The sale of the Norfolk bungalow proceeds at glacial pace, as such things tend to of course. We managed some important stuff though - like finding a new home for the little Austin J40 pedal car:
Also managed to get the little wooden dinghy varnished and looking nice and shiny. The weather was so kind to us - a couple of consecutive dry and warm(ish) days.
What else have we been up to? Well, wandered around Great Yarmouth and figured that the word Great has no place there. Such a sad dump now with al the old seaside guest houses turned into bedsit city for people who tend not to work but have lots of pit bull terriers / roll-up cigarettes. Lovely. Even some of the beautiful old seafront buildings on the "golden mile"are decaying now. This is the 1878 built Winter Gardens that arrived in the town around 1903 after initially being erected in Torquay and failing there commercially too! Kind of empty with weeds growing inside it now but as a listed building, We guess they will have to do something to restore it to its former glory soon before it rots away:
The tourist pier entrance looks as tacky as ever:
The type of visitor the place attracts is nicely summed up by this fast food fascia. Wonder if they spotted the irony in the UK bit, considering what they offer:
Returning to Penarth, it was so good to hand back the Astra estate hire car with the horrid clonky gearbox (apparently they are all like that) and get back to walking everywhere and life afloat. This weekend, we have John and Tina visiting us. Yes girls, John is the one with the knees / legs from the Falmouth update. Cannot promise any more enticing leg pictures for you though - I think it will be a touch cold for shorts. More info to follow.....
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