Hemsby and Cromer.

Monday 5th to Thursday 8th August 2024.

Our daughter and son in law had booked a last minute holiday to Hemsby so they could take their twin sons to the seaside. This was prompted by nanna Michelle saying she would love to see her grandsons on a beach enjoying themselves whilst they are at this lovely age of being three. She also wanted to treat the. to an ice cream and it was with great joy we welcomed an ice cream van that drove along the beach.

Well of course how can you resist a request from your wife to join in and be on the beach with them. So we hurriedly booked on Hemsby Tents and Touring campsite a few hundred yards from the holiday bungalow rented by our daughter. The journey there was a mere 200 miles, I’m sure there are beaches closer😊

These photos were taken on Hemsby beach which as you can see has beautiful sand that goes on for miles. The boys enjoyed throwing hundreds of pebbles into the sea for Layla to chase.

On Wednesday we drove up the coast to Cromer, having been there in the past, in fact on New Year’s Day along with friends Alison and Peter we knew there was only one car park we could get the motorhome on. Thankfully it’s close to town situated high up on the headland and has an enormous capacity, it is situated on Runton Road. We managed to get spaces quite close to the entrance.

The sea front adjacent to the pier is having extra defences installed to protect against erosion and storms, the huge diggers were of great interest to the boys. We had a leisurely stroll around the town and then found a park with a playground where we ate our picnic lunch, just below this was a dog friendly beach and so after lunch we headed there.

It came as no surprise to us as adults that a few minutes after arriving on the beach both boys fell in the sea, they didn’t care they had a whale of a time, there were plenty of spare clothes with us but of course no towels, so mum had to shoot off and buy some.

This coast line, especially the places we spent time at are very family orientated and as long as you have the good weather as we did, is a great place to visit.

The campsite we stayed on had two large grass fields and if you wished there was electric hook up, in both field there were modern toilet blocks with lots of facilities. Being August it was quite busy with large family groups and you would need to be aware of that.