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living on the North Norfolk Coast


Thursday 5th September 2024 - Ignored, Sunrises, Red Admirals and Feeling Honoured
That’s me finished with the Council, as far as reporting full and overflowing bins are concerned. I can only conclude from my latest...

Overstrand Life
Sep 6, 20242 min read


Saturday 24th August 2024 - Swirling Leaves, a Blow for the Village and a Tranquil Walk
We’ve been lucky here on the North Norfolk coast to have escaped being battered by the recent storm, Lilian. This, I have seen on...

Overstrand Life
Aug 25, 20242 min read


Saturday 27th July 2024 - Filming, Bins Emptied and the Promenade
Tuesday afternoon, I was all geared up to film our walk back from Northrepps, after visiting a friend. Having my plans to film this walk...

Overstrand Life
Jul 28, 20242 min read


Monday 15th July 2024 - Village Events, Drop in Beach Level and St Swithin's Day
So far, summer has been quite the worst we can recall and that’s not just our opinion, others feel the same. It was so chilly during...

Overstrand Life
Jul 16, 20242 min read


Sunday 19th May 2024 - Planning, Frets, Yarn Bombing and Second Vlog
The last couple of days I have been thinking about our family visit next weekend. Six in total is too many for us to accommodate so they...

Overstrand Life
May 20, 20242 min read


Monday 29th April 2024 - Mixed Bag and a Mish Mash
So, what do you do when the weather is rubbish at the weekend? To us, it doesn’t really make any difference whether it’s at the weekend...

Overstrand Life
Apr 30, 20243 min read


Wednesday 17th April 2024 - Who Flicked the Switch?, Plant Growth and Prom Closed Again
What I want to know is, who flicked the switch, which turned the weekend of sun and some decent warmth, to wintery cold, rain and strong...

Overstrand Life
Apr 18, 20242 min read


Tuesday 12th March 2024 - Update, High Tides, Easter and Slugs
I'm starting off with a quick update on the accident on the promenade, which I mentioned in my lasIt blog. The villager suffered a...

Overstrand Life
Mar 13, 20242 min read


Monday 4th March 2024 - Ready to Launch, Treasure Hunt and More of These
Friday started with blue skies and I couldn’t resist taking a photo (see below) of Andy’s sunlit fishing boat, Jayne Marie, now down on...

Overstrand Life
Mar 5, 20242 min read


Saturday 24th February 2024 - Will It Ever End and For the Most Part
With so much rain, it leaves us wondering; will it ever end? The slump below the Sea Marge was cleared but yesterday afternoon we...

Overstrand Life
Feb 25, 20242 min read


Tuesday 20th February 2024 - Slump and Accidents on the Promenade
The fallen shrubs topping the cliff slump on the access road, down from Clifton Way, have been removed, leaving the underlying material. ...

Overstrand Life
Feb 21, 20243 min read


Monday 12th February 2024 - Memories, Cliff Slump and Coastwise
I have pretty well come to the end of my winter list of ‘things to do’. There is one item, which is likely to feature on my winter lists...

Overstrand Life
Feb 13, 20242 min read


Friday 19th January 2024 - Purchasing Online, Overstrand Gardening Club and New Railings
The past few days have been mainly about making purchases. Most of these have been online for items not readily available locally. ...

Overstrand Life
Jan 20, 20242 min read


Sunday 26th November 2023 - New Topper, Great Result and High Tides with a Northerly
Black Shuck has been replaced by a nativity topper on the post box outside the village shop. What I wasn’t aware of, when I took the...

Overstrand Life
Nov 27, 20231 min read


Friday 10th November 2023 - Nearly Gone, As Far As Praise Goes, Armistice and Remembrance Days
That’s another week nearly gone! Apart from ‘things’ we do as part of our usual weekly routine, I have enjoyed tea and cake at the Music...

Overstrand Life
Nov 11, 20232 min read


Monday 21st August 2023 - Another Blogger, Glog, Snails and Beautiful Morning
After visiting the Greek island of Symi, on three occasions back in the early 2000’s, we followed James Collins’ blog, Symi Dream. That...

Overstrand Life
Aug 22, 20232 min read


Saturday 5th August 2023 - Best Thing Since...., All Paper Poppy and Better Weather
I have a new garden tool which I think is, ‘the best thing since sliced bread’! The other day, I was fast forwarding through BBC’s...

Overstrand Life
Aug 6, 20232 min read


Saturday 8th July 2023 - Steps & Handrail, Swifts and Gatekeepers
Seeing sections of the promenade fenced off, prior to repairs, where the concrete has broken away on the edge of the sea wall, I wondered...

Overstrand Life
Jul 9, 20231 min read


Thursday 22nd June 2023 - New Sign, Steps, Car Park Changes and Southrepps
In my blog for 29th May, I wrote about the two additional signs which had been added to the post at the top of the zigzag path leading...

Overstrand Life
Jun 23, 20232 min read


Sunday 18th June 2023 - TV Channel 4, Postie Topper and Beach Walk
Last August, I was contacted via my website by Laura a representative of Yeti Television. She was trying to find the location of the...

Overstrand Life
Jun 19, 20232 min read
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