title Trips to Wells and Walsingham, Norfolk - 25th May 2025 intro It's day two of our weekend away to North-west Norfolk, and after we've checked out of the Hoste Arms in Burnham Market, we drive along the coast road to Wells Next The Sea. Once there, we eat a lunch of cockles, crab and chips on the Quay and have a trip on an awesome 1951 Leyland Tiger charabanc down to the beach and back, before heading back home. On the way back though we also stop off at Walsingham - home to numerous shrines to Mary and the site of Catholic and Anglo-Catholic pilgrimages for nearly a thousand years. imgp2409 There's an 1950s Charabanc near the car park imgp2410 Fishing boats on the river at Wells imgp2411 There's a tidal monitoring station on stilts imgp2415 The "Larn" is available to rent imgp2417 It's busy down at the quayside in Wells imgp2418 The river at Wells next the Sea imgp2419 The sailing barge Albatros is moored up imgp2420 A load of crabbing strings dangle in the river imgp2422 Isobel near some brand-new lobster pots imgp2423 Boats are stranded as the tide is out imgp2424 Bright pink buoys on the stern of a fishing boat imgp2425 Oast-house-style ventilation on an old maltings imgp2426 A faded door down a back alley imgp2427 A neglected Methodist chapel imgp2430 The war memorial on Theatre Road imgp2431 Isobel by Frary's seafood stall on The Quay imgp2432 Walkers on the sea wall imgp2433 A 1951 Leyland Tiger waits at the bus stop imgp2437 Down on the beach at Wells imgp2438 Beach hits on stilts on Wells beach imgp2440 The wide-open expanses of Wells beach imgp2441 Isobel looks at worm casts in the sand imgp2442 A bit of seal-watching occurs imgp2446 The massive lifeboat tractor has its engine out imgp2451 The bus is full on the way back imgp2454 A dog gets videoed for The Gram imgp2459 The Victorian Walsingham Mill imgp2460 The former prison mill, built in 1822 imgp2463 Looking down High Street to the Abbey gate imgp2466 Common Place and the old Pump House imgp2469 The Chantry Chapel of St. Michael imgp2470 Inside the chapel of St. Michael, built in 1965 imgp2472 Another shrine in the gardens of Walsingham imgp2473 Knight Street in Walsingham imgp2475 A Victoria post box imgp2476 The war memorial on Guild Street imgp2478 Isobel wanders around Walsingham Farms Shop imgp2480 A tumbledown shed on Bridewell Street imgp2481 Isobel on Bridewell Street imgp2482 There are religious symbols and quotes everywhere imgp2485 The Bull pub on Common Place imgp2486 There's a swarm of bees in some house timbers imgp2487 The Shrine of Our Lady in Walsingham imgp2488 Isobel roams around near the Hospice buildings imgp2489 A Station of the Cross in the shrine gardens imgp2491 The "gentle light" of an ourdoor altar imgp2492 The pleasant gardens of the shrine imgp2494 A field of purple on the way out of Walsingham