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In search of Norfolk tulips
My mahal has a thing about tulips. We were thinking of driving over to Norfolk around the 25th of this month to have a look. It's not a county that I know very well and I have two questions for anyone who does know it: one, where is the best place to see them (online I found some at Kings Lynn and Narborough) and two, will there still be any left ? (Spring has been a bit late, so I'm hoping for the best). I thought I might get more sense out of the forum than from some of the locals "Toolips, bor? Go and roid your dickey to the pear and drink some bear".
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I thought Holland was the place for Tulips. As far as I'm aware Norfolk is only lavender, broads and carrot crunchers
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And Turkeys
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Tulips have only just begun to bloom up here in Scotland, but we are fortunate in having a grand, colourful display ... thanks to my wife's tender ministrations.
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Meaning I need to exercise extra care in dismantling and rebuilding a section of an ornamental *
(I first constructed in the mid -1970s) bordering one of our flowerbeds ... following *its partial collapse during the all~too~recent, harsh wintry conditions.
Off now ...
... to [hopefully!] finish the job I started on Monday.
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Damn and blast
... spoke too soon! Now it's 
Oh well ...
... there's always tomorrow!
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Ahh, Norfolk, I lived there for 20 years. Don't remember it being famed for tulips though. Go a little north of Norfolk to Linconshire and Spalding then your find tulips everywhere.
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Oh yes, now I have memories of Spalding Flower Festival. We went quite a few times. Fantastic day out. But very crowded.
Originally Posted by keith britten
I saw on the TV news a few days ago that there a was big big shortage of tulips in the festival this year.
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I dont know about tulips but the fishing is good. Some nice places there.
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Thanks for the tip, Keith and Terpe, it seems that you're right about Spalding. Originally Posted by Terpe
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