ENGLAND, Norfolk, Hunstanton to Wells Next The Sea Bus Route 36

[@spinningbackspin]

From Jacksonville, Fl, here. I read many UK mystery novels that take place in Hunstanton, Kings Lynn and Norfolk. It's a pleasure to take a trip through many of those old novels. Great experience.

[@leslaw210]

Hi Jim. I'm glad to have put places to cases for you.

[@clivehammond3213]

Hi les I'm from Cambridge

[@leslaw210]

@@clivehammond3213 Hi Clive. I was in Cambridge yesterday (23/04/22). I shot video of the Bedford to Cambridge bus and the Cambridge to St. Ives Guided Busway. I actually shot that as far as Huntingdon but that bit is dull so won't make it into the final thing - I call it the 'thing' because words like 'final cut' seem a bit too pretentious for my little home movies.

[@gazza2933]

Fantastic! From across The Wash. Days like these again folks. Beautiful Norfolk. Thank you for this. 👍 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

[@leslaw210]

Thank you for viewing. I made a video of the bus from Skegness to Chapel St. Leonards last year. I also tried to make one of the Lincoln Open Top bus but got rained off. kzbin.info/www/bejne/fpemnX-pgM-ksMk

[@richyclubsport5155]

Love the Norfolk coast, not far from me, so visit regularly, relatively unspoiled, fabulous beaches, resteraunts and pubs.

[@leslaw210]

I used to work all along the Norfolk and Suffolk coasts and travelled this road a lot. Loved it. Thanks for watching.

[@richardherbert9320]

THANKS SO MUCH for the video! Love that entire area on the route!

[@leslaw210]

Just saw your comment. Thank you. .

[@bridgetteparker5149]

The North Norfolk Coast is one of our favourite areas so really enjoyed watching. Thanks for sharing😊

[@leslaw210]

Thank you for watching. I was fortunate that particular bus was a double decker with a clean front window. Lynx of Kings Lynn are excellent. On Sanders Coaches, the other company on the route, the front windows are not so clean so I have had to video through side windows. I have videoed the entire route from Kings Lynn to Cromer and back and will be posting shortly. It would have been better without the reflections from the window and the air-conditioning made such a horrible noise I had to transfer the sound from other bus videos I have made, so not perfect.

[@danman4633]

Little train at Wells closing, Holkham Estate unwilling to renew lease, they claim train not suitable for today's visitors, my kids loved the train.

[@leslaw210]

There is a petition to try to save the railway. Not sure if organisations such as Holkham Estate ever take notice of the wishes of ordinary people, but here it is: www.change.org/p/holkham-estate-to-stop-the-closure-of-wells-next-the-sea-railway?signed=true

[@johnmasters504]

now closed, to be replaced by a vintage bus and an electric bus..

[@patriciaowen6243]

We had caravans at Wells next the sea...and as a child visited every year. Thankyou for the bus ride it was really 😍 lovely. Went with my daughter a few years ago and it brought back so many memories. Visited Holcolm Beach and I was so disappointed in the state of it. I had bragged about it for years and what a let down. I didn't know it was run by an estate, they need to clean it up.

[@leslaw210]

@@patriciaowen6243 Hi Patricia. We used to camp at Pinewoods but it's gone 'upmarket'. I think it is owned by Holkham Estates and I'm not a fan of theirs. I agree with you about Holkham beach. I also raved about it to friends and was disappointed with how it has become when I visited with them. Needless to say, they weren't very impressed either.

[@patriciaowen6243]

@Nicky L no went a few years ago and stayed outside Yarmouth in a cottage. Brought back lovely memories of when I was a child in Wells Next The Sea, Holkham beach Holcolm Hall.. Gorgeous part of the world.

[@louisanthonywong]

Beautiful part of the country. Great vid. 👍🏻👍🏻

[@leslaw210]

Thank you. I just stuck a camera on the window - the bus (and driver) did the work

[@MervynPartin]

The view from the top of the bus is much better than the view from a car, with all the high hedges. I use the Lynx buses occasionally and they do provide a very good service to Lynn. As you can see from the video, however, the roads are not very good (in fact they are bloody awful and clogged up with the cars of second home owners), but the bus drivers do a great job.

[@leslaw210]

I have to agree that all of the Lynx bus drivers I travelled with did a good job - more than that they were friendly and helpful. I live in the middle of England and some of the drivers I encounter on a day to day basis could learn plenty from Lynx drivers regarding service and courtesy. Some not all. That said I do consider bus driving to be one of the most underrated jobs. We do often take the drivers skills for granted.

[@busouting]

Excellent bus ride, thoroughly enjoyed it. Good job👍

[@leslaw210]

Cheers. Thank you for taking the time to comment

[@nenadmaric463]

What a ride! It reminds me of some of my routes. Great video. I found the entire line 36 on the map. Thank you for this wonderful ride.

[@leslaw210]

I have enjoyed your Rijeka bus videos also. Cheers me duck!

[@petejohnson8590]

Wells- next - the sea was my home town, loved it there now retired in France 🇫🇷 👍😁

[@leslaw210]

Wow, from one great place to another. Where in France? I travel a lot, all over Europe but I especially like France. Going to Beziers and the coast next month.

[@maryhairy1]

I have walked all this area at different times. I must say it is brilliant to have oneself driven.

[@leslaw210]

Hi Maryanne. Many (very many) years ago I used to drive this road in my lorry. It would have been much easier to have driven home to the middle of England using other roads, but no where near as interesting and attractive. The double decker bus ride we used for this video gives a different perspective to the journey ... obviously, I guess.

[@maryhairy1]

@@leslaw210 well, I for one, certainly enjoyed the ride after all the walking I’ve done along this road

[@joebarrett4353]

Beautiful route and countryside. Thanks for showing it to us. Now I want to be on that bus!

[@leslaw210]

Hi Joe. The 36 starts in Kings Lynn, so the Hunstanton - Wells bit is just a part of the route. Having passed by Kings Lynn many times I had a good look around last year and it is an interesting town. Should you ever take the bus it is operated by both single and double deckers so it pays to bide your time. The continuing route, CH1 from Wells to Cromer is probably even better but it is mostly single deck buses.

[@Louisa93able]

Thanks Les for going to all the trouble to share this on KZbin; much appreciated.

[@leslaw210]

Hi. Is Britt your real name? Wicked if it is. Glad you enjoyed the trip.

[@Louisa93able]

@@leslaw210 Sorry to disappoint; it's just my KZbin name.

[@TheByard]

Thanks for bringing two memories back for me of both ends of you journey. Hunstanton. Back in the 1980s I delivered a WWII motorcycle sidecar unit for the TV film series Tales of the Unexpected, film on the sands to resemble a desert scene and the statue of salt. My brother had supplied several army vehicles and a crew to drive and look after them. Wells Net The Sea. I bought a Dunkirk Little Ship in 1995 and decided to take her visit where she was built in 1930 at Castleford, Yorkshire. We sailed up the East Coast and then inland up the Humber, and the Aire and Caulder. On the return we decided to call into WNTS for the night, called the Harbour master on VHF and was told to wait for the tide to clear the sand bar, later we followed a fishing boat into Harbour, he was too quick for us and we then tried to pick out the buoys leading us through the sand banks. Several did not have lights working and we touched bottom and had to go astern to get off, but with the HM help we made it to the high wall. HM loaned us a ladder and helped us moor, in time to test several pints in the nearby pub. The next morning it was no problem to find the buoyed course out to sea and back to the River Medway. Lazy Days spent 3 days in 1940 help rescue troops off the beach to larger craft offshore, returning to Ramsgate fully loaded with bullet hole near the waterline. She spent the rest of the war on parachute mine patrol of the Thames Estuary. I sold LD after 15 years trying to keep her afloat, her new owners have done even more. Check out ADLS.org.uk >lazy Days. Thanks again for stirring up my brain, at 77 it takes a bit of stirring.

[@leslaw210]

Thank you for sharing your memories. Great read.

[@kennyc3670]

We stayed in a holiday cottage just outside Hunstanton for a week. Lovely clean town. Plenty of places to visit along the north Norfolk coastal road all the way to Cromer. At the very start of this video there is a green with a pub in the background. Many hours spent sitting outside there in the blazing sunshine having a pint or two and gazing out to sea! Happy days.😃😃

[@leslaw210]

Sadly my days of a pint or one, let alone two, are over. Part of your gaze out to sea would be to where the pier was until it was destroyed in a storm in 1978. I had just bought a house there and a fair bit of the pier ended up in the front room. We never moved in and sold it pretty quickly!

[@kennyc3670]

@@leslaw210 Les, sorry to hear of your misfortune in '78. We went there, must be 12 years ago now, and I still vividly remember sitting outside that pub in the sun, drinking a pint and enjoying the view. Hope you're doing ok now. All the best, Ken.

[@leslaw210]

@@kennyc3670 Hi Ken. I have gotten to my ripe old age by not considering anything to be a misfortune. We got what we paid for the house and bought somewhere else, no problem. Mind you I wouldn't mind getting the value of it now, it's one of those big houses along from the joke shop. We paid next to nothing for it. I have a lady friend who is virtually blind, which is great for me because I can tell her I'm a good looking geezer and she will never know the truth. She likes to sit where you describe because she can just about make out the sea, which she can't do very well anywhere else. Cheers.

[@allylou8514]

Really pretty looks clean to and lush greenery

[@leslaw210]

Cheers.

[@doreenlloyd4885]

Can't watch this. My favourite place, but it makes me too homesick.

[@leslaw210]

Sorry about that my dear.

[@jamiewilson5679]

Some absolutely cracking country pubs on that route.💚💛👍

[@leslaw210]

Hi Jamie. I'm not allowed to drink alcohol anymore so the pubs are lost on me. The young lady, less than half my age, who travelled with me on that bus, more than made up for my lack of pub custom - she agrees with you.

[@lesleymoven4776]

Hi both🙋🏻‍♀️so nice to travel by bus sometimes,especially coastal villages👌thanks for showing us this route…. Look forward to many more🚎,happy to sub…there is a walk we want to do next time we are down that way,at burnham overlay staithe, so knowing the bus route is so helpfull…cheers

[@leslaw210]

Hi Lesley (from Les). I'm an old guy so get to travel by bus in England for nothing. I spent most of my retirement travelling Europe with Ryanair, never paying more than £10 a flight. The current situation put a stop to that but opened my eyes to our own country and I find that the best way to sightsee is by bus, especially double deckers, as we can see things that cannot be seen from a car. Also, a very big added bonus is that one meets interesting people when travelling on public transport. As an example a bus driver in Rijeka, Croatia contacted me after I travelled on his bus and we write each other regularly, Here is one of his videos. kzbin.info/www/bejne/qJjJY3ecfa15nck I am working on other videos. I have to shoot most of them from side windows as the front windows are mostly too messy to film through, sadly. As you will see I don't have many subscribers so thankyou for your sub. Lack of subscribers doesn't bother me. I do this for my own pleasure and it's a bonus if it pleases anyone else. Kind words from lovely people, such as yourself, increase the pleasure immeasurably.

[@MervynPartin]

@@leslaw210 I don't often watch or film bus videos, being more railway oriented, but there is an occasional gem like this one along a road that I know quite well (from car seat level). I agree most heartedly with your sentiment here about filming for your own pleasure, as I do. So many travel videos now appear on KZbin purely for income, often duplication of what has already been done. If Lesley Moven happens to read this comment, there are definitely some lovely places to walk in the area. We often used to walk alongside Wells Harbour to the beach which is really nice, but the whole of the North Norfolk coast has something to offer. Regards.

[@leslaw210]

@@MervynPartin Thank you for your kind words. My videos are just little inconsequential 'home movies' that I occasionally chuck up here. If anybody enjoys them that is very pleasing but I'm not into all this 'Hi guys, hit the like button and subscribe' stuff. That said I do think that KZbin is wonderful for enabling far more creative people than myself to find an audience and much of their output is, in my opinion, often as good as or even better than that of professionals. Then we get real gems such as Bald and Bankrupt and Itchy Boots who, again in my opinion, take things to a whole new level.

[@rosieHolliday5887]

Such a pretty bus journey.

[@leslaw210]

Thank you for your comment. It is a lovely journey and we were fortunate to be on a double decker. I am hoping to go to Kings Lynn to video the route from there to Hunstanton shortly.

[@ajlook5457]

Really enjoyed that ride, beautiful part of the world. Also subscribed

[@leslaw210]

Cheers. The whole journey from Kings Lynn to Cromer is stunning. I hope to video more of it this year.

[@ridefast0]

Great video, thanks. I want to ride on that bus and I am glad you added bus sounds instead of music!

[@leslaw210]

Cheers, glad you enjoyed it. I have grown to really dislike music on KZbin videos. I love movie soundtracks, but not the junk people attach to videos here. As you gathered, I had to dub other bus sounds owing to horrible noises on this, otherwise fantastic, bus.

[@esdubya1259]

Drove that route many times, lovely part of the world, nice video 😎

[@leslaw210]

Yup, me too. It was great having someone else, the excellent bus driver, do the work so I could chill and enjoy the view.

[@uktravel8341]

Hope that no house-building is planned for this area, being as it is in an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. Very nice to drive through in summer.

[@michaelbirkhead673]

I actually am from here its a very nice place, hunstanton and wells and some of the other places along the way but those two have some really nice pubs and restaurants am very lucky to be from round here, hope you had a good time

[@leslaw210]

Cheers Michael. I have always travelled a lot - all around Europe, more so since retirement. The Pandemic clipped my wings a little but gave me the opportunity to rediscover England. Your part of the world is as lovely as anywhere I have been. You are lucky be from there. We did have a good, in fact a great, time. Thank you.

[@iankemp1131]

I went there a few years ago and was amazed by the speed and convenience of the Coasthopper service which was half-hourly with midibuses from Kings Lynn to Cromer, great for exploring with hop-on hop-off. Plenty of users. It seems now that we have bigger buses but the frequency has dropped to hourly. Still, I might go back to get the view from the top of the double decker!

[@leslaw210]

I think it is hourly out of season and half hourly in summer. Could be wrong. You have to be lucky to get a double decker, as we were.

[@unlokia]

Wowee one of my favourite childhood places.

[@leslaw210]

Glad you liked it Matthew

[@petercomber196]

Great bit of filming, felt as though i was actually on board the number 36.

[@leslaw210]

Thank you Peter.

[@jasperplays9010]

I just came back from a trip in Norfolk but I must say it was quite different from this much more in the countryside!

[@leslaw210]

Well, Norfolk is a largish county. As you can see the coastal area is lovely - the West and North Norfolk coasts quite different to that further south.

[@kevinward3088]

Was using this very same service a few weeks later in July 21 , travelled without a car from Nottingham , staying in Hunstanton. . Thanks for posting , North Norfolk is one of the UK's real gems. I'm glad Titchwell RSPB Reserve has it's own bus stop

[@leslaw210]

Hi Kevin. What route did you take to get to Hunstanton? Many years ago, when I first got my old geezer bus pass, I tested it out by taking a bus from Northampton to Peterborough, then to Kings Lynn and on to Hunstanton. Seven hours. Got off, had a bag of chips and a pint, got straight back on the bus for the seven hour trip home. Can't drink beer now so it wouldn't be such fun.

[@kevinward3088]

@@leslaw210 Train from Nottingham to Kings Lynn , change at Ely . Then bus from Lynn to Sunny Hunny. Lived in Lynn for around a year after leaving Army back in 1994 , know the areas well.

[@leslaw210]

@@kevinward3088 My lady lives in Vienna but, whilst wanting to keep her place in Vienna as her main home, is looking at property in Nottingham right now. She no longer drives and I will stop driving soon (old age) so your information is very useful. Thank you.

[@espiritualme2048]

Very beautiful in the Summer.... But in the winter depressing!!!😬😕 And winters in England are long......

[@leslaw210]

Thanks for watching. I used to drive from Northampton to Sheringham summer and winter to do the market - about forty years ago, mostly along this road - I have to say that it never depressed me. I'm probably too stupid for depression.

[@m18tankdestroyer43]

Brilliant video, thank you.

[@leslaw210]

Hi M18. Glad you liked it mate. Thanks for watching.

[@꽃잎이-t1o]

My daughter visit to Norfolk right now. Thanks for video. It will be rain this week. 😭 😭 😭

[@jamiewilson5679]

Hope she has a nice time. 🙂👍

[@leslaw210]

Hi. I hope your daughter had a great time despite the weather.

[@kkrispy2009P]

Road to 100 subs let's get it on . Lovely bus journey

[@leslaw210]

Cheers. I'm just an old geezer who whacks stuff here so I can watch whenever I feel like. If it pleases anyone else - bonus

[@clivehammond3213]

Wat beautiful part of the coast mate video great to share 😀 👍

[@leslaw210]

Cheers Clive. Thank you for taking the time to comment.

[@leslaw210]

Hi Clive. Somehow one of your comments appeared as a reply to 'Jim D's comment. I have replied to it there.

[@Hammondfreak]

Lovely ride. I have been on this journey many times by car but you don't get this view. Tech. question - what are the bumps and noises and strange revving of the engine at points in the video. The release of air from the compressor I understand but is this an electric-diesel hybrid bus?

[@leslaw210]

Confession time. The Lynx bus was excellent but the air conditioner was faulty and making awful grinding noises. The outlet was directly beneath where I had to place the camera. I dubbed the bus sounds from other videos I have made - i.e. different buses. As I replied to someone else who noticed the sound issue, in my defence I wasn't expecting anyone to watch the video! I whack vids on KZbin for my own pleasure, but if they please others - bonus. Cheers.

[@Hammondfreak]

Thanks for the reply, which has answered my question. It had occurred to me that some of the sounds were dubbed but it is the views which are important and these make an excellent video. When I used this service years ago it was run by Norfolk Green and only by small single deckers so no top deck views. I will have to do the route again and hope I get a bus with quiet air conditioning ! Please keep posting bus journeys, which will always be popular for bus enthusiasts - there are loads on KZbin. Kind regards.........

[@jamesallen4050]

Was this video made so all of the locals can see where they used to be able to afford to live? Only joking - but also, not joking; our communities have been decimated - it's tragic. A beautiful video though, and a treat to see over the hedges!

[@leslaw210]

Hi James. I used to work along that coast when you could almost buy the whole village for the cost of some of the houses there now.

[@jamesallen4050]

@@leslaw210 It's crazy here now. What were you working as?

[@leslaw210]

@@jamesallen4050 I used to do markets, travelling from my home in the Midlands. Sheringham and Stalham (now Tesco) throughout the year, Cromer in summer and others occasionally. I always drove my lorry back home using this road despite, or perhaps because of, it taking much longer. I could never see the point of chasing around when there is fabulous scenery to view.

[@powerslide12]

Is it just me or is the accompanying sound from a completely different part of the video?

[@leslaw210]

Well spotted. I'm surprised you are the first to notice it - maybe you are just the first to mention it! We were fortunate to be on a brilliantly driven Lynx double decker, less fortunate that the air conditioner directly below the camera made an awful grinding noise. I had decided to not use background music on anything again so was faced with a choice of dubbing bus sounds from other bus videos I had made or using my new invention 'Super Surround Silence™' Had I been a halfway decent KZbinr I would have spent more time making the sound better. To be honest, I didn't expect anyone to watch it.

[@junecurwen55]

Amazing thank you just wish i could had fish & chips at wells

[@leslaw210]

I'm a veggie but I think it's the law that one has to visit a Fish and Chip shop when in Wells ... and Hunstanton - so, chips and peas are a big part of the trip. Thank you for your comment.

[@jjwright8041]

This lovely Victorian seaside town being ruined by the building of many houses Plus the building of flats on a car park where will people park

[@samanthacrow7021]

thankyou thankyou thankyou everybody feels it nobody dares to say it. nobody cares for the average working class born and bred local. backwards thinking a lady called me when i didnt want a beautiful old field lined with wild flowers covered up with unaffordable housing. nevermind i can drive a tractor.

[@stplayzandscooter4676]

Was you on an Enviro400 MMC?

[@idatipping2428]

👏👏

[@leslaw210]

Cheers

[@maureenbliss8791]

Nice video put off it with woman talking in the background most of the time.

[@leslaw210]

It could have been worse. That was actually dubbed from another bus video of mine. The noise of people talking loudly and a very noisy air conditioner on this actual trip would really have ruined it. Obviously I am travelling with people and can't control them. Last Saturday I spent 12 hours videoing bus trips in Cambridgeshire and got one hour of usable footage owing to noise and filthy windows on the buses. On Monday I videoed a long trip in Northamptonshire with a two(ish) year old girl sat next to me, singing 'The wheels on the bus go round and round' over and over again, continuously the entire journey - in Urdu. I went back to try again on Tuesday - thought I had found the only spot on the front window of the bus that was clear, got home, watched it on my monitor - a blob of muck on the image. The joys of videoing public transport. Soundwise, I will no longer overdub music because it doesn't work for me so, it's either tolerate existing noise or Sensational Surround Silence™

[@Sabr-n8f]

Я быль а этом городе летом

[@neilcooke6524]

Be full ov immigrants soon get ready all over country