Cromer Seaside/St. John’s Church, Aylmerton/Threave Castle

Traveling across northern England, from coast to coast, we took in a few scenic locations.

Cromer is a charming tourist destination on the Norfolk coast, known for the tasty Cromer crabs pulled from the North Sea. It is also a location featured heavily in a murder/mystery novel we’d been reading. Definitely worth a look and a delicious (gluten free) fish and chips dinner!

Also prominently mentioned in the same murder/mystery novel is the Church of St. John the Baptist in nearby Aylmerton. Built in the 13th century, this stone church has a bell tower shaped much like a chess piece!

We fleetingly crossed the border into Scotland to see the picturesque Threave Castle. Located on a small island in the middle of the River Dee (no, not the one in Wales), the castle is actually the remains of a fortress tower built in 1369. It’s also situated in a lovely birding sanctuary were peregrine falcons can often be seen.

Our beautiful campsite beneath a grove full of great tits (the birds - get your head out of the gutter)

A view of the Hotel de Paris Cromer from Cromer Pier

Taking in the seaside from the Cromer Esplanade

Lively tourist action in downtown Cromer

A beautiful sunset on the Cromer Pier

Another beautiful sunset at our next campsite

St. John the Baptist Church

The leaded glass and antique stone work of the church

An impressive entrance

View from the pulpit

Looking toward the altar

More modern stained glass adorns the window over the altar

Not all of the church has survived intact

Our site in an the RV park which was voted as having the nicest bathrooms by a national camping organization (they were really nice)

Threave Castle

After ringing a bell on the riverbank, a ferryman would usually come in this boat to take you across the river, but it was too flooded when we were there