Peter thought he heard them a few days ago, Ross of Ross’ Wildlife Boat Trips posted a video of them on his Facebook page on the 22nd and on the same day, both Peter and I saw them. What am I talking about? The pink foot geese whose calls will be heard, over the coming months, long before we turn our eyes skywards and watch skeins heading to the fields in the mornings and back to the marshes in the evenings. These birds seem to hold a special place in the hearts of everyon

Despite some improvement, the weather was not that great over the weekend but it has been a whole lot better today; calm with sunny spells. We have been to the garden centre this afternoon and purchased cyclamens for some pots and pansies to replace the bedding begonias in the WI planter on the Fishermens’ Green which took a dreadful battering from the winds. We have cleared the leaves in the garden, brought down by the winds, and whilst doing so it was quite obvious the su

Overstrand WI may have closed but that hasn’t stopped the former members, Ex-WI as we call ourselves, meeting up once a month for tea, cake and a catch-up. Up to now, we have met at the Potting Shed Café in the Garden Centre where we have enjoyed a range of sweet and savouries, with their scones proving to be a favourite with several of our group. However, after hearing about the new Music Room Café at the Belfry Centre (see my blog for 8th September), it was decided to ch

Not a lot to say today. The media, both national and local, has been dominated with articles and reports about Queen Elizabeth II, covering her life and the plan for the days leading up to her State Funeral next Monday. Monday 19th will be a Bank Holiday, so the funeral proceedings can be viewed either in person or on the television. In Overstrand, anyone wishing to write a condolence or similar can do so in the book available in the Parish Hall (posters in the village pro

A first for Overstrand. A visitor has placed a knitted topper on the post box in front of the village stores. I have seen one on the outskirts of Cromer and pictures in magazines as well, all with different designs. Thanks to the generosity of an avid lady knitter, who is a regular visitor, we now have one too. I received a message from her husband who told me they have been visiting the village for over twenty years and hope to move here in the near future. The post and

Our plans to eat fish and chips on Bacton beach, when our family were with us, may not have come to fruition but our return to Bacton on Wednesday went in our favour. It was a somewhat blustery day but that didn’t stop us driving, early evening, to the fish and chip shop in Bacton, purchasing cod and chips and then parking in Cable Gap car park and sitting to eat, on the flat area above the beach. They are so generous with their chips we had more than enough and shared the r

It’s becoming noticeable that the number of daylight hours are dwindling. When I wake at five in the morning, it still has a way to go before full light and come the evening, it is pretty well dark by nine. Quite sobering to think that autumn is on its way and tomorrow it will be meteorological autumn, a fact I am sure the TV weather presenters will remind us. It has been quite breezy these last couple of days which has brought down dry and brown leaves from the trees, but