Virtually on the spur of the moment, and its the reason why we have Ziggy at home, we decided that we deserved a break away for a night – it was a bank holiday week end, and I just fancied someething small, like a family run site or similar…. absolutely nothing anywhere, but, by chance a CAMC club site – Incleboro Fields did have two nights available. Pausing only to sup some more ale, it was booked and early on the saturday morning, we set off.

By chance, I had been beta testing a new Journaling App for motorhomers from MotorHomeFun.com and as a part of that, and adding things of interest, I said to Jo that I wanted to pop into Downtide – a caravan and motorhome dealership that I like; indeed a few months ago I had seen a Sunlight i68 that i liked so much, I tried to buy it – but computer says no. Jo and myself had actually seen the vehicle before it had been prepped in March on another visit – I had gone and looked further and closer in April….. As it happens, the vehicle was open and on display at the front entrance…

We have loved Ziggy – in real terms in something like 27 months we have covered just short of 9,000 miles, have visited so many places and had such fun – but recently – even though I have loved the fettling, I have come to the conclusion that at 24 years old, its time for a change, for a vehicle that will take us through for the next ten years…. Way back in March we had gone and looked at a large dealership in Lincoln and decided that we liked a Burstner but….. that was just a like. The sunlight ticked a lot of boxes. We chatted with Bruce who was most helpful, open honest and genuine and worked out a deal if we wanted it – no pressure we could decide over a couple of days. Jo and myself started to walk back to Ziggy so we could talk things through then BANG. On the main road a young couple had decided to shorten their audi by several feet by rear ending a family car with two babies under two in it. Naturally, I went to assist, helped extricate an excitable young lady – she was scared of the smoke that had come from the airbags going off. The family were ok, and another passerby assisted them – I believe that he was a Traffic Warden so he then cracked on organising traffic, just as two off duty police officers arrived and started co ordinate everything. With the road blocked, we were not going anywhere so – we saw a little bistro over the way…

After a suitable snack, and a lot of intensive discussion, we shambled back over the road to see Bruce and shook his hand – we will be collecting Doris on 26th June. (why Doris I hear you ask….. well, the Number plate is EY so Ey Up – this will explain it all). We have one more trip booked before then, and I will also decide on what to do with this blog – It may well be passed on to a future owner or just mothballed – we shall see. Anyway, a little later than we planned , we headed up the A140 to Felbrigg Hall – the walled garden being one of our favourite places to stop and visit – and this visit we walked over to the church.

Felbrigg is only a few miles from the campsite, and we did not have to go through Cromer though do be advised the access road can help focus the mind – its a bit narrow! The campsite itself is by and in a Links golf course – and is basically split into two parts. The site was rammed – apparently they were literally full; we drove round the site three times before I went back to the entrance and explained that I could not find a spot…. we ended up on a great flat pitch as we had a disabled bay. (Though it did have a great view of a personal washing line…) I had a few tussles with the electric hook up misbehaving and changed the way we were parked, then settled down for the evening – This year I want to use the Cadac more and i decided to add Hasselback Potatoes to the repetoire – c’est tres Bon! After a good nights sleep I arranged a good cooked breakfast before we set off exploring.

The coast here is prehistoric – Mammoth fossils have been found, and an awful lot of fossils. The beach at West Runton was a 15 minute walk from the camp site, and that took us through the town. From the beach, to the right you could see Cromer Pier – we turned left and headed into Sheringham – we visited there last year with the electric bikes – this time we walked, enjoying the rock pools and failed sea defences – though I did like the wind carved wood! Its a decent walk of around 4 KM – and its on shingle so – be warned! (Also – we briefly connected to Vodafone international as the cliffs stopped the Uk signal so we got what I assume came from the Netherlands!

Arriving at Sheringham, it was great to see the British Seaside being used – there was an organised group sea swimming, and lots of families just exploring – meanwhile, we returned to the Pub we visited last year for a couple of pints before a walk through the town to the train station – neither of us fancied the cliff top walk back to west runton! The train took less than 5 minutes and was a mere £3 each so… it was also a different thing to do so….

A quiet night then followed, and we spoke a lot more about the motorhome plans; James is now staying with us for alternate weeks so, we do actually need something with a bit more space for him to travel with us – therefore, its time to move on. Early in the morning, we packed up to head home and to plan for the change over.