Today was a walk around the Alde estuary crossing it at the bridge at Snape Maltings.It was typically for Suffolk a bright sunny day and even the marshes looked a bit brown. The walking was flat and relatively obstruction free apart from the odd gate.I even got a little cooling from a farmer’s slightly inaccurate…

Suffolk has definitely not had much rain, village greens are brown and there is no live grass on the verges. Today I was heading to Aldeburgh one of the more well known Suffolk towns. I spent the first half of the day walking dusty tracks to get to Dunwich. Dunwich was a large thriving medieval…

Another bright sunny and hot day as I left Lowestoft for Southwold. The coastal path here wes going to be a lot less coastal due to erosion and caravan sites.However I did have the blue and yellow arrows of the Suffolk Coastal path to guide me.Turned away from the coast it was in to the…

I was woken from my slumbers in the dunes by Freddie the dachshund, I knew he was called Freddie because his owner was trying to get him away from my tent. Freddie was very unhappy at finding a tent on his beach and was telling everyone so at the top of his voice. I opened…

The day started with thunder rolling over Cromer with steady rain. I left in a quiet spell between storms but was soon rather damp.The paths up the cliffs had turned into muddy streams which made climbing them tricky. When I reached the top I found the path was blocked by cliff erosion and a golf…

After a breakfast in Blakeney which is a smaller town but seems to have more boats than Wells, I returned to the coast itself to walk to Cromer.I had now got rid of the marshes but they were replaced with miles of shingle beach. Walking on shingle is tiring but I managed to find a…

Early start from my campsite to get to Wells for breakfast. The path switched and went through pine woods which did give some pleasant shade. However pine woods are not the most exciting of places and I was glad to reach Wells. Getting a cooked breakfast in Wells wasn’t as easy or indeed as cheap…

Departing ‘Sunny Hunny’ I set my course along the Norfolk Coast Path which was excellently signposted. In a real stroke of luck I met Jez who was also doing the Norfolk path but as he was recovering from a knee injury he was doing a lower mileage and more importantly our speeds matched.Walking with someone…

After my break in Kings Lynn it was time to get to back to the sea!The walk out of Kings Lynn was along the Great Ouse, passing through the docks, all quiet as it was Sunday.Then back onto the sea defences for more walking through apparently endless marshland.This path ended as I entered Sandringham Estate.…

A bright start to the day and I followed the Peter Scott way along the river Nene. Peter Scott was a pioneer conservationist who set up the Wildfowl Trust in my home village of Slimbridge, Gloucestershire which made it a nice reminder of home as I walked along it. However there was an even nicer…