Seems the "by" bit comes from the Vikings and was used to denote the presence of a former farm/village. With that in mind, we set ourselves a challenge, to visit as many villages as possible and source some farm produce, all in two hours. Exciting eh?
Mautby was grey, green and brown and consisted of barns, farms and liquorice strips of road snaking across a wintery backdrop. Liked it. Scored eggs and a jar of quince jam.
Stokesby: more eggs. A pretty place with a number of houses for sale. Having seen the water level, I'm not surprised people were anxious to move.
Billockby: Apparently there were fourteen houses in the village back in 1900. No change there then. Nothing else to report but with such a great name who cares?
Clippesby: in 2011, a woman camping in the village died after being asphyxiated by barbecue fumes. This is still the big news.
Rollesby: must be some nice parts - it's just that we couldn't find them. However, picked up a cauliflower and established there was a car boot Sunday and a cross-stitch group Thursday.
Ormesby: a village green and a Spar grocery. Could it get any better? Stopped for petrol where I experienced the first urge to go home.
Hemsby: oh dear! Here things took a turn for the worse worse. Parked up between Katrina's (hairstylist) and the Internet cafe (boarded up). And look - another Spar grocery. In fact the whole town looked like it had been designed and built by Spar. Thought of the chorus to that Orange Juice song, "Rip it up and start again." Or maybe get the Vikings back to do the job. On the plus side, Sue managed to locate a home made flapjack.
Scratby: another great name and another place far beyond the reaches of WD40. Finally, overpowered by the stench from the garden/pet supplies centre I ordered Sue to drive me home.
Apologies to Filby, Ashby and Thrigby, for not visiting but by mid-afternoon my vital organs were starting to pack up.
And apologies to anyone I may have upset.
Location:Pottergate,Norwich,United Kingdom
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