Al Wood's Blogg: Weekend in Norfolk

This weekend we travelled up to Thornham in Norfolk for what Ang thought would be a romantinc weekend away for two to celebrate her birthday. We arrived safely, unpacked our bags and pre-heated the oven for a pizza when there was a knock at the door...

KNOCK KNOCK KNOCK

SURPRISE!

Tim & Debs Yau were standing on the porch with sparklers in hand - and Ang, with a huge smile on her face just couldn't believe it! I'd arranged Tim and Debs to join us for the weekend and they'd managed to arrive early and hide while we were getting ourselves into the cottage. Ang was so pleased that they were there to join us and we quickly lit the fire, had our pizza and chilled in front of the open fire.

Saturday morning saw us get up lazily, have a cooked breakfast and then head to the beach for a walk to Holme. It was a good walk, with the sunshing and the the tide all the way out. Tim and Debs managed to try out their wellies for what they decided was only the 8th time in the past year (despite travelling the world). Tim started feeling ill so we stopped off for drinks and chips before Ang and I walked back to the cottage to jump in the car and pick them up.

In the evening we had another meal, watched a film and played frisbee in the dark with a special frisbee that had lights on!

Tim & Debs left us on Sunday so we had a lazy morning before heading out to Wells on Sea where we went for a walk along the beach again. We spent most of the afternoon on top of a sand dune watching the world go by - people walking dogs, families playing cricket, and kids jumping off sandy cliffs(!!) - before heading back to the car through the pine forest. Fish and chips were consumed on the way back to the cottage and we were lucky enough to watch the sunset behind a windmill.