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On a clear day you can see the Netherlands. (NB this isn't actually true, as far as I know.)

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The scale of the beach at Hembsy is quite something; it sweeps hugely down from the...

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The rain was easing off and I thought it best to make tracks for the station. The sky was...

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There can't be many places where the railway station is handily situated for the yacht...

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And so I stood on the station platform, still saturated from the rain but now stood...

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I do like the bridge. Note the spot of blue sky peeking above it.

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A few minutes later it began to absolutely pelt down again. To be honest by this stage it was...

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Some hardy pensioners took the opportunity to start a presumably delayed game of bowls. I looked at the sky and admired their optimism.

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I've noted before that the Winter Gardens can look rather ominous; the light on it here was...

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There's nothing that reminds you of Britain in the summer quite like people continuing to work on a sandcastle in the pouring rain.

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It was around this time that I realised that my boots, which had survived my idle toying with the surf at Hemsby, weren't that waterproof after all.

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Uploaded on Jul 17, 2011

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As I left the museum and made my way to the seafront, the ominous clouds finally burst. Note...

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I had one other bit of unfinished business; on my previous visit to Yarmouth I'd tried to...

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Wandering the backstreets and following a series of signposts that appeared to be leading...

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No, still not enticed in.

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As the bus headed back towards Yarmouth the Caister tower loomed reassuringly back into view.

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Back on the bus, I tried to take a picture of the now deserted Pontins camp up Beach Road....

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It really wasn't the sort of day for which deck chairs were required. It was more the sort of day where you huddle together for warmth.

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Uploaded on Jul 17, 2011

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