Norfolk Beaches

Right then where were we.... here's some pics from our summer holiday a couple of months back when we went to Norfolk with Nanna Julie. We stayed at The Cromer Country Club in Cromer, which is a classic Victorian seaside town (Victorian as in developed during the late 19th century during the reign of Queen Victoria; not as in the state where Jo grew up - that wouldn't make sense).

Cromer's got the mandatory stone church, fish and chip shops, ice cream shops, bucket and spade shops and amusement parlours which all English seaside towns seem to have, but its also got a pier, which is only reserved for the "classic" towns it seems. What's more it's the home of the Cromer crab, the local delicacy that you can actually catch from straight off the pier.... there were tons of them. We ate a few (tasted like crab funnily enough) but didn't catch any ourselves.


The Cromer Country Club is up on the cliffs above the town, and it's a nice walk down to the main beach, including lots of crab-themed Christmas lights, which must look nice at Christmas.


Just to add to the vibe.... here we checking out the cliff walk in the late afternoon.





Caiti really loves the pebbly beaches here in the UK. They are a great opportunity for her to work on her throwing technique. There's a few rocks on the beach at Cromer, but it's actually nice and sandy once the tide goes out a little.


Lucy likes the beach as well, but prefers the sandy stretches for castle building.



Here's us on the pier after the beach.


And here's all the girls enjoying what was quite good weather.


There's lots of fish and chips shops everywhere, but this shellfish van was a new experience. Crab, cockles and leekies were popular.


So we set ourselves up in front of the pub on the promenade to try it all out. The crab was sensational and the cockles were OK, but we won't be ordering the leekies again.


We mentioned the weather was good, and it was most days, but when it wasn't we headed out to check out the Norfolk coast a little more. The beach at Sea Palling is nice and sandy because they've created artificial reefs a few hundred yards out to see. They were put there to stop the low-lying town from flooding during tidal surges, but now there's no more pebbles on the beach either.


Here's Nanna enjoying the sights of nearby Sheringham, another nice Victorian seaside town, but pierless, alas.


And this is the beach at Sheringham.



It's a bit pebbly, but quite pleasant on a sunny day.


The telescope is 20p, but there's not a real lot to see to be honest.


We liked this fishing-themed relief.


And here's Lucy at the Sheringham lifeboat club.


And finally, a bit of fun at the beach for your enjoyment.