The Poems Prayers & Promises Picnic

Saturday 3rd July 2010, at Dersingham in Norfolk

Well it's that time of the year again, spring will soon be here and before we know, it will be summer.

Val & I have decided to hold another picnic this year at the Natural England National Nature Reserve (Dersingham NNR) here in Dersingham Norfolk again.

The picnic will be on Saturday 3rd July. If you would like to come to the picnic, please register your interest by 26th June, one week before the event.

What we plan this year is for those who wish to have a walk around the reserve, is meet at the car park at 10.00am and do a 2 hour, (around 3-4 miles) walk, finishing at the John Denver Bench at 12 noon approximately.

For those who do not want to go on the morning walk, please meet at the JD Bench at 12 noon for the picnic. During the picnic we could take anyone who would like a short walk, down the steps to the board walk to see the peat bog or to the cliff view point.

Around 2.30-3.00pm, if it is a good sunny day, may we suggest that we spend a little time at our beach here in Heacham? We would love to show it to you all and the view across the Wash.

At around 5.30pm we will meet up, either at the Heacham scout hut or back at our home for a fish & chip supper & afterwards a good old JD sing-a-long. The choice between the scout hut and our home will be governed by the amount of friends attending the day. We could even have the fish & chips on the beach if you prefer, but that decision could be made on the day.

We would like to day to finish at the latest around 9.00pm, to give time to those who are travelling back home, & me (Paul) who will be getting up for work the next day at 4.30am.

Points to remember:

The morning walk will start at 10.00am, 3 July 2010, meet at the main car park.
The picnic will start at 12 noon, meet at the JD Bench
Please tell us what time you will be arriving, e.g. 10.00am or 12.00noon.
Please bring with you a packed lunch and a drink, rucksack, coat/waterproofs, hat, good footwear/boots, camera, binoculars, suntan cream.
The nearest toilets to the nature reserve are at the Sandringham house and visitor centre.
There are toilets on the beach at Heacham and a pay and display car park.
The car park is free at the Dersingham NNR.
If you are staying for the fish & chip supper, please give us your order the week before the picnic (26th June), so that we can inform the chip shop in advance. At around 5.30pm we will collect the order for you and provide tea and coffee etc.
Because I do not help at the cubs scouts any more, we may be charged a fee for the scout hut. I will pass this info on as soon as we know whether we are going to the scout hut and the price to share the cost etc. We can accommodate 20-25 people at our home. Watch this space.
There is plenty of accommodation around this area for those who would like to stay the weekend and discover Norfolk. If you require any help with this please ask?
If you require any help with directions or any other information, please ask.
If you have any suggestions or comments on the above, or would like to help, please do not hesitate to e-mail us. More information will be made available nearer the picnic etc.

Links to help you:

Paul & Val's e-mail address is rockymountain.high27@virgin.net
Our Website is http://johndenverlookingforspace.com/welcome.htm
The John Denver Bench page is http://johndenverlookingforspace.com/html/the_john_denver_bench.html
Natural England Website is http://www.naturalengland.org.uk/
Dersingham NNR page is http://www.naturalengland.org.uk/ourwork/conservation/designatedareas/nnr/1006047.aspx
Heacham Website is http://www.heacham-on-line.co.uk
Hunstanton Website is http://www.hunstanton-on-line.co.uk
East of England Tourist Board http://www.visiteastofengland.com
Discover West Norfolk http://www.discoverwestnorfolk.org.uk
Kings Lynn Website http://www.kingslynnonline.com