Mick the Brick waits on the airfield
Camping at Forest Park, Cromer, Norfolk - 12th August 2022
The van's out on another trip, this time for our first visit to the Forest Park campsite, near Overstrand, just outside Cromer on the North Norfolk coast. The site has quite an active clubhouse, which features a bingo session, quiz, and an actual "meat raffle". Whilst there, we also head into Cromer for a poke around the amusements, and also get the use of a beach hut at Overstrand for a day. Before that, it's a Wednesday ride up to the Yaxley Cherry Tree, where Mick has spotted a dedication to the builders of the Eye Airfield runway - the 2nd Platoon of the 827th Engineers (Airfield), who supplemented the 829th and who apparently set new records for the amount of concrete laid in a given period of time. Mick is surprised by it, not because it's there, but because he's been walking around and hanging out on the airfield for around 65 years and had never seen it before.
next album: A Trip to Orford Ness, Orford, Suffolk - 16th August 2022
previous album: The BSCC at Pulham and Marc's Birthday at Ampersand Tap, Diss, Norfolk - 6th August 2022
2nd Platoon 827th Engineers written in concrete
There's a big ginger cat in the beer garden
The ginger cat comes over for a stroke
Rachel behind the bar of The Tree
Mick gets a Gin and Tonic in
The Tree has a good line in old school windows
A paraglider floats overhead
The others arrive later in the evening
Drinks by the light of a camping lantern
The moon rises over the campsite
Harry tries out a diablo
Harry's in the campsite shop again
Harr plays his new harmonica
Fred flings the diablo high up in the air
Cromer beach from the clifftop
There's a nice old railway poster in a shelter
Cromer pier in the distance
Soph and Fred head out to sea
Harry clutches a bunch of tickets in the arcade
There are one or two signs around
Isobel and Harry by the pier
One of many Fordson Major tractors on the beach
Wonky beach huts on the seafront
We visit some actual Banksy graffiti
Andrew takes a photo of the Banksy
A crate has drifted over the sea from Flanders
Cromer from the eastern beach
There's a gathering outside Cromer Pier
A painted woolly mammoth statue
A DJ runs a kids' dancing competition
Harry has another go on Dizzy Chicken
Harry lines up his tickets for the ticket eater
Old dudes play pitch-and-putt on the clifftop
A cliff-top shelter
A classic 1970s fish and chips sign in East Runton
There's another ancient sign for Bernie's
Isobel and Fred queue up at Will's Plaice
There's a phonebox with an actual phone still in it
An 80s BT phone box at the car park in East Runton
Fred's got some sort of tongue-painter sweet
The cool kids around hanging out in a corner
Harry's 'eyes down' for a game of bingo
Soph the Roph looks a bit Meh
The clubhouse bar is busy
Archie and Grace play Stick Game
The remains of a railway bridge at Overstrand
Children's pictures in an Overstrand bus shelter
St. Martin's church at Overstrand
The nice interior of St. Martin's
Distinctive stained glass in St. Martin's
A nice Norman and Beard organ, restored in 2002
Cool bracket fungus on a tree
Isobel does some crochet in the awning
We head down to Overstrand beach
A lifeguard post with a three-button telephone
Harry and Fred are in the borrowed beach hut
A view along Overstrand beach
Harry flings his boomerang around on the beach
Life with a beach hut
Chris reads a book
Isobel joins a big queue for ice creams
Curious brick remains in the Forest Park woods
The campsite shop
A mini sign advertising the next Meat Raffle
Isobel and Chris hang around
Chris checks his phone near the Funtazmic disco
The campervan in its spot
We pack up the awning
Harry 'helps' by bashing up an empty can
Fred explores rock pools at West Runton
Fred shows off his collection of Belemnites
Harry roams around on the beach
The Lady Roxy on the beach
West Runton beach is heaving
Harry looks at fossils in the café
Fred and Isobel chat about belemnites
Harry licks his fingers after a bag of donuts
We're back in the massive car park
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Mick the Brick waits on the airfield
Mick the Brick waits on the airfield
2nd Platoon 827th Engineers written in concrete
There's a big ginger cat in the beer garden
The ginger cat comes over for a stroke
Rachel behind the bar of The Tree
Mick gets a Gin and Tonic in
The Tree has a good line in old school windows
A paraglider floats overhead
The others arrive later in the evening
Drinks by the light of a camping lantern
The moon rises over the campsite
Harry tries out a diablo
Harry's in the campsite shop again
Harr plays his new harmonica
Fred flings the diablo high up in the air
Cromer beach from the clifftop
There's a nice old railway poster in a shelter
Cromer pier in the distance
Soph and Fred head out to sea
Harry clutches a bunch of tickets in the arcade
There are one or two signs around
Isobel and Harry by the pier
One of many Fordson Major tractors on the beach
Wonky beach huts on the seafront
We visit some actual Banksy graffiti
Andrew takes a photo of the Banksy
A crate has drifted over the sea from Flanders
Cromer from the eastern beach
There's a gathering outside Cromer Pier
A painted woolly mammoth statue
A DJ runs a kids' dancing competition
Harry has another go on Dizzy Chicken
Harry lines up his tickets for the ticket eater
Old dudes play pitch-and-putt on the clifftop
A cliff-top shelter
A classic 1970s fish and chips sign in East Runton
There's another ancient sign for Bernie's
Isobel and Fred queue up at Will's Plaice
There's a phonebox with an actual phone still in it
An 80s BT phone box at the car park in East Runton
Fred's got some sort of tongue-painter sweet
The cool kids around hanging out in a corner
Harry's 'eyes down' for a game of bingo
Soph the Roph looks a bit Meh
The clubhouse bar is busy
Archie and Grace play Stick Game
The remains of a railway bridge at Overstrand
Children's pictures in an Overstrand bus shelter
St. Martin's church at Overstrand
The nice interior of St. Martin's
Distinctive stained glass in St. Martin's
A nice Norman and Beard organ, restored in 2002
Cool bracket fungus on a tree
Isobel does some crochet in the awning
We head down to Overstrand beach
A lifeguard post with a three-button telephone
Harry and Fred are in the borrowed beach hut
A view along Overstrand beach
Harry flings his boomerang around on the beach
Life with a beach hut
Chris reads a book
Isobel joins a big queue for ice creams
Curious brick remains in the Forest Park woods
The campsite shop
A mini sign advertising the next Meat Raffle
Isobel and Chris hang around
Chris checks his phone near the Funtazmic disco
The campervan in its spot
We pack up the awning
Harry 'helps' by bashing up an empty can
Fred explores rock pools at West Runton
Fred shows off his collection of Belemnites
Harry roams around on the beach
The Lady Roxy on the beach
West Runton beach is heaving
Harry looks at fossils in the café
Fred and Isobel chat about belemnites
Harry licks his fingers after a bag of donuts
We're back in the massive car park