Hunstanton and Wells along the North Norfolk Coast - England

On Sunday 19^th July, Carole and I went to Wells and then Hunstanton in Norfolk. Both towns are seaside places and each was full of people enjoying the lovely summers day. We bought new binoculars in Wells and then went to Hunstanton.

Hunstanton was rammed with day trippers, like ourselves. The tide was out and kite surfers were upon the sea testing their skills. We had a compulsory bag of chips and walked along the cliff top looking out over the Wash.

Everyone was full of summer joy and I wished England could be like this all of the time. Still, winter has its own allurement, but I would still rather go away to the Canary Islands or Madeira for the winter. I say this because, Carole and I went on a cruise out to these islands in December and the weather was grand. We saw Father Christmas sweating himself silly in the Canary Island heat.

Still its summer now in England and everyone is happy – people are in the sea and winter is hard to imagine.

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