Norwich; Sunday, 27 June, 2021

I was up early again as I needed to get the train out to the North Norfolk coast (as apposed to the East Norfolk coast I’d visited the previous day). I caught an early train out to Cromer and then walked the 15 minutes or so out of town to Amazona.

Amazona is a small zoo that focuses exclusively on South American animals, including a couple of Pumas, Jaguas, Ocelots as well as various birds, monkeys, reptiles and a large collection of Patagonian Mara’s – a cross between a very large rabbit and a small deer – that roam around the zoo freely. I spent quite a bit of time exploring the zoo and taking in the numerous exhibits, so long that it was pretty much lunchtime by the time I made it back to the café at the entrance, so I grabbed a quick lunch there before starting my walk back into town.

It looked like most of the world had descended on Cromer for the afternoon as I made it back into town, as all the car parks were full and the roads were close to gridlocked. I had a bit of a wander along the seafront at cliff-top level, rather then descending down to beach level or the pier, as I only had a bit of time before my booked slot at the Cromer Museum.

The museum is located in a former fisherman’s cottage, just back from the cliff edge and covers a wide range of topics. The museum has a display on parts of a mammoth that was discovered just a couple of miles up the coast. Much like the Dorset coast, this part of the world is a perfect place to go hunting for fossils, though in Norfolk’s case they are from a later age with the bones of mammoth, Rhinos and hippos being found rather than dinosaurs.

Having taken in the museum I had a bit more of a wander around the town centre before it was time to head back to the station and catch my train back into Norwich. From the station I had a wander back along the river and then up through the grounds of the Cathedral, which stretch for a long way down to the river. I arrived at the Cathedral just as an afternoon service was finishing, so I had a look round the cloister before heading into the church itself once the service had finished.

After looking round the cathedral I wandered back through the city centre heading back to the hotel to freshen up.

As I had to work out of the hotel in the morning I decided to book a dinner and breakfast meal deal for the Sunday evening/Monday morning, which meant that I didn’t have to go very far to get dinner.