Joining our friends Jeeves and Michelle for a day trip to the seaside in their motorhome “Homer” (Fufu, our motorhome, does not have enough belted seats). We first visited Cromer.
Cromer
We had found out in advance that there was only one possible place to park in the town as all other car parks have height barriers. We therefore made our way to the northern cliff-top car park where Homer could enjoy the sea view in our absence. Famous for Cromer crabs, the town has a pier and many Victorian buildings.
One of the shelters, part-way down to the beach from the cliff-top, has a reproduction LMS/LNER poster advertising the town as “The Gem of the Norfolk Coast”:
The town prides itself on the fact that all the cafes and other places to eat are local small businesses; no national chains. Although busy, as this was New Years Day many of these businesses were closed, including, unfortunately, the purvayers of dressed crab, which we had hoped to obtain.
The town sits on top of a cliff, which means there is a steep climb up:
We did however enjoy exploring the town and a good walk along the sea-front.
There were several classical art-works on show around the town centre. This one is “The Paston Treasure” by an unknown Dutch artist.
There were also some hardy New Year’s Day bathers in the sea. I wonder if this is a New Year’s Day tradition as there were more, further along the beach. Brrrr!
Blakeney
After lunch, we moved on up the coast to explore Blakeney which is a small and very pictureques village where most of the cottagess are built using flint cobbles as a facing which appears to be a style common to this area.
The village is sited on a tidal inlet and although the sea is some distance away, there is a quay.
We again chose to take a walk, this time alongside the inlet towards the sea, but after a good while it bcame clear we were not going to reach the sea until after dark, so we reluctantly returned.
"See-u-Later" 