Moving to North Norfolk / Gorgeous Evening in Cromer - 22nd Aug ‘19

As with most moving days, today was a glorious hot and sunny one.

Breakfast and then up and at ‘em. The pack up process ( minus Isabella) is a breeze and the current Mrs Pitts and I hurry through the process steps like a couple of old pros. On the road by 11.15. See my pros and cons list later in the blog for Hill Farm Darsham.

Straight forward journey around Norwich and arriving at Seacroft Cromer at about 1.15pm. We have a non awning pitch so with a bit of motor moving (the pitch was much too challenging for my current reversing competence!) we were soon settled. It’s a full club site so it has all the facilities- including a swimming pool! It is situated just off the main road on the Sheringham side of Cromer. The sea is about 1/4 mile away - over a road and another campsite.

After a trip to Morrisons to get a few provisions and a bite to eat we enjoyed a bit of sunshine sitting outside Brunnehilda. Kim read and I watched the Test on my i-phone.

Dinner was vegetable paella on the Cadac - absolutely scrummy. Made even more so as I made it - well under strict instruction from the head chef that is!

After dinner we set out for a bit of a walk - need to get the steps registered! We walked out of town to East Runton to get onto the beach. From there we walked along the beach back into Cromer. There was a lovely atmosphere with lots of folks BBQing on the beach. There was a gorgeous red sky sunset as well that added to the ambience.

Coffee and chocolate just by the pier and then up into Cromer town centre - just in-time to see the annual carnival parade through the streets. Nice idea to have it at night with all the lights.

We walked back home along the main road and were then treated to the carnival firework display which we watched from Brunnehilda’s front door.

Canasta was a bit of a walk over tonight but modesty prevents me from giving you the full details.

Hill Farm Darsham CL Site:
Pros:
1) Fabulous position for Southwold and Aldeburgh
2) Fresh eggs readily available
3) Our own personal water tap
Cons:
1) Road noise from very busy nearby A12
2) We didn’t have an awning pitch. Lots of room but not allowed to pitch on hard standing
3) Facilities - while they were clean (ish) they were far from pleasant to use
4) No view - could have been anywhere
5) WiFi, although free, was awful. And no 4G!