Our Norfolk Retreat, Burnham Market Part 1

Home a week so needed to make a start. Wasn't quite sure where to begin but decided on beginning by posting on the property that we stayed in, in Burnham Market.

This was the front of the property, owned by Barefoot Retreats. Our apartment was on the first floor (the 3 windows in the centre) 

and below a shop owned by Barefoot Living, all part of a conglomerate. More on that later as it was a very interesting shop.

We found the village general store next door a bonus.

Looking out the back from the kitchen window

where one could see an ancient water pump

The white doors right opposite belong to one of the Barefoot offices. All of the staff here and in the shop below were extremely friendly and helpful at all times.

An original fireplace in the second bedroom (no longer used) from centuries ago

The apartment has been beautifully modernised but a tell tale to its age was the slightly sloping and uneven floors

Here too an original fireplace in the master bedroom

 but now boarded up

Bath robes and slippers provided

Hospitality gift waiting for us including Prosecco in the fridge. The Apple juice here was from the Sandringham estate and the cake from a local Confectioners was delicious 

and now into the kitchen

The Utility room on the ground floor

I'd have liked to have taken this chest home with me!!

There is some interesting history to this property  which will be posted later.

As you know it always takes a while to get hundreds of photos sorted. Especially when they are taken at random on both my camera and i-pad. 

Hope you enjoyed and do come back.

Which One Do You Like Best?

30th May 2017

Beauty at the end of May - more like a June garden

Leave the Garden for a week and.........

Leave the garden for one week and it is bursting with colour on our return. All a mixture of torrential rain for a couple of days then full sun with temps in the 80's.

I'm posting on the garden right now as I am overwhelmed again trying to deal with hundreds of holiday photos on Windows 10. I thought I had it sussed but it is as complicated as ever. It feels like I have no control over the photos. So far I have only downloaded 100 from my camera (and even these are not filed as I would like) but I have hundreds on my i-pad.

I think I will have to send them from i-pad to computer by E-mail a few at a time. I cannot just Sync them as that would mean syncing thousands from computer to i-pad!!!

Looking through my front sitting room window

The lawn was cut really close the day before we left and it looked like a field when we returned.

We were certainly blessed with the weather. It had been only low 60's so the evening before I left I took out shorts, sun hat, sun lotion and took sweater, fleeces, vests, jeans etc. and by the second day we were basking in hot sunshine (well hot for this time of year in  the U.K.). I was so glad that I packed one pair of light, loose trousers and a number of short sleeved tea-shirts and sandals.

Hopefully I can get at least some photos sorted soon.

On The Home Front and More

It's almost 2 years ago now (Can't be but it is!) since we totally renewed our main bathroom and made the bathroom and separate loo into one. 

I decided to hang some of my watercolours on the new wall where once was a door.

Thought I'd make a post of it before going on holiday tomorrow.

While doing it we took the opportunity to re-decorate the landing, stairs and hall and buy a new mirror. The old one was an antique but I no longer liked it.

Mirror reflections

I thought you would like this.

 Grandson Oliver at his house playing Ludo with the kittens

and then on the garden front

the pigeons make a real mess on garden furniture

The roses are beginning to come into bloom in mid-May

We have had the driest winter in over 100 years here in the South East

and then the rains came in earnest and have not ceased yet just as the roses were coming into bloom

Should have lots of photos when we come back.