King's Lynn, Randomly

After Blickling, we drove on to King's Lynn, on the coast, to see a church and for a couple days' rest. Increasingly, we are finding mid-sized towns that have designated parking for RVs, some of which even permit overnight stays. King's Lynn was one, and the car park was within walking distance of everything we wanted to see. And more.

Actually it was not among the more scenic of our parkings, but being right next
to the Royal Mail depot assured us of an early start every morning; and on the
other side was a great view of the Lidl's

I've read (and seen) that there is only one statue of Cortez in
Mexico; probably the same is true of King John in England,
and, if so, this is it

No one's favorite king, except maybe in Lynn, which he granted market town
status way back when

It was a Saturday and the downtown was busy; still a market town

Among the numerous kiddie shows

I think that's Judy on the left

The smallish Saturday market has been held next to St. Margarets for aeons

Quite few aeons, as it turns out

The market was mostly specialty foods; at this specialty foods for pets store we
began to understand that, King John notwithstanding, there is some special
weirdness about King's Lynn

Grab a six pack for Tabby or Fido; then make a YouTube video of their antics

The excellent signage encouraged us to explore further

Among the more attractive old buildings

From the volume of noise coming from this square, I assumed the entire city,
except for Punch and Judy and Stevie Spud, would be there, enjoying the Saturday
rock concert; instead, the audience appeared to be immediate family and close
friends of band members

International cuisine of the future; all through the east of England we'd been
hearing Slavic accents we couldn't quite place; turns out there's quite a bit of
Polish and Baltic in the area

There's also a Tuesday market we didn't stick around for

City hall and associated old buildings

Closed, and quite rudely, for a wedding

Vicki stands for scale while I fume over not being permitted
a photo of the hall interior, not to mention the relics