living on the North Norfolk Coast

You could hardly say our local roads are busy, with constant streams of traffic. Despite this, recently we’ve seen road kills when out on our morning walk. A few weeks ago, it was a badger that never made it back home to its set and a cock pheasant that had recently been hit by a vehicle. Last week there were five bodies, a blackbird, red legged partridge, hedgehog, pigeon and muntjac deer along the stretch of Mundesley Road between the turn offs for the High Street and Car

No faults to be found with the Bank Holiday weekend. The truly wonderful weather brought crowds to the coast and it was perfect for the visit from our family, who arrived early Saturday afternoon. We packed a lot into a few days. I’m not going to write about everything in detail; I’m just covering a couple. On Sunday morning, we went to Hillside Animal Sanctuary. This was a first for us all and came full of surprises. It was far bigger than we imagined; a home for

I’ve been dipping into BBC’s iplayer and watching segments, from this year’s Chelsea Flower Show. A couple of comments made at the show are worth a mention. The first was related to gardening ‘every day is a learning day’ – so very true. The second was from a son with his mother who said they came away with good ideas, none of which they put into practice – I wonder how true this is for many of those attending. The star of the show, for me, had to be the wood carving of G

My new cooker was delivered and installed on Friday. Not radically different from the old one, just a few different things to learn. The biggest challenge was getting to grips with setting up the clock, combined with a timer. In the end I ignored the instructions and found my own way around the set up. I’ve put it through its paces, using all four burners, the grill and both ovens – but not all at the same time! Sad as it was to see the old one go for recycling, I am ver

The village store, which is such an asset for villagers, has been sold. After serving the village, for I forget how many years, Michael Maher has sold the shop and this is now being run by Paran. Having said this, Michael is still around until the Post Office side of the business is fully transferred over to Paran. I understand this will be on or around the 25th. At this point Judy, who has been so helpful and a welcome source of information regarding village matters, (ag

Going back to the Bank Holiday weekend, the village was noticeably quiet, with vacant holiday lets and nowhere near as many cars in the car park, compared to other years, plus very few people were on the beach. Could this reduction in visitors be down to the scare regarding potential fuel shortages and/or due to the lack of confidence in the country’s economy, with people preferring to keep their money in their pockets? We are certainly living in a time of uncertainty. Th

As you can see, from the first photo in Saturday’s blog, at long last the promenade has been opened. Checking back through my blogs, the promenade has been closed since 8th March 2025. All I can say, is yes, it’s taken all this time for the Council to assess the stability of the cliffs along with the presence of Japanese knotweed. This was before carrying out, what they consider, suitable measures to make this area safe, and treat the knotweed, after which they removed the

A full few days, so today’s blog is, a selection of photos of those I’ve taken over the past few days. The Promenade - Open Again Woodland Bluebells in the Dappled Sunshine Flowering Rape Ewes & Lambs