This is the second post in my mini-series about the West Norfolk Autism Group trip to Pensthorpe on Saturday.
EXPLORING PENSTHORPE
The main parts of Pensthorpe are accessed by way of the gift shop, and you have to be wearing a wristband of that day’s colour to prove that you are entitled to be there. Once through the gift shop there are three distinct options:
- The Waders Aviary which I will say no more about for now since I am giving it a post to itself.
- An exit towards the Millennium Garden and other stuff which is right near the door to the aviary…
- A viewing gallery at the far end of which is an exit that takes you out at the edge of a large lake with a wooden bridge across part of it. This is the way that leads ultimately to most of the really interesting stuff in the site, most of which is accessed from the far side of the wooden bridge.
There are several marked walks that one can take, and the site is generally very well signed (there are a couple of exceptions when you get to the further reaches of it) so you can simply follow your own instincts if you so choose, which is generally my approach.
The lake is full of water birds of various types. There is further water beyond, including of course the river Wensum without which Pensthorpe could not exist.
PHOTOGRAPHS
Here are the photographs for this post…
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