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Mark Diacono's avatar

I know it wasn’t your primary intention but you have made me realise it’s been too long since i was in Norfolk and I shall put that to rights

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Andrew Timothy O'Brien's avatar

There's an excellent bakery with a cafe on the key in Blakeney now, and a very good posh farm shop with a restaurant on the road to Holt. Which is also where Monty gets his schmutter from, apparently. Holt, not the posh farm shop.

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JJ's avatar

As someone who now resides a world away from the UK, I want to thank you for your delicious descriptions of the country I love so well and miss so much, along with the garden you bring to life in my imagination. I happened to be in Yorkshire in springtime a few years ago, and was overwhelmed by the sheer glorious froth I was surrounded by during my walks in the local park and drives through the countryside. My favourite trees? The giant lindens/limes dressed in their heavenly fragrant blossoms.

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Andrew Timothy O'Brien's avatar

Thank you JJ, so glad my words are helping you to remember the UK. It's hard to beat a lime tree (or better still, an avenue of them) in late spring, isn't it? Even if they have trouble keeping their juice to themselves!

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