Castle Rising Castle, Hunstanton and Heacham

Castle Rising Castle

On October 15th we headed to Castle Rising Castle. It is up north of us on the way to the coast. The castle was fun to explore and the weather was great. I had us all dressed warm because I thought it was going to be freezing, but it was beautiful!

Alissa loves to be in all the windows and alcoves for pictures.

The stairs up from the "banquet" room

Alissa in a fireplace, maybe?

Blake feeling tall:)

The perfect seat

Rapuzel and her prince, or Remi and Broden

This room had tons of windows. It was beautiful the architecture and everything.

More of these crazy stairs.

Remi helping Alissa down the steep stairs.

Exploring outside the castle

After the castle we headed to the beach. On the way we stopped at a little country store and bought a little baked cake. I think they called it apple bread. I was expecting something like banana bread, but it was more like a cake. Delish!!! Blake and the kiddos love the candy stores, but my weak spot is definitely the baked goods.

We went to the down of Hunstanton and drove through trying to decide where to park and what to do. We parked and Blake took the older kids to the beach, and I walked through the shops in town. Then I headed back down to the beach to enjoy the nice afternoon withe everyone. It was so pretty there. The tide was out so we go to find shells and explore.

Broden showing our shells to the people passing by.

Blake and his girls

Remi and Broden

Look at the colors of those cliffs. They were so pretty. You couldn't see them unless you walked down stairs or a ladder to get to the beach below the cliffs. We drove through the town on top of the cliff and had no idea it was so pretty just below us.

Blake and Parker

Alissa, posing. She loves to pose and I love to take her pictures

Blake and I holding hands, being silly:)

Eventually we left the beach at Hunstanton and headed to Heacham. In our "Back Roads of Great Britain" book it says you can watch the sunset from there, even though it is technically the "East Coast". It is in an inlet, so the sun actually sets over the water. It took us forever to actually find the beach and both Parker and Alissa were asleep so Blake stayed in the car, while Remi Broden and I ran to the beach to see the sunset. We got to the top of the hill just after the sun set. It was still beautiful though. We'll have to go back again for the real sunset. Another amazing day.