What's on this January
Blickling Hall, Gardens & Park
A Winters Trail
Sunday 31 January, 11am
Take a walk around the garden with Stephen Hagon, assistant head gardener and experience
the lovely scented plants and shrubs of winter. Discover the early snowdrops, mahonias,
hellebores, winter honeysuckle and daphnes and learn about the new planting scheme in the
Orangery Garden. Includes soup lunch and pudding in the restaurant. Please book on 0844
800 4308. £15.
Felbrigg Hall, Garden & Park
Winter Bird Walk - Tuesday 5 January, 10.30am
Join our warden to walk off the Christmas excesses with a guided tour around the Felbrigg
estate. Stout footwear and warm clothing are essential. £6, please book on 01263 837444.
Oxburgh Hall
Winter Warmers - Weekends in January, 11am - 5pm
Enjoy some hearty home-made food this winter:
Saturday Pie and mash day - a selection of pies, including vegetarian
option
Sunday Roast carvery - offering a selection of dishes including a
vegetarian option
Children's portions available on both days
Sheringham Park
Sheringham Park Ramble Sunday 3 January, 2pm
Volunteer led ramble starting from the Visitor Centre. Route varies throughout the year.
You must have suitable clothing and footwear, and the ability to walk for at least 2
miles. Dogs on leads please. Free. Car park charge applies to non members. |
POPPY LINE A DOUBLE WINNER
IN NATIONAL RAILWAY HERITAGE AWARDS
The presentation of the 2009 National Railway Heritage Awards took place in the City of
London's historic Merchant Taylors Hall on December 2nd. And two of the prestige Awards
went to the North Norfolk's Poppy Line for the volunteer-led Holt signalling project,
completed and commissioned earlier in the year.
Nerve centre of the project is an ex-Midland Railway signal box re-erected in the Station
Yard at Holt Station, the southern terminus of the line. The NRHA Signalling Award was
made for the project as a whole, and the Volunteers Award recognised the work of the
dedicated band of enthusiasts who over the past five years have brought a very complex
project to life.
Volunteer leader Roger Bell and North Norfolk Railway Managing Director Hugh Harkett were
at Merchant Taylors Hall to receive the Awards. Mr Harkett said: "To win two awards
for this project is a tremendous tribute to Roger and his team, who have worked so hard to
bring it to fruition. It has made a huge difference to our operation, and enabled us to
run very intensive steam services at all our major events. It has, quite genuinely,
transformed the Railway, as our visitors this year have seen."
This is the second time that developments at Holt Station have been recognised in the
National Railway Heritage Awards. The station building, originally the M&GN's Stalham
Station, won second place in the Volunteers Award in 2005.
Mr Harkett added: "The scale of what of our volunteers and staff have done to turn
Holt from a single platform into a major feature of the Railway and a destination in its
own right is awesome. But we've not finished yet - we're planning even more developments
over the next few years."
Holt is now obviously the heritage railway space to watch - at least until the level
crossing at Sheringham opens next March! |
