Mid week in Cromer

Wednesday

Woke up to a miserable day. Raining and misty. Got up latish, and Stuart went for a swim in the pool on site. I decided I also needed some exercise, so I walked to the pool and sat in the sauna for a while, then the poolside jacuzzi for even longer. It was hard work watching Stuart swim.

Then we drove along the coast to Wells next the Sea. Which is actually nowhere near the sea. I may return to this point. We had been recommended a pub to go to by a friend, the Golden Fleece, and it seemed rude not to try it.

Luckily we were both hungry, so we ordered lunch, and I had another wonderful crab salad. I had always assumed Whitby crab was the best in the world, but I'm actually having to reconsider...

By the time we had come out of the pub it had stopped raining so we decided to walk to find the sea. Setting off from the harbour

We walked for about a mile over the marshes. Finally we got to the beach, with some amazing beach huts on stilts.

But, the sea was still a long way off. It's where the breakers are on this picture

About another mile away. But, at least we saw it. Then we drove back via a supermarket to pick up food for the evening. It was going to be a long evening....

We put some braising steak in the oven, as we had a lot to watch! It was the opening night of my son Daniel's play, The Hound of the Baskervilles which he had written and directed but we were missing because it clashed with our holiday. It was also The final of Great British Menu, Great British Bake off final and the final episode and the denouement of Dr Foster. Luckily a colleague had agreed to film and live stream the opening night of Baskervilles, so with my trust iPad and a bottle of fizz to toast Daniel we were set up.

With only a couple of issues with the wifi where we had to watch it in my iPhone for a few minutees it worked really well,and I really felt we were there. It was a fantastic experience. Daniels's play was great and the actors did it justice.

Then when it finished, we had all of the other programmes to watch. Thanks goodness for iplayer on the iPad and a good wifi network. We were late to bed!,

Thursday

Beautiful sunny day, Staurt went off for a swim and I decided to start a jigsaw I'd been bought as a Christmas present. Then as soon as he got back we set off for another National Trust property, Blickling Hall and Estate. Beautiful place.

We had an amazing day. The house was lovely.

As were the formal gardens

 

Whilst walking round the gardens we saw a sign for the Sitooterie, which I jokingly said must be somewhere you "sit oot". Turns out I was right!

Made from weaving together yew trees and some stained glass, it was lovely. After the formal gardens we had lunch in a pub in the grounds, very handy, then walked round the lake.

 

On such a beautiful day it was fantastic. Saw lots of fungi under the trees. Assumed it was all poisonous, so,was very careful not to touch...

Drove home, and got back in time for Pointless, always a bonus. Chilled out for a while with the jigsaw and some gin and tonics, and ate at the local bar where we were serenaded by the entertainer singing a medley of songs. Of course I particularly enjoyed the Neil Diamond ones! Back in time for a film and some more jigsaw action.

 

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