Snowy Posted October 25, 2007 Share Posted October 25, 2007 All you Nor - folk have a little gem tucked away on the coast! OH and I just got back from a couple of nights in Blakeney. What a gorgeous place! We had a short break without children - click on my www link to read about it in my blog. It's been mentioned on here a few times lately and I've never been before. It lived up to all your recommendations! Oh well, back down to earth and reality now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bronze Posted October 25, 2007 Share Posted October 25, 2007 Oh I love blakeney especially the white Horse Off to read your blog Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
feemcg Posted October 25, 2007 Share Posted October 25, 2007 Looks lovely - glad you enjoyed your 'adult time'. Theres nothing like a good hotel and bottle of champagne (and bar of fruit n nut ) to make it feel special - you deserve it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egluntyne Posted October 26, 2007 Share Posted October 26, 2007 It looks lovely. 2 days sans children. Heaven. Absence makes the heart grow fonder. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buffie Posted October 26, 2007 Share Posted October 26, 2007 Really lovely place BBx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ain't Nobody Here Posted October 26, 2007 Share Posted October 26, 2007 We've just come back from half term in Norfolk and Blakeney was recommended to us! Sadly, we never made it up there. I did however, manage to drive past the Chicken Roundabout! I was all excited about it (sad, I know!) but there was only one lonely cockeral standing there. He was lovely - beautiful colouring - but I'd expected to see loads of them . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laura & CTB Posted October 26, 2007 Share Posted October 26, 2007 Looks a lovely place - glad you had a great time Snowy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rona Posted October 26, 2007 Share Posted October 26, 2007 I did however, manage to drive past the Chicken Roundabout! I was all excited about it (sad, I know!) but there was only one lonely cockeral standing there. He was lovely - beautiful colouring - but I'd expected to see loads of them .Chicken roundabout is not far from me and we often drive round it but rarely see loads of chickens. I think they spend most of their time in the trees, there is an old man who feeds them and once I went past when he was there and there was quite a crowd round him. I read once in the local paper that there is mostly cockerals as the girls get stolen and boys get dumped. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted October 26, 2007 Share Posted October 26, 2007 How funny Snowy, we were in Blakeney last week when we stayed at my folks' place We didn't go to the 'cock roundabout' this time though. Spent Sunday morning on the beach though - in the sunshine having stomne skimming contests! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Posted October 26, 2007 Share Posted October 26, 2007 Blakeney is lovely. I would like to encourage everybody who comes to Norfolk to go there .... ... then they wouldn't come to the other places along the North Norfolk coast! On a serious note, we are absolutely stacked full over the summer and it does cause us a load of problems. I don't know what the answer is - everybody has a right to visit lovely places and see the coast, but permenant residents do sometimes get a bit miffed when the roads are clogged up with chelsea tractors and families all over the place. If you are going to come to visit us, and despite my apparent nimby, selfish attitude to visitors to our area I do encourage you to come (to Blakeney ), please make sure you support our local industries - buy petrol here so that we can keep some garages (don't just fill your tank up at a Tesco's on the way) and buy food from our little local shops. We are losing our shops and facilities because there aren't enough people here to support them in the winter, and in the summer although there are loads of people, they bring stuff with them. Rant over! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted October 26, 2007 Share Posted October 26, 2007 You're quite right Richard - Stalham has lost most of it's old shops and the petrol station since they built a Tesco on the bypass Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chelsea Posted October 26, 2007 Share Posted October 26, 2007 its a very similar situation down here in Devon & Cornwall. our local town's shops are suffering because of the out of town ones. I've never been to Norfolk or anywhere around the east coast of Britain for that matter, maybe its time we paid a visit.....your pics look lovely snowy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ubereglu Posted October 26, 2007 Share Posted October 26, 2007 We went to Blakeney last summer on holiday. It was lovely and I love Norfolk as the whole place and not just the seaside. For Mum it's a bit like going home as she lived all her childhood in Norfolk! It's a beautiful place and Norwich is very good for shopping! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tessa the Duchess Posted October 26, 2007 Share Posted October 26, 2007 I also love Blakeney, in fact I love the whole North Norfolk coast. I would love to move to Norfolk, but DH refuses he says it is too flat, he couldn't live anywhere without 'views' he also says it rains a lot Tessa Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted October 26, 2007 Share Posted October 26, 2007 It does NOT rain a lot! I spent the best part of my childhood there and it was always drought-ridden. One thing I love about Norfolk is the horizon; Oxfordshire is lovely with its rolling hills, but I l;ike the far-reaching horizons too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Posted October 26, 2007 Share Posted October 26, 2007 Ihe also says it rains a lot Tessa It certainly doesn't rain a lot. We have far less rain than elsewhere. Its so flat in Lincolnshire that nothing drops there, and we aren't much wetter. As I teenager I used to fish with my Grandad, whose fishing boat was moored in Blakeney pit, and then sell the mackeral we caught on Blakeney quay. This would be in the 60's, when you could go out and get a couple of hundred mackeral in a few hours if you caught the shoals right. Nowdays you'd be lucky to get a dozen all day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bronze Posted October 26, 2007 Share Posted October 26, 2007 I also love Blakeney, in fact I love the whole North Norfolk coast. I wouldlove to move to Norfolk, but DH refuses he says it is too flat, he couldn't live anywhere without 'views' he also says it rains a lot Tessa norfolk actually has one of the lowest rainfalls in the country Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted October 26, 2007 Share Posted October 26, 2007 Yup, the gulf stream dumps all the warm, wet air on the west coast, so Wales and Ireland are very wet. It's usually run out by the time it gets east. Having said that - the coastal are has quite different weather from inland - on Monday, we woke up to pouring rain in Stalham, but by the time we'd got to Dilly's (40 minutes inland) it was fine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rona Posted October 26, 2007 Share Posted October 26, 2007 I also love Blakeney, in fact I love the whole North Norfolk coast. I wouldlove to move to Norfolk, but DH refuses he says it is too flat, he couldn't live anywhere without 'views' he also says it rains a lot Tessa North Norfolk is not really flat. No majestic mountains but certainly not flat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bronze Posted October 26, 2007 Share Posted October 26, 2007 Too true. I live near Peterborough before her and found the fens sooo flat and miserable. I love my hills but I can cope living here as its defineitely not completely flat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tessa the Duchess Posted October 26, 2007 Share Posted October 26, 2007 Will tell DH that people who ACTUALLY live there assure me it does not rain a lot but I doubt he will change his mind I like the flatness of Norfolk, makes cycling around a doddle Tessa Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
