In Search of the Twyford Code

  And so, we've reached the end of a Twyford quest. We've travelled to Hampshire, Shropshire, Derbyshire, Leicestershire, Oxfordshire, Buckingham, Berkshire and Norfolk. We've seen four St Mary's, one St Michaels, two St Andrews, and one St Nicholas. We've driven about 600 miles, stayed in five different Premier Inns, and one excellent AirBnB in Norfolk. We've met herds of cows, some arrogant sheep and some friendly - if slightly baffled - goats. My favourite church was the riverside beauty in Derbyshire; Becky was impressed by the scale and grandeur in Oxfordshire. We both were in awe of the history in Buckinghamshire, and if we'd visited on a different day it could easily have been the best of the lot. So have we found the Twyford Code? No, which was a relief in many ways. If there was fish symbology everywhere and the hint that other treasure hunters might be trampling over the landscape that would have been a shame because we found some untouched beautie...

The last leg, and by some margin the farthest from home, of our journey saw us in North Norfolk, staying just outside Fakenham and taking in all the traditional seaside pleasantries (crazy golf and crab sandwiches) alongside a trip down the Norfolk road to find our final Twyford trapped between the salubrious sounding locations of Bintree and Foulsham. I'm sure they are a lot nicer than they sound... Twyford in the bottom-right The church is located right by the roadside with a convenient layby to park in. And here it is: The church as seen from the gate A slightly less austere view from the south  side of the churchyard As you can probably tell from the subsided bell-tower, St Nicholas' church is not really in active use any more. I expected on the outset that we'd find churches that had been left to moulder, but it was still depressing to see the church noticeboard propped up on a gravestone and read - on the comprehensive North Norfolk churches website - that the place...