'Once you get to know Norfolk, there is no better place to live.' John Timpson

Its raining :( well actually its pouring, so i've decided to not get out of bed today, watch a million episodes of 24 with hubby and eat ice-cream. Some days you have no choice but to have lazy days and today is one of them :).

So i'll have nothing to say other than "You have no idea how far I'm willing to go to acquire your cooperation." & "You probably don't think that I can force this towel down your throat. But trust me, I can. All the way. Except I'd hold onto this one little bit at the end. When your stomach starts to digest it, I pull it out. Taking your stomach lining with it. For most people it would take about a week to die. It's very painful." & "The only reason you're still conscious is because I don't want to carry you." 


Jack Bauer - hero (lol) trust me once we've had a marathon session of 24 i'll be worst than this (lol)

So instead of listening to me rattle on (some more) this blog is all things Norfolk!!!!

Norfolk Place Names .....and how to pronounce them.
Acle	Earcull
Alby	Orlby
Aylsham	Elsham
Bawdeswell	Bordswell
Belaugh	Beeler or Beloe
Blakeney	Blakeknee
Blofield	Bloofield
Buckenham	Bucknum
Claxton	Claxtun
Cley	Clay or Cly
Colney	Coney
Coltishall	Coltshull
Costessey	Cossey
Cromer	Croomer
Dereham	Deerum
Fakenham	Fearknum
Field Dalling	Field Dorlin'
Fleggburgh	Fleggburrer
Forncett	Fonsett
Happisburgh	Hazeburrer
Hardingham	Hardnum
Hautbois	Hobbis (Great or Little)
Heydon	Haydun
Hindolveston	Hildosten or Hindol
Hindringham	Hindrenum
Hockering	Hock'ring
Holme Hale	Hoom Hale
Honingham	Hunningum
Hoveton	Hofton
Hunstanton	Hunstan
Hunworth	Hunny
Ingoldisthorpe	Inglesthorpe
Itteringham	Ittrenhum
Keswick	Kezzick
Loddon	Lardun
Mautby	Morby
Mattishall	Mattsull
Mundesley	Munslee
Narborough	Narbrer
Neatishead	Neatsud
North (or South) Walsham	North Wolshum
Norwich	Norridge or Narridge
Postwick	Pozzick
Potter Heigham	Potter Hayum
Reepham	Reefum
Roughton	Rowton
Ryburgh	Ryburrer (Gret and Little)
Salhouse	Sallus
Salle	Saul
Sea Palling	Sea Porlin'
Shotesham	Shottsum
Sisland	Sizzland
Skeyton	Syktun
Snettisham	Snettshum
Stiffkey	Stewkey (sometimes)
Surlingham	Surlinum
Swaffham	Swoffum
Tacolneston	Tacklestun
Tasburgh	Taysburrer
Trowse	Troose
Tuddenham (East and North)	Tudnum
Watton	Wottun
Weybourne	Webbun
Wiveton	Wifton
Worstead	Woosted
Wymondham	Windum
Yarmouth	Yarmuff or Gret Yarmuff
	Yaxum Norfolk Facts Norfolk has 659 medieval churches - the highest concentration in the world. Of these, 120 have round towers - more than any other county in the UK. (Suffolk has 42, Essex 7, Sussex 3, Cambridgeshire 2 and Berkshire 2.)   The Norfolk coastline stretches for nearly 100 miles - from Hopton on Sea to the Wash.   Lord Nelson was born at the rectory at Burnham Thorpe on 29th September, 1758.   The name 'Norfolk' derives from the Anglo-Saxon for the place of the North folk. ('Suffolk' being the place of the South folk.)   Howard Carter - the archaeologist who discovered the tomb of Tutankhamen - grew up in Swaffham.   The Norfolk Broads are not a natural phenomenon, but are the result of flooded peat workings.   Thetford Forest is the largest lowland forest in Britain - covering an area of 80 square miles; it was first established in 1922.   Norfolk is the fifth largest county in England.   Norfolk is the driest county in the UK.   Norwich is the most easterly city in the UK.   The largest village green in the county is at Old Buckenham.   At only five miles in length, the Thurne is Norfolk's shortest river.   Norfolk has more than 150 deserted medieval villages - more than almost any other county. Nearly 30 of these are located in the Brecklands where the soil is light and sandy.     There are two place names in Norfolk beginning with 'Q' : Quidenham (10 miles NW of Thetford) and Quarles (4 miles SW of Wells).   There are two place names in Norfolk with only three letters: Oby (10 NW of Yarmouth) and Hoe ( 2 miles N of Dereham).   Norfolk was largely unaffected by the industrial revolution.   Robert Hales (1820-1863) - the 'Norfolk Giant' - is buried in West Somerton churchyard; he grew to the height of 7ft 6in.     Norfolk is underlain by a bedrock of chalk. On top of this -  earth, sand and gravel from retreating ice sheets were deposited.     The ancestors of President Abraham Lincoln came from Swanton Morley and Hingham.   On The Ball City - Norwich City Football club's song - is probably the oldest football chant still being sung in the UK today.   Norwich City Football club's mascot - the canary - was first brought to the city by Flemish weavers or 'Strangers' as they were known locally.   The spire of Norwich Cathedral is 315ft high - second only to that of Salisbury. The Caen stone, which was used to build the Cathedral, was brought to Norwich from Normandy.   The built-up churchyard of St. George's in Tombland in Norwich is estimated to hold up to 10,000 dead bodies.   The Domesday book shows that during the 11th century - Norfolk was one of the most heavily populated counties. This remained the case until 1600.   Normal for Norfolk Normal for Norfolk is a derogatory term devised by doctors at the Norfolk and Norwich Hospital to categorise some of their more 'intellectually challenged' patients (usually from Dereham). The term was then abbreviated to N.F.N. which could easily be added to case notes for the purposes of quick reference. Caravanning in Norfolk In some ways N.F.N. (or N.4.N) has been embraced as a term of endearment - and its popularity clearly demonstrates the admirable ability of 'Norfolkers'  to laugh at themselves. It is also a notion which certain Norfolk comedians have played with over the years and turned to their advantage. Sidney Grapes, for example, (see Potter Heigham)  used to appear on stage wearing a traditional smock, wropper and chummy hat - but he had a particularly acute sense of humour. He once said: 'Yew can always tell a Norfolk man, but yew can't tell him much!' The other delightful Norfolk medical term is: 'I come over queer' - which is invariably the result of 'suffin' goin' abowt'. 'Normal for Norfolk' is also synonymous with the annual extravaganza which is The Nimmo Twin's xmas show. The show, which turns the spotlight on Norfolk life, has been running now for over ten years and is a must-see local cultural event. The Nimmo Twins are Karl Minns and Owen Evans. More information (though not much more) can be found on their flashy new website. The Nimmo Twins   That hent got no front wheels, that hent.     Happisburgh TV (always a cliff-hanger) Window Sharpin' at Lardun However, 'normal for Norfolk' is also history and heritage; deserted beaches; huge skies; an unrivalled collection of medieval churches and a surprising sense of wildness and isolation. So, if you're thinking of visiting - please don't.   and finally a good old Norfolk song:
Hev Yew Gotta Loight, Boy? Lyrics by The Singing Postman I had a gal, a rare nice gal, down in Wroxham way She were whooly nice ter me in the ole school days. She would smile all the while, but Daddy dint know all What she used ter say ter me behind the garden wall. 'Hev yew gotta loight, boy? hev yew gotta loight, boy?' Molly Windley, she smook like a chimley, But she's my little nicoteen gal.Then one day, she went away, I dunt see har no more, Till by chance, I see har down along th' Mundesley shore. She wuz there, twice as fair, would she now be trew? So when she see me passin' by she say 'I'm glad thass yew, Hev yew gotta loight, boy? hev yew gotta loight?' Molly Windley, she smook like a chimley, But she's my little nicoteen gal. Now yew'll see har an' me never more t'part, We would wander hand in hand tergether in the dark. Then one night I held har tight in th' ole back yard, But when I tried to hold har close, she say 'Now hold yew hard! Hev yew gotta loight, boy? hev yew gotta loight? Molly Windley, she smook like a chimley, But she's my little nicoteen gal. By and by we decide on th' weddin' day, So we toddle orff ter chatch ter hear the preacher say: 'Do yew now tearke this vow ter honour all the time?' Afore I had th'chance ter stop har, she begin ter pine: Hev yew gotta loight, boy? hev yew gotta loight? Molly Windley, she smook like a chimley, But she's my little nicoteen gal. Now the doctor tell me a Daddy I will be, So when I arsk him 'Woss th' score?' he say 'There's only three' So, here I go, cheerioo, ter see how she do fare, I know what she will say ter me as soon as I git there: Hev yew gotta loight, boy? hev yew gotta loight? Molly Windley, she smook like a chimley, But she's my little nicoteen gal. ps I am in no way being derogatory about Norfolk in fact i'm rather enamored the more I learn :)   TTFN!!!!!