There were two very different journeys going on in Old Buckenham yesterday.
If you went to the field alongside Old Buckenham Airfield you could run around this large field and deal with various obstacles that had been put in your way. After starting off from the large inflatable arch there were tunnels to get through, see-saws to climb over, barbed wire to crawl under and poles to clamber over) if you had enough energy left) before finishing back at that large arch once more.
There you could collect your free water and a medal. What's more the entrants paid to do this! It was a 'Heroic' event raising funds for the East Anglia Children's Hospices.
About the same time as these 'races' started, a group of members of the Old Buckenham Scout Group were leaving All Saints Church to go on a prototype 'Heritage walk' and learn about some of the village's history. They walked along Abbey Road to Buckenham Priory where they stopped outside the gates to hear the history of the building that had once stood there. Then it was along the footpaths to Old Buckenham Castle. The gates here had been unlocked to allow everyone in for a suitable lunch break.
Soon it was time to hear more about the history of the site and to walk all around the ramparts. Then on in to New Buckenham before taking more footpaths back to All Saints Church in Old Buckenham.
It is hoped that this walk can be developed into a more detailed Heritage walk for all and, as part of the 'Raise the Roof' campaign, even raise some funds as well as educating villages on local history.
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| (part of a map in the booklet 'Some notes on Old Buckenham' published around 1946) |
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