The North Norfolk coast
Today was a long session with Gill on the Norfok coast, starting in Morston. The village of Morston is close to the villages of Blakeney and Cley-next-the-Sea. It is famous for its salt marshes. Like its neighbour Blakeney, Morston used to be a major port 400 years ago, but is now only used by a small number of fishing boats, leisure craft and the regular seal watching trips. So, what photographs can we take? I must admit that I found it difficult to start with but I did finish with some images that I thought said something about the place as it is now. Large numbers of small craft lined the banks I loved the detail in this rusty chain laying amongst the green foliage and mud As can be seen in these images, the tide was definitely out. It would be intersting to compare with a high tide. If you could reach the same areas of course. The whole area of salt marshes was full of these pools amidst the beautiful Sea Lavender. I loved the cracked mud feature at the base of them. A couple more ...