Coastwalk

Great Yarmouth → Hemsby

Distance: 6.9 miles
Ascent: unknown
Duration: 2 hours 20 minutes

Ooh, Las Vegas
« Lowestoft | Sea Palling »

I raced up the A12 after work and was walking by six o'clock: along the prom from the pier, past the Youth Hostel where I'd parked and on towards the open coast.

I anticipated more of what I'd already seen in Norfolk: wide sweeping beaches, driftwood and maybe a caravan park. What I didn't expect to find was Las Vegas.

The village was called California, but its long road of neon hinted at a desert town further to the east. I arrived at dusk when the noise, sound and smell of the amusement arcades carry the furthest.

Bemused, I continued north to Hemsby only to find more of the same. Toto, I don't think we're in Suffolk any more.