Wimbotsham

   One village I pass through on many occasions is the small village of Wimbotsham, not just because it is situated on my route home but also because I adore the little lane leading down past the church towards the village centre, the small stone cottages take you back a century or two. The village is tucked away just a mile outside Downham Market, a quiet little parish with one village store and one public house called "The Chequers", which is the perfect place for the cyclist to stop for lunch with lots of outside seating.

   The village has a beautiful parish church, the church of St Mary, the Virgin. It's an Anglican church built in the 12th century and has some outstanding features in the stonework. Its roof was said to have been thatched but was altered to slate in the Victorian period. The village also has a Methodist Church, it was opened in 1894 with the Sunday School being added in 1896.
   The ornate timber carved village sign stands on the green and shows a WW2 Stirling bomber flying over the 12th-century church, a reference to Bexwell airfields role as a Stirling base during the war.