Fred's in Diss for a hair cut
Camping on the Coast, East Runton, North Norfolk - 25th July 2020
The van is out for a proper trip up to the coast of North Norfolk, and the Manor Farm camp site we'd been to a few years before. Social distancing means that the site is nominally only 50% full, which is about right and at least means that there are actually free showers in the morning. We're there with Allyson, Lydia and Benson, so the boys also have someone to hang out with. Once there, we variously cycle, walk or run into Cromer, East and West Runton, the latter being where Fred had recently been on his Aylmerton school residential, and where he was keen to repeat his quest for belemnite fossils.
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Fred on his bike
We cycle through an industrial estate near Cromer
Harry looks grumbly
The gang heads off
Fred walks up a steep hill
Harry and Fred play chess
Our corner of the campsite
Allyson and Isobel in our awning
Harry does some Lego
Fred whirls around glo-sticks
Fred and Harry do glow sticks in the dark
Fred on a telescope
Allyson, Lydia and Benson in Cromer
Seagulls whirl over Cromer pier
A 1930s beach-front building
Harry jumps down
On the beach
Fred and Lydia swim in the sea, for about a minute
Fred towels off
Here's Johnny
A view down the beach
Allyson gets some hair plaiting
Fred on the concrete wall
The old Victorian toilets
Heading down to the beach again
We get some food from Starvin' Marvin
A massive queue for fish and chips
Heading into Cromer, past the amusement arcades
The old-school Cromer Car Parts
Some cool crab graffiti in a car park
The Seaside Shack
Isobel's paisley mask
Harry does some catalogue modelling
Conspiracy-theory sticker
Harry's got vampire teeth
Fred does the vampire teeth thing
We get emergency shoes for the boys
Harry tests some shoes out
Fred's masked up
Harry with his new feet
The General Building, and Cromer High Street
The boys in a pound shop
Fred buys some guff
Isobel and Harry on the high street
Coned-off street, to get one-way pavements
Wall murals
The Cromer Bagots - a sort-of goat
Cromer Pier
Our pile of bikes
The beach at West Runton
Isobel and Allyson on the sand bar
The boys have discovered something cool
Isobel and the boys head back
A surfer hauls out to sea
A rugged-up tractor
We queue for ice creams at East Runton
Fred makes one of those instant planes
We head off for a walk to West Runton
In the woods
Skirting round a barley field
Crossing the railway line
The Sheringham to Cromer railway line
Passing flint houses
A couple of epic railway bridges
Give peas a chance
A nice flint chapel
The East Runton sign
Another flint house
The coastguard helicopter flies over
On the beach, heading towards West Runton
Harry looks for fossils
We stop for a snack
On the beach
A discarded loft water tank
Clear seas at West Runton
Fred and Harry read a sign
Another beach tractor
Rusted bolts
Fred scopes for Belemnites
Rock pooling as the tide has gone out
Harry and Isobel
The Lady Roxy fishing boat, and rainy skies
Fred and Lydia amongst the rock pools
An old Ford tractor
A view of West Runton beach
We walk back along the cliff path
Flowers on the cliff top
Fred's in a bird hide
The East Runton Methodist chapel
We find an open pub
A small dog looks around
Lydia's hoodie
Outside Sammy's Bar and Grill
A Dutch-style gable end
Bar - in stained glass
A closed-down shop has some window art going on
Walking back to the campsite, after the rain
A moorhen and chicks on a pond
Harry and the gang
Isobel stumps off up the hill
The view from inside the awning, in lashing rain
It tips it down for a bit
Allyson looks at the rain
Harry's asleep in the van
Allyson and Isobel go out for a run
Fred and Lydia play Bop It
An ice-cream van lurks over the hill
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Fred's in Diss for a hair cut
Fred's in Diss for a hair cut
Fred on his bike
We cycle through an industrial estate near Cromer
Harry looks grumbly
The gang heads off
Fred walks up a steep hill
Harry and Fred play chess
Our corner of the campsite
Allyson and Isobel in our awning
Harry does some Lego
Fred whirls around glo-sticks
Fred and Harry do glow sticks in the dark
Fred on a telescope
Allyson, Lydia and Benson in Cromer
Seagulls whirl over Cromer pier
A 1930s beach-front building
Harry jumps down
On the beach
Fred and Lydia swim in the sea, for about a minute
Fred towels off
Here's Johnny
A view down the beach
Allyson gets some hair plaiting
Fred on the concrete wall
The old Victorian toilets
Heading down to the beach again
We get some food from Starvin' Marvin
A massive queue for fish and chips
Heading into Cromer, past the amusement arcades
The old-school Cromer Car Parts
Some cool crab graffiti in a car park
The Seaside Shack
Isobel's paisley mask
Harry does some catalogue modelling
Conspiracy-theory sticker
Harry's got vampire teeth
Fred does the vampire teeth thing
We get emergency shoes for the boys
Harry tests some shoes out
Fred's masked up
Harry with his new feet
The General Building, and Cromer High Street
The boys in a pound shop
Fred buys some guff
Isobel and Harry on the high street
Coned-off street, to get one-way pavements
Wall murals
The Cromer Bagots - a sort-of goat
Cromer Pier
Our pile of bikes
The beach at West Runton
Isobel and Allyson on the sand bar
The boys have discovered something cool
Isobel and the boys head back
A surfer hauls out to sea
A rugged-up tractor
We queue for ice creams at East Runton
Fred makes one of those instant planes
We head off for a walk to West Runton
In the woods
Skirting round a barley field
Crossing the railway line
The Sheringham to Cromer railway line
Passing flint houses
A couple of epic railway bridges
Give peas a chance
A nice flint chapel
The East Runton sign
Another flint house
The coastguard helicopter flies over
On the beach, heading towards West Runton
Harry looks for fossils
We stop for a snack
On the beach
A discarded loft water tank
Clear seas at West Runton
Fred and Harry read a sign
Another beach tractor
Rusted bolts
Fred scopes for Belemnites
Rock pooling as the tide has gone out
Harry and Isobel
The Lady Roxy fishing boat, and rainy skies
Fred and Lydia amongst the rock pools
An old Ford tractor
A view of West Runton beach
We walk back along the cliff path
Flowers on the cliff top
Fred's in a bird hide
The East Runton Methodist chapel
We find an open pub
A small dog looks around
Lydia's hoodie
Outside Sammy's Bar and Grill
A Dutch-style gable end
Bar - in stained glass
A closed-down shop has some window art going on
Walking back to the campsite, after the rain
A moorhen and chicks on a pond
Harry and the gang
Isobel stumps off up the hill
The view from inside the awning, in lashing rain
It tips it down for a bit
Allyson looks at the rain
Harry's asleep in the van
Allyson and Isobel go out for a run
Fred and Lydia play Bop It
An ice-cream van lurks over the hill