Our planned weekend away coincided beautifully with the weather turning gorgeous here - it makes such a difference! It was still a bit breezy on the coast but if you found a sheltered spot is was 'scorchio'
We headed up the Norfolk coastline to a town called Wells Next The Sea. The photo above shows a sculpture of The Lifeboat Horse which is on a sandbank in the harbour when the tide is out, and submerged up to his head at high tide. It's made from steel and whisky barrels and is a tribute to the horse that used to pull the town's lifeboat to the sea. Wells is such a lovely place and so well positioned for going out and about. Not that we planned to go far! One of the nicest things about that area is that there are no chains of coffee shops or burger bars. Every shop is independently owned and oh boy, the bakeries are amazing.
The beach at Wells is such a long, wide bay with literally hundreds of beach huts in between the trees and the sand. Coco absolutely loved it there and was constantly rolling over and over in the sand. Just a little further along is Holkham beach which is famed for its sand which seems to go on for miles and miles.
We also went to Walsingham which is a destination for pilgrims and has been called 'England's Nazareth'. It is also home to a tea shop which sells the most amazing lunches!
5 comments:
How lovely to have a get away with good weather! Rolling on the beach sounds fun - yeah Coco for leading the way (col).
Debs, I love the photos of the gorgeous area you were in. I know so little of England beyond London. I am, however, planning to do the Coast to Coast walk across England next summer!
Your weekend away sounds magical! And delicious! And how much sand did Coco bring home??
I've never heard of this particular Wells. It sounds lovely! I'm determined to get to Suffolk and Norfolk this summer.
That Coco is such a well-behaved, well-traveled pup. Glad she got her fill of sand and sun. That sculpture is interesting. Like the way it all but disappears at high tide. What a sweet tribute to that hero horse. Do you guys get into the water or was it too chilly yet? We opened the pool yesterday and heated it up nicely but today it was back to being almost too chilly to venture in. Won't be long, though, until we are up to our ears in summer heat.
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