But first I had to get there which is not an easy task when you're from the states and they require that you drive on the left hand side of the road. It was 165 miles to our next town and I got to drive on freeways at 70MPH and one lane country roads where I had to squeeeeeeze over to allow another car to pass.
They had this amazing set of cameras set up on the Motorways that would keep all of the drivers driving the speed limit. We never saw a police car in the 4 hours we were on the road today.
Anyway, driving is sometimes just playing follow the leader. Its the getting on and off the motorway on the left side that gets a little dicey. There certainly isn't any boredom in the driving. Now, if I can only relax my grip on the steering wheel I might actually enjoy the drive.
We arrived safely and with minimal wrong turns thanks to the GPS.
We checked into our Bed and Breakfast (that's ours, #52) and dropped off our luggage before heading out into town.
We drove up and down the Strand before stopping at Merrivale Model Village to see the miniature town setup on a couple of acres.
Evidently they are big gamblers in this area since there were lots of establishments with coin games in them. Names like Flamingo, Showboat, Circus Circus, and the Majestic bring to mind Las Vegas casinos.
There was a place called Yesterday's World Exhibition that we wanted to see but they closed the entrance an hour before they actually closed. Maybe tomorrow.
We found the tower Karen had read about and went up for $2 pounds each
The weather was bad all afternoon so our views were just that good.
There is the roller coaster way down there wrapped in light blue steel.
We had a less than mediocre dinner at Sara's Tea Room of Fish and Chips and a Cheeseburger. It was one of those times when "recommended" didn't work for us.
Karen had read that Great Yarmouth was one of the many cities that had a Jubilee Celebration torch. It was supposed to be in the Anchor Park but we couldn't find any mention of the park on the city map. We found it from our tower! There were anchors cut into the grass.
So we drove over to the park and found the torch as well.
The town also had a series of canals about 3 blocks long between the strand and the ocean that rentable boats could travel on. It wasn't the season yet and things were a bit overgrown but we were told it is a very popular thing to do in the summer.
In the last shot are those white birds, one with
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Nope, them are ducks! or birds. But they ARE white. We've seen a lot of swans where we would usually see ducks only here in England. What I mean is that we rarely see swans in Seattle but we see as many swans as we do ducks here in England.
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