Monday 4 April 2022

Exploring :: The New Year in Norfolk #2 ... Creake Abbey & Wells-next-the-Sea

Hi there everyone 😀

Whilst we were in Norfolk for the New Year one of the places I really wanted to see was the beach huts on the beach at Well-next-the-Sea. We'd already had a rainy day visit to Wells for a look round the centre of the town but had a good day forecast weatherwise so aimed for a re-visit ... taking in Creake Abbey on the way.

As it happened we couldn't have hoped for better weather on a New Year's Eve ... it was cold, but there was plenty of blue sky and sunshine to be had so we started our day with a drive to the abbey, which looked just beautiful in the winter sunshine ...
The whiteness of the stone really glistened in the sunshine ... 
... and there were plenty of interesting shadows to be found ...

It really was lovely and I think it looks like I've actually captured a sunbeam in this next photo ... though it probably really is just a trick of the light or a reflection on the camera ...
We weren't there long but we all agreed it really was a lovely spot and well worth a visit. For us, it was then a quick wander around the craft shops before heading into the nearby cafe for a spot of refreshment ...

From here we headed back to Wells, where we drove down Beach Road to the car park by the beach. It was pretty busy, but we managed to find a space and were soon wandering past the Coastwatch Station and onto the beach.

To say the beach is vast is an understatement and if you've visited yourself I'm sure you will know what I mean. I've never seen anything quite like it. Whilst it can be a dangerous place to wander with an incoming tide, it looked absolutely beautiful, with a pretty permanent natural pool for swimming ... 
I'm sure in the summer months it would be absolutely heaving ... there were certainly plenty of people about, like us, having a New Year's Eve walk in the sunshine ...

Whilst the beach was vast my real reason for wanting to visit was the beach huts, and there were certainly plenty of them to be seen ...

I found them absolutely fascinating, but then I do have a bit of a thing for beach huts. The trick was to try and photograph them trying to avoid having other people in the shot ... though it was doable ... if you're not that keen on beach huts ... you may want to look away now ... I really couldn't get enough of them ...






I really have never seen such a fabulous collection of beach huts ... and with the backdrop of the pine trees and the almost perfect sky, I just couldn't resist keep taking photographs ...
We also couldn't resist seeing what it would feel like to be looking out to sea from our very own beach hut steps ...
It's a fair old walk to the end of the beach huts on the sand and Martin was finding it heavy going on crutches so we didn't go much further but re-traced our steps back along the beach ...
As it was such a glorious day we were hoping to time it right to catch some good photos of the windmill at Burnham Overy Staithe, which has actually been converted to a holiday cottage. It was a bit tricky to get a decent view because of its location, but we didn't do too bad at all ...
We'd had a lovely day ... it had been a lovely way to spend New Year's Eve and something totally different to what we normally would have been doing ... and we still had our New Year's Eve celebrations to look forward to ...

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8 comments:

  1. Loved your photos, especially the abbey ruins & also the beach huts. I've taken many a photos of both of the above. Glad the trip was enjoyable. Take care & hugs.

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    1. Thank you. We are just back from a beautiful week in North Wales so I will be moving straight on from Norfolk to North Wales 😃

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  2. Your photos of the abbey are wonderful. It does look a special place. Those Beach Huts are fantastic aren't they. Really makes you wish you owned one, and your right, that beach is vast! I think we saw the Windmill from a distance. A lovely way to spend New Year's Eve day. X

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    1. It was a lovely New Years Eve … the weather was amazing and I just loved the beach huts too 💜

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  3. Oh those beach huts are so jolly!

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    1. They really were Kate … so vibrant in the sunshine. I seem to be having problems commenting at the moment. Have been trying to comment on your recent post to no avail … just want to say that I’m glad Moss is Ok 💜

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    2. your comment has come through Carol - there seems to be an issue with blogger - just a quick query - are you trying comment on your cellphone? the blogger app is a problem

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    3. Thanks Kate … I was aware about the iPhone issue (though would you believe I have just tried to add this comment on my phone 🙈🙈🙈), but normally is ok on iPad. It took three attempts this time … even after clearing all cookies and browsing history 😩😩😩

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