Just come back from a week in Suffolk and Norfolk.
Weather was a bit hit and miss, but the sunny days and great scenery easily made up for a bit of rain!
Travelling on a Friday morning, the traffic was pretty good – round the M25 then up the A12 – stopping for lunch in ‘Constable Country’.
Just off the A12 – recognise it?
First half of the week we stayed at Ollie’s parents place near Woodbridge in Suffolk.
Tranquillity
This is a really peaceful site with limited pitches but loads of room, spotless facilities and really friendly people. Ollie’s dad is also a biker and we chewed the fat over Guzzis.
We must also thank the chickens for some very tasty eggs!
There are two pubs - about a mile away (equidistant). One you can get to across the fields - the other is along the road - take a torch cos there's no pavement
This is a handy base for touring and we explored Southwold and Aldeburgh amongst others while we were here. Southwold was really wet and windy so we took shelter in the Adnams brewery...!
Shopping day in Southwold
Aldeburgh is great for local seafood – straight off the beach... onto the BBQ! Lovely.
Seabass and Adnams - perfect!
Parking on the cliff top at Aldeburgh
Aldeburgh beach
We moved up to North Norfolk for the second part of the week. Our second camp was a bit too quiet at first and frequented by regular caravaners and big motorhomes that seam to spend all their time behind closed doors watching TV! But the bus always attracts interest and people soon come over for a chat.
Touring park - North Norfolk
There's a very nice pub nearby in South Repps - excellent ale and really good food. We spent about 5 hours in there one day! A good walk is from the campsite towards Overstrand then along the beach (2-3 miles) to Trimmingham then back inland to South Repps to the pub. About 9-10 miles. Some of the footpaths are pretty overgrown and check tide times before venturing out along the beach cos there's no easy way up the cliffs if you get stuck.
Overstrand beach
Overstrand beach
From here we drove out to Wells-near-the-Sea for the day. We heard there was an Adnams shop there and we were running low on essentials! The beaches there are superb. The sea goes out for miles but isnt that deep when it comes in - perfect.
Late Westies in the carpark at Wells
Beach huts at Wells
There’s a camp site in Stiffkey that we scoped out for a future visit – looks good, minutes from the pub and direct access to the beach. Well worth considering if you’re up on the North coast.
This is a part of the world I wouldn’t have usually thought about – but only a few hours drive it’s definitely on the list for future weekend destinations.
We'll be back!
