We have spent a few days in Napton on the Hill. It's a nice place to moor with all facilities, a pub and shop. There's also good walks and we walked up to the top of the hill, finding both the windmill and the church and some fabulous views! It also has a very nice village shop with en-suite café which we visited on our way back down; very nice tea and a slice of cake. Although we did have to stop Scooby biting the postman as he came to collect the mailbags.
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| The hill and windmill from the canal |
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| The windmill from the top. its privately owned and occupied. The views from the rooms must be stunning. |
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| St Lawrence's church. |
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The churchyard was covered in wild primroses.
As our route north will not be clear until Friday, Robin pulled up the OS maps website for the area and found another hill along a bit at Lower Shuckburgh for us to try. We cruised 3 miles up the canal but couldn't find a mooring in exactly the right spot. However, there was some a bit further on and we joined a number of other boats spread along a mile or so of open countryside. Robin remembered seeing fellow anglers fishing for zander along here and got his rod out once we'd stopped. Surprisingly, and possibly even alarmingly, he caught one almost immediately!
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| The zander. About a 1lb in weight apparently... |
We'll go for our walk tomorrow if the weather isn't too dire.
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