Norfolk Coast Path

                                                  Monday

                                        Early clear bright skies;

                                     Clouds  roll in but disappear

                                         Leaving evening calm.

The Wold Way leads us on to where St Edmund's Chapel stands

Then off across the dunes to trek the miles and miles of sand

Before The Lifeboat for light lunch - oysters & whitebait -

Which was worth it, though we had a fair old time to wait

Considering they were not full, but no one seemed to worry,

You'd think we're all on holiday, so no one's in a hurry.

Larks across the dunes

Scared by our approach

Rise, dip, soar

Till high above

They sing their safety

Laughing at our plodding

Earthbound plight.

A muntjac deer

Ambles round the golf course brush

Unseen pheasants squall to warn us off

Across the ploughed field

Hares circle

A pair of quail who dip and dive

Then lope away

To fade

Against the dark earth of the bank.

Brian Hick April 2012

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