living on the North Norfolk Coast

He’s gone! I am referring to Kwasi Kwarteng, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, who after only thirty-eight days has been relieved of his...

Last Thursday, I received my order from the Royal British Legion, so I am now fully stocked for this year’s Poppy Appeal which commences...

Despite some improvement, the weather was not that great over the weekend but it has been a whole lot better today; calm with sunny...

After a bit of fiddling, which involved remounting, Peter has successfully installed the new satellite dish. Not that we are watching...

The challenge has been completed; we have cleared our bedroom, ready for the carpet fitters to arrive this afternoon. Such a warm day...

We have been putting off getting new carpet in our lounge/dining room. With Barney in his advanced years, we were concerned he may at...

Phew, it’s pretty warm out there today. Temperatures are set to reach in the region of 30°C so we won’t be doing anything strenuous...

We’ve had a death in our pond. Out in the garden the other day, looking to see how our tadpoles are progressing, and there just below...

Following last Friday’s trials and tribulations, things got better on Saturday and were good on Sunday too. Time spent in the garden was...

For me, the highlight of the past few days has to be the return of the swifts. I was in the kitchen when I heard the screaming calls of...

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...

In my last blog, I related cleaning the pond of weed and Peter constructing a moveable frame, well, our timing couldn’t have been more...

No complaints about the weather this weekend; it’s been lovely. Although the waves were pretty tame, surfers were out with their boards...

February has to be my least favourite month of the year, so I am glad there are just a few days left now before we slip into March. ...

I have been watching YouTube again. This time I was looking for advice on how to prune apple trees. We have a russet apple which, most...

There are some things I have difficulty in understanding the concepts; pruning is one. I have listened to talks at the Gardening Club...

Well here we are in 2022 and another year, Covid wise, of uncertainty. We just have to wait and see how things pan out. The village was...

On Wednesday, I made a start on 2022’s vegetables by sowing onion seeds in a pot. Since we started growing from seed, we have had some...

We have been fortunate, others haven’t, not to have reactions to flu vaccinations and more recently, to the two for Covid 19. That was...

Life is full of new encounters and a continuous learning experience, or at least it should be. We watched a TV programme, Scotland’s...