What are you all up to

@Wherenext that was a grand walk you had today, well done. You have been fortunate with the weather as rain was forecast for the North West of England.

Hope the Heron didn't get any of your fish, @richardandros.

We had mist and light drizzle for much of the day, which finally cleared around mid afternoon, but then we had rain for an couple of hours or so this evening. We went to Kinver Edge, hoping to visit the Holy Austin Rock Houses, but there is only access at the weekends in the winter. Instead we had a couple of walk up to the hill fort, before and after lunch. Photo is the best I could manage of the Rock Houses today.

Not been the best of days with heavy showers and wind this afternoon and early evening. We had to get a new kettle for the van today, so called in at Argos at Sainsbury's before we had a short walk along by the canal. Then it was essential good shopping before heading back to the site and a long chat with a 3 Mobile rep concerning our MiFi, and eventually the chap sorted out our internet problem, fingers crossed.

I had an appointment with the Opticians for 9.40 this morning so the ladies said they would cadge a lift and do some shopping. Now, MiL normally gets up to make herself a cuppa around 7-7.15 each morning. We know this as she isn't the quietest doing it!😁 I went in to have breakfast at 8 and the kettle hadn't been used. I sent OH in to check if she was still in the land of the living. She was. Getting her ready in just over an hour, without the temptation of a shop, is nigh on impossible. However, there she was sitting in the car by 9.15.😂 I know people talk about shopping therapy but this was more akin to Lazarus status.

Opticians went as expected. Going to need varifocals in near future. Might hang on until after Christmas as CC taking a bit of a bash at present.

Weather forecast sounds atrocious, hope no-one thinking of travelling tomorrow in the Amber/Red warning area. The rain arrived an hour ago after a dry day. Fingers crossed for the rest that will follow.

@Francis pleased to read that you blood test results are all good. Hope you are able to get away before the end of the year.

It has been cloudy all day and dry until around 3:00 this afternoon. We had a couple of good walks up on Hartlebury Common either side of lunch, and a little bit of shopping on the way back to the van. More heavier showers this evening, but at the moment the wind is not over strong. There has been no big invasion of units for the weekend, with around the same number as there has been all week.

We too have woods behind us and tend to get strong winds blowing them towards us in North Westerlies. Not exactly the best nights sleep! Power still on but raining heavily. Haven't inspected outside yet Good luck to DEBSC.

@Francis We loved staying in Norfolk, we used Sandringham as a stopover before going further in. We have stayed at the Norfolk Broads site which is central and another time at Seacroft at Cromer which is more away from the broads but an excellent location for the north Norfolk coast and of course a short walk into Cromer. Both sites were excellent and have SPs if that interests you. There is lots to do and see and we never ran out of things to do, a boat trip to see the Seals was a highlight, and you might spot our favourite Seal who is called Ron 😉. Any more questions just ask.

We also stayed at White house Beach at Lowestoft, a little bit out of the way but it was a great site on the beach (more shingle than sand) that was great for the kids at that time - just thought about it and that was 20 years ago!

Francis

We used Seacroft on regular basis, usually a week in October. The advantage to us was that we could walk from the site or catch the bus from outside the entrance. If you are concerned about traffic you might want to avoid the main road as it is narrow in places between Cromer and Sheringham. I think those routes posted by CS might provide "quieter" cycling. When the Club took over the site the restaurant was more like a restaurant but now more like a bar with food and large TV's which was less to our taste. You will need to make up your own mind.

David

@Francis I can't remember but we simply followed the club's instructions and I can't recall any problems or issues in getting there.

@Francis I'm enclosing some info about cycle routes. Hope it helps. The towing shouldn't cause you any concerns. Getting to Cromer itself is all on a major A road.

You'll enjoy Norfolk. Cromer is good and you can catch the old steam train from Sheringham, just down the road. The seal trips tend to be from Morston which is just along the coast, about 20 minutes from Cromer. There are regular Coast bus services which, if you don't fancy driving, will drop you at places like Blakeney, Morston and a trip to Wells should be made as it won't disappoint you.

Good to hear your blood tests went ok.

Still raining hard here although the winds have died down to just normal storm strength at the moment.

Thanks for that WN much appreciated I have had a look at the link and it looks like there are plenty of places to cycle in the area

For some reason I cannot delete the above post by using the edit facility, and which I also could not backspace to get rid of it when I originally typed it. I thought that I would be able to delete it during editing after posting it, but to no avail!