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Thursday 21st August 2025 - Paying For It and A Rumour
What a summer we’ve been enjoying, with its long, warm and sunny days when the weather forecasters, questionably, declared we were in a...

Overstrand Life
3 days ago2 min read


Sunday 17th August 2025 - Quiet Week, B&M, Maggots and Barricades
A quiet week for us but that does not mean we’ve been idle or twiddling our thumbs, while looking for something to occupy us. It’s all...

Overstrand Life
Aug 182 min read


Saturday 9th August 2025 - It's Open, More About Plums, Seasonal Plants and Plenty of Space
Far from exciting news but after I posed the question, in the heading of my last blog, as to whether Sainsburys was open, the answer is;...

Overstrand Life
Aug 102 min read


Friday 1st August 2025 - Highlights, Ripening, Insects and Sea Rocket
There have been three highlights to this week. Two were related to some impressive achievements by our two sons – we’re super proud of...

Overstrand Life
Aug 22 min read


Monday 28th July 2025 - A Coincidence? and Growth
Regular readers of my blog will be aware of the problems we experienced last year, in the village, with full rubbish bins and more...

Overstrand Life
Jul 292 min read


Thursday 24th July 2025 - What's Changed?
As I mentioned in a previous blog, I started writing blogs, or diaries as I called them at the time, in July 2010. Doesn’t take an...

Overstrand Life
Jul 253 min read


Sunday 20th July 2025 - Path Moved, Rain and Thorny
The works, rerouting the path from Pauls Lane car park towards the beach, started on Thursday (see photo taken Friday morning, at the end...

Overstrand Life
Jul 212 min read


Wednesday 16th July 2025 - A Few Hours Later, No Bats and Remember These
After writing, in my last blog, about it being cooler on Saturday morning, a few hours later it all changed. In the morning, we walked...

Overstrand Life
Jul 172 min read


Saturday 12th July 2025 - Cooler and Restored Clock
It’s going to be a very much cooler day today. I’m writing this mid-morning and already I’m missing the warmth of the sun. The other...

Overstrand Life
Jul 132 min read


Tuesday 8th July 2025 - What a Waste, Above the Limits and Once Again
I’m enjoying the summer weather, but are the hoverflies? As soon as the temperatures rise, numbers arrive in our conservatory, as if out...

Overstrand Life
Jul 92 min read


Friday 4th July 2025 - Right and Left Hands, Cancelled Trip and Stars in Their Eyes
From time to time, you hear the phrase ‘the right hand doesn’t know what the left hand is doing’ . This certainly applied to the...

Overstrand Life
Jul 52 min read


Monday 30th June 2025 - What A Result, Turning Brown, Butterflies and Jellyfish
I'm totally impressed with the result Fix My Street was able to achieve, regarding the broken tarmac pavement in Cliff Road. Reported to...

Overstrand Life
Jul 12 min read


Thursday 26th June 2025 - Beach Restrictions, White Lining, Caden and Overflowing Bins
While I was looking at various yard sales on Sunday, I was asked if I could find out why there are no red and green dog signs on the...

Overstrand Life
Jun 273 min read


Sundary 22nd June 2025 - Strawberry Tea, Loving this Weather and Yard Sale
Back when Overstrand had a WI group, it became a tradition, in June, to take an evening walk followed by what we termed as a ‘strawberry...

Overstrand Life
Jun 232 min read


Wednesday 18th June 2025 - Timetables, Green Cliffs and History Walks
In my blog for 29th May, I mentioned (actually, it was a bit of moan) about Sanders putting up QR codes instead of printed bus...

Overstrand Life
Jun 191 min read


Saturday 14th June 2025 - Great Turnout, Thunder Storm and Drop in Beach Level
After two consecutive Thursdays of ‘iffy’ weather which dampened the weekly car boot sales, this Thursday saw a great turnout of...

Overstrand Life
Jun 152 min read


Tuesday 10th June 2025 - Gardening Club, Coming in Season, Farewell and Pavement Repaired
At the Gardening Club’s June meeting, Andrew Sankey spoke on the subject of ‘Colour in the Garden’. I thought this would cover, having...

Overstrand Life
Jun 112 min read


Friday 6th June 2025 - Japanese Knotweed, Light Mornings and The Belfry Summer Fair
I’m starting today’s blog with a follow up regarding the Japanese Knotweed. This is in relation to my emails earlier this year, to North...

Overstrand Life
Jun 73 min read


Tuesday 20th May 2025 - Sun Dimming Experiment
We hear a lot about what appears to be crazy theories as well as plans. Some of these have no solid background and can just be...

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May 213 min read
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