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The Haven - only a building, but a quite nice one really |
High quality linen and towels provided for the most snugglesome tactile experience. Egyptian cotton sheets and feather and down duvets heighten the sensory stimulation to a frenzy. Thank goodness there's the view over the green from your bed to massage the back of your eyes. |
| Alison: 01263 585022 or text/phone 07815928977 email: havencottage@hotmail.com |
| When you fancy eating out, the splendid Crown Hotel is fifty yards from the front door. Chris, the owner has become somewhat of a celebrity chef recently so you have to get in early for a table. Being so close you've got a head start though. And then, also on the green, is the Globe, which is also very good, but to be honest there so are many splendid places to eat and hang out we're a bit spoilt. There's a wish list below. |
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Downstairs the Haven has a gas range cooker, a washing machine, fridge, toaster, Rayburn, microwave, TV, DVD, CD, shower and toilet. Upstairs the bathroom and three bedrooms, two double beds, two single beds. High chair and travel cot for those with little ones. And there is a small garden at the front for watching the trees on the green in the evening sun.
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The Haven in the centre of the Buttlands
View from The Haven bedrooms
upstairs layout showing the large number of doors
High tide, East Quay, Wells.
The
Wonders of North Norfolk
I've listed below
those I can think of but I know there are many more.
Places of interest
Pubs: (with excellent food)
The Crown, The Buttlands, Wells (30 yards away to the left)
The Globe The Buttlands, Wells (30 yards away to the right)
Three Horseshoes at Warham
The Victoria at Holkham - Raj style splendor
Red Lion at Stiffkey
Morston Hall - always posh
White Horse - Blakeney
Host Arms - Burnham Market. Traditional pub frontage stuffed with posh people.
Food:
Wells Deli www.wellsdeli.co.uk
Albatros: Dutch pancakes and more on a historic sailing ship at Wells quayside
Wells Tandoori - Indian restaurant
Fish and Chips on the quay.
then slightly further away:
Cookes (pronounced Cookies): fantastic smoked fish
alfresco at Salthouse
Picnic Fayre - Cley (pronounced Clay)
Arkwrights Cafe on Cley Beach
Wells and Cley Smoke House - Delicious Smoked Fish
Days Out:
Boat trip on Liverpool class lifeboat by the Harbour office
Albatros - Sailing trip into the North Sea www.albatros.eu.com
Wells and Walsingham Light Railway - steam train to Walsingham for good pubs ,
tea shops and Icons. (Oh and shrines)
Holkham Estate - House and lake and extensive grounds to roam. See the plant nursery is set in a huge walled garden.
Seal Trips at Morston - see seals lolling about at Blakeney point
Titchwell Marsh - Bird Spotting. The migration of the pink footed goose in
winter.
West side of Holkham grounds - pick your own fruit. Plums, apples,
gooseberries, blackcurrants, strawberries.
Bird Spotting - new eco-centre and cafe at Cley marshes
Cley Windmill
Made in Cley-Pottery
Circular Walks:
Straight to Wells beach. East to Holkham beach. Inland to Victoria Pub.
Inland through Holkham estate and follow paths to the east. Come out in Wells
town. Distance 8 miles.
Wells to Stiffkey coastal path, Red Lion Pub. Inland to Warham, Three Horseshoes Pub. Stagger to Wells. Distance unknown
Sailing courses:
Oceanus, Wells-next-the-Sea
Blakeney Point Sailing school
Burnham Overy Staithe
Morston
Pots:
Cley Pottery
Shops:
Many local independent shops in the town including a fine butcher and veg
shop and
Nobby's For Value - Not just a discount food shop but a cultural icon
This is a still from a brilliant documentary.
The ship is Albatros, a 108 year old Dutch Klipper. Her captain, Ton Brouwer, is as rugged and nautical as a barnacle's bottom. www.albatros.eu.com