I Do Love to be Beside the Seaside

Norfolk and Suffolk have long coast lines dotted with beach resorts and busy with tourists hoping to breathe in some sea air and see the sun. We visited Wells-next-the-Sea, which has not been next to the sea for about 150 years, and Great Yarmouth, which isn’t all that great, resembling Las Vegas squeezed onto a beachfront promenade.

Cromer and Lowestoft were more appealing. Cromer’s pier is the focal point of the promenade on the escarpment, the grand 19th Century hotel, and the rows of holiday flats. Behind these are quaint streets with tea rooms, cafes and fish and chip shops to which the tourist retreat for sustenance and warmth.

Ness Point at Lowestoft is the “Byron Bay” of Britain, being the most easterly point. So Steve was the most easterly person in Britain when this photo was taken!