living on the North Norfolk Coast

Cooler mornings have been the norm for the past couple of weeks but as the mornings have progressed, for the most part, it has warmed. ...

I have a fair bit to write about, so I’m going to crack on.  For starters; we’ve had rain showers today.  We could do with a lot more,...

On Saturday morning we decided to go and see if there were any more ripe cherry plums and also pick some sloes for sloe rum.  Despite the...

What a summer we’ve been enjoying, with its long, warm and sunny days when the weather forecasters, questionably, declared we were in a...

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...

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;...

There have been three highlights to this week.  Two were related to some impressive achievements by our two sons – we’re super proud of...

Regular readers of my blog will be aware of the problems we experienced last year, in the village, with full rubbish bins and more...

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...

The works, rerouting the path from Pauls Lane car park towards the beach, started on Thursday (see photo taken Friday morning, at the end...

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...

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...

I’m enjoying the summer weather, but are the hoverflies?  As soon as the temperatures rise, numbers arrive in our conservatory, as if out...

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...

I'm totally impressed with the result Fix My Street was able to achieve, regarding the broken tarmac pavement in Cliff Road. Reported to...

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...

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...

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...

After two consecutive Thursdays of ‘iffy’ weather which dampened the weekly car boot sales, this Thursday saw a great turnout of...

At the Gardening Club’s June meeting, Andrew Sankey spoke on the subject of ‘Colour in the Garden’.  I thought this would cover, having...