North Norfolk Coast

This morning we headed out to see more of the north Norfolk coast. The A146 road runs along the coast, passing through all of the villages and towns. The A146 near did me in. 

At first, the road was narrow, with no shoulders. Then the vegetation got taller, so I had just enough space for the car between the vegetation and oncoming traffic. Through little towns, the speed limit went down 30 mph. Do-able. Then it suddenly switched to 60 mph. Have I mentioned the curves? I never got higher than 44 mph, even though there were cars behind me. Then another town, and the speed abruptly went back to 30 mph. The phone rang - oh, no - that's the car complaining that I'm going 32 mph, a whopping two miles OVER the speed limit! OK - back down to 30. Now down to 20 - that should be better right? Well, what about that car parked in my lane? And that building encroaching into the roadway? Now we're down to one lane, traffic has to take turns and eaase past each other with inches to spare. My goodness - good thing I'm not driving that bus coming toward me! 

I promise I was stopped when I took these photos! 

Wells Next to Sea

Eventually we made it - safely - to Wells Next to Sea. Odd name, but maybe that's because it's not on the coast, but on a river that drains into the ocean. There were a lot more boats there than in Sheringham, and I suspect that it's a lot easier to go further but dock on a protected river than to try to pull your boat up on the shingle (rock) beach in Sheringham.

The town was overrun with people. Children (and adults) crabbing off the dock, people with dogs on leash, off leash or in strollers. And people eating take out. 

This area is known for crab - and prawns and cockles and lobster. We were really excited to find a proper "crab shack" and get a local "dressed" brown crab. Dressed means that "experts" got all the meat out of the body and legs, mixed it with seasoning, and put it back in a crab shell. We got a seafood assortment - dressed crab, prawns, cockles (like little mussels), some other little prawn, and four prawns in shell. It was OK - but not as exciting as I hoped.  

Blakeney

We stopped at the Seal Tour place outside Blakeney. We missed the tours for the day, but we didn't mind - we've seen seals. But it was wonderful to see this spot at low tide. The boats were mired in the mud, and we really felt like we were in the salt marshes, with the sky reaching to the ground in all directions. At the next high tide - all the boats will be afloat again!