Wednesday 18th March 2020 Today we were walking from the hotel. After breakfast we set off at about 9.00 along minor roads in Overstrand. The beach is too narrow to be walkable near Beacon Hill so we followed the way-marked path which was mostly along the cliff edge. Being on the cliff top provided aContinue reading “Day 33 – Overstrand to Sea Palling 17.5 miles”
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Day 32 – Cley next the Sea to Overstrand. 15.2miles
Tuesday 17th March 2020 This morning we were planning to get a bus back to Cley and then walk through to our hotel at Overstrand. This involved a CH2 bus at 9:03 to Cromer arriving 9:10 and then the CH1 from Cromer at 9.20 to Cley. Since we had plenty of time, we had aContinue reading “Day 32 – Cley next the Sea to Overstrand. 15.2miles”
Day 31 – Burnham Overy to Cley Next the Sea 17.5 miles
Monday 16th March 2020 We checked out of The Wash & Tope at about 8.00 and drove to Burnham Overy and parked the car quite close to bus stop. Our route took us down the side of Burnham Harbour where boats were mainly resting on the mud because high tide was not until about 12:30.Continue reading “Day 31 – Burnham Overy to Cley Next the Sea 17.5 miles”
Day 30 – Hunstanton to Burnham Overy 15.2 miles
Sunday 15th March 2020 We had a slightly more relaxed departure this morning. We ate our breakfast in our room and departed at about 9.00. It was bright but very breezy. We followed the promenade until it ends abruptly at the striped cliffs of Hunstanton. The three layers are white chalk, red chalk and carstoneContinue reading “Day 30 – Hunstanton to Burnham Overy 15.2 miles”
Day 29 – King’s Lynn to Hunstanton 16.3 miles
Saturday 14th March 2020 Yesterday afternoon we drove from home to Hunstanton to be ready for the start of the next leg of our walk. We were staying at The Wash and Tope and, by using the local buses, this would be our base for three nights. This morning we had a quick bowl ofContinue reading “Day 29 – King’s Lynn to Hunstanton 16.3 miles”
Day 28 – Sutton Bridge to King’s Lynn 16.2 miles
Saturday 22nd February 2020 This was the final day of this stage and because we had a long drive back home at the end of the walk, we wanted to be off promptly. Our taxi driver was man on a mission and so we were walking by 8.20. First we crossed the Sutton Bridge. ThisContinue reading “Day 28 – Sutton Bridge to King’s Lynn 16.2 miles”
Day 27 – Fosdyke Bridge to Sutton Bridge 18.7m
Friday 21st February 2020 Today we drove to Fosdyke Bridge and left the car on the verge of a side lane and set off by about 08:30. Having put in the extra three miles yesterday were going to press on to Sutton Bridge today thus walking a large arch and bringing us back to theContinue reading “Day 27 – Fosdyke Bridge to Sutton Bridge 18.7m”
Day 26 – Sea Lane Butterwick to Fosdyke Bridge. 20.7miles
Thursday 20th February 2020 We had a taxi booked for 8.00 to take us back to Sea Lane and so we were walking by 08:20. At least the weather was dry though it was quite windy. We started along the sea wall once more. We had only about 1.5 miles to go before we wouldContinue reading “Day 26 – Sea Lane Butterwick to Fosdyke Bridge. 20.7miles”
Day 25 – Skegness to Sea Lane, Butterwick 19.7miles
Wednesday 19th February 2020 We checked out of the hotel and I headed for the beach and walked to the clock tower whilst Jill took the car and parked on the beach road. Then we headed together to the road to Gibraltar Point. Shortly before reaching the nature reserve we turned in to an oldContinue reading “Day 25 – Skegness to Sea Lane, Butterwick 19.7miles”
Day 24 – Mablethorpe to Skegness 17/18 miles
Tuesday 18th February 2020 Today was to be an easier day. We had a more leisurely start by catching a bus at 08:17 from Skegness to Mablethorpe. It took 1hr 15 and so we didn’t start our walk until about 9:30. We picked up a paper on the short walk to the beach and setContinue reading “Day 24 – Mablethorpe to Skegness 17/18 miles”
Just Coasting 