title Camping at Forest Park, Cromer, Norfolk - 12th August 2022 intro The van's out on another trip, this time for our first visit to the Forest Park campsite, near Overstrand, just outside Cromer on the North Norfolk coast. The site has quite an active clubhouse, which features a bingo session, quiz, and an actual "meat raffle". Whilst there, we also head into Cromer for a poke around the amusements, and also get the use of a beach hut at Overstrand for a day. Before that, it's a Wednesday ride up to the Yaxley Cherry Tree, where Mick has spotted a dedication to the builders of the Eye Airfield runway - the 2nd Platoon of the 827th Engineers (Airfield), who supplemented the 829th and who apparently set new records for the amount of concrete laid in a given period of time. Mick is surprised by it, not because it's there, but because he's been walking around and hanging out on the airfield for around 65 years and had never seen it before. imgp0419 Mick the Brick waits on the airfield imgp0420 2nd Platoon 827th Engineers written in concrete imgp0421 There's a big ginger cat in the beer garden imgp0426 The ginger cat comes over for a stroke imgp0428 Rachel behind the bar of The Tree imgp0429 Mick gets a Gin and Tonic in imgp0432 The Tree has a good line in old school windows imgp6560 A paraglider floats overhead imgp6563 The others arrive later in the evening imgp6568 Drinks by the light of a camping lantern imgp6569 The moon rises over the campsite imgp6580 Harry tries out a diablo imgp6582 Harry's in the campsite shop again imgp6583 Harr plays his new harmonica imgp6586 Fred flings the diablo high up in the air imgp6594 Cromer beach from the clifftop imgp6596 There's a nice old railway poster in a shelter imgp6598 Cromer pier in the distance imgp6599 Soph and Fred head out to sea imgp6601 Harry clutches a bunch of tickets in the arcade imgp6607 There are one or two signs around imgp6613 Isobel and Harry by the pier imgp6617 One of many Fordson Major tractors on the beach imgp6619 Wonky beach huts on the seafront imgp6620 We visit some actual Banksy graffiti imgp6623 Andrew takes a photo of the Banksy imgp6628 A crate has drifted over the sea from Flanders imgp6629 Cromer from the eastern beach imgp6630 There's a gathering outside Cromer Pier imgp6633 A painted woolly mammoth statue imgp6635 A DJ runs a kids' dancing competition imgp6640 Harry has another go on Dizzy Chicken imgp6642 Harry lines up his tickets for the ticket eater imgp6644 Old dudes play pitch-and-putt on the clifftop imgp6645 A cliff-top shelter imgp0438 A classic 1970s fish and chips sign in East Runton imgp0439 There's another ancient sign for Bernie's imgp0440 Isobel and Fred queue up at Will's Plaice imgp0442 There's a phonebox with an actual phone still in it imgp0444 An 80s BT phone box at the car park in East Runton imgp0447 Fred's got some sort of tongue-painter sweet imgp0448 The cool kids around hanging out in a corner imgp0001 Harry's "eyes down" for a game of bingo imgp0002 Soph the Roph looks a bit Meh imgp0003 The clubhouse bar is busy imgp0007 Archie and Grace play Stick Game imgp6649 The remains of a railway bridge at Overstrand imgp6650 Children's pictures in an Overstrand bus shelter imgp6651 St. Martin's church at Overstrand imgp6653 The nice interior of St. Martin's imgp6654 Distinctive stained glass in St. Martin's imgp6655 A nice Norman and Beard organ, restored in 2002 imgp6657 Cool bracket fungus on a tree imgp6658 Isobel does some crochet in the awning imgp6660 We head down to Overstrand beach imgp6662 A lifeguard post with a three-button telephone imgp6665 Harry and Fred are in the borrowed beach hut imgp6667 A view along Overstrand beach imgp6669 Harry flings his boomerang around on the beach imgp6671 Life with a beach hut imgp6678 Chris reads a book imgp6685 Isobel joins a big queue for ice creams imgp6690 Curious brick remains in the Forest Park woods imgp6691 The campsite shop imgp6692 A mini sign advertising the next Meat Raffle imgp6694 Isobel and Chris hang around imgp6698 Chris checks his phone near the Funtazmic disco imgp6699 The campervan in its spot imgp6702 We pack up the awning imgp6705 Harry "helps" by bashing up an empty can imgp6706 Fred explores rock pools at West Runton imgp6709 Fred shows off his collection of Belemnites imgp6713 Harry roams around on the beach imgp6722 The Lady Roxy on the beach imgp6724 West Runton beach is heaving imgp6729 Harry looks at fossils in the café imgp6733 Fred and Isobel chat about belemnites imgp6736 Harry licks his fingers after a bag of donuts imgp6737 We're back in the massive car park