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This month we were able to get up to north Norfolk for a few days, so we’ve recorded a walk from that trip – then it was back to our local weekly walks project, until Covid intervened!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

4 June – Wiveton Downs – Cley-next-the-sea – Blakeney<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Finally, lockdown easing, weather, and schedules all combined to allow our first trip away in our campervan this year! We stayed 3 days in north Norfolk, based at Sandringham campsite<\/a>. Apart from Friday afternoon and evening, we benefited from glorious early summer weather. Friday morning being our regular walking slot, we dutifully headed off along the north coast towards Cley and Blakeney with the bonus of being accompanied by Martha this week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We parked at Wiveton Downs on the Blakeney Esker, a glacial ridge that sits a mile or so inland from the coast, and then headed downhill in warm sunshine into Wiveton and onto the lovely village of Cley-next-the-sea, with its pretty lanes, upmarket touristy shops, and landmark windmill. We stopped in at the impressive church of St Margaret<\/a>. Its huge size, given the location, attests to prosperity of this area during the middle ages. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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St Margarets, Cley-next-the-sea<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Striding out towards Blakeney<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

Then the path heads out across the atmospheric coastal marshland, looping around to the larger village of Blakeney, filled with families finding Half Term entertainment by trying to catch crabs in its harbour. I took the easier approach of ordering a crab sandwich along with a pint of Southwold bitter in the White Horse Inn<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After lunch the temperature had dropped and spots of rain were appearing, but its still a pleasant walk out of Blakeney on the Norfolk Coast Path and then cutting inland and cross country uphill back to Wiveton. Varied landscapes, interesting and attractive villages, sunshine and showers, a crab sandwich and a pint – perhaps the perfect 7 mile walk?<\/p>\n\n\n\n