Route 1

Friday we travelled down from Lincoln.  Janice remembered that an old (sorry Steve, not so old) colleague who joined the police cadets with her, lived near Lincoln.  We texted him and low and behold he and his wife Sarah were around on Friday morning for a visit.  I also knew Steve because he worked at Barrow for a couple of years.  It was great to catch up with him and we were made very welcome.  I think it must have been a surprise for him to see Janice and me together but he didn't show it.

We drove down to a CL outside the Norfolk town of Fakenham.  The site is nice and quiet except for the noisy guinea fowl that walk around the site.... actually quite nice.  The evening weather was superb and we sat out to eat our meal.  

The forecast for Saturday was even better and we weren't disappointed.  Breakfast outside and then off on our bikes towards the seaside.  Fakenham was our first visit and looked a nice small town and then through a series of small villages including Great Snoring....by the way I caught Janice snoring last night and she had caught me doing the same!

We cycled through Little Walsingham and Warham where we had a drink at a lovely old pub that had kegs on the bar.

We had followed signs for the National Cycle Route 1 which is the same route as we had cycled in the North East of England and in Edinburgh and up on Orkney.  It obviously goes the full length of the east side of Britain and I think we have done half of it this holiday!  Our destination was Wells-next-the-Sea and had another drink at a pub on a ship and then I went for a swim to cool down.

There was plenty of ugly flesh on the beach and I'm not just talking about mine!

We moved on to Holkham Hall and had an ice cream.  Nice stately home in massive grounds that stretch down to the beach.  We even watched a cricket match in front of the hall.

We cycled back to Fakenham.  The weather has been superb, the hottest day of the year for us.  It's the first time we have used sun tan lotion.