Snettisham and Hunstanton

Having been trapped by the builders all week (the skip blocked the drive) we 'escaped' to the coast on Saturday. First stop was Snettisham of which I have hazy memories from when I was taken as a child for a caravan holiday by my parents - but this time our main target was the RSPB reserve

The walk down to the reserve provided more butterflies than birds (this one is a Gatekeeper)

The tide's reach was littered with razorshells but very few cockleshells. I remember as a child gathering cockles with our bare hands (from just under the sand) and taking them back to the caravan and then trying to cook and eat them. A bit gritty as I recall as we did not pay enough attention to getting all the sand out.
The tide was well out (remember this is the Wash) so no birds to speak of - one of the most interesting things on the beach was this wreck. We moved on to RSPB Titchwell but were thwarted there because it was almost completely closed due to the rebuilding of the main path.

Hunstanton boasts of being the only East coast resort where you can see the sun set over the sea. It certainly provided us with a good fish supper. It remains to be seen whether we got caught by any speed cameras - like we(=I) did last time we ventured out in this direction.