day out to Baconsthorpe

we found out that Baconsthorpe Castle has a moat and is in the same county as us so we had to go there. take me to see a ruin and i'll probably have a good time.

front gatehouse which also had a tower on the left until the 1920's.

outside and inside

ruin pigeons <3

the moat is around this inner section and still has water. the Heydon family story is basically in the 1400's a guy was a lawyer and made a lot of enemies so he fortified his house, a later generation had fewer enemies and got into the wool trade and then a later generation lost money and took bits of the building down to sell for parts.

a chimney is always exciting. it's fun to stand somewhere you normally wouldn't (a hearth), it's fun to look up to the sky through the chimney and it's fun to notice how that section of wall is black from the fires that were in there from humans living hundreds of years ago.

this frothy wet green corner is where they did the fulling of the wool which as far as i understand is stomping on it in urine. Brother Cadbearl is standing on a different section of wall, i wouldn't risk him falling in the froth.

swan protecting her mere that the moat joins to at the front and back. my boys.

and then we went to the village church because there was more Heydon history there and you should go in an old church whenever you get the chance because they're always interesting.

the memorial on the right is a pair of the Heydons and they have some coats of arms in the stained glass too.

this cockerel was painted in the 1300's, incredible. 

i love memorial brasses. the lady here is Lady Ann Heydon who died in 1561 and the square was also part of her memorial and the centre is a "human breast distilling four drops of milk". (getting my facts from the little guidebook i bought at the church)

obsessed with this handmade church that uses photos of the building. cemeteries being perfect little nature strongholds is always delightful. there were also crows nesting in the trees just yelling the whole time.

and then we went to Sheringham to find lunch. too hungry to search for vegan food that might not exist we just went to Tesco where we knew we could get some but then afterwards found a bakery and shared a couple of vegan cakes. a chocolate oat tray bake and a chocolate ginger fridge cake that had glace cherries and honeycomb and it hurt my teeth is was so tasty. no photos because a pigeon blessed us with it's crumb eating and i was too busy talking to them to take a photo.