This is the view from the car park after the seal trip to Blakeney i cannot think now the name of the town. Anyway we had fish and chips here and i have never in my life seen a portion of fish and chips like it - two pieces of battered cod and heaps of chips. I have to say it was lovely but i could only eat one piece of the fish. Sim ate my other piece which meant he had eaten three. I was not all that suprised when he threw up later on that night.
on to the seal trip we had to wait over an hour for the tide to come in so we could get in the boat. I was so cheesed off as it was a waste of time though the seals are worth the wait but i couldnt understand as the salty sea dogs must know the tide times so i didnt get this at all. These are the gorgeous seals as seen from the boat trip on Bishops Boats from Blakeney. I never tire of seeing them they are so gorgeous and some of them look a bit like George :-)
View from boat on way to see seals
Next is Cromer and the Hotel de Paris that Stephen Fry used to work in and the tractors on the beach in the background you can see the end of the pier where the lifeboats launch. There is an excellent RNLI museum in Cromer too which i always like to visit as its such a worthwhile cause and you would have to be extremely brave to volunteer. The pier in cromer is a favourite of mine too as its so old fashioned. There are always people with their lines cast hoping to catch some Cromer Crabs!
hotel de paris
Next is a photo of Felbrigg which is a national trust property there is a nice walk from the car park to the house and i loved the house on sight. I liked the motto on the top which i cant translate and the windows. I didnt get to go in which was a shame but we had George with us. I went to the shop and got some nice xmas cards and there was a tea room too. We had a nice walk around the grounds and back to the car park
The next one is a bit cruel but funny - there were these stone lions or whatever they are at Holham Hall and George was really scared of them which i found hilarious. Poor George :-(
Anyway also at holkham these two deer came out of nowhere and charged past us. One of definately chasing the other one but i dont know why also it was odd that they were opposite colours - it was a surreal moment! The park land around Holkham Hall is gorgeous - ther eis also an ice house, obelisk and lake to see. Holkham hall is lovely from the outside i have not been inside but would very much like to. It has odd opening times and limited numbers allowed but the park is free and there is a lot to see.
Leaves at blicking
here goes with a couple of pic of the mausoleum on the walk at blicking and an autumnal pic of a chestnut!! The mausoleum walk at Blickling has taken over from Sandringham Woods as my favourite walk. There isnt one part of the walk that isnt a pleasure and its just the right length. You get a great view of the hall from the lake part of the walk and the woods are lovely then you get to the clearing with the mausoleum which i think is romantic imagine somone building you something like that. Then on the walk back you can see the folly in the distance and go through some park land it really is a lovely walk. Looking forward to doing it again sometime soon
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Top photo: Wells-Next-The-Sea! We used to go there a lot on the weekends when I lived in Norfolk. Glad your American friend could help you out on that one! :-) x
Lovely photos and they really take me back! We used to go to that chip shop also. It was really crowded once so we took it outside to eat and were sitting where that ship is (obviously wasn't there at the time). Well, as you may remember I'm a vinegar fiend, tipped my chips over and had vinegar all over my legs! I smelled horrible and was not in a good mood. They were converting that building to flats when we used to go and had actually considered moving there once.
Those seals are gorgeous! I can't believe you saw so many! We never did go on that.
That photo of George is hilarious!!! It is not mean at all if you find it humerous, that is what they're here for. The inside was ok, but from what I remeber they were doing some restoration and some of it was lived in so you couldn't really see much.
You trip looks lovely!!!
WEll next the sea of course thanks bud :-)if you ever get to go again you really should do the seal trip its well worth it. You get wet though as its a small boat and a lot of spray. I love it though and love seeing the seals they are really cute. I wish i was there right now instead of being stuck at work :-( Those flats would be amazing wouldnt they. Sorry to laugh at your misfortune but thats hilarious about the vinegar legs not funny losing your chips though!!
The funny thing is that I didn't loose any chips. There was so much vinegar that it didn't all soak in, so it was like a bath. We had stopped at a B&B on the way out to book a room and you should have seen her reaction! It was so bad we never ended up booking. x
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