Sunny Hunny Hunstanton

For a half-term treat the Missus thought we should take a day-trip to the coast. She wanted to go to one of the usual spots like Dunwich Heath or Southwold but I suggested the North West Norfolk coast instead, for reasons to be revealed in the next post...

Hunstanton, also known as "Sunny Hunny" is about 12 miles north of Kings Lynn. The old village at the top of the cliffs was extended to become a seaside resort with a new green to the south of sloping down to the sea.

It's about 60 miles from Bury St Edmunds, but the roads can be slow - it took us about 1 hr 20 minutes to get there, setting off from home before 9 o'clock to make a day of it. Popular since about the 1860's, it's still a busy family resort in the summer, but wasn't too busy when we got there, as you can see.

The water is shallow and the tide goes out a long way into The Wash.

We had a lovely long walk along the beach and under the amazing two-tone cliffs...

... an excellent site for discovering fossils, but watch out for the crumbling cliffs! Little W and I found a couple of fossilised shells while the girls searched the rock pools.

But that wasn't the main reason why we had come to Sunny Hunny...