New Year walk on Cley marshes, Norfolk
Jan 2nd, 2009 by islandhippy
Sandy, Olive and I joined Mum and Dad on a bracing walk from the windmill in Cley-next-the-Sea, Norfolk, through Cley marshes to the shingle beach, and back again.
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- Cley Windmill dates back to the 1700s
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- Birdwatching in the marshes. We saw redshank, reed bunting and little egrets.
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- “I’m all chin and nose” Dad
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- I have a 9kg limpet mine attached to me
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- Looking for reed bunting in Cley marshes
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- The Cley marshes are home to bittern, avocet, spotted redshank, marsh harrier, woodcock, huge numbers of waterfowl, waders and Brent geese.
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- Next stop Denmark
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- Cold winds in Siberia-next-to-the-Sea
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- Olive coping well with the 34 degree drop in temperature
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- Sea fishing on the shingle beach at Cley
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- It’s fish for dinner.
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- Bayfield Hall is a beautiful Georgian house set in a 200-acre estate
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- On the way back from the walk we stopped at Back to the Garden farm shop, voted the best in Norfolk by The Times, for lunch and supplies
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- No high chairs at the farm shop so Olive commandiered a shopping trolley
What fabulous pictures – looks a lovely Christmas. Can’t wait to see you all. Is that you or your dad in the black wooly hat?! Px