Friday 22 July 2016

June Journeyings.

Well I did take a diary of what we did on holiday, but have mislaid it, so will have to try and remember.  A couple of times in early June we looked after Lydia, as she was in between nurseries, but soon got settled in a new one. June started a horrible dull wet month. The antibiotic I'd had didn't fully deal with the problem, so I went to see my own GP, who gave me a super strength one. When the results of the test came, I was told I was now on the correct antibiotic.
The weather became quite blustery, not Summery at all, then suddenly for about 2 days the sun came out and stayed out!! However it didn't last and we were soon back to grey skies and rain.
On June 10th we began to pack for our holiday. My husband spent 3 years at a boarding school in Norfolk, Hunstanton, and Heacham. We had been to the area on a couple of day trips when our Daughter was tiny, probably her first and second Birthdays, and he had found some of the old buildings, but the school hadn't existed for some time. He had always wanted to re - explore the area, so I had decided to indulge him, and booked a cottage in the village of Heacham for 2 weeks.
On the Saturday we loaded up the car, put the bikes on the bike rack, with hopes of cycling a lot as it is flat up there. We were late setting off, stopped at Toddington  with the intention of lunch, husband tried to park in a long space, but then realised he could get fined, so we hit the road again,and stopped for lunch after turning off towards Peterborough. It was a small services, no eating area, so we ate sandwiches in the car, then used the facilities at the travel lodge.
  We arrived at the cottage, at around 5 pm, unloaded the car, inspected the cottage, I used the facilities in the en suite, found out that the flush had broken, then went downstairs to find a note in the kitchen, saying that the plumber was going to call about the en suite toilet......  So I searched for a large jug, and went and poured water down till it cleared. There was another en suite in the second bedroom but with a shower, and a downstairs cloakroom, so we were ok. The en suite from our room had massive wardrobes along one wall, and a jacuzzi bath. Husband deposited his stuff in the shower room, and for some reason, decided to use the wardrobe in the second bedroom.. As the stairs were a bit narrow, we unpacked our clothes and carried them upstairs, rather than struggling up with heavy cases.
Then we found the shopping bags drove into Hunstanton, found the  Sainsbo's, and stocked up for the weekend and a bit more. Then we drove down to the sea front, parked, found a chip shop, and bought dinner, which we ate on a bench facing the sea. There are no cliffs nearby, so very few herring gulls, and we had our meal in peace.
Back at the cottage we unloaded the shopping, packed it all away, then spent time reading, or on the internet, or watching TV. There were 3 TVs, so we could both watch different things, but there was hardly anything worth watching. We decided to retire for the night, and found the bed surprisingly comfortable, the duvet seemed to be feather though, so had to be kept well away from my face. After the thunder stopped crashing around, and the torrent of rain ceased, we both managed to sleep reasonably well.
We got up reasonably early on the Sunday morning, the rain had stopped, we both used the shower in the second bedroom, then after breakfast, as there was a dearth of decent evangelical churches in the area, husband downloaded a sermon and we listened to that. We decided to take a walk down to the north beach. this is about a mile from the cottage. There is at least one large caravan park nearby, but the area is prone to flooding. As we passed the large pond, with ducks, geese and ducklings on it we saw a heron. Suddenly the heron swooped, and grabbed; the ducks set up a loud  very distressed quacking, and the heron could be seen on the island gulping away at its duckling lunch.

We reached the beach, stood for a while watching the families enjoying themselves, then turned around and walked back.
North beach
looking towards Hunstanton
Relics from the old station
peace restored at the pond
Lunch was our usual steak, tomato, mushrooms, wedges, and broccoli. Then we had a dessert of strawberries and cream, and coffee. Husband got the hang of the posh coffee maker for his, I had my usual jar decaff. He loaded the dishwasher, I sat with the Telegraph  G K crossword, and was soon drifting off. Later we walked a different way through the village looking to see what shops there were, and heading for the location of the village church, where husband sang in the choir many years ago.
Back to the cottage for a late tea, Sainsbo's sell Rodda's so I even got my cream tea.  We retired at around 11 pm, for anther reasonable night, though I was disturbed by the number of planes I could hear flying around. 
Hens on the green, free range!

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