Harry and Isobel pootle about on the lake
Camping on the Edge at Snettisham Beach, Norfolk - 28th August 2023
Isobel books a few days at a campsite solely on the basis that it was right next door to where she and Harry had been camping with the Scouts the week before. However, it's not exactly high end, what with its grim home-made toilet facilities comprising of portakabins lashed together with duct tape, and to add to the fun, half the Traveller population of East Anglia appear to be living there on a semi-permanent basis, which gives the whole place a certain "edge". However, it's in a handy location about 15 minutes walk from Snettisham Beach, and it's a short drive to Wells Next the Sea and Holkham. Unfortunately, seeing as it's August Bank Holiday, these places are ridiculously busy and we can't park anywhere, but we do find an oasis of calm at Brancaster Staithe, which somehow - almost implausibly - manages to avoid being overrun whilst at the same time being very picturesque. With some relief, we bail out of our camping booking a day early as Isobel has to go home anyway to get enough signal to be able to work, so Nosher and the boys pack up the van a few hours later and stop off on the way home at Lynford Stag near Mundford for a van picnic and a walk.
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Isobel and Harry look out to sea at Snettisham
Wooden houses on the beach
Toppers and other dinghies are out in a stiff breeze
Snettisham beach on a windy day
Roaming around on a windy beach
We head off back down the track to Beach Road
The Snettisham Beach Chip Shop
One of the campsite's static vans (not really)
Harry by the campsite 'shop'
We hang out by the van at Diglea campsite
It biblically lashes it down for a while
Reaching out for the camera
Fred sits around in the awning
We visit the pudding van
The slightly-scary campsite clubhouse
There's a nice MG Roadster at Brancaster Staithe
The tide is well out at Brancaster Staithe
Harry's got some cool shades on
The gang are at the Crab Hut for some cockles
Harry looks at his tub of cockles
A squadron of Topper dinghies
Derelict fishing boats
A collection of well-used buildings
Another derelict fishing boat or tender
Harry, Isobel and Fred
Looking across the marshes
Fred takes a photo
Someone does a painting of the marshes
Fred looks around
Semi-derelict sheds
A boat's bow lurches out of the marshes
Fred and Isobel walk along the path
A boat with a broken back
Big skies over the marshes of Brancaster
Harry's taking photos on his new phone
Whitewashed windows
Three black labradors mill around
A 1950s Chevrolet pickup
A front view of the MG Roadster
A seagull perches on an old wooden post
The boys on the beach at Holme next the Sea
Isobel has a paddle in the sea
Fred waves
Fred looks at baked goods in Lidl, near Heacham
We roam Lidl looking for randomness
Isobel's on the phone
We try out the next door campsite's bar
Harry's playing pool
Isobel and Fred are playing Spit
The 1980s time-capsule that is Beach Park's lounge
Harry and Fred in the function room
Outside Beach Park bar and café
Table footie in Diglea's chaotic clubhouse
The Device Boys are at it again
We stop off for a van picnic at Lynford Stag
Harry's still in his pyjamas
The boys climb around on the rocks
We head of for a walk in the forest
Harry wanders around in pyjamas
We turn left by a clearing in the forest
The boys find a nice tree
Fred finds another upside-down iridescent beetle
We walk back to the van
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Harry and Isobel pootle about on the lake
Harry and Isobel pootle about on the lake
Isobel and Harry look out to sea at Snettisham
Wooden houses on the beach
Toppers and other dinghies are out in a stiff breeze
Snettisham beach on a windy day
Roaming around on a windy beach
We head off back down the track to Beach Road
The Snettisham Beach Chip Shop
One of the campsite's static vans (not really)
Harry by the campsite 'shop'
We hang out by the van at Diglea campsite
It biblically lashes it down for a while
Reaching out for the camera
Fred sits around in the awning
We visit the pudding van
The slightly-scary campsite clubhouse
There's a nice MG Roadster at Brancaster Staithe
The tide is well out at Brancaster Staithe
Harry's got some cool shades on
The gang are at the Crab Hut for some cockles
Harry looks at his tub of cockles
A squadron of Topper dinghies
Derelict fishing boats
A collection of well-used buildings
Another derelict fishing boat or tender
Harry, Isobel and Fred
Looking across the marshes
Fred takes a photo
Someone does a painting of the marshes
Fred looks around
Semi-derelict sheds
A boat's bow lurches out of the marshes
Fred and Isobel walk along the path
A boat with a broken back
Big skies over the marshes of Brancaster
Harry's taking photos on his new phone
Whitewashed windows
Three black labradors mill around
A 1950s Chevrolet pickup
A front view of the MG Roadster
A seagull perches on an old wooden post
The boys on the beach at Holme next the Sea
Isobel has a paddle in the sea
Fred waves
Fred looks at baked goods in Lidl, near Heacham
We roam Lidl looking for randomness
Isobel's on the phone
We try out the next door campsite's bar
Harry's playing pool
Isobel and Fred are playing Spit
The 1980s time-capsule that is Beach Park's lounge
Harry and Fred in the function room
Outside Beach Park bar and café
Table footie in Diglea's chaotic clubhouse
The Device Boys are at it again
We stop off for a van picnic at Lynford Stag
Harry's still in his pyjamas
The boys climb around on the rocks
We head of for a walk in the forest
Harry wanders around in pyjamas
We turn left by a clearing in the forest
The boys find a nice tree
Fred finds another upside-down iridescent beetle
We walk back to the van