Favourite picnic spots in North Norfolk
Looking west from the top of Happy Valley – Image by George Baker 1960 © Norfolk Museum Service. The image is not of the best quality but it shows Cromer’s Happy Valley as it was in the 1960s. Notice how open it is with the shelter at the bottom – now demolished. Growing up in Cromer long before computer games and smartphones became the primary source of entertainment for young people, I spent most of my free time outside in…
There are some lovely bluebell woods in north Norfolk. Visit in late spring when the flowers are in full bloom to experience their magic.
Scolt Head Island is a National Nature Reserve forming a part of the North Norfolk Heritage Coast.
There are just a few places left in Norfolk that can be ascribed the adjective ‘wild’; Stiffkey Freshes is such a place. If you are an early bird and can get to the dunes as dawn breaks, or you are prepared to stay as dusk approaches, you will witness nature at its most impressive. These are the times of day that you will see a great deal of bird activity, with skeins of geese and flights of duck going to or returning from their feeding grounds. You may also see a fox hunting along the foreshore or a muntjak ambling along amongst the dunes.