A walk from Blakeney to Morston (and back)

 I have been living in Norfolk for over ten years and this is what I've always promised myself to do - a walk from Blakeney to Morston. 

During the summer, North Norfolk is heaving with holiday makers but in the winter - it's almost deserted at which the best time for me to explore.

Only a couple of disadvantage things about exploring the place in the winter are - much shorter days and unpredictable weather.

When I left home at around 14:00ish it was warm and sunny - but I got Snoopy to put jacket on anyway - just in case. It turned out I was absolutely right. I got here at 14:30 and it was freezing. The sun was out but it was so incredibly windy and the wind was icy cold!

Blakeney is a old fishing village by the salt march - I think the sea is a way away. It's very quaint, very English. I feel like it is in the middle of these lovely fishing villages where you can either have a long walk to Cley, Salthouse and Weybourne if you turn to the right and to Morston and Wells next the Sea if you go to the left - the choice is yours!

You can also choose to have a short walk, almost 3 miles there and back to Morston like I did today or a longer walk to Wells next the Sea (not sure how much longer) or a really long walk to Weybourne or even further to Sheringham, Cromer or Overstrand! It's incredible.

The walk to Morston is a good walk and the path is solid and more shelter and less muddy than the way to Cley. I know this because I got lost a little way on the path to Cley and had to turn back. I think it's less scenic this way but still a very nice walk. The thing is the weather had changed almost as soon as I got there - the sun was gone and the salt marsh became a bit bleak. 

I still found it incredible though. I love these flat and vast East Anglia sky - it's so flat you can see right to the horizon. I was told I had to come to see the sunset and that was my intention but there was no sun to be seen when I got there.

Get back to this vast, enormous sky - it looks so dramatic. It also makes me feel so overwhelmed. I believe I can send a message to the universe - even on a very cloudy day.

I think it took me about half an hour to walk from Blakeney to Morston, although the dog, Snoopy kept stopping either to have a sniff, a wee and a poo every 20 seconds. Well, it's a lie - I eventually let him off lead as I saw some other dog owners let their dogs loose. I wasn't sure if we were allowed to. I think the ground birds nesting season has finished and dogs are okay to be loose.

Morston is another small fishing village which is even quieter and smaller than Blakeney. I think it only has one pub and not a single shop! But, oh, I love it that way - I wish these places in North Norfolk would never ever change. I want it to remain quaint forever and ever. 

Morston quay has a visitor centre - where you can get some refreshment and book a seal trip. But the cafe was closed at 14:00 so no hot chocolate for me. Snoopy had a drink and snack but refused to get up to the observatory deck. 

So after 5 minutes rest, we headed back to Blakeney. It was 15:30 and started to get dark. There were some people still walking back from Blakeney and some walking in the same direction as me - so it wasn't scary. Most of them were dog owner and the guy who walked back to Blakeney with me had a little dog. He comes from Leicester and has a holiday home in Blakeney 😒 Obviously rich and posh - I have no grudge against posh people. it's only ruined a bit of my romanticise these little fishing villages as quaint and backwater. 

These villages are actually for posh people - I have no problem with that either. But I like to think of them as quaint with jolly fishermen. Please note that people here, either the locals or holiday makers are very, very nice and polite. 

I'm going to consider myself as a local because I live here and although people usually think I'm a tourist from China! I'm only 15 miles down the road and this is my third visit to Blakeney ( the other two were very brief visit) Just to say, I have not been on holiday aboard this year - I decided to staycation and to spend quality time with my dog, Snoopy who is in his mature year. Only that I had a car problem when I was supposed to be on annual leave for 2 weeks so I couldn't go anywhere but my back garden.

As I live here I don't have to pay £300 for a single bedroom per night at the romantic Blakeney Hotel. I'd love to though. It looks sooooo romantic. I just love those lamp lit windows! £300 a night for a single room is more than I paid for a 3 nights hotel in Central Paris! I AM SO LUCKY to enjoy it here - rent free - well... if you know what I mean.

Our lives in English countryside: Blakeney Quay (briefly visit) เรื่องราวของเราในชนบทอังกฤษ เบลคนีย์

Check out the video I made on YouTube - although I speak Thai - my first language but there is English subtitle 

And come to visit North Norfolk.....if you love anything quaint and English like I do ...before it's gone - hopefully it won't ....😙Norfolk coastal path: Blakeney to Morston with Snoopy