Norfolk Coast Weekend, Seal Boat trip, Holkham Hall & coastal hike

Name: Norfolk Coast Weekend, Seal Boat trip, Holkham Hall & coastal hike
Start: 2021-11-12T16:00:00Z
End: 2021-11-14T16:00:00Z
Location: Wells-next-the-Sea

Hosted By

Malcolm

Norfolk Coast Weekend, Seal Boat trip, Holkham Hall & coastal hike

Details

Escape for a weekend to North Norfolk, a unique coastline of unspoilt, award-winning beaches. The award winning beach at Holkham is one of the most beautiful stretches of sand in the country.

Our weekend consists of hiking along Holkam National Nature Reserve, a walk around the Holkham Hall estate and a visit to the seal colony.

Our base is Wells-next-the-Sea, its harbour is sheltered by salt marshes from the open sea and was once one of the great ports of eastern England in Tudor times. Today the harbour is still used by sailing and crabbing boats.
Blakeney Point is a short distance along the coast and offers a long shingle spit providing shelter to a large tidal area and salt marsh and is hugely important for breeding and over-wintering birds.
Blakeney Point also provides a popular breeding ground for Grey and Common seals. The seal colony has between 500 to 800 seals that stay all year round. The grey seals have their pups during November and December. The seals move up with the incoming tide on to the end of Blakeney Point where we are able to see them at very close quarters from the boat.

FRIDAY

Arrive from 6 pm onwards, a cooked meal served at 8pm

SATURDAY
Breakfast

10 am Departure for 8m/13km hike along the coast at Blakney Nature reserve, passing through Stiffkey and Morston Salt Marshes.
Enroute we will stop at a cafe for lunch.
2 pm Depart by our privately charted boat to see the seals and make a brief visit to the scenic lifeboat house on Blakeney Point. Timings are critical and tide dependent.
On our return to Blakeney, we will return to the hostel by bus where we can enjoy an afternoon tea with cakes and relaxing before dinner.
7:30 pm Group evening meal

SUNDAY

Breakfast
Depart from the Hostel for a walk that will include the beautiful Holkham beach and the Holkham Estate.

ACCOMMODATION
Exclusively hired for our group.

FOOD
We pride ourselves on the quality of the food and endeavour to use the freshest ingredients.
Breakfast is always the most important meal of the day, which starts with a hearty porridge and cooked breakfast.

We provide all the ingredients for you to make your own sandwiches with a range of filling such as cheese, tuna, freshly cooked ham and salads. To complete your packed lunch there's fruit, crisps and snack bars available.

After returning from your hike, cakes are available with your afternoon tea.

Saturday dinner is a group event; members will help with some of the preparation whilst enjoying a glass of your favourite tipple and socialising. Dinner is usually served at 8 pm and includes a meat and a vegetarian dish.

GETTING THERE
This event start and end at the accommodation so you will need to arrange your own transport. If you want to lift share we recommend that you post a message on the Meetup “Discussion” page here:
https://www.meetup.com/EscapeYourEveryday/messages/boards/thread/53340434

Please do not post messages regarding lifts on the “Conversation” thread below as this generates spam for all participants of the event.

PRICE of £125 INCLUDES:

2 Nights accommodation
2 breakfasts
2 evening meals
A boat trip to the seal colony
Financial Consumer Protection
2 fully Guided hikes
Cakes, teas and coffees

Whats not included:
Transport to and from the start of the event
Alcohol

HOW TO BOOK YOUR PLACE:
RSVP on the event page. To book your place the payment of £125 must be paid by Bank Transfer to the following account:
Account Name: M P FIELD
Sort Code: 20-11-74
Account Code: 40691275
Reference: NORFOLK+(Your Meetup profile name)

Please send an email to malcolm@eyed.org.uk to confirm you have sent payment, detailing the following;