title Camping on the Coast, East Runton, North Norfolk - 25th July 2020 intro The van is out for a proper trip up to the coast of North Norfolk, and the Manor Farm camp site we'd been to a few years before. Social distancing means that the site is nominally only 50% full, which is about right and at least means that there are actually free showers in the morning. We're there with Allyson, Lydia and Benson, so the boys also have someone to hang out with. Once there, we variously cycle, walk or run into Cromer, East and West Runton, the latter being where Fred had recently been on his Aylmerton school residential, and where he was keen to repeat his quest for belemnite fossils. imgc6344 Fred's in Diss for a hair cut imgc6348 Fred on his bike imgc6352 We cycle through an industrial estate near Cromer imgc6355 Harry looks grumbly imgc6358 The gang heads off imgc6361 Fred walks up a steep hill imgc6363 Harry and Fred play chess imgp1371 Our corner of the campsite imgp1373 Allyson and Isobel in our awning imgp1375 Harry does some Lego imgp1380 Fred whirls around glo-sticks imgp1390 Fred and Harry do glow sticks in the dark imgp1395 Fred on a telescope imgp1396 Allyson, Lydia and Benson in Cromer imgp1404 Seagulls whirl over Cromer pier imgp1408 A 1930s beach-front building imgp1412 Harry jumps down imgp1418 On the beach imgp1426 Fred and Lydia swim in the sea, for about a minute imgp1430 Fred towels off imgp1434 Here's Johnny imgp1449 A view down the beach imgp1457 Allyson gets some hair plaiting imgp1458 Fred on the concrete wall imgp1462 The old Victorian toilets imgp1466 Heading down to the beach again imgp1467 We get some food from Starvin' Marvin imgp1474 A massive queue for fish and chips imgp1475 Heading into Cromer, past the amusement arcades imgp1476 The old-school Cromer Car Parts imgp1477 Some cool crab graffiti in a car park imgp1478 The Seaside Shack imgp1480 Isobel's paisley mask imgp1484 Harry does some catalogue modelling imgp1487 Conspiracy-theory sticker imgp1488 Harry's got vampire teeth imgp1489 Fred does the vampire teeth thing imgp1491 We get emergency shoes for the boys imgp1492 Harry tests some shoes out imgp1493 Fred's masked up imgp1496 Harry with his new feet imgp1499 The General Building, and Cromer High Street imgp1501 The boys in a pound shop imgp1502 Fred buys some guff imgp1503 Isobel and Harry on the high street imgp1504 Coned-off street, to get one-way pavements imgp1512 Wall murals imgp1513 The Cromer Bagots - a sort-of goat imgp1514 Cromer Pier imgp1516 Our pile of bikes imgp1518 The beach at West Runton imgp1521 Isobel and Allyson on the sand bar imgp1522 The boys have discovered something cool imgp1526 Isobel and the boys head back imgp1532 A surfer hauls out to sea imgp1535 A rugged-up tractor imgp1536 We queue for ice creams at East Runton imgp1568 Fred makes one of those instant planes imgp1572 We head off for a walk to West Runton imgp1575 In the woods imgp1577 Skirting round a barley field imgp1579 Crossing the railway line imgp1580 The Sheringham to Cromer railway line imgp1581 Passing flint houses imgp1583 A couple of epic railway bridges imgp1584 Give peas a chance imgp1585 A nice flint chapel imgp1586 The East Runton sign imgp1587 Another flint house imgp1589 The coastguard helicopter flies over imgp1595 On the beach, heading towards West Runton imgp1599 Harry looks for fossils imgp1605 We stop for a snack imgp1606 On the beach imgp1607 A discarded loft water tank imgp1616 Clear seas at West Runton imgp1619 Fred and Harry read a sign imgp1622 Another beach tractor imgp1623 Rusted bolts imgp1624 Fred scopes for Belemnites imgp1631 Rock pooling as the tide has gone out imgp1634 Harry and Isobel imgp1636 The Lady Roxy fishing boat, and rainy skies imgp1637 Fred and Lydia amongst the rock pools imgp1641 An old Ford tractor imgp1643 A view of West Runton beach imgp1649 We walk back along the cliff path imgp1653 Flowers on the cliff top imgp1657 Fred's in a bird hide imgp1658 The East Runton Methodist chapel imgp1660 We find an open pub imgp1663 A small dog looks around imgp1666 Lydia's hoodie imgp1667 Outside Sammy's Bar and Grill imgp1668 A Dutch-style gable end imgp1672 Bar - in stained glass imgp1677 A closed-down shop has some window art going on imgp1678 Walking back to the campsite, after the rain imgp1688 A moorhen and chicks on a pond imgp1691 Harry and the gang imgp1694 Isobel stumps off up the hill imgp1695 The view from inside the awning, in lashing rain imgp1699 It tips it down for a bit imgp1700 Allyson looks at the rain imgp1702 Harry's asleep in the van imgp1703 Allyson and Isobel go out for a run imgp1709 Fred and Lydia play Bop It imgp1713 An ice-cream van lurks over the hill