living on the North Norfolk Coast

Earlier in the week, we enjoyed some beautiful spring days that was until yesterday when a sea fret rolled in mid-morning, blanketing us in grey.  When I took the washing in, during the afternoon, it was just as damp as when I hung it out first thing!  No fret today but definitely grey and cold too.   Going back to when it was sunny and bright; on Thursday morning, we took a walk across the fields.  We listened to bird song, saw a couple of muntjac deer, noted the blossom is

I’ve held back writing my blog (normally I write every four days), so I can include a paragraph about today’s talk at the Gardening Club.  Before I cover this, I’ve got a few things to mention.   Firstly, on Friday morning we saw a Coastguard vehicle at the top of the zigzag path.  We discovered, why they were present from a report, published on NNDC’s Facebook page, which reads as follows - ‘ EMERGENCY RESPONSE: Yesterday, emergency services were called to a potential Unexpl

What a difference a few extra degrees of warmth brings.  With temperatures rising, over the past couple of days, we’ve only needed the central heating on, first thing and again late afternoon into the evening.  The door into the conservatory has been open and this is where we’ve been back breakfasting and lunching, while looking out over the garden.  Yesterday, I enjoyed my mug of midmorning coffee, (for the first time this year) sat on a garden bench, sun on my face, listeni

I appreciate not everyone wants to be on Facebook or any other type of social media.  I am therefore publishing the contents of a recent post on Facebook to help ‘spread the word’. . The Belfry Foundation Trust As you may know, Simon Gurney is currently the sole Trustee of The Belfry Foundation Trust. He’s planning to redistribute the assets and hand over control to those who are better placed to manage the Trust and benefit directly. Simon would therefore like to meet intere

If, after the sun and warmth on Saturday, anyone thought we’d said goodbye to the worst of the winter weather, then they were wrong - that includes me!  Sunday, and we were back to rain and if that wasn’t bad enough, it then proceeded to snow.  Fortunately, the snow didn’t lay for too long.  Come Monday morning it had melted and with a slight overnight rise in temperature, there were no treacherous icy patches.   I almost couldn’t believe my eyes on Sunday evening when I saw

According to a report on the TV, we’ve had just five hours of sunshine this year.  Today, this number should be more than doubled – it’s been glorious from sunrise to sunset.  It’s pretty cold in the shade but this has to be a small price to pay after day upon day of grey and as an extra bonus, no rain today.   With the bottom of the garden in full sun, I pruned our apple tree.  I used the loppers to reduce the height and other branches were trimmed back, using secateurs, to

It’s been quiet, so I don’t have a lot to say today.  The weather continues grey and dismal with just the occasional glimpse of the sun.  Some days are windy, others quite calm and the temperatures have thankfully kept above freezing but we’ve definitely had too much rain.  I did manage a morning in the front garden last week, tidying the borders and pots but that’s been it as far as gardening is concerned.  Today, it’s as though we are in the clouds.  The mist, damp and over

On Tuesday afternoon, I went to the Overstrand Gardening Club’s first meeting of 2026.  Annual subscriptions of £15 were being collected plus there was the usual raffle.  On the subject of the raffle, last November I won the raffle, a £10 gardening voucher.  I used this to purchase an Amaryllis growing kit from Thistle and Tide in Cromer.  The bulb was truly spectacular, producing two spikes of buds, each with five blooms; I was well impressed.  The meeting’s speaker was Dr D