New years day walk in Lowestoft

 New years day, and we took a turn on the beach to blow out the cobwebs, normally we do this on boxing day as a picnic but this year we had family over and we have been stuffing our faces so much we skipped the picnic this year.  However the salty sea air was wonderful, definitely cooler at last as we got our first frost the night before and we welcomed the chill.

 Today I am taking pictures with my new 4k camera a Christmas present and I am so happy with it the level of detail and clarity are second to none, although I wont be getting rid of my old multi lens camera as I have a number of specialist lens I still like to play with.

 I have come to rule you and bring on extinction!!!!!  yes the dinosaurs made there visit to the beach and the girls set about making different styles of homes and there was a lot of dinosaur fighting, stomping and smashing of castles.

 The walk did us all good and we took time to hunt for treasure but alas there were no chests with coins to find so we came home with a bag of different twisted and beautiful drift wood, personally I think this is a better treasure to find.

Weybourne beach

Another day another beach, we are so lucky to be surrounded by so many and so varied beaches. from Overstrand we skip passed Cromer and found this gem Weybourne beach wonderful coloured pebbles and lots of interesting things to see, big machines, fishermen beach fishing with really long lines, big vehicles for towing boats and massive chalky cliffs with lines of sedimentary in it with loads of fabulous colours and fun to scrabble over.

Sophie had a ball climbing and sliding on her butt down the other side,

One of the best things about this beach is the beach combing, with loads of different things to collect we went home with buckets loads of treasure.

Overstrand Beach

 Norfolk coastline is varied and interesting, instead of seeking out the pleasure beaches and spots that are a bit more overcrowded we tend to seek the more secluded spots.  We stumbled upon Overstand with only a cafe and a crab hut selling freshly prepared crabs and lobsters and that was it!  bliss.

 The beach was a mix of sand and stone, the kids were able to enjoy making castles and hunting for pretty stones, this beach had the added bonus of fossil hunting to and yes we found some fossils all inside large lumps of chalky stone that were being washed up on the beach as the tide slowly slipped away, down the long shallow beach.

 We were here for a few hours and saw very few people as you can see from the pictures and the atmosphere was wonderful before lunch time as the sea mists rolled around the cliff edges making the temperature fluctuate as the sun battled to break through the swirls of mist and fog.

Finally we could not leave with out trying out some of that fresh crab caught that morning and freshly prepared just for us