Pottered around with C looking at famous buildings, an interesting history museum, nice lunch, shopping area. Caught 2 trams ( C not much interested in walking too far) to a nice German restaurant for dinner for L's birthday. K getting more confident with the German she has been learning. She told the waiter in German that it was her father's birthday ( well, delayed celebration ) and a bowl of iceceream with candle arrived for L.
Tuesday
C L and K came with me to see me safely onto the tram to the airport. Then train. I had checked in online but had a message there was some info missing so had to line up for 40 minutes, then lined up for ages to go through security. Nevermind. Plane was delayed and many people missed ongoing connections. Instead of over an hour I had 5 minutes to spare. My cousin J and his wife D were at Norwich airport to meet me. We went back to their house for tea and cake and then they dropped me at my hotel, 10 min drive away. The hotel is a large seaside place which has seen better days, but is OK.
Wednesday
I went for a walk first thing along the coast. The colourful bathing boxes looked odd against the rough grey water and the early morning light. Different colours or something. J and D picked me up and we went to Sandringham. First we had coffee and cake, then went to the huge house. Like a castle, but not. I was surprised I enjoyed it so much. There were excellent guides in each room that we were allowed into. They explained who used what room for what. It made the royal,family seem a bit more human. We wandered around the garden and then walked to the little church that they use. Dinner at J and Ds was very pleasant.
Thursday
We went this morning to a place called Horsey to look over a wind pump that has been restored. Not a windmill to crush grain, a machine using wind power to collect the water in the fields and pump it back into the rivers. We were able to climb to the top and see over the surrounding fields.
Next we went to a different part of the Norfolk coast and saw a colony of about 50 seals lolling around on the sand. Maybe not lolling , appararently a large number of them were very pregnant females. Along the shoreline, in the breaking waves were quite a few younger seals frolicking, apparently the younger ones almost a year old.
Then we went to Cromer, a larger seaside town than the one I am staying in. Late lunch at a very nice fish and chip place, followed by an icecream from a nearby shop and a walk . Lots of work being done to put rocks in places on the sand to help stop erosion .
It has been a lovely 3 day talking to J and D
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