title An Optimistic Camping Weekend, Waxham Sands, Norfolk - 22nd September 2018 intro It's the last camping outing for the van for the season, and we're at Waxham Sands - the camp site out of the 1980s or earlier but which is in a prime spot on the edge of the dunes on the east Norfolk coast - where it's also the campsite's last weekend of the year. It's not exactly tropical as the wind has moved around to the north west, but we battle through it and get a nice day on the beach and a few beers in the Nelson Head at Horsey. Sunday's a wash-out though, so we leg it early after breakfast. imgp4853 Andrew gets the bike pump out imgp4856 Clive peeps out from his caravan bedroom imgp4858 Ben the dog looks folornly out of the back of a car imgp4860 Chris stumps off into the dunes imgp4863 Absolutely classic 1980s camping toilet block imgp4865 It's chilly at breakfast imgp4866 Part of our camping commune imgp4868 We head off into the dunes imgp4870 Isobel and the boys head off to the beach imgp4871 Harry's got a body board imgp4874 Harry and Fred pose in their Tesco wetsuits imgp4875 There's a massive bear print on the beach imgp4877 Harry drags his board around imgp4878 The almost-empty beach at Waxham imgp4886 Isobel looks around imgp4897 Fred practices a bit of body boarding imgp4900 Harry digs a boat out of the sand imgp4904 Harry's sand boat takes shape imgp4910 Harry draws a massive line in the sand imgp4912 Our pile of beach bags and guff imgp4914 Harry's digging more holes imgp4923 Harry's spade-based artwork is complete imgp4925 The back of the campsite shop imgp4926 There's some device action in the van imgp4930 A flock of geese practice their migration patterns imgp4932 Isobel gets the tea on imgp4935 There are still a few people around camping imgp4936 Sea thistle imgp4942 A caravan gets towed away for the winter imgp4944 Sophie and Fred have got blue tongues imgp4947 Grace gives the hairy eyeball imgp4948 Time for tea in the Nelson Head pub at Horsey imgp4952 The children crowd round someone's device imgp4953 In the pub car park imgp4955 The Nelson Head imgp4956 A derelict barn imgp4957 There's a herd of deer in a field at Horsey Gap imgp4960 A couple of stags imgp4974 Isobel takes a photo of the deer imgp4982 Fred and Isobel cycle back - Harry gets a lift imgp4992 Welcome to the 1980s imgp4993 The beach in the dusk imgp5001 Fred hangs over a fence and watches the sea imgp5002 The children kick sand over the sea wall imgp5009 Ships on the horizon as we look out to a dark sea imgp5013 Isobel walks past with a toch imgp5014 It's nearly Fred's birthday, so there's cake imgp5019 Fred's various birthday cakes