Sunday 31 March 2013

Sea Palling - Norfolk

Again, another great day for us to visit a blustery beach with the dogs, but this time we headed further North than yesterday to Sea Palling.

Only a 20 minute journey from our base at Clippesby, but if you follow the coast road, it is a very pleasant one.

Similar to Winterton-on-Sea, you can park at the end, and walk over the dunes to the beach. There is also a fish and chip takeaway and restaurant, together with an Ice Cream come small family fun arcade, the 2p slot machine sort... not all singing and dancing and expensive!

As we walked along the beach it was quite evident that this was the place to be to spot coastal birds. There were plenty of 'twitchers' about some on the beach others up high on the dunes all with their telephoto lenses.


After the dogs had had their fun and the children were worn out from the dunes, we headed for fish and chips. They were fantastic - Suzie had the haddock whilst the children and I had the scampi - no complaints - well only one; being charged 10p per sachet of tomato ketchup when you spend over £20.00 on a take away, although we did 'eat in'.

A quick play on the 2p arcade games, Ice Cream and we were headed back for the campsite where my son informed me football was our afternoon activity.

Wiki History
The Domesday Book (1086) records that Palling comprised nine villagers and fourteen smallholders. There were 20 acres (81,000 m2) of meadow, 14 wild mares, two cobs, 23 pigs and 71 sheep with a total value of £4.00. It was surrounded by areas of salt marsh