The repaired Boosey cornet
A Walk to the Crossways Inn, Scole, Norfolk - 21st April 2024
We decide to try out another "walk to a pub" somewhere, and settle on Scole, just over the border into Norfolk. It seems reasonable on the map, and turns out to be even shorter than expected - certainly it's much nearer than the Hoxne Swan. Upon arrival, we try out the Scole Inn, but it's gone totally Hotel now with no real bar - just a couple of restaurant rooms that look like they're set up for breakfast or something. So we ditch that and return to the actual pub that is the Crossways Inn for a nice pint of beer in the garden. Before that, Isobel's buying circus tickets, then Nosher is in the garage resoldering a couple of joints on a Boosey cornet that dates from the end of 1900 - nearly 124 years ago - as part of a basic restoration. The cornet was returned by the granddaughter of a former Gislingham Silver Band player who used to play with the band in the 1950s.
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The cornet has some nice engravings on the bell
A circus sign above the ticket office
Isobel roams around after her ticket purchase
The circus top on Eye Airfield
Isobel heads off up the path to Warren Hills
We pass an ancient van from 1973
The derelict-looking Warren Hill farm
The old C. A. West diesel pump
The B1118 towards Oakley
An orphaned section of the former A143
Isobel strides along the old A140
The Scole Inn and the village shop
The grand Scole Inn, dating from 1655
There's a dog on the roof at the Crossways
A couple of motorbikes in the Crossways
Isobel comes back from the bar
A cat's eye, now lost for purpose on an empty road
Isobel looks at the river
The river near Scole Bridge
Isobel crosses the old Scole road bridge
There's a Peter Rabbit memorial in the Pocket Park
A nice dragon head carved out of a fallen tree
A section of the original A140
We're back on the path towards Oakley
Up the drive to Warren Hills
Isobel on the farm tracks to Brome
A field is rolled
Hedgerow blossoms
A bench painted as the county of Suffolk
White, pink and blue bells
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The repaired Boosey cornet
The repaired Boosey cornet
The cornet has some nice engravings on the bell
A circus sign above the ticket office
Isobel roams around after her ticket purchase
The circus top on Eye Airfield
Isobel heads off up the path to Warren Hills
We pass an ancient van from 1973
The derelict-looking Warren Hill farm
The old C. A. West diesel pump
The B1118 towards Oakley
An orphaned section of the former A143
Isobel strides along the old A140
The Scole Inn and the village shop
The grand Scole Inn, dating from 1655
There's a dog on the roof at the Crossways
A couple of motorbikes in the Crossways
Isobel comes back from the bar
A cat's eye, now lost for purpose on an empty road
Isobel looks at the river
The river near Scole Bridge
Isobel crosses the old Scole road bridge
There's a Peter Rabbit memorial in the Pocket Park
A nice dragon head carved out of a fallen tree
A section of the original A140
We're back on the path towards Oakley
Up the drive to Warren Hills
Isobel on the farm tracks to Brome
A field is rolled
Hedgerow blossoms
A bench painted as the county of Suffolk
White, pink and blue bells