If you remember back to the end of May when I was at the UKGE and camping I had a problem with my brand new Jetboil Genesis Basecamp stove.
The issue I had was that the fuel regulator didn’t attach to the stove properly. It screwed on but not enough to hold the fuel hose in place to allow the fuel to flow. As soon as you turned on the fuel the pressure broke the seal, pushing the hose away and cutting off the fuel.
Obviously once home I contacted Burton McCall (the current guardian of the Jetboil brand) and sent my Jetboil Genesis Basecamp back.
They basically swapped it for a brand new stove. That arrived at the weekend.
Naturally the first thing I did was try it out.
Guess what it has the same issue!
Is this a design problem?
The issue is that there is not enough thread on the bit that screws onto the stove to take it far enough on to hold the fuel connector in place when fuel flows.
I contacted the support people again saying the problem still exists. I gave them a choice a replacement that works or a refund.
They went the refund route.
Which I’m happy with.
However I’m disappointed that the Jetboil Genesis Basecamp has this issue.
I really like it!
It’s a great bit of design.
Yes it’s expensive. But you get everything, two burners, a five litre pot with heat exchanger, frying pan, windscreen, carry case, that you need for camping.
The quality of it all is fantastic up to the fuel regulator.
Now my much cheaper Naturehike dual burner stove just works. No issues.
The Jetboil Genesis Basecamp gets picked up today (as of writing) then I get my refund.
I like the frying pan and pot. So I’ll buy them separately. Well not the five litre pot. I’ll go for the smaller 1.5 litre pot. It’s more usable for me.
I already have a case for the Naturehike. Sadly I lose the convenience (that obviously came at a price) of everything fitting nicely into a single case. But at least this works.
I will be taking the Naturehike with me to see Nathan so we can “tailgate” or picnic during my visit.
So that is the end of the Jetboil Genesis Basecamp dream/saga. Such a shame.
Yep I had plans to get out with Dolly but this continuing heat wave puts a stop to that.
It’s about being a responsible dog owner.
The heat means Dolly isn’t settling in the evenings. So sleep is interrupted. I can assure you if Dolly can’t sleep she won’t let the rest of us.
I’m going on about how Dolly is suffering in the heat because she is feeling it more than Nico or Loki. They seem to be taking the heat wave in their stride. Maybe it’s their genetics helping them.
Despite all this I have played some games and I’ll write about them in a separate post.
It’s about two weeks before I’m on holiday again with plans to visit Nath during that time.
In the meantime I’m alive, suffering in the heat with Dolly, and still trying to get rid of this chest infection.
I’m a week or so late in writing about this, but work, blah, blah, blah.
Our board gaming group Fenland Gamers celebrated its 10th Anniversary.
My first time at a Fenland Gamers night was 9/9/2015. Which was a couple of months after Jonathan started the club.
The club has seen a few changes over that time, from changes of venue, members coming and going. Even a pandemic. But still its core value has remained of being free at the point of play. We pay enough as it is for our games. And our belief is you shouldn’t have to pay to play them as well. So unlike a lot of clubs we don’t charge for people to come along and play board games.
We’ve been lucky in finding hosts that will happily allow us to play our games at their venue without charge. The only thing we ask is that members buy their refreshments and food from our host and not bring their own food and drink.
I’ve also made some great friends over the years via the club and board games.
To celebrate the 10th Anniversary I got a custom poker chip made.
Like the 2024 poker chip, and the two dice I’ll be giving these away to members that show up to one of the club nights.
It’s scary to think when we celebrate the club’s twentieth anniversary I’ll be fastly approaching 70. I’ll deal with that life crisis at the time!
In the previous still alive post where I think I had con crud I promised to write a post about the recent games I had played.
Well here is that post.
I’m not going to write lots for each game, and will try and keep everything brief.
I did write about this demo game of Star Wars Unlimited that I played at the expo in the UKGE post I wrote.
It really wasn’t a fair match up, especially giving me the Han deck.
I knew both decks, and more importantly their strengths.
That knowledge gave me the edge. I knew to mulligan to try and get a Falcon. I knew that there were no even cards. So using card abilities looking at the top card of the deck looking for odd value costs was more than likely to succeed.
But the other player enjoyed the game. We both got the promo card. So win win.
I like, no love this game by Byron.
As long as you have a flat surface you can play the game. Plus being very portable, it’s easy to keep in the bag ready to play. In this sense it reminds me of the convince of Hive.
I just wish there was a bgg page for it so my Bgstats could sync up.
I have to admit when I was at the expo and we hit the publisher stand selling Tacta I wasn’t really that interested. Ben was very excited and was ready to throw money at them. He was only prevented from doing so by a system outage stopping retailers taking card payments.
They were also handing out a 2 player promo pack of the game for free that could also be used with the full game. Which I did grab a couple of copies of.
I was still indifferent to the game when I bought it later at the same time as Ben.
Truthfully I still can’t tell you why I took the free promo pack or even bought the game. But I’m glad I did.
Marcin, Dave, and myself played a game of it, and it was really good fun.
Now this game was bought solely on its theme alone!
However it’s a fun little card game, and surprisingly tactical. You can’t just focus on your own ramen bowl, you have to be aware of your opponents bowls. Place your card in the wrong bowl and you could be setting them up for a big score.
This is a nice quick filler game.
This was one of the games I had to collect at the expo for Marcin.
It’s a drafting, market manipulation game.
The cards you draft score depending on their position in the market. The lowest two suits in the market score negative points. Whilst the remaining three suits generate a positive score.
A fun, quick filler as well.
Another Marcin game.
I got Kanagawa vibes playing this game.
It’s a very pretty drafting game.
Light, reasonably quick.
I liked that each round you got a new additional objective that could just match up instantly with what you are doing, or force you to pivot mid game.
Another one of the games I collected for Marcin.
This game I don’t remember too much about. But I do remember it being fun.
It really is sad the game doesn’t stand out in my memory as much as the other games I’ve played this month. Is that a reflection on the game or me?
This was the game no one seemed to be selling at the expo.
So I had to order it online.
It was definitely worth the effort of getting a copy.
I loved the open drafting, stock market manipulation. That last part reminded me of Seasons with its last remaining die moving the season marker, but with a card.
There is also a chaotic element to it with that stock market manipulation where you can’t quite guarantee the markets you want to change will. Plus you have to hope the markets you are aiming to score don’t bust and reset.
Simple, but fun.
We played Charlene’s copy of Faraway with the “expansion”. But it would be more accurate to call the “expansion” a mini expansion. Because it is just a handful of cards.
But the game is a really nice game.
Naturally I have since getting back ordered the mini expansion.
Colin bought the Spartan edition of the core game at the expo.
So we met up on a Saturday afternoon to play a learning game (for Colin).
I threw together a team of Spartans that looked cool. I had no idea how they’d work.
My “cool” team
Colin played all four Spartans from the learning game setup.
The two squads were fairly evenly balanced. For the first half of the game I was rolling really badly.
But in the end I managed to snatch victory.
This game was amazing value for a fiver. I bought it at the expo as damaged. The only damage was to the box.
It was also a nice quick game.
Also a game that I want to play with Jeff knowing his weakness for push your luck games and having to push his luck. Play the player, not the game!
We played Diego’s copy of the game.
It looked like Oink games have updated the game. It’s familiar yet different!
There are now three dice and a boost mechanism that runs down the oxygen even quicker.
But even taking into account these changes Deep Sea Adventure is still a great little push your luck game.
After six years we finally got round to playing Bohemian Villages for who will win the trophy Jonathan had made.
Being the reigning champ I had to defend my title.
Sadly my defence of the title failed, with it being stolen by Diego.
Between work and going away for a couple of days for the union to learn about the new employment rights bill currently going through the House of Lords, it’s been busy.
With yet another heat wave hitting the UK this week. This must be the third or fourth this year so far. Dolly and I headed off to Shouldham Warren.
The thinking was I wanted to do a woodland walk to give us much needed shade. Plus to try and wrap the walk up before midday.
After parking I thought let’s head towards Pentney Abbey. So that was the direction we headed off in.
As we walked through the cooling shade of the various varieties of tree, there was a slight cooling breeze.
I did have just over two litres of water on me.
I looked at the time and how far we had to get to Pentney Abbey. I made a decision to turn round and head back to the car.
There was no way I wanted Dolly out in the midday heat.
Dolly was starting to show signs of the heat affecting her. We had done longer walks than this one, but she was struggling.
We took little breaks when she needed them. Each stop I poured her some water.
I did give Dolly a longer break and an energy boost of some beef jerky.
As we got to the car there was one dog owner about to take her dog out in the midday heat. Madness.
It was a lovely short walk. But next time Dolly and I need to be out earlier. It was borderline too late this time.
Forgive me readers it has been five days since my last post.
The little monsters enjoyed having me home and spending time with them relaxing before I had to return to work.
I always plan two or three days after going away to give mum a break, and time to recover. Who knew three little dogs could be so stressful and such hard work?
The later half of last week a cold kicked in. Making work a real struggle.
I think I have to accept that when my body is fighting any infection that it affects my legs. I’m putting it down to getting old.
Where did I get this cold?
The theory I have is it’s what is affectionately known as con crud. Yes I suspect I bought it home with me from the expo. One of those many bodies in the bustle of the expo that I came into contact with, invaded my personal space, very kindly over shared.
So while suffering from the cold I found every day life so tiring as my body waged its internal war.
Having spent a lot of my reserves each morning just getting through a shift at work. There was so little left for once I got home.
Coughing, sneezing was painful each time I did either thanks to whatever I did to my tongue at the start of my expo adventure.
Despite the above I did get some gaming in last week. Which included one or two of the new additions from the expo. But I’ll write a separate post about them.
So there you have it, another bland life update. Life in the fast lane baby!
“When two tribes go to war, A point is all that you can score…” Frankie Goes to Hollywood,Two Tribes
Yeah I know two very obvious, even lazy quotes about war.
At least they are on topic.
This post is going to be about some ideas for additional rules/variants for the game War by my friend Byron.
I’m not claiming any of these ideas are any good or fun. Heck I’ve not even tried them! But I think they will work and add a bit of variety.
Variant 1
This a simple one back from when I first played the game some (I want to say) two years ago.
When a unit is destroyed it is put to one side instead of going back into the bag.
Variant 1a!
Same as variant 1 except the removed units are placed face down with neither player able to examine them.
Variant 2
This one is inspired by the setup phase of the Battletech Alpha Strike rules.
First remove all the mountain tiles from the bag. Then starting with the first player, take turns placing the mountains on the play area following the usual placement rules for the tile.
Variant 3
This one builds on top of the variant 1 rule.
Each player keeps the unit they destroyed, face down in front of them. The player can look at the tiles they have in front of them. But they are hidden information. The other player can see how many tiles you have but not their value.
Each destroyed unit is worth points. The value dependent on the health value of the unit. Ie a GUN is worth 1 point, a CPL 2 points, and so on.
As well as winning the game by hitting the opponents base, victory can also be achieved by one player reaching an agreed points total, such as 15 points.
When a player reaches the agreed points total they reveal all the tiles they scored as a check.
There that’s my suggestions for stuff to try with War to mix it up a little. Or more ideas I’ve been thinking of for the game. I’m still mulling over multiplayer.
The initial plan was to write a daily post during the expo. But I’m old and get tired easily. Plus as you will see I had great company in the evenings.
So this post has been written a day or two after getting back from the expo.
Be warned it is a long post. So if you don’t have the time to read it, here is the to;dr – I had a good time, met friends, bought some games.
Thursday – Day 0
Thursday was as usual my travel day to the expo.
For one person my car was pretty loaded up. Mind you this wasn’t a backpacking trip across Scotland or the Lakes. This was car camping after all, and I’d paid for a pitch with an electricity hookup.
I had booked a pitch with an electrical hookup at the Mousley House Farm Campsite. Which according to Apple Maps was about 25 minutes away from the NEC.
After doing my final chores at home, such as walking Dolly, and getting mum some meals, I set off around midday.
Two and a half hours I was checking in at the camp site.
The pitch I had been given was ideal. Close to the facilities, water tap, and no cars going past me.
After setting up camp I thought I’d make a coffee. Out came the brand new unused Jetboil Genesis Basecamp.
All setup I switched on the gas. Nothing. I reattached the fuel regulator. Still nothing. Pushed the fuel line in and gas flowed. The fuel regulator wasn’t being held tight enough to allow gas to flow without extra pressure.
I tried using plaster tape to hold the fuel regulator in. But that didn’t work.
It was basically unusable. I couldn’t cook and constantly hold in the fuel regulator.
I was kicking myself for taking the Kelly Kettle out of the boot that morning whilst packing. I did have a BCB Firedragon folding cooker with a couple of fuel blocks. Just about enough to boil a kettle of water. Not enough to get me through the long weekend.
Still I boiled the kettle and had a brew.
I tried calling Jetboil customer support but they had gone home for the day.
Unable to cook my planned meal, I was lucky I had some Greek yoghurt I could have for tea.
Alpkit Tarpstar 1The Jetboil Genesis Basecamp Thursday – Day 0
I was emotionally drained, embarrassed, seething, going through a whole range of emotions.
This Jetboil wasn’t cheap (none of their stoves are) and here it was no better than a very expensive paper weight.
I would need to find an outdoor shop the next day and buy another stove to get me through the weekend.
After watching a little bit of YouTube to try and calm down I had an early night.
Friday – Day 1
I woke bloody early. Still fuming I wasn’t going to start the day as planned.
I’d also hurt the back of my tongue somehow during the night. Which made swallowing a little painful. But more importantly I would find out later talking harder. Something that would inflict me for the whole of the expo. Basically I’d sound like I had a lisp, or just plain incoherent. I’d have to slow down and concentrate on what I was saying. It was very frustrating at times trying to make myself be understood. Some words were definitely a struggle to say.
After having a shower in facilities that put to shame the “hotel” I stayed in at the start of May.
I left the camp site a tad after six, trying not to wake the rest of the campsite. Which was harder to do than you would think when you have to drive over gravel for half of the campsite site.
Using Apple Maps I found a Tesco Express ten minutes drive away that also had a cash machine.
Sadly the express didn’t open until seven. But I still got the cash I needed for later.
I then headed towards the NEC and the expo.
By the time I had parked in the east car park and taken my traditional stroll in the expo halls I had arrived exactly at the right time to be Starbucks first customer as they finished opening up.
After having an over priced coffee, muffin, and cheese and ham toastie it was time to join the queue to collect tickets.
Yes even at 7:15am I was not the first in the queue! But I was pretty close to being so.
While waiting in the queue I spotted a fellow union rep I knew walk pass and head towards the halls. Were they helping on a stand? I thought they never mentioned they were into board games in Blackpool. Then I thought wait I could have been playing board games in the evening at the ADM.
My objectives for the day were to do the trade for Root, pick up The Lord of the Rings: Fate of the Fellowship, and meet up with Ben, and spot my friend.
The first two on my list were done within minutes of the doors opening to the exhibit halls and me getting a shop and drop box.
The Catan sheepI have my weekend passGiant sized Battle of HothObligatory show selfieFriday – Day 1
I met up with Ben and his sons. We then spent the rest of the day systematically walking up and down the aisles going from one hall to the other. Despite doing that I still missed my union friend. But I did bump into Diego and his daughter Lizzy.
After mid day I had to find the Trespass at the Resort World complex next to the expo halls. I needed a stove to cook with. Ben and sons joined me so we could also look for food afterwards.
I found the Trespass, and they had a cheap Coleman stove. But no butane fuel for it!
After that disappointing experience we had lunch at Five Guys burger chain. My first time ever with them. Whilst the others went the burger and fries route, I went hot dog and fries. I liked how you can personalise your burger/dog with toppings. The fries were good and a decent portion size. Plus the soda drinks were unlimited refills. I thought it was still expensive for what it was. But thinking about it was on par with Burger King, and better value. I should say thank you once again to Ben for generously treating me to lunch.
Once fed and watered Ben and his boys headed off to the bring and buy stand while I said my good byes to head off and find a Go Outdoors.
There was indeed a Go Outdoors about 18 minutes away from the expo. It was near to the Fort Dunlop Travelodge where I’d stayed previously.
I bought an OEX Savo stove. The reason I went for this stove was because I hadn’t got a stove like it. I find it hard to believe that I never had a stove of this style in the fifty odd that I own. But I didn’t, and now I do.
When I got back to the camp site Diego was set up in the pitch next to mine.
Finally I was able to cook my food, I had the ribeye steak I had bought with me. I think ribeye is my favourite steak. I don’t do anything special. I season it with salt, pepper, and garlic powder. That’s it.
After tea, the three of us played some of the board games Lizzy bought at the expo or had with her. I enjoyed this gaming session. Although I didn’t record any of the games.
Then it was time to sleep.
Saturday – Day 2
Saturday morning got off to a much better start. It was much more relaxed.
There was no pressure to get to the show early. I could have breakfast, coffee, and chill. I even made Diego a morning coffee after he discovered he had left his mocha pot at home.
The OEX Savo stove and Firemaple kettle with its heat exchanger worked really well. It boiled water so fast. Rivalling a Jetboil for boil times easily.
I was still finding making myself understood frustrating.
My agenda for the day was pick up a game for Marcin, meet up with Byron, and find my friend.
Early on I met up with Byron who gave me a copy of his kickstarter game that I backed called War. He then went off to look for a couple of games.
A little later we met up in the open gaming area to play a game of War.
The first game was real quick with Byron taking the honours. Game two was more tactical and psychological. My plan nearly worked while Byron was distracted by my forces on the right, my artillery slowly got closer and closer to targeting his base. But he eventually cottoned on, burst through my distraction to grab the win. Our third and final game saw me drawing tank after tank. So they just advanced rolling over all before them and getting me a win.
I may have lost 2-1 on the day. But I’m 4-2 up if we include our earlier games from a couple years back.
Earlier in the day I bumped into Charlene and family buying games. I think Charlene and Ben must easily have larger collections than mine.
Tank blitz! Loved psychological bit I did in this gamePigeons nesting hereOEX Savo stove & Firemaple kettle Saturday – Day 2
While wandering the halls I looking for my union friend I did bump into my friend Dean from Chatteris. It was good to see him. However I still didn’t see my union friend.
While waiting to meet up and collect Marcin’s game I was messaged by him asking if I could collect another two games for him. Which I gladly did.
After a bit of hide and seek I did also manage to pick up a free copy of a roll and write game called Grave Keeper that the game designer was handing out.
About 2pm time I was done with the show for the day so I headed back to camp to chill.
I have to say it was nice being able to just sit and relax outside my tent. If I’d gone back to a hotel room and stayed in the room I don’t think it would have been nearly as relaxing.
Diego and Lizzy arrived a little before our planned tea time. Yes it had been planned. The previous day Diego had booked pizza from the camp sites little bar/pizza bar for the three of us.
The pizza was pretty nice actually. Just the right size for one. And went down well with the pint of cider I had.
After chilling for a little while outside our tents it was time to hit the sack again.
Sunday – Day 3
The last day of the show.
After packing up camp and using the morning sun and breeze to dry out the ground sheet and tent outer. It was time to say goodbye to Diego and Lizzy, wish them a safe journey home, and head off for the final day of the expo.
I usually head off home around lunchtime so I arrive home mid afternoon. It gives me a chance to unpack, get any chores that cropped up while away done, and cook tea.
With that in mind my aims for the morning were to give Marcin his games, get the Star Wars Unlimited promo. Later I’d add to that short list after seeing an Osprey post on Bluesky that my friend Duncan shared.
So I headed over to the FFG Star Wars Unlimited stand to “try” the game and get this years promo card.
For the expo they were using the Han and Boba starter decks. Sadly not the new ones coming out next month.
I got to play against a visiting American to the expo who had never played the game before.
Even with the demo person helping them it wasn’t a fair matchup. They had the Boba deck while I had the Han deck.
For the demo purposes we both started with 15 points of damage.
The traditional “club” photo at the showMarcin losing his first game of WarOver priced but tasty expo lunchSunday – Day 3
My opening hand had two chewbacca’s. So I took my mulligan drawing into a couple of 1 cost units and the Falcon.
After playing the Falcon the fourth turn saw a pilot added to it, plus a +2/+2 buff on top, allowing it to swing in for 8 points of damage. It was game over really.
After getting the promo card I went browsing the retail stalls. Whilst browsing one a friend was helping out the retailer. So we had a brief catch up.
I then found a spot in the open gaming area to rest my wary feet and wait for Marcin to arrive.
Eventually I thought while waiting I’ll treat myself to an overpriced lunch. So I headed to a burger stand, bought their Diablo burger (meant to be a spicy hot chili burger) and a side of fries with nacho cheese and jalapeños. It was pretty tasty.
I’d not long finished when Marcin finally arrived.
After handing over his games I quickly taught War to Marcin. If Byron had still been at the show he could easily have sold a copy to Marcin.
While chatting it was revealed Jonathan had also made it to the show and the traditional show photo was taking place at 1pm.
While waiting for the photo time I headed off to the Osprey stand looking for a copy of Hairfoot Jousting. Sadly they had sold out. But the stand staff took pity on me and sold me the display copy. I then went to another stand that they pointed me to buy minis for the game. The minis were not bad price wise. The box was enough for two players to play a game with.
After catching up with Jonathan and the group photo being taken I headed back to the car and home.
The Haul
I don’t like putting photos of the games I bought at the expo on social media. It’s all to do with not wanting those in a worse place than myself feeling bad about themselves and the situation they are in.
I even have second thoughts about putting up the list of what I got on here.
None of these are big expensive games. The majority are £20 or less. Oh and Vegetable Stock although technically not bought at the expo was ordered Saturday morning over breakfast at the camp site because I couldn’t find a copy at the expo. So I’m calling it a show purchase.
Final thoughts
The expo was definitely bigger. Thanks to a “last minute” thing the organisers also got hall 1 that was used for ticket collection/purchase and the bring and buy. Which meant the aisles were wider allowing better movement on the busier days.
I’d hate to see how they would have squeezed the hall 1 stuff in if they didn’t have it. More cramped for starters I think.
For me I think the highlight of the expo as always was meeting my friends. Sadly I somehow missed my union friend. Which is the only regret on that side.
I really enjoyed the campsite and my time with Diego and Lizzy. It was amazing we were able to have pitches next to each other.
Camping I found was definitely more relaxing than staying in a hotel. A lot more chill.
The campsite itself was perfect for me. Having the on site bar and pizza was a nice bonus. The camp site shop was basic but you could get breakfast stuff plus ice cream.
After a morning of chores Dolly and I headed out later than planned towards Shouldham Warren.
I’ve never been to Shouldham Warren before.
I’d discovered Shouldham Woods a couple of weeks earlier when driving from work to Thetford for a meeting.
As I was driving along the A road I thought “oh this looks like a nice woods” and then noticed a forestry commission sign with the name of the woods. I mentally made a note to look it up later once home.
A week later I was talking with a friend/colleague about where Dolly and I were planning to walk next. Strangely for me I remembered the name of the wood. The friend said it was a nice woods. They had often gone there with the kids.
Apple Maps took us across country as the fastest route. One or two of the roads travelled were the typical fenland back road, single lane and bumpy.
I was pleasantly surprised when we arrived. Not a main road in sight or ear shot. A fairly spacious car park.
With the light rain I decided we would not stop for a brew. We would just use the walk as a reconnaissance walk. I’d only take the Pathfinder canteen and Dolly’s collapsible water bowl.
Once ready we headed to the trail head.
We were given a choice of two signed routes round Shouldham Warren. The Range Walk was a mile, and the Warren Walk was two miles.
An executive decision was made. We were going to follow the Warren Walk.
More eco vandalism going onFlippin litter bugsWearing my tarphat and Jack Stillman Drifter ponchoDolly investigating what made this way down to the stream
As the photos show the woods themself are diverse in the trees growing there. A sign at the car park listed nine species planted as part a restock program. Plus I recognised oak, beech, rhododendron.
It’s strange what two or three weeks make. Our last walk at Whitehills Wood the rhododendron were not flowering. But now here at Shouldham Warren they were. I really do love the rhododendron flower.
As we followed the yellow disks marking the route there were paths going off to the sides. I had to resist going off to explore. That would be for another day.
We saw only the odd person in the distance following other paths. The rain obviously discouraging people from going out. No car sounds or talking, just bird song, the odd cuckoo. It was peaceful.
The Warren Walk does take you to the edge of the woods and a lovely man made stream. I say man made because it’s too straight and long to be natural. Sadly the banks of the stream are too steep to get down and paddle for Dolly.
However odd spots looked like wildlife had dug routes (still steep) to the water. In some mud I thought I saw what was a badger paw print. Had it been the one making the route down?
The only drawback on this walk were the two blankets/rugs left discarded by the side of the path in a couple of spots.
There were obvious signs that some of the route was a bridle path. And I’m not talking just hoof prints.
At the return to the car park I examined one or two of the signs there. The woods themself are part of the Nar Valley Way, a 34 mile route between Kings Lynn and Gressenhall.
There was also a sign post pointing towards Pentney Abbey, apparently two miles away. Plus a sign for a ten mile circular walk that had no disk. So I’m not sure if the route has any sign posts now to follow.
Once home I did a bit of google research and found an official council pdf with os maps for the circular walk (which I printed out).
It would also appear from my googling that Shouldham Warren was the site of a Second World War rifle range. Something for me and Dolly to look for traces of next time we visit.
I can see Dolly and me returning here a lot. Not to just explore the side paths. It really is a beautiful woods. Plus it’s about the same travel time as going to Roydon Common or Whitehills Wood.
