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Windy North Norfolk
... 50 mph speed limit I was on the A14 heading east and passing Kettering an hour later. I stopped at Tesco in Huntingdon for some breakfast - too early for the cafe so I bought myself a wrap - and then I was off on the A141 and arrived in Hunstanton just after it had got properly light, to top up with diesel at my second Tesco of the day. Whilst I was filling up a Waxwing flew over.
I called Ian and we agreed to meet up at Holkham Gap. He was staying in a B&B in ...
Just wind (except for the rain)
... The motorway wasn’t too bad but there was a tail back from the M6 to get onto the A14 which probably took 30 minutes to get through. Our aim was to be in Hunstanton before 8:30 p.m. so that we could get checked in and head over to the Waterside where they serve food until 9 p.m.
The drive was mainly ok although we got stuck behind a couple of slow moving vehicles on the A141 again. However we 'phoned the pub to check that ...
The start of the start.
I have arrived home from sailing the high seas fighting and surviving the unthinkable perils of the deep blue ..... Is what I should be writing but what I've actually done is quite different. It mainly involves me sitting in my pants watching tv and moaning about working offshore. Moaning that my bed hasn't been made or the steak and lobster dinner isnt as good as last night. Or my favourite how we should get more time off ...
Oh Jays
... was no breeze at all, so it was quite pleasant to sit in the fresh air. The main courses were even better than the delicious hummus. I had a goose leg, chorizo and Toulouse sausage cassoulet and Julie had lobster (and chips) and I suspect that we’ll be back there before too long, even though there are cheaper places to eat nearby.
A quick call to Birdline East Anglia gave us confirmation that the Pectoral Sandpiper had returned to Kelling ...
We're off to see the seals
... and cakes because the sun was still shining and the wind was minimal. It was nicer to sit out in the open than under the shelter.
There was not much to see. Lots of Gannets, so auks, a few divers and one distant skua that we couldn’t positively identify and when the others came to find us it didn’t take long to persuade us to pack things up and set off back west towards Hunstanton.
The RSPB reserve at Titchwell is one of the ...
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