Going to the seaside

Last Friday we set off with a little back pack each, on our bikes. We parked the bikes at the train station. There are a few storeys of bike parking, all crammed to the rafters. I took a picture in the hopes that it would help me find my bike again at the end. Yeah, mine is just down that aisle...

We had to change trains in Norwich and thought we might as well have lunch there and see the sights. We did find a good pub, saw the castle, which is now an art gallery, and pop in to the cathedral. It's very old!

I've started looking at "Mary" on the memorial stones. This fellow was lucky enough to have two wives named Mary.

Back on the train and northward to Cromer. When we arrived the wind was howling and the sea was surging and we wondered what the heck we had done, but in the morning, the sun was out, the waves were calmer and all was well. There is a pier there, with a theatre, a lifeboat station, and even people fishing off the end. I have no idea if they ever caught anything!

We stopped by the church, which is enormous for such a small town. All flint, cut into cubes. Some flint buildings use flat flint, some use stones all the same size, some paint over the flint! There is blackish flint and whitish flint and golden flint.

After a quick look at the town, we went for a walk to Overstrand. On the way there we walked across the cliff tops, through a golf course, past a lighthouse.

We walked back along the beach. 

The tide very kindly was out at midday, so the wide, wide beach was available for walking. You can see the groins they built to hold the sand from eroding away down the coast, and there is a stile built over this one. With the tide way out, it was easier to walk around the groin than over an old, rickety, iron set of stairs.

At night we went to the "gambling den"... an amusement arcade where you can put 2p pieces in to a machine that slowly pushes the pile towards the edge, where they are supposed to all fall off into your bucket. It's so tempting! The prizes are right there, and even though you don't really want a little stuffed creature and a handful of 2p pieces, the urge to try just one more time is strong! We spent about a pound there and came away empty-handed. 

And the next day we walked in the opposite direction.