Happisburgh - The Bure Valley

Once again we've rented a cottage at Church Farm Barns in Happisburgh (pronounced Haisbro) on the Norfolk coast.

Stuart came up with us on Saturday and stayed until early this morning. He and I took early advantage of the games barn and, after a bit of a turn-up, the natural order was reestablished with him winning at pool and me at table tennis.

The beach cricket was not competitive. At Cart Gap yesterday, our game was being watched closely by a boy who'd come to the beach with his mum.  In the spirit of the games we played when I was his age, we invited him to join in, and he was delighted to accept. He was much better than us, but seemed to enjoy himself and we played for well over an hour - his mum even joined in.

It was Rosie's Mum's birthday on Tuesday so Rosie fetched from Norwich to send the day with us. Meanwhile, I managed to fit in a solo walk that took in a decent stretch of the coast that I had almost to myself. Mary doesn't get to the beach often so we took her to Cart Gap and later to dinner at The Fur & Feathers in Woodbastwick.

After dropping Mary home and Stuart to the bus station today, we were free agents and able to walk! Rosie chose a walk from Buxton alongside the Bure Valley Railway to Coltishall, then back along the River Bure with a stop for sandwiches and  quick drink at The Rising Sun. The route back wasn't straight forward, with the path overgrown on the final stretch along the river. Nevertheless it was a nice walk on a sunny day.

We had enough time to make it to the beach in time for Rosie to keep up her record of getting into the sea every day.

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