From first to latest – following on from our first trip, I’m going to tell you about our latest venture, which actually did involve a trip on the Coastliner Bus (renamed last year after being taken over by another bus company). It’s a bit of a skip from 1st to last but there is a link………
In Wick, I teased T about setting off far too early to catch the train home. This backfired on me on our recent bus trip to Cromer!
We had arranged to meet and walk up town to catch the bus in Hunstanton around 8.30 a.m. I woke up at 8.04 a.m. I’d set the alarm on my phone and turned it off when it woke me initially at 7.00 a.m. I should have got straight out of bed then, as T pointed out to me, but I decided there was no hurry and the next thing I knew it was 8.04. Oh my god! This was not a good start to the day – I have never got up and dressed so quickly in my life. I picked T up in the car and drove nearer to town and parked up for the day leaving a shorter walk to the bus station to save time. We had a speed walk to the bus station, but the bus wasn’t there. The next bus was 9.28 a.m. we’d missed the bus and it was my fault – oops!
As I’d missed breakfast we decided to have tea and toast in Hunstanton at The Copper Kettle. Time to breathe and relax a bit, drink tea and eat hot buttered toast – things were starting to look up.
We caught the Coastliner https://www.lynxbus.co.uk to Cromer changing buses in Wells https://sanderscoaches.com
T had prepared a list of places of interest etc and we chose to look for Jarrolds. https://www.jarrold.co.uk. This is well worth a visit – it’s a satellite of the Jarrolds independent department store in Norwich and like its mother ship, it’s well stocked and very easy to while away time and be tempted to buy – make sure you take a large bag when you visit !
It was more than 2 hours since breakfast, so next up it must be lunch! T’s research suggested the Crab Pot Cafe. https://www.crabpotcafe.co.uk. I love crab so liked the sound of that very much. It’s a small cafe which has a lovely welcoming atmosphere and on the day we visited was very busy. We took the last available table. We both chose crab mornay with sautéed potatoes and tea. The tea was served in a lovely coastal themed pot, which made us smile.
The crab mornay was absolutely delicious and thoroughly recommended.
After lunch we had another wander around the town on the way to the pier. We window shopped all the way and both thought it was a place to return to in the autumn to browse and do some shopping in the small shops selling among other things ceramics and art.
We had a short visit to the pier – it was raining by then and we were getting very wet! If we had longer, we would have watched the show on https://www.cromerpier.co.uk. I popped into a local shop and bought a couple of brollies – they were doing a roaring trade !
Time to return home and on our way back to the bus stop our second visit of the day to the Crab Pot Cafe to buy some cake to eat on the way home. This turned out to be a bit messy but yummy – well mine was – I chose sticky, gooey carrot cake. T was more sensible and chose millionaires shortbread which turned out to be a lot easier to eat on the bus. Both cakes were delicious.
Back on the bus and back in Hunstanton, a more leisurely walk back to the car than we had this morning. It was apparent that I would not live down my tardiness this morning anytime soon, there being constant references to it throughout the day! Ah well, what goes around comes around – that will teach me to tease T about being too early in Wick!
Next up – we are off to Oxford for the day.
T and E
Travels on a Senior Railcard 