Hunstanton, England
I took a trip to England to visit my friend Stephanie, from Sunday September
21st to Tuesday September 30, 2025.
2025 England Pictures
Part 1: Hunstanton (37 pictures)
Part 2: Rising Castle (41 pictures)
Part 3: Ely (9 pictures)
Part 4: Dover Town and Cliffs (45 pictures)
Part 5: Dover Castle (136 pictures)
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Cambridge (sort of)
While I spent time in Cambridge, explored some things, biked around town,
and hiked around some areas, I didn't really take any pictures of those
things. I didn't feel like lugging my camera, plus I've ben to Cambridge
before and have taken
quite a few Cambridge
pictures already.
That said, I did take two pictures. One was a group photo of the
there of us (me, Stephanie, and Newman). The second was the throw rug
that was in the guest bathroom. Newman got it while traveling in some
middle-eastern country. He found it fascinating, as did I. I don't think
it's anti-US, but is trying to convey what happened on Sept 11, 2001 by
someone who doesn't really know English and is reproducing English letters
as best as one can, in the form of a rug. Like me trying to to draw
something less familiar than Greek or Cyrillic, but less complicated
than Chinese (peraps Korean?), but using a rug as the medium.
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A fascinating bathroom rug likely not intented to be
offensive or anti-US.
The Wash Esstuary in Hunstanton
The Wash
is a large bay on the east coast of England that is an estuary.
It's tidal, so at low tide, there's not a lot of water there—as in
it's mostly sand and rocks, puddles, and grounded boats. There are
some amphibious boats that have monste-truck tires and were happily
driving along the sand and puddles in the distance. They looked odd.
Stephanie, Newman, and I walked out on the "beach"
(read: rocks). The cliffs there are striking, with limestone
on the bottom (reddish) and chalk on top (white), reminiscent of the
Gay Head/Aquinnah Cliffs on Martha's Vineyard.
The beach close to land was very rocky. The tide is known to come in
rapidly and people have died from poor planning. We limited our time
there and made sure there were exit points nearby.
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Panoramic view of The Wash below us.
Note the grounded boats in the distance.
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Some evolutionary missinng link between boats and cars.
A sort of lungfish boat.
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An amphibious boat (The Wash Monster)
with an open bow-door.
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Boats that don't have tires, grounded on The Wash until
the tide returns.
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I don't really know what this does. Maybe it stops
rocks from piling up.
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Panoric view of The Wash with grounded
boats. It wasn't that dark out.
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Newman not marking his (new) territory.
(I think he was checking his phone.)
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Two people on the beach in the distance with wind turbines
in the far distance.
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The seawall that protects Hunstanton from eroding away
too quickly.
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Stephanie and Newman (and a seagull) on The Wash estuary.
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Silhouettes of the (temporarily) grounded ships on The Wash.
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A panoramic shot of the
two-tone Hunstanton Cliffs.
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A closer shot of the Hunstanton Cliffs of limestone
topped by chalk.
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A shell in the rocky sand in the extended low tide
beach at The Wash.
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Rocks near, and wind turbines in the distance by The Wash in
Hunstanton.
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Rocks and sand extending out to where some water remains at
low tide at The...(more)
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Stones and shells on the beach at low tide at The Wash.
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A bit of water remains in places at low tide by The Wash.
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More rocks at low tide in The Wash. Shoes are recommended.
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Close to the rocks by Hunstanton Cliffs, with white chalk
and red limestone.
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Limestone rock with the beach in the distance at The Wash.
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I'm assuming the grey rocks are bits of concrete left over or
from the seawall.
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I set my camera on the stairs for the remote-triggered
picture of us.
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Newman with Stephanie pulling me into the frame as I
try to trigger the camera.
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More rocks, then sand, at the beach at low tide by The Wash.
Espanade Gardens
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Thisle plants (I think) in the Esplanade Gardens in Hunstanton.
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Thisle plants (I think) in the Esplanade Gardens in Hunstanton.
2025 England Pictures
Part 1: Hunstanton (37 pictures)
Part 2: Rising Castle (41 pictures)
Part 3: Ely (9 pictures)
Part 4: Dover Town and Cliffs (45 pictures)
Part 5: Dover Castle (136 pictures)
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