Year 10 Geography students had fieldwork to do with two investigations: the physical investigation – what physical processes are happening along the Norfolk coast? And the human investigation – how important is Sheringham as an economic hub for the North Norfolk coast? We would use the trip to collect data and learn skills that would be used for our GCSE.
We arrived first in Happisburgh, a tiny hamlet 20 minutes away from Cromer, where unfortunately some spectacular coastal erosion is causing houses and the main road to slowly fall into the sea. First we collected data on the beach for our physical investigation. We did, as well as many other things, a wave frequency survey, measured the height from the sand to the top of the groynes as well as throwing an orange into the sea and then monitoring the distance and direction it travelled so we could see and measure the process of longshore drift.
After this we headed to Cromer, a small tourist town, to start our human investigation. The Norfolk weather again proved challenging and the strong wind guided us towards the welcoming arms of Costa.
While the Norfolk weather didn’t make our tasks easy, the trip was definitely memorable and we had lots of fun. After two years heavily interrupted by Covid with many trips being cancelled it was nice to finally get away from school!
