Alphabet Dating - B

This month’s date was down to James to organise and although admittedly we did them in a strange order, I looked forward to seeing what the day would bring. We started off by going to a Birthday BBQ, completely unplanned but it did fit in well with the ‘B’ theme. It was a lovely day and we ended up leaving after 5pm in the end so I did wonder where James was planning to take me.

We got in the car and away we went. James then told me we were going to Cromer Beach for a walk. We parked up and the sun was low in the sky. It was still a lovely warm summer evening and we walked along the seafront. We hadn’t had any tea so James treated me to some chips (and mushy peas of course!) and we sat and ate them.

We then had a slow wander back to the car whilst the sun set around us and the air started to cool.

I had a really lovely evening and thought it was such a nice idea to head to the Beach after the mad rush and just relax and take in the sea air. I slept a treat that night.

There isn't much more I can really say about this, I think you had to be there to appreciate it. Stay tuned to see what I had in store for date C.

GressenHall

A few weeks ago, Norfolk had some Heritage Open days meaning certain places which usually charged admission were open for free. There was loads of places I would have liked to have visited but I just didn’t have the time off. One of the places involved in the open days was Gressenhall Farm and Workhouse. Gressenhall is a 50 acre site with a museum, historic workhouse, farm and a great day out. The main buildings were built in 1777 and you can learn a lot about how things used to be here.

There are some lovely gardens here, they also have a little cottage set up to look how it would have been back in the day.

One of my favourite places here at Gressenhall is the set-up shop. I just love looking at the really old packaging, and find it really interesting. They also had a post office too!

I also love the 1950’s room, filled with retro and vintage items from the 50’s including recipe books, and even a photo album filled with old photos and memories.

Of course, I had to try on one of the hats!

We then looked around the upper part of the museum and saw some really cool and interesting things from different eras.

This doll really creeped me out! I can’t imagine having one of these when I was younger.

I was drawn to this picture as it looks a bit like my sister when she was younger. Spooky!

This story was a bit strange, I’m not sure what to think of it, but the alleyway this sign was down was pretty eerie.

We then took a walk outside through the orchard which interestingly used to be a burial ground.

After that we went for a snack. The café was located in what used to be the itch ward, which was a bit odd. I didn’t get itchy thankfully! I had a coconut flapjack which was really good.

After lunch we popped over to the farm which is across the road from the main museum. There’s a really nice walk here with lots of animals to see. You can also have a ride on horse and carriage and a tractor, but we opted to walk.

Overall, I think Gressenhall is a great day out for people of all ages and really interesting. You can check out their website here. I’d love to hear your recommendations for other places to go on days out! 

Colchester Zoo Day Out!

A year ago to the day of 8/09/14 and my boyfriend met properly for the first time. He took me to Thrigby Hall, and we had a really nice time. I talked about this briefly in my First Dates post. This year to mark the occasion we decided to go a bit further afield and visit Colchester Zoo, which is also significantly larger in area. As we were traveling all that way, we decided to make a few days of it.

I booked my tickets online via the website  to save 5% off the price on the door. It was really simple to do and all we had to do when we got there was type our booking code into a machine to get our tickets.

I love going to the zoo and I absolutely love taking photos of animals, you can get some really funny shots, I am sure you will know which ones I am referring to as you scroll down. I took hundreds of photos, but I have picked out a few of my favourites.

I love watching the shows and Colchester Zoo had loads of different things going on such as watching then animals get fed, and meeting the zoo keepers so there was always something to go and watch.

I love how interactive this zoo is compared to others I have been to! For no extra cost we got to feed the giraffes and the elephants which was an amazing experience. 

My boyfriend let me borrow his camera lens so I was able to get some really detailed photos from far away. I don't know a lot about cameras, but I now totally want (ok, NEED) a new lens as the difference was phenomenal.

I hope you enjoyed reading about my day at Colchester Zoo!