Showing posts with label Palm Sunday. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Palm Sunday. Show all posts

Thursday, April 01, 2010

Our Palm Sunday Afternoon

We were lucky; the weather continued fine into the afternoon. We all fancied an outing, so took a vote as to where we should go. The verdict came down in favour of one of our favourite walks.

The reason it is so good, is that it combines the delights of the beautiful Sheringham Park, with coast path along the cliffs back into Sheringham - so we get the best of both parkland and coastal scenery.

When in Sheringham Park, it is a B.U. tradition to climb to the top of the gazebo and hang out at the top.


Getting to the top involves quite a few steps, and a lot of puff, but is well worth it for the views. We could see all the way along the coast to Blakeney Point and, nearer to us, we could also see Blue Bear indulging in his hobby of driving a steam train on the Poppy line.

Do you remember our coastal watch activities, reported in the past, where we do our bit to keep the coast safe and sustainably managed? Well, as we arrived in Sheringham, and walked along the prom, we found a rather different coast watch job awaiting us.

A huge caterpillar tracked digger was ready and waiting for us to do our bit to even out some fresh shingle to build up the beach after the winter storms.


Now driving that machine really was fun, especially for a dare devil action bear such as myself (Chelmer), and it was all in a good cause, so worthwhile as well as enjoyable.

The fun didn't end there. As we walked through the town we made a new friend outside one of the pubs.


What a fine lobster he was and patriotic with it too. You may not be surprised to hear that the name of the pub he was guarding is 'The Lobster'.

We definitely enjoyed our afternoon out.

Lots of love Chelmer, Curly and all at Bears Unlimited xxx

Monday, March 29, 2010

Our Palm Sunday: Part 1

We decided that a change is as good as a rest and, yesterday, paid a visit to one of our less frequented (by us) local churches for the Palm Sunday service.

We had a pleasant walk there in lovely spring sunshine and we arrived with enough time to spare to explore the ruins of the old church ...


The 'new' church is infact quite old, but it is very different from the old stone one, which was allowed to fall out of use. From the the outside, the 'new' church is a rather ordinary red and green tin structure, but inside, there is some lovely wood panelling.

We all received palm crosses which were blessed, and when we returned home Gio and I showed them to the rest of the gang.


On our walk home we rescued lots of distressed daffodils which had been picked by flower vandals and casually discarded. We think this is a horrible end for a beautiful flower and so we gathered them up and took them home for a long awaited drink.


The flowers were very grateful and in return gave us a marvellous display of colour.

Lots of love

Bris & Gio xxx