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Norfolk. Flat, wet and inbred


Posted: 2009-06-06 16:55 From: Adventuremag	Quote Reply

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Doesn't sound too attractive, which probably explains why it's the last corner of this sceptred isle that we haven't visited. So, it's the usual story, pack the Jeep with kit, shoe-horn in the dog and head off for the week.

Day 1

The Norfolk coast is 250 miles away from us which is a long way when you set the GPS to 'country lane mode'. First stop is just up the road at Sapperton to chase some deer.

A couple of hours later and we have lunch by the river at Harrold.

By mid-afternoon we make our first campsite (Thetford Forest, Puddledock Farm), smack in the middle of Norfolk, or is it Suffolk(?), the big sticky out bit on the right anyway.

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Day 2

The second day isn't as much driving, just 40 miles via Castle Acre to Stiffkey. Castle Acre is a cool little village complete with a castle and a runied abbey. The castle is exactly what a castle should be. A ruin. No gift shop, no corwds and no old biddy charging you £10 to walk around. The abbey is the opposite, so we give it a miss.

The trouble with LPG is finding the stuff. We run out 10 miles from Stiffkey. Luckily 10.1 miles from Stiffkey is an LPG station! Whoo-hoo! A quick U-turn and we're sorted.

The campsite at Stiffkey overlooks the salt marshs, which overlooks the beach, which overlooks Blakely point. Which is where the seals snooze in the sun. It looks good to be a seal.

BBQ lamb shoulder and garlic bread finishes the day along with a bottle of red. A good way to finish the day.

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Day 3

Stiffkey is a nice spot, so we stay another day. De-coupling the jeep from the day tent and closing up the roof-tent is a pain. It's the one big downside of our setup, but after half-an-hour we're good to go. We head up to Hunstanton and walk up the beach with its two-tone cliffs, green boulders and ship-wreck.

On the way back we stop at Wells-next-the-Sea. Nice little port but the tide's out. Oh-hang-on, it's in... Weird.

Back at Stiffkey we drink beer and snooze in the sun. Another BBQ rounds out the day. Chinese chicken and a bottle of wine.

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Day 4

We break camp and head for Deers Glade passing an old windmill on the way.

Next stop at Hanworth and its big pebble beach with its boats and pillbox in the middle. I guess it didn't start out life on the beach.

Another quick stop when we spot something unusal. That or we've suddenly been taken back in time.

Next stop Baconthorpe castle where we're treated to a formation fly-by by some Nimrods with figher escort.

Another 'proper' castle. Middle of nowhere. No gift shop. No crowds. Just horses and ducks.

Deers Glade is OK in a posh-campsite kind of way. It'll do anyway. The geese seem to like it.

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Posted: 2009-06-06 16:50	Quote Reply

Day 5

Last day and we head for our first stop of Weybourne. There's an impressive old house near the cliffs. It's been there 500 years. Well, not 'there' as in 'near the cliffs' there. The cliffs were a mile away when it was built. I guess it won't be seeing another 500 years.

The devastation is amazing. The steps to the beach are hairy. Weybourne has a pillbox on the beach too, but it's upside down.

Last stop is Burgh Castle. A roman castle this time (and yes, it's a proper one). It's big. Really big. And nearly 2,000 years old.

The final camp is Orchard Camping. We camp in the trees and have spend the evening around a campfire.

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Day 6

Head for home. We get the LPG timing just right again and make it to a station just in time. Cool.

Norfolk? I'm not sure started the rumour about Norfolk being flat, wet and inbred. It's not. Or maybe it is. But either way it's a match for Cornwall, Wales and Scotland.

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