Norfolk Coast Path. Part 2 - Two Day Solo Wild Camping Trip. Burnham to Wells.
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- Опубліковано 29 вер 2024
- In this video (part two in the series) I will be continuing my walk along the Norfolk Coast Path, a long distance trail following the beautiful, rich coastline of North Norfolk, carrying everything I need and wild camping along the way.
In this episode, I wake up to a stunning Norfolk morning in the marshes and after a quick breakfast, pack up and get back on the trail. I walk through Burnham Overy and out past the beautiful saltwater lagoon and out towards the dunes. The journey then continues along the sandy beaches leading towards Holkham before swinging beside the pine woodland and on towards Wells Next To The sea. This old fishing port and busy seaside hot spot marks the end of this leg of the trail. But I will return soon to continue along this stunning and unique coastline, and continue to give you a taste of North Norfolk.
I hope you enjoy the video and thanks for watching!
Links
Peddars Way and Norfolk Coast Path (A Cicerone Guide)
www.cicerone.c...
Ordnance Survey Explorer Map (Norfolk Coast West)
www.ordnancesu...
Ordnance Survey Explorer Map (Norfolk Coast Central)
www.ordnancesu...
Burnham Deepdale Backpackers Hostel and Camping
www.deepdaleba...
Coastliner Bus Service (Lynx Buses. No. 36)
bustimes.org/s...
National Trail - Info on Norfolk Coast Path
www.nationaltr...
Music:
Surrender By Dan Lebowitz
Dome Sweet Dome By Nat Keefe and The Bow Ties
Beach walking in sunny weather, can’t beat it.
Great vid Simon, nice one. Nice flat stomping - good for those of us with dubious knees :)...and great fortune with the unseasonal weather! atb
The British Isles offers some stunning walks and scenery. Thanks for sharing a part of the country I’ve not seen in over 40 years.
My family holidayed in Wells next the sea back in the seventies. Doesn't look like it has changed much.
Surprised you didn't do this one on your bike. Could have made life a little more comfortable.
I doubt it’s changed much at all!
I wouldn’t have fancied the beach section on my bike! 😅
the only way across that marsh is with gollum guiding the way.
As he gazed out in early morning light with his coffee you could see that look in his eye. That look that says god I wish I had a bacon sandwich. 😁
Hahaha - not bloody wrong there mate!! 😂😁
On a croissant with some sharp cheese....
abe frohman 😂😂
@@SouthernPatriot1the sausage king of Chicago?
Simon, you're one of few people who really captures the beauty of the landscape in their videos. Excellent stuff.
Thank you! 😁👍
He really does. You shoot good material Simon.
Gee, Simon, how do you find the time to do all these videos?And your videos are getting better and better with this one topping! I keep hoping to land a typical English recipe into the bargain. Love the bird sounds!and a windmill to boot! Oh what a lovely video. I love your enthusiasm and down to earth comments, advice and tips. I feel I am tramping along with you. Sniff that sea air... She sells sea shells on the Sea shore.
Now your viewer clicks are currently 19,875 . Are we, your viewers, going to score when you reach 20 K? That won't take too long! Cheers.
You've no idea how much pleasure this series has given me. Love the area. Done lots of the walk in bits. Has inspired me to do it all in a oner. With the boy hopefully. Cheers 👍
Absolutely stunning part of the UK. Great video. Weirdly your soundtrack choice reminds me of a Shane Meadows film!
Done that walk many times it’s great.live in Wales now but wheelchair bound now no more walking.but I have some great memories.thank you Simon.👍
Cheers Steve - stunning stretch of coastline. I love Wales just as much though - need my mountain fix an a regular basis!! 😁
Hats off to you Simon that was some adventure mate! Thanks for taking us along with you. Take care, Steve. 👍👍
What a fantastic way to start a day, looks like you've a well thought out, lightweight set up. Once again, great camera work.
Cheers
Ian
Fantastic video as usual Simon,you’re really showing Norfolk for what a beautiful county it is,feel privileged to live here and a pleasure to watch your videos. Thanks for all your efforts 👍🏻
Thanks Paul! 👍😁
Great video Simon! Some dandy country there. Man, the fish-n-chips sure looked good, the real stuff I'm sure.
I’m so glad this series has come up on UA-cam. I’ve walking the area several times also in winter & ended up walking in the dark. I also camped along this area but on the beach,💜
Most certainly a fun trek along the sea coast. Enjoyed both episodes and looking forward to your next trip. Thank you for taking us all along.
I was glad to see the frost, I was starting to think the U.K. had become a tropical climate. ;)
Great video Simon 👌🏻 love that part of the world 🗺
Thank you , Simon .
🐺 Loupis Canis .
Nice video again Simon- I spent a week going round the coast from Southwold to Hunstanton in my best up old Campervan before it blew up lol. One word of warning though- there used to be a nudist beach nr Holkham so unless you are keen on oap wrinkly bits it’s best to look seaward when passing by lol
Haha! I’d heard about that bit if beach, fortunate for me, it was empty when I walked along there!! Phew!! Haha
Grate video Simon, and eating by the water , fish and chips, sweet ,couldn’t be any better than that . thanks for the video and the views absolutely beautiful
Atb !
Thanks Simon a great vid haven't bean to NN coast for a long time but now I must go back, really cant wait for the next instalment.
Another fantastic video!
A familiar area to me mate, walked the whole thing. didn't know they are planning to extend it to Hopton, thats quite a trek! I'm planning to do Cromer to Lowestoft in the next month or so, I'll have then walked the entire East Anglian coast! The intro to this part was spectacular btw, the way the music stopped as you started walking off was pure class! I love little touches like that, good editing skills! That stretch down to Wells from Holkham gap is so long, takes ages to walk! Amazed you carried a drone too and still went so light! As for that flat spot to wild camp, I'm DEFINITELY going there lol. Can't wait for the next instalment mate.
Cheers Tom!
I loved walking this section - Holkham especially! The extended route is up and running I believe - my plan is to walk the lot in stages, then back to the start of the Peddars Way via a couple of other trails. 😁 the camera gear weighed more than the rest of my kit combined!! Oh, how I suffer for my art! 😂
@@simonablokeinthewoods I'm doing the Cromer to Lowestoft bit at the beginning of August. Would say you're welcome to join me if you don't mind jumping a few places lol.
Super walk and you caught that brief spell of summertime weather too. Thanks for sharing. Take care..
Beautiful country side thank you for sharing God bless brother
I absolutely love watching your videos. It's your spirit, and I can not for the life of me, say what it is. This was an awesome video. It is very obvious that you love your beautiful country, and I am so happy that you can share it with us. I will wait for the next one :)
Thank you Joyce!
You capture the scenery beautifully * Thank you for that.Oh,and I found your noodle slurping funny :-)
It’s a mark of appreciation! 😂
Nicely done. Interesting walk. When you are doing your editing at home how about inserting photos of the maps showing the area. Thenks
In other episodes of this series, I showed the route on the map, I just forgot to film it for this one. 👍
Stunning photography, Simon. Beautiful weather helped, I guess. Makes me regret not keeping up with water colour! Looking forward to Part 2!!
A very nice walk indeed.. quite varied. and some people watching the crazy man eat chips in to the camera at the end lol ;)
Hahaha - the look on their faces was quality! You should have seen the odd looks I got in the chippy when I got the camera out to film salting my chips!!
Cheers matey! 😁
Thanks Simon been looking forward to this video.......feet up tea and toast 👍🏻
Si absolutely loved this broadcast now I am looking for part 3 😁👍
Ah, part three is yet to come! I was supposed to do the next leg a few weeks ago, but a knee injury has put it on hold for a bit. 👍
I really enjoyed this video. Such great scenery and history. Thank you so much!! Looking forward to seeing your next video!!
Great Video Simon! I'm glad I'm not on the walk with you at that pace you move at! lol I walk fast but I think I would have a hard time keeping that pace for long. Beautiful country an looking forward to more videos! Thanks my friend
Pleasure mate! Glad you enjoyed it! 😁
Until recently coasters still came into Wells carrying grain. Not sure when they stopped but it was certainly still happening 20 years ago.
Thanks Roger, I assumed that all stopped well back in the 40s or 50s. 👍
Another great video of one of my favorite places cheers Simon.
Really, really nice to see the Norfolk coast. I've never been there, and probably never will so I really appreciate the time you take to show all the wonderful scenery. Thank you.
Wonderfully I am going to the Norfolk coast from Kings Lynn to Hopton-on-Sea. I love Hunstanton better!!!!
Beautiful photography. Thank you for this. Just the tonic I needed.
SO nice to be able to see where 1 half of my ancestors came from. Sure it didn't look as such in their day, but nice just the same. And especially nice to see the spelling. For a long time I figured Whales/Wales and that it transversed along the way, but this proves otherwise and that makes me gleefully happy!! Thank you so much, Simon!! 😎
That looked like a cold camp Simon! Brrrrr. Love the coastal stuff, great viewing mate and If you ever find yourself up in Skegness/ Ingoldmells there’s always a kettle on for you 👍🏻
Thanks Alex! 😁👍
lovely walk that.. I'm off to wells tomorrow hope weathers nice...👌
Hope you had fun! 😁
Great walk and weather Simon. I walked the Boudicca Way that wknd.
That’s a nice walk - I’ve walked most of it, in short legs with Maggie - starts not far from where I live. 👍
Thanks, Simon. I really enjoy the educational vid's like this. :)
Another brilliant video Simon, capturing the journey really well. I only have one question : is it illegal to camp where you camped or is it unlawful?
I never knew there was a difference until lately.
Ah, I’m not sure I know the difference really!
It’s privately owned, but also a nature reserve with the permissive footpath running through it. 🤔
Beautiful walk, thanks Simon!
Awesome trip! It's cool to see how people do things in other places. Thanks for sharing!
A very enjoyable watch - Thanks
The fish and chips looked a treat, Simon.
Great trek and looking forward to the next leg! Thanks for sharing!
Lovely, great video! I love it when folks take a chance now and them to share the best parts of their areas with us all. Thanks Simon!
will stay tuned in for more, cant wait for the Sweden trip with Kent Survival!
Me neither!! 😁🛶🇸🇪
Hi Simon!
Great Video and beautyfull landscape!!! Greetings from Germany!
Tobias
Beautiful videos Simon. That was a stunning weekend wasn’t it? I had many childhood holidays around Hunstanton, Holme and Wells so stirred up happy memories for me too.
Thanks mate, I was so lucky, almost like summer! Lovely bit of coastline isn’t it! 👍
Great video Simon as always had some happy times in wells
Simon, beautiful in that early morning haze, and the sun coming up, just hearing the birds, there is nothing better anywhere else :)
Another great installment! Lovely to see you in Wells and outside the pinewoods holiday park. I had many great family holidays down there. Very nostalgic, thanks!
Thanks Dean - lovely up there isn’t it! 😁
Great walk ,along your country’s coast . Fantastic video , good vistas .
Couple of things occur ...
I remember that coast week from a long stint living in Rutland before my personal brexit many years back. Wells is nice enough but the chips are better Whitby (northern bias may be a part of that comment).
Having watched both videos, I’m pleased not to be walking with you, it’s a hell of a march pace you put on there, I’d still be feeling the tussocks myself ... but happy with it.
Thanks, really well done walk and vid
Atb
Thanks Mark! I’ll have to get up to Whitby sometime and judge for myself! I bet they’re cheaper - £4.80 it was for a single sausage and chips!! Cod was £8.50!!
Cheers mate.
Last count there was over 20 chippies in Whitby, not good for the waistline!
Hi Simon, I have really enjoyed your Videos on the Peddars way and the Norfolk coast path.
Beautiful coastline!
You were certainly blessed with some glorious weather (apart from the frost!), i loved the look on the couple`s faces when you were eating your chips. Looking forward to seeing the rest of the walk. ATB Steve.
Haha - they must have wondered what on Earth I was doing eating chips into my camera like a nutter! Cheers mate!
Due to A minor health issue I can no longer fly anywhere so it is so nice to travel through others eyes. lol...I hope the extra weight on your back isn't too much. Great video and you make it more interesting with the dialogue.
French's chippy on the quayside😋
ATB Pete
I love England’s fish and chips , very lucky you , enjoy .
Really enjoyed that, I'd love to do that but without the camping😁
Ahh, what joy to see this video. Great guiding, beautiful scenes, spring weather better than we ever see. Amazing that you have this weather when I am sitting, not far away, in Gothenburg, in snow drizzle and about 2 degrees plus. Happy for you! Thank you for another excellent production, awesome!
Thank you Roy! It’s crazy isn’t it, just a few degrees further north and a huge difference! It’s not normally like that at this time of year - last year we had heavy snow! 😁
👌🏻
Great video of the Northfolk Parth and great views of North Norfolk coast nice one Simon take care
This has been a lovely series - and I look forward to more. I have to laugh though - my knowledge of your geography is somewhat limited so there was no framework for the Norfolk Coast in my mind. So when you said Wells, I heard Wales and imagine my surprise to see that you were on the opposite coast! LOL - very nice indeed.
Hahaha - Yes, I can image that was surprising - a bit flatter along this coast! To make things more confusing there is another Wells in the West Country! Glad you enjoyed the videos. Cheers!
You've no idea how much I enjoyed that, seeing old sights of an area I absolutely love. (You didn't show the flood height mark by the Wells beech front cafe.)
Anyway, cheers, and I'm really looking forward to your next leg x
Thanks Ian! I saw that as I passed - should have included it. Cheers!
Wonderfully enjoyable. Loved every bit of it especially that ending. 👍
THANKS Simon.
Another Truly Awesome Video Simon. Ready For The Next Section. Lots For Trails Outside Corbin Kentucky, At Cumberland Falls, And At Laurel River Lake.
Fancy encountering you on Simon's channel. I grew up in your neck of the woods. I went to CHS and CC/UC.
Love to get over there one day! 👍 thank you!
Hello Gordon - I Am A Tickled Transplant. My Wife Is From Whitley County, We Moved Here About Twenty-Six Years Ago. I Figure I Am Grafted In Now, Love It Here !
Can't wait to see more of this trip! The scenery is beautiful : )
I enjoyed that. When you start the next leg it's worth detouring inland to look at Wareham camp one of (I think) only two iron age hill forts in Norfolk.
Thanks Luke! I’ll look into that, not heard of Wareham camp. Cheers. 👍
A little change in style and still thoroughly enjoyable. But it’s just too flat for northerners :)
Hahaha - true, but at least it doesn’t rain all the time! 😂😁
Simon, a bloke in the woods
I’d say something to change your mind but it’s bloody lashing down.
Simon,
Really enjoyed joining you on your latest trip and you captured the beautiful scenery of the coast perfectly.
I have arranged to do the Hunstanton to Cromer route in May with my brother because the idea was to hopefully get good weather,not sure it is going to match the fantastic weather you enjoyed in February though.
Looking forward to the fish and chips in Wells,I bet there was a long queue....there always is but well worth it!
I am a fairly new subscriber so looking forward to catching up with your other films.
Best wishes
Stuart
Thanks Stuart, always a gamble with the weather, whatever time of year - I was really lucky! The chips in Wells will be well earned by the time you get there - brace yourself for the gist of them though!! 😂 good luck with the walk - you’ll love it! 😁👍
So U got a drone, like the aerial footage at the beginning. Thanks for sharing. Grays
Thanks! Yes, I had it for a couple of months now - the odd snippet on other videos. 👍
12:41 me and my cousin always went fishing in that river area
Wild camping is the greatest thing ever.
well it was a long walk to get fish and chips but there you go.
I love the area at 7:15 but of course it is all beautiful.
Beautiful!
Really good two part show Simon... what did you stop to snack on from that green bush with what looked to be yellow flowers on it?... Cheers mate.
Thanks Steve! They were gorse flowers. 👍
Stunning coastline. 🤘
Looks so beautiful and the sea you dropped on lucky with that weather different again now , fish and chips look as good as our Yorkshire ones lol enjoyed the video I will visit there this year been invited to do some metal detecting later in the year down there best wishes :)
Weather was amazing! So lucky!!
Enjoy your detecting! 😁
Them chips looked good
Hi Simon, really enjoying your videos. Are you going to complete the section from Wells to Cromer soon. This is a really interesting section of the walk, what with the Stiffkey Whirlygig, Moreston, Blakeney, Weybourne & Sherringham for the railway, not to mention the Beeston Bump. Looking forward to it already, although a wild camp may be a challenge to far.
Regards Stewart
Thanks Stewart, yes, I’m planning on continuing over the winter period when it’s all a bit quieter. Looking forward to the next section. 👍
Great video, enjoyed it very much.
To answer your question, yes i would believe you found a better spot to camp 30 minutes into the following day. Same as you probably spot fantastic wild camping spots between 3 and 5 pm when its way to early to stop. iv'e had that dilemma 101 times when bike packing, then ending up panicking to find a spot before it gets dark. Ended up in a cow shed one night, but i'll spare you the details on that one.
Must have been tough to stop with that great weather, i'll bet you wanted to just keep going?
Good bit of filming, the Norfolk tourist board should be proud.
Gary.
Thanks Gary! Sods law isn’t it!! Yes, stunning weekend for a stomp! 😁👍
Hmmm. It was -9 degrees F this morning in Maine.....and yet it looks like a touch of spring on the Norfolk Path. Not fair.
Haha, yes, bonkers weather - it’s not normally like this In Feb!
Are you coming to sweden soon
Another enjoyable video, have to agree the UK has some stunning scenery but too many people are out enjoying it so it feels crowded at times. Some good comments on here especially the one from @Mark L, Whitby has some great fish and chip shops but with over 20 to choose from things can get a bit tricky!!!
I bet the fish and chips are cheaper in Whitby! ;-)
Great vid Simon, really looking forward to the next instalment. I also enjoy your making vids and have a challenge for you if you’re up for it
Thanks Graham! I’m sure intrigued! 😁!
Hi Simon I know you can buy lightweight tipi tents but wonder how difficult it would be to make a lavuu style tipi from silnylon or similar.what do you think are up for it?
Thanks for the video I love seeing the country side. When I retire I plan on taking a trip to England maybe we will hike the path .
It’s worth it - stunning coastline!! 👍
Great video Simon which I guess I'm late getting into - we love the Norfolk coast and these two videos have whetted our appetite to do the "way" - but have I missed something or have you not finished the rest of the route yet? Many thanks
Thanks Don - I finally got around to walking the next leg to Cromer just before the virus hit us. I’ll carry on when things get back to normal. 👍
Thank you. I'm planning on doing Hunstanton to Cromer once this lockdown is over. You've provided a great understanding of what I can expect.
the big Dune at overy staithe is called Gun hill,im halfway through watching so dont know if you added this,i cant believe you were in walking distance of my house!
ps i love my home!
pps i hope you had Frenchs chips!
Thank you, I didn’t know that! Lovely bit of the county, I’m envious of you living here! 😁