Firstly, apologies to The Strand Club for not publishing their latest report sooner. For some reason their email landed in spam and there it has sat since the middle of December; that was until I checked my spam box the other day. So, on the basis of better late than never, you will find a link which will bring you up to date on the Club’s activities, on the Strand Club's page. Everyone is wishing for a better year ahead. I just hope our wishes come true. Today’s photo, the l

It was good to see our family on Christmas Day. There was no flying visit on their behalf for a day trip from Bucks, which of course with them being in Tier 4, was banned. We, still in Tier 2, could have gone to Bucks but how irresponsible would that have been? Thanks to technology we were able, without moving from our individual homes, to all meet via Duo. It was great to have a chat and see our grandsons playing with their presents, all without the possible risk of passing

The tour of Overstrand in the Christmas boat was greatly appreciated. Comments on social media were full of thanks to those who organised and took part, bringing smiles to many faces. We were busy unpacking our online grocery delivery when the boat and singers passed by but I was able to open the door and give a wave. Thanks here to the organisers for allowing me to share their photo of the Christmas boat. Whilst writing, Peter has told me Norfolk will be moving to Tier 4 on

Well, so far so good. Sid has ignored our table top Christmas tree but as I only put it up on Thursday; it’s early days. He did take an interest this morning, while I was on my hands and knees in the conservatory making our door wreath. I had laid out an old towel which was covered in foliage from our garden and some ivy berries cut from the hedgerows. Sid decided this could not be ignored. He patted some leaves across the floor and then decided to burrow under the towel, bef

I am up to date with the Christmas tasks I mentioned last time – cards written, Dundee cake made and menus planned for over the holiday period. I have some dishes to cook over the coming week, a door wreath to make, the decorations to put up with a trial table top Christmas tree, which I mentioned in an earlier blog. I say trial because we don’t know how Sid is going to react to it, whether he will ignore it or see it as a challenge! We are pretty minimal with our decorations

'I wonder what the coming week’s weather will have in store for us', was the question I posed at the end of my last blog. The short answer is, a heavy frost, blue skies, rain and grey skies, generally cold but warmer since it started raining but no high winds – in other words, a mix. I don’t have a lot to say today apart from, I really must make a start on Christmas preparations. This weekend, I plan to write our cards, ready to post next week, marinate the fruit for our Dund

Making my way through our digital photos, I kept telling myself I ought to double check that I started putting them on SD cards in 2010, the year I started a website and blog for Overstrand. It wasn’t until this morning, after completing the years from 2003 to 2005, when I checked. You can probably guess what I am going to say, yes, all the photos from when we went digital in 2003 are on SD cards! I don’t remember when I did this but what I have done so far has not been a com

All the ‘P’s today, starting with posters. This year there has been a number of campervans and similar which have spent a night or even longer on the car park. The site ‘Park4Night’, has comments stating what a great location the car park is for a stopover, with its views of the sea, toilets, childrens’ playground, nearby café, and that although overnight sleeping is banned there has not been a problem staying overnight. The District Council have now put up a number of poster