Digging for Treasure Together in West Norfolk

Aug 10, 2023 | Pit Stop, Uncategorized

Well, it may be not gold, but a group of guys from the West Norfolk MensCraft Pit Stops came together for the day at the amazing archaeological dig site at Sedgeford to help uncover some of Norfolk’s Anglo-Saxon past. The day was led by Ellie, the senior archaeologist...

Pit Stop History Visit to Great Yarmouth Minster

Nov 8, 2022 | Pit Stop

On Monday 7th November the Norwich Pit Stop History Health Walks members went ‘on tour’ and met with Pit Stop members from Great Yarmouth during a visit to Britain’s largest medieval parish church. The size of the church reflects the wealth...

Meetings with Notable Trees

Sep 5, 2022 | Pit Stop

Today’s Pit Stop History Health Walk involved us exploring a few of Norwich’s ‘notable’ trees. Fortunately, we had horticultural expert, Nik Thomson, join us and he was able to provide loads of insights into some of the city’s wonderful...

Roaming with the Romans: the Pit Stop Venta Icenorum visit

Apr 5, 2022 | Pit Stop

On Monday, the Norwich Pit Stop History Health Walks group had our first site visit of the year. On a windy, but – mercifully! – dry day members gathered to explore the site of the Roman town of Venta Icenorum (present-day, Caistor St Edmund). Other than...

Getting Lost

Mar 30, 2022 | Pit Stop

Tolkein, the author of, ‘Lord of the Rings’, once noted that, ‘all who wander are not lost’. I think that there’s some wisdom in this statement. Nowadays, in a very literal sense, I allow myself to get lost. For instance, within Norwich, I go a-wandering and if...