.... being held up on the nursery run by a tractor convoy (pictured)
.... going to the pub and coming home with a courgette in your pocket
.... attempting to drive around a man in a bee keeping outfit on a tricycle towing a trailer loaded with 3 bee hives
.... popping to the shop and there's a tractor with two wheels on the pavement outside
.... waking up to find a gypsy horse on the front lawn
..... carefully avoiding driving over a turkey strolling across the road
This is the point where someone normally comments along the lines of "That's nothing, in Devon the chickens actually run the Post Office" or somesuch (if that's not the sound of a gauntlet hitting the ground I don't know what is!)
Having holidayed in Norfolk over the years - I know this is ALL true! :o)
ReplyDeleteI love our wonderful county!
ReplyDeleteMakes me want to visit Norfolk.
ReplyDeleteI think it's great living in the country...I love Norfolk but I love my home county too....a few weeks ago we actually stopped traffic on a major a road (dual carriage way at a round-a-bout no less) because we wanted the the pheasants and there babies to safely cross....Oh I love the country.. :-)
ReplyDeleteI swear this is all true! Every one of those things has happened to me, I thought the turkey might be a step too far for Norfolk cliche territory but that's true too. A house near the allotment keeps a couple of free range rare breed turkeys who wander on the road occasionally.
ReplyDeleteThat sounds a bit like Ireland.Just found your blog, off to have a good nosy round it now!
ReplyDeletehee hee... I think everyone should have a courgette in their pocket!! Just in case !! What lovely anecdotes - you should write a book!
ReplyDeleteFunnily enough my cousin used to live in Ireland and we'd try and out do each other on the 'eccentric country stuff' anecdotes - she usually won!
ReplyDeleteComing home with courgettes seems normal enough for me...?
ReplyDeletehttp://hotrodfil.blogspot.com/2007/09/no-peace-at-greenpeace.html