Whey Curd Farm Caravan Club CL
 What am I doing? I must be totally mad. It’s my favourite Caravan Club CL, and here I am about to share it with you.
It’s hard enough to get a pitch there now, but with you all heading off there its going to be even harder. Still you won’t all be going because two of the things that I love about it are that dogs and children are not allowed. Its not, I hasten to add, because the site owners don’t like dogs and children, but they have two dogs of their own and with the various bits of farm equipment around it might not be a safe environment for children. In my case it isn’t that I don’t like dogs and children but that in some cases I don’t like their owners.
Whey Curd Farm is in the little hamlet of Copys Green on the edge of Wighton in Norfolk, four miles from Wells-on-Sea. The caravan field, that is more like a lawn, is well set back from the very quiet road, with five huge well-defined pitches with electric. Bound on one side by a small stream, the views from all the pitches are over water meadows grazed by sheep, and in the distance is the Wells to Walsingham steam railway. If you are lucky you may see barn owls hunting over the meadows, and on each pitch there is a bird feeder hanging from a tree, which can be filled from the free supply of peanuts.
When the peace and quiet of the site get too much you can exchange it for the different peace and quiet of a mile and a half walk over the marshes at nearby Burnham Overy Staithe to the miles of golden sand on the beach. You will find it almost deserted except for an odd seal. On the way there are all the seabirds to watch on the deserted mud flats and inlets, including the Little Egret that is getting well established in North Norfolk now.
 Near to Burnham Overy is Burnham Thorpe where Nelson grew up and there is an interesting exhibition about his life in the church, and if you fancy being posh go to Burnham Market, known locally as Chelsea on sea, where on a Saturday you can’t move for Chelsea tractors. There is a very nice delicatessen there though.
Moreston is the place to go to watch people messing about in boats or to take a boat trip out to see the seals on Blakeney Point.
Just along the road from Copys Green is the Shrine of Our Lady at Little Walsingham that is a major centre for pilgrimage at Easter, and if you should be in Norfolk in May the azaleas at Sheringham Park are a wonderful sight. Holkham Hall with its bygones exhibition is well worth a visit, but for me the real attraction of this part of the Norfolk coast are the miles of golden sand backed by the windswept marshes.
As I said, what am I doing telling you about it?
Jenny Sargeant |
