title A Postcard From Kings Lynn and "Sunny Hunny" Hunstanton, Norfolk - 31st October 2020 intro It's day two of the short trip away to the Swan at Hilborough, halfway between Thetford and Swaffham in West Norfolk. After breakfast in the pub, we head off for a trip to an extremely windy Kings Lynn, with just enough time to do a bit of exploration before it starts lashing rain. There's also a bit of time to split off and get some presents for Isobel's imminent birthday, although we seem to end up bumping in to each other in all the same shops. After that, we head up to the coast at Hunstanton for a poke around the town and the chance to discover its unusual (for East Anglia) stone buildings, built from a localised outcrop of Carrstone - a rusty sandstone conglomerate. imgp4094 The view from our apartment bedroom window imgp4096 The view out the back from the boys' bedroom imgp4098 The boys hang around watching a bit of telly imgp4101 A Singer sewing machine and an R. White's bottle imgp4102 Harry has pancakes and bacon for breakfast imgp4105 Isobel at the bar imgp4108 We nearly get blown off the riverside in Kings Lynn imgp4113 The lanes in old Kings Lynn imgp4114 Fred on the High Street imgp4115 A bike rack in a square imgp4116 The Duke's Head Hotel imgp4117 The old Bank Chambers is to let imgp4118 Optimistic outdoor tables at Prezzo imgp4121 Harry waves imgp4125 Harry looks at a statue of Captain George Vancouver imgp4128 The Customs House imgp4133 Funky 60s modernist Bas-Relief on a Boots imgp4134 Fred and Harry wander around in Primark imgp4135 Harry in Marks and Spencer imgp4136 Kings Lynn has an actual Wimpy imgp4137 The 80s New Conduit Street imgp4139 Another cobbled street, opposite the post office imgp4141 The derelict Post Office building imgp4143 An empty shop imgp4144 The King John statue on New Conduit Street imgp4145 Harry in front of King John imgp4146 Isobel in Starbucks imgp4147 Harry's got a mask on imgp4149 Fred gets a new case for his phone imgp4150 Outside looks orange compared to the shop's lights imgp4153 Back on the river imgp4156 A Bingo and amusement arcade at Hunstanton imgp4157 On the windy sea front in Sunny Hunny imgp4159 We get a bag of doughnuts imgp4160 A Covid bench imgp4161 Groynes on the beach imgp4165 Roller skating and Funcastle, apparently imgp4168 A mass of signs imgp4170 A sign for "Wimming" imgp4172 The gang in a car park imgp4174 Harry checks his paper bag for escaped doughnuts imgp4175 Harry eats a mini doughnut by the wall imgp4178 People out on the extensive mudflats imgp4180 Thomas's No. 1 Bingo imgp4181 We walk around Hunstanton imgp4182 The wet streets of Hunstanton imgp4184 We head into Hunstanton town imgp4185 The boys scope out Lego in the Pavillion Toymaster imgp4187 Harry waits to pay at the checkout imgp4188 A masked Fred looks over imgp4189 Bright foil windmills imgp4191 Some Carrstone shops and houses imgp4192 The stone gives the town an almost Northern feel imgp4193 Hunstanton Models imgp4194 Cheery butcher statue imgp4195 Sacks of potatoes outside a greengrocer imgp4197 An old Victorian shop sign: C. W. Abbs imgp4198 Another shop retaining its original glasswork imgp4199 A vine-covered brick hut imgp4201 The Hunstanton public Library imgp4202 The Golden Lion Hotel imgp4204 Kids lob bread at the gulls imgp4205 Someone takes their tractor out for a spin imgp4206 The functional-looking Waterside Bar imgp4208 In the car park in Hunstanton