We headed down to Thetford Forest to sample a medium pie from B. Robertson, Family Butcher of
Reepham – a new pie for us. Parking at the picnic site on the B1107 Brandon Road,
we headed for
Thetford Warren Lodge. After examining this, we should have headed northwest – but the road noise was getting louder – finding an alternative path, we got back on course. Then picking up a track we headed back to the B1107 and walked a short distance north beside it.
Crossing the road we then walked down a track through Warren Wood with
Hare Bells in bloom, pausing a while to observe deer in the distance through binoculars. We continued down the track to the
Little Ouse, crossing it by a wooden footbridge. We followed the St. Edmund Way south, by the river,
passing the
38.5MW Biomass Power Station with operatives in white protective clothing on the superstructure, looking like a
scene from a James Bond movie. Getting down wind of the power station we were treated to the whiff of its fuel... We continued south, passing an Anglian Water pumping station and crossing the river over Abbey Heath Weir. We then had a mile walk through the forest and over the B1107 to be reunited with our cars. Lightly salted tortilla chips accompanied lemon & coriander Houmous and hot spicy salsa dip. The medium pie had to be carefully divided into eight, due to incorrect information regarding pie munchers! The squat, bulbous pie released no aroma when cut and a revealed a dark coarse filling. The piecrust was tasty but rather soft – this was probably my fault - having kept the pie for two days in the sealed plastic bag in which it came. The filling was good too, well seasoned and sage was much in evidence. This resulted in the pie scoring 7.1875 with a standard deviation of 0.70394 – so a normalised score of 7 for B. Robertson. Shortbread returned as the final course this week.
We headed down to Thetford Forest to sample a medium pie from B. Robertson, Family Butcher of Reepham – a new pie for us. Parking at the picnic site on the B1107 Brandon Road, 
we headed for Thetford Warren Lodge. After examining this, we should have headed northwest – but the road noise was getting louder – finding an alternative path, we got back on course. Then picking up a track we headed back to the B1107 and walked a short distance north beside it. 
Crossing the road we then walked down a track through Warren Wood with Hare Bells in bloom, pausing a while to observe deer in the distance through binoculars. We continued down the track to the Little Ouse, crossing it by a wooden footbridge. We followed the St. Edmund Way south, by the river, 
passing the 38.5MW Biomass Power Station with operatives in white protective clothing on the superstructure, looking like a scene from a James Bond movie. Getting down wind of the power station we were treated to the whiff of its fuel... We continued south, passing an Anglian Water pumping station and crossing the river over Abbey Heath Weir. We then had a mile walk through the forest and over the B1107 to be reunited with our cars. Lightly salted tortilla chips accompanied lemon & coriander Houmous and hot spicy salsa dip. The medium pie had to be carefully divided into eight, due to incorrect information regarding pie munchers! The squat, bulbous pie released no aroma when cut and a revealed a dark coarse filling. The piecrust was tasty but rather soft – this was probably my fault - having kept the pie for two days in the sealed plastic bag in which it came. The filling was good too, well seasoned and sage was much in evidence. This resulted in the pie scoring 7.1875 with a standard deviation of 0.70394 – so a normalised score of 7 for B. Robertson. Shortbread returned as the final course this week.
