Bartles Lodge
Travel Blogs from Dereham
Windy North Norfolk
... rather than risk taking our *********** for the five second lunge for the front seats! it was that bad.
The amount of rain and hail dinished fairly soon but continued for a while as we drove back west, with the intention of seeing the raptor roost at Warham. Ian got an update to say that a Rough-legged Buzzard had been seen between Langham and Morston so we had a short detour inland to see if we could pick it up (we couldn't) but with the rain persisting we decided ...
Camping in Applewood Camping and Caravan Park
... hook ups. Facilities on this park include modern toilets/showers, laundry, washing up sinks, outdoor play area and facilities for the disabled. A short walk from the site you will find a gift shop, supermarket, pub, restaurant, fish and chip shop and takeaway. Dogs are allowed on this vw campervan site but not in the zoo or holiday ...
Just wind (except for the rain)
... was probably the only alternative after 9 o’clock in Hunstanton at the end of October. The walk from The Golden Lion is perhaps 200-250 yards but it was downright unpleasant. The wind was coming straight off the sea and into our faces, driving lots of cold rain with it. Our jackets were adequate to keep the worst of it off our top halves but neither of us like waterproof trousers and our legs were getting wet and cold. We didn’t ...
The start of the start.
... But no what i actually done was eat loads of junk food catch up with friends and go shopping. Shopping was very successful I bought a winter coat Sir David Attenborough himself would endorse for nordic conditions. A knitted jumper your nan would be proud of and running trainers the Bolt would wear. All these items are not what you should or would buy if you are planning to go Australia in 3days time. at the start ...
Oh Jays
... to the main path we paused to watch some of the surprisingly large number of dragonflies (and several butterflies) that were also enjoying the weather.
Back on the main path we continued down to the beach. The tide was quite well out which doesn't help at Titchwell but the wooden bench at the edge of the dunes was unoccupied so we bagsed it quickly before anyone else did. Even here in this fairly exposed location the weather remained benign so we set ...