title	A Walk to the Crossways Inn, Scole, Norfolk - 21st April 2024
intro	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.
imgp1717	The repaired Boosey cornet
imgp1718	The cornet has some nice engravings on the bell
imgp1723	A circus sign above the ticket office
imgp1724	Isobel roams around after her ticket purchase
imgp1725	The circus top on Eye Airfield
imgp1728	Isobel heads off up the path to Warren Hills
imgp1730	We pass an ancient van from 1973
imgp1732	The derelict-looking Warren Hill farm
imgp1736	The old C. A. West diesel pump
imgp1738	The B1118 towards Oakley
imgp1742	An orphaned section of the former A143
imgp1746	Isobel strides along the old A140
imgp1747	The Scole Inn and the village shop
imgp1749	The grand Scole Inn, dating from 1655
imgp1750	There's a dog on the roof at the Crossways
imgp1753	A couple of motorbikes in the Crossways
imgp1754	Isobel comes back from the bar
imgp1755	A cat's eye, now lost for purpose on an empty road
imgp1757	Isobel looks at the river
imgp1758	The river near Scole Bridge
imgp1760	Isobel crosses the old Scole road bridge
imgp1762	There's a Peter Rabbit memorial in the Pocket Park
imgp1764	A nice dragon head carved out of a fallen tree
imgp1765	A section of the original A140
imgp1768	We're back on the path towards Oakley
imgp1770	Up the drive to Warren Hills
imgp1771	Isobel on the farm tracks to Brome
imgp1773	A field is rolled
imgp1775	Hedgerow blossoms
imgp1777	A bench painted as the county of Suffolk
imgp1778	White, pink and blue bells