Norfolk Coast Path - the Final Leg. Caister to Hopton-on-Sea. Ultralight Backpacking.
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 25 ม.ค. 2022
- In this video, I continue walking the final leg of the Norfolk Coast Path after a damp and cold night wild camping on the beach. Waking up to a stunning sunrise and bright blue skies, I make coffee and breakfast before packing away and hitting the trail for the last 10 miles to Hopton - the official end of the Norfolk Coast Path.
Passing Caister, with its deep history back to Roman times and home to one of Britains few remaining independent lifeboat stations, housed in the aptly name ‘Lifeboat Shed’, I continue first along the beach and then the dunes and finally into the busy sounds and sights of Great Yarmouth, one of the busiest coastal towns along the East Anglian coast.
This section of the walk is certainly not a highlight and is tough going as you trudge along miles of pavement and tarmac roads, but unavoidable in order to get back to the beach at Gorleston. A chippy lunch and I’m ready for the last couple of miles to the end of the trail. The power of the sea is ever present as I made my way along the back of the sea defences - the waves smashing into and over the huge ageing timber structure.
The end of the trail could be seen as a bit of an anticlimax - no board or sign to congratulate you on your achievement, no fanfare, no kiosk selling ice cream or even a pub with a refreshing cold pint of beer - just a trail sign giving you the distance back to Sea Palling. But that’s not what it’s really about - the reward is reflecting back on all the wonderful sights and experiences you have had along the way, the satisfaction of completing the walk - all 87 miles of it and the anticipation of the next trail, the next adventure and all that has to offer!
I hope you enjoy the video, thanks for watching!
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Sitting at home isolating with the family as we've all got the "C" word making hammocks that I'm unable to go and test! And then Simon shines a little Ray of sunshine on my sewing marathon.
Get well soon mate - all the best to you and yours - love the fact you’re making hammocks 👍😀
Get well soon.
atb to you and your family, get well soon!
So Sorry to hear 🥺, hope you & your family are doing okay 🙏.
Get well soon! And happy sewing!
I can no longer walk very much, so I really appreciate you taking us along, on your journey. I can't tell you how much better I feel; being taken along. Oh how I miss the simple pleasure of a nice walk. Thank you.
Thank you Linda - I’m glad the videos help you to come along, if only vicariously. As long as people keep enjoying them, I’ll keep filming them 😁
I wish America had fish and chip shops in every town .👍🏻😋
The twinkle in your eyes and the happiness on your face show that you really like these walks. Thank you so much for sharing them with us!
Yes simons videos will always lift your feelings and get you motivated !! well it helped me !!! X
All the videos are very much appreciated!
Amazing journey! You are so lucky to have documented this time on Earth.
Absolutely love watching these videos , On a 6 day wild camp trek to Norfolk tomorrow can’t wait !! Thanks for all you do Simon.
Fab Simon. 👍👍👍 The Sunrise and Photography in the first few minutes was especially pleasing. 🙂 Br, Gaz.
Great video , had a holiday in Hemsby 1972 , Interesting to hear you mention it have never been back since , thanks for.postjng, it was a varied adventure
As an American, I can only say . . . . DUDE, YOU ROCK!!!
Can't beat some tasty chips from and English chippy 👍🏻👌🏻👍🏻
Another great video. I've actually started listening to Zachariah Hickman, thanks to your videos. Love his music.
I like it here. You're a fine, respectable young man. Works and takes care of his 👪. 👍.
Silhouette of you, the ducks or geese in a v and the music 10/10 for a start to a video! 💪
Thanks Craig!
Hooray! Finally, something good in a mixed-up world...
Thanks for a great walk Simon, it’s been so nice. Plenty of tips and new gear for me to buy. Thank you again.
Your best video, fantastic 🤗👍🌊
Congrats Simon; a walk well done. Enjoyed the series, can’t wait for what’s next!
Thanks for doing this, Simon. I love these tours. Good stuff! 👍🙂🇬🇧
I am now housebound and I so enjoy being able to follow you walking along my beloved Norfolk coast. It's been so many years since I was able to do that but it was lovely to see it through your eyes. Thank you, bless you.
I cycled from near Bedford to Great Yarmouth as part of my Duke of Edinburgh's award back in - get this - 1983. I can honestly say, it was a dump back then too :-)
Thanks for showing us the British coast line and some great camping...
Hi Simon 😊 a brilliant last leg on this great trip you've taken us on, very atmospheric filming, and I couldn't wait till you left Great Yarmouth and picked up the edge of the coast again, this whole series has been just the greatest of pleasures to watch, and I for one can't wait to see what you bring for us next, full mark's ,mate. Many thanks, stay safe, best wishe's to you and your's, Stuart UK.
As you talked about the next walk, you got a twinkle in your eyes and cheeks got ruddy so I do believe it will be next...lolol....Thank you Simon for taking us along your walk. Lovely scenery along the way. Hope your home and warm and have a great week. Take Care and keep walking.👍👍👍👍👍
Nice one Simon brought back many many memories of Norfolk, I was born in Caister then I went away and join the army and I live in Wales now.Plenty of great walks over here, but unfortunately I’m in a wheelchair now. But I still manage to do while camping and go on many great adventures life never stops enjoy it.
Wonderful that you could “finish”, as if you’ll ever finish, in such great weather 😄👍
As always, enjoyable to watch. 👍✌🍻
Right off the bat, flock of Geese flying overhead. 1 minute in . Just like a coastal hike in Newfoundland Canada. Cheers brother!
Well done. Thanks for sharing this walk with us. Good job on conveying the dissonance of a 'long distance walk' passing through a concrete, urban, crowded area.
Thank you so much Simon for sharing your trip with us.
Your videos make Wednesdays a great day!
Simon your videos are always a pleasure to watch,the production and editing are first class.
Thank you.
Awesome!! 👍😎🇨🇦📷🌊 Thank you for sharing your "good, long walk!"
Great scenery! Beautifully filmed and scored! Simon, you looked positively radiant at the end with that giant grin! Thanks for taking us along. Looking forward to the next one!
Amazing content Simon!
Been eagerly awaiting for this episode. Great!
Wow. That aerial view what is outrageous
Great drone footage Simon. It's been a wonderful journey and a privileged to share it with you. I think the coastal path will be calling you toward Essex.
Just finished my tea put this on and then I see's a Sausage & Chips staring at me bet they were good on the beach. Love these walking Vid's yes you must complete the loop 👍😁
Thanks as always for taking us along Simon,atb
Well done simon, fabulous walk, we have some beautiful coastline to walk, you have earned a rest and dry your boots off ready for your next trip, thanks for showing us x
Great video fantastic scenery on our doorstep. Thanks Simon.
It's a good your not a fisherman! You'd never finish these walks🐟😂
Thanks for taking us with you buddy really enjoy your perspective.
Well done on finishing the last bit! Really enjoyed that, thank you Simon 👍
I have gotten into the habit now of watching your previous video on the day the latest one is released so that I always have one spare to watch :) Video gets liked every time even before watching. Great video as always Simon, so glad to have found this channel 2 years ago now. I hope you will continue to make them and the comments I leave now and then on videos (as well as all the other kind comments I see on your videos) will hopefully show you the appreciation to do so.
I wish we still had fish and chips here. Back in the 70's there were Arthur Trecher's fish and chips in California I would go there as much as my wife would let me. Thanks for the videos.
Big Country Vet: ' ...as much as your wife would let you...' Ya big wuss.😄
Thanks Simon for your awesome Norfolk coast path video thank you for sharing grate scenery from Norfolk coast enjoyed the video 👍
Really enjoyed the video. Some incredible photography. Thank you for sharing
Gotta corner of the lounge for my isolation days, just 'nuff space to walk along with Simon ( all 47 miles on one spot ha ha!). Definitely a sanity saver, thanks so much. Can't wait to see more of your treks and tips, and get out again myself. Great stuff
Great to see the end of this series was a high note. Looking forward to the next.
Fantastic journey on your walkabout along the coast Simon! Thanks for sharing the experience with us!
So awesome, wish I could do that hike 😃, bucket list I guess 😅, great adventure, looking forward to your next one and next video 🤙🤙🤙
Cracking video Simon enjoyed both video really enjoyable to watch excellent ☺👍
Big congratulations Simon, beautiful series, I've enjoyed it very much!
Great video again. Reminds me of all the holidays I had as a kid around that area.
Inspiring Simon. As I enter my fifties, I’m entering that crossroads in life of what to do next. The Norfolk coastal path look looks very likely. A wonderful series. Well done, and thank you very much for sharing your continuing adventures :)
I agree. If I didn't live in Canada and there weren't travel restrictions here, I seriously think I'd hop on a plane and do that footpath!
It’s well worth it! So much variety, and lots of good places to stay along the route if you don’t feel like roughing it 👍
Bravo, Simon! You made Yarmouth look good 😀
😂😂
Some top drawer cinematography in this episode, nice job 🙂
And well done for finishing. I must do Cornwall one day before I get too old.
Brought back wonderful memories of Great Yarmouth when in the UK 60-62. THANK YOU, Simon.
Really enjoyed these video's, I think I'll give it a crack, or a bit of it anyway...Thanks Simon...Subed.
Thank you Simon - we have really enjoyed this series and watched it again from the beginning before this final leg. Your enjoyment is contagious, even in wet weather, however, we are a bit concerned that you camp at the foot of those somewhat unstable cliffs, we would not want to see you as a 'news item' ! Hope Maggie is okay.
Another awesome video my good man beautiful scenery galore
Yeah definitely a little on the chilly side but absolutely gorgeous views
Great footage, as much as I love the woods you can't beat a coastal walk, it's all about the views, well-done. 👏
Thanks for taking us along. I look out of my window and I have snow and its cold. Just waiting for the summer. And then I will hike and bike and perhaps even boat
Simon a Bloke in the Woods… Norfolk’s very own Golden Nugget 🤩👍
keep it going Simon keep it going 👋💙
Brilliant series’s of videos, have thoroughly enjoyed watching them, they’ve been both entertaining and informative!
Great video! And I love the music you pick out, too. Thank you.
Well done video. Thanks for taking us along
Congratulations on the completion. Stay well. Thanks for sharing.
Looks absolutely stunning mate, I'll have to add it to the bucket list.
Great stuff sir. Beautiful coastal villages and coastline. I enjoyed the overhead view.
Great series of videos yet again! Just about to walk this hoping to do it over 4 days and some stealthy camps if the legs can manage . So I might not be leaving myself time to enjoy the scenery but restricted by time. Also thinking of doing it the wrong way but I don't think that will detract from it.
Thanks for some great tips and such interesting details always a joy to watch!!
1:12 is a scene on par with Hollywood's top cinematographers! The whole video really... well done as always, sir!
Thank you!
Great to see you complete the norfolk coast path cheers simon
I've always felt a little guilty watching your videos because I know how much work goes into shooting and editing them. They really are a gift. You've grown so much as a photographer, editor, and storyteller. Thank you.
Love walking in your shoes. At 74 I can only dream……
Marvelous intro! Nice videography
Great hike, very interesting. Another nice video. Greetings from Austria. Tom!
Seeing the seals made me binge watch Ocean Conservation Namibia (seals, seals and more seals)
SIMON, another great video!!! Brother you live in a great country!!!
Cracking video again Simon thanks for sharing 👍 😀
happy hump day all! Another great video Simon :)
Couldn’t wait for this one! Thanks Simon!!! You’re awesome!!
Epic ,well done Simon 👍🏻
Such a mellow show to subscribe to.
Well done sir , congratulations on completing the path .
Fantastic video. Have enjoyed watching the series.
The scenes of the tide crashing against the coastal defenses were spectacular!
Great 👍 love NN. Love the videos!
Brilliant. Thanks for sharing.
Loving your vids, Simon. Many thanks!
Thanks for sharing, Simon 👍
Congrats on completing your walk. Great Yarmouth: no longer the idyll of Ham and Peggoty.
Yessss! Forgot it's Wednesday! 😀
pleasure to watch mate.....long may your travels continue (with camera and us lot in tow obviously👍🤣)
worth a full rewatch of the whole journey before you add more on!
Great to see you finish the path. Would be brilliant to see you come and do the Suffolk coast 👍
love it five stars!
As someone once said to me through a car window in a traffic jam… ‘what’s so “Great” about Yarmouth’…
If I’d have done it before it changed,, I’d have said the end of the coastal path. 👍 Guess it’s another reason to get out and do it again. Great LDP/route
Keep at it 👊💥