19 June 2011

holiday next-the-sea

Just back from our annual week in North Norfolk, where we walked along the beach at Cley-next-the-Sea,

an unbroken swathe of sand

super for seaweed spotting:

We also traversed the salt marshes--our favorite walk from last year--where we indulged in a spot of amateur bird watching. And the best bit: just a few paces past the end of the marsh path, hidden up a forested track, is the Wiveton Farm Café,

the perfect place to recover, while nibbling fluffy croissants spread with butter and homemade jam.

There were rows and rows of berries to pick by the kilo in the surrounding fields,

but with just the two of us, we purchased smaller pre-picked punnets and other goodies from the shop:

The ideal way to fill a bike basket,

or a bulging bag or two if you've arrived on (blistered!) foot.

15 comments:

  1. Sounds as if you had a lovely time. Love all the pictures!

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  2. and you had great weather too!

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  3. Sunshine? Almost forgotten what that looked like!

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  4. I like the picture of the seaweed garland. Discarded my a mermaid after a night of aquatic party-ing, perhaps?

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  5. It looks wonderful, and makes me long for the beach...four weeks and counting!

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  6. Looks wonderful - and so different from how must look in school summer holidays! You were so lucky with the weather.

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  7. Such pretty snaps! Looks like a perfect spot to relax with a bag full of books.

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  8. Oh, I love Cley! I used to go there for holidays regularly as a teenager and in my 20s - a really beautiful corner of Norfolk.

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  9. What a lovely vacation! Your photos are fantastic.

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  10. sounds like a great place for a break, those artichokes look healthy!

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  11. Lovely! Was it a fantastic holiday?

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  12. Wonderful blue skies! Oh, and that beach!

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  13. oooh lovely Norfolk in the sunshine. Therte's always a different pace to life on holiday and it looks like you embraced that fully - glad you had a lovely time.

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