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Christmas 2009

On a sunny day at the end of June I had come to North Denes. It is at the other end of Great Yarmouth from the Pleasure Beach and about as far removed from the rides and the candy floss as anything could be! A large part of Jesus ministry was exercised around the Sea of Galilee and whenever I am beside the seaside I keep hearing echoes!

by the Bishop of Norwich
Why do you wear that big pointed hat? asked a child at the end of a service in the Cathedral. Is it because youve got a big pointed head? Childrens questions are never less than direct. But it did give an opportunity for me to explain why bishops wear this funny headgear.

We parked by the West Acre church and walked east. It was too early to stop for refreshments at the Stag public house, instead we turned right and crossed the river on a footbridge. At the way mark, we went left through woods to arrive by another ford and footbridge, ignoring these we took the way-marked path just down stream.

From Buxton Station, on the Bure Valley Path and Railway, I crossed the tracks and walked into open fields. A gentle gradient led over the crest of a hill, where my spirit rose as a skylark provided the appropriate sound track!

The path that leads down the Mount of Olives gave Jesus and his fellow pilgrims a panoramic view of Jerusalem on Palm Sunday. Overshadowing all, centre-stage, was the great bulk of the Temple.

On the journey from its source, close to Little Ellingham, the waters of the River Thet flow through the village of Bridgham before mingling with the Little Ouse at Thetford for its onward journey to the Fenland Drains, past Lynn where it eventually joins the sea and the mighty oceans beyond.