The Real Ale Shop

Last week we went to the Real Ale Shop near Wells. I had no idea that it was there or that there are 18 brewaries in Norfolk! Amazing!

We got 6 ales between us - here are mine and the boyfriends choices:

First I tried the Reedcutter from Humpty Dumpty Brewary in Reedham, Norfolk and the boyfriend had Black Beauty Coffee Porter from Wagtail Brewary, Old Buckenham, Norfolk.

I don't really know alot about Ales, but the Reedcutter was delicious - very fresh and light with a malty taste that sat delightfully in the throat. Wagtail's Black Beauty was alot tastier than I expected - very smooth with only a hint of coffee which was intriguing rather than overpowering. Although not as throaty as the Reedcutter, the taste sat comfortably at the back of the tongue. Both the boyfriend and I felt very smug sitting in Norfolk supping on Norfolk Ale's, it must be said :)

P.S. I really wanted this ale from the Elveden Brewary. 1. because it is made by Elves (obviously) and 2. because I love the bottle! Was £6 though - doh!

Ingleton Waterfalls (Part 2)

How lovely are the waterfalls? They were absolutely stunning! My favourite part was the last photo - there were benches where you could just sit and watch the water run and the world fly by. The amazing thing about these waterfalls is that they are thousands of years old - time almost means nothing to them, they just carry on their part of the cycle relentlessly... it almost makes you feel completely insignificant when you are there. Almost :)

Finally... Ingleton Waterfalls (Part 1)

Finally I have the pictures from last weekend... we went to Ingleton Waterfalls in North Yorshire. It's a 4 mile hike which goes up along one river, across the hills, then down another river. Needless to day we were all very sleepy by the time we had finished... it was amazing though and worth the sore legs! Harry slept for two days straight afterwards, hehe...

Part 1 is the pictures of the arty things we saw along the way - the first time I noticed the coins in in the dead tree I got very excited - how much money do you think is in them? Harry also got excited as he could see over it... He's so cute!

I wish I had taken these photos...

...but the owner of the posh camera at home stole it back and took them himself - doh! I'm going to share them with you anyway though! Serves him right :)

I love the beach, especially Cromer where these were taken. I don't get to go as often as I would like to, but when I do it always cheers me up, no matter what the weather is like!

The beach on sunday was lovely and quiet, with hardly anyone there. It was beautiful in a misty, eery kind of way. I got to walk all the way along the beach and I also had a double chocolate scoop ice cream from the usual ice cream place which I enjoyed immensely.