Well, that serves me right for washing and re-proofing my lined winter jacket, which I wear in the colder months when walking Barney. Why? Despite sun and blue skies, there has been such a cold wind blowing, mainly from the east. It’s not too bad in the afternoon but definitely cold first thing. I really could do with retrieving this jacket, now stored at the back of a cupboard but I am not going to, instead I will, as they say, grin and bear it and wear a body warmer unde

This week seems to have flown by. This could be because I have had a meeting, appointment and a meet up; more like the old pre-Covid days. The meeting was with my first guest on the planned programme for Poppyland Radio. This was followed by booking the recording studio for next week. The appointment was for the hairdressers in Cromer. Peter dropped me off near North Lodge Park and later, I walked home. I usually drive to the hairdressers and back but Church Street was p

We have never been ones for doing anything much over Easter. Thinking back to when our sons were young there would, of course, be chocolate Easter Eggs, sometimes I made a Simnel cake and I once had a go at making Hot Cross buns which were not particularly successful. There was always a special lunch or dinner on the Sunday but we never strayed far from home. With the risk of getting stuck in a traffic jam, there seemed little point in going anywhere only to find when eventu

I booked a slot in Poppyland Radio’s studio for Tuesday morning so that I could practice and gain more confidence using the equipment. Peter came along too, as programme guest. We recorded two short programmes and listened to them before deleting. We had a script which enabled me to concentrate on buttons and sliders etc. Peter related key information about his career, prior to moving here to Overstrand and then continued with life for us, here in the village. As he spoke

I am starting today with a moan. Best to get this over with first! My moan is about the increase in rubbish we are currently picking up on our morning litter pick. It’s the Easter break which, this year, because of the varying school holiday dates from region to region, looks as though it is going to span three weeks. It’s a time when we see an increase in the number of visitors coming into the village, either for a stay or just for a few hours, or even the entire day, but

A few weeks ago I was asked to consider presenting a programme on, the new local venture, Poppyland Radio. I have not mentioned this, up to now, as I wanted to see how things panned out. I had an idea, not mine, but one which was mentioned to us when talking to a villager about Poppyland Radio. Over coffee, with one of the Directors, I put this idea forward along with my concept as to how it would work. The basic format agreed, I submitted Programme Proposal form and waite

Following the recent sunny spell I was feeling quite complacent that we were out of the woods, so to speak, and wouldn’t see any snow until, possible next winter. Got that one wrong; March was determined to go out with a sting in its tail. On the final day of the month we woke in the early hours to hear hail pounding on our conservatory roof and when we got up we were greeted with a mix of hail and snow. The snow began to settle but with an accompanying strong easterly win