eventually we came to the lane leading to our local broad.  Did you know I live on the Norfolk Broads?  It’s a  area of waterways linking large shallow expanses of water which are thought to be ancient flooded peat diggings.  The only way to see them really is by boat, the road network scarely links up with it at all, but we have a small broad in the area which is isolated from the river system and is protected for the wildlife. 

I’m ashamed to say I haven’t been there for years, you know how it is when you live near something.  However, our little womble took us to the end of the lane and it looked very inviting…

…at the end of the lane we found this…

At the end of a small boardwalk is a reed fence panel overlooking the broad which acts as a hide for bird watching…

There’s a footpath running round part of the broad which we will explore another time, but time was getting on and it was time for Higgins supper…

This morning I had a lovely surprise.  Isn’t it exciting to have a present when it’s not Christmas, when it isn’t your birthday, and you really aren’t expecting anything.  Lovely Sarah, who won the pom poms sent it as a thank you.  It was beautifully wrapped in a recipe with a letter on flowery paper, and a sweet crochet flower to finish it off…

… and inside…

…a notebook and pen, bluebell smellies for the bath, and a dear little fairy cake brooch which went straight on, it exactly matched what I’m wearing today!

We’ll be taking another break soon.  Higgins and I are going to the seaside.  I’m not sure whether I will be able to post much over the next week or so, but there’ll be plenty to see when we get home again.  I’ve had lots of lovely comments and also questions about some of the things I’ve been doing so I will be doing my best to answer questions, and also to get to grips with some tutorials, zigzag crochet and the white crunchy bunting to name but two…

Look out for a postcard from the sunny (I hope) south coast of England!

See you soon…