{"id":85,"date":"2009-08-29T23:32:05","date_gmt":"2009-08-29T22:32:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/2intandem.net\/?p=85"},"modified":"2010-03-27T12:49:26","modified_gmt":"2010-03-27T11:49:26","slug":"day-2-288-thurne-potter-heigham-and-ludham","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/2intandem.net\/?p=85","title":{"rendered":"Day 2 (28\/8) &#8211; Thurne, Potter Heigham and Ludham"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Today we toured from Clippesby via lovely country lanes to Thurne, Potter Heigham and Ludham, including a visit to St Benets Abbey, the only abbey in England to escape destruction during the dissolution of the monasteries under Henry VIII.<\/p>\n<p>Our first stop was the picturesque village of Thurne, where we viewed the river Thurne and windmill.<\/p>\n<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\"><!--\nimg(\"2009\/08\/28\/nb\/1240-thurne.jpg\",\"View of the river at Thurne\")\n\/\/ --><\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\"><!--\nimg(\"2009\/08\/28\/nb\/1247-thurne-windmill.jpg\",\"The windmill at Thurne\")\n\/\/ --><\/script><br \/>\n<strong>View of the river and the windmill at Thurne<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Our next stop was Potter Heigham.<\/p>\n<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\"><!--\nimg(\"2009\/08\/28\/nb\/1338-potterheigham-swans.jpg\",\"Swans at Potter Heigham\")\n\/\/ --><\/script><br \/>\n<strong>Swans at Potter Heigham<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This was a day of extreme weather. We travelled to How Hill with the intention of taking an electric boat trip on the nature reserve, but were assailed by rain, hail, thunder and lightning! Unsurprisingly all boat trips were cancelled, so we travelled on to Ludham, where we consoled ourselves at the Alfresco tea room situated opposite St Catherine&#8217;s church.<\/p>\n<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\"><!--\nimg(\"2009\/08\/28\/nb\/1644-ludham-tearoom.jpg\",\"The Alfresco Tea room at Ludham\")\n\/\/ --><\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\"><!--\nimg(\"2009\/08\/28\/nb\/1644-ludham-stcatherineschurch.jpg\",\"St Catherines Church, Ludham\")\n\/\/ --><\/script><br \/>\n<strong>The Alfresco Tea room at Ludham, and St Catherine&#8217;s church<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>We decided to seek out St Benet&#8217;s Abbey despite the weather. St Benet&#8217;s was a real gem.<\/p>\n<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\"><!--\nimg(\"2009\/08\/28\/nb\/1711-ludham-stbenetsabbey1.jpg\",\"St Benets Abbey\")\n\/\/ --><\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\"><!--\nimg(\"2009\/08\/28\/nb\/1713-ludham-stbenetsabbey-tower.jpg\",\"St Benets Abbey tower\")\n\/\/ --><\/script><br \/>\n<strong>Views of St Benets Abbey<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\"><!--\nimg(\"2009\/08\/28\/nb\/1713-ludham-stbenetsabbey-wall.jpg\",\"St Benets Abbey\")\n\/\/ --><\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\"><!--\nimg(\"2009\/08\/28\/nb\/1714-ludham-stbenetsabbey-stairwell.jpg\",\"St Benets Abbey stairwell\")\n\/\/ --><\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\"><!--\nimg(\"2009\/08\/28\/nb\/1717-ludham-stbenetsabbey-rear.jpg\",\"St Benets Abbey\")\n\/\/ --><\/script><br \/>\n<strong>St Benets Abbey<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\"><!--\nimg(\"2009\/08\/28\/nb\/1720-ludham-stbenetsabbey-insidetower.jpg\",\"Inside the tower at St Benets Abbey\")\n\/\/ --><\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\"><!--\nimg(\"2009\/08\/28\/nb\/1723-ludham-stbenetsabbey-info.jpg\",\"St Benets Abbey\")\n\/\/ --><\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\"><!--\nimg(\"2009\/08\/28\/nb\/1725-ludham-stbenetsabbey-distanceview.jpg\",\"St Benets Abbey\")\n\/\/ --><\/script><br \/>\n<strong>St Benets Abbey<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\"><!--\nimg(\"2009\/08\/28\/nb\/1733-ludham-stbenetsabbey-alterstonecross.jpg\",\"Cross on the Altar, St Benets Abbey\")\n\/\/ --><\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\"><!--\nimg(\"2009\/08\/28\/nb\/1735-ludham-stbenetsabbey-ruins.jpg\",\"The ruins at St Benets Abbey\")\n\/\/ --><\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\"><!--\nimg(\"2009\/08\/28\/nb\/1737-ludham-stbenetsabbey-crossdistance.jpg\",\"Altar Cross at St Benets Abbey\")\n\/\/ --><\/script><br \/>\n<strong>St Benets Abbey<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\"><!--\nimg(\"2009\/08\/28\/nb\/1738-ludham-stbenetsabbey-mysteryshadow.jpg\",\"St Benets Abbey\")\n\/\/ --><\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\"><!--\nimg(\"2009\/08\/28\/nb\/1739-ludham-stbenetsabbey-crossruinsdistance.jpg\",\"St Benets Abbey\")\n\/\/ --><\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\"><!--\nimg(\"2009\/08\/28\/nb\/1746-ludham-stbenetsabbey-abbeywithreeds.jpg\",\"St Benets Abbey\")\n\/\/ --><\/script><br \/>\n<strong>St Benets Abbey<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\"><!--\nimg(\"2009\/08\/28\/nb\/1747-ludham-stbenetsabbeybroad-yacht.jpg\",\"Yacht on the Broads at St Benets Abbey\")\n\/\/ --><\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\"><!--\nimg(\"2009\/08\/28\/nb\/1750-ludham-stbenetsabbey-abbeywithreeds2.jpg\",\"St Benets Abbey\")\n\/\/ --><\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\"><!--\nimg(\"2009\/08\/28\/nb\/1750-ludham-stbenetsabbey-reedbed.jpg\",\"St Benets Abbey\")\n\/\/ --><\/script><br \/>\n<strong>Yacht on the Broads at St Benets Abbey and more abbey views<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>We then returned home to Clippesby.<\/p>\n<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\"><!--\nimg(\"2009\/08\/28\/nb\/1850-nearclippesby-fieldview.jpg\",\"Are these straw bales, modern art  or swiss rolls?\")\n\/\/ --><\/script><br \/>\n<strong>Are these straw bales, modern art or swiss rolls?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Finally the sun lit up the treetops at Clippesby after a very rainy day.<\/p>\n<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\"><!--\nimg(\"2009\/08\/28\/nb\/1950-clippesby-eveningsuntreetops.jpg\",\"Sunlit treetops at Clippesby\")\n\/\/ --><\/script><br \/>\n<strong>Sunlit treetops at Clippesby<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today we toured from Clippesby via lovely country lanes to Thurne, Potter Heigham and Ludham, including a visit to St Benets Abbey, the only abbey in England to escape destruction during the dissolution of the monasteries under Henry VIII. 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