living on the North Norfolk Coast

I nearly forgot; today is a blog day!  What I did forget was, to add a thank you to the end of my last blog, for all the help I received with the Poppy Appeal.  So, thank you to Derek, Martin & Peter for assisting with counting the donations, to the Methodist Church for once again letting us use the church for the count, to Overstrand Post Office for facilitating the banking of the donations, to St Martins Church for donating the collection from the Remembrance Day service, t

When Peter and I purchase goods online, we look at the ratings for the individual items and if buying from Ebay, at the sellers too.  However, after a recent experience, I’m not sure I can trust all companies to be honest with their ratings.  To briefly explain; I ordered some fresh fish from a different company to the one we have been using.  It arrived last Friday, well packaged in a lined cardboard box with ice packs to keep the fish cool and in good condition.  However, t

I am a bit further on, with my recipe plog for Youtube, than I anticipated.  This is mainly down to a damp day, keeping me indoors, when I made a fair bit of progress and then later, I added some background music.  The next step will be to export the file and run it through with Peter, to check and see if any corrections/changes need to be made.  After a fair bit of consideration, I think I will cut the stepping stones into the grass.  At the moment, the garden is all about c

We are well into autumn.  The days are shortening, trees are shedding more of their leaves and I’m wearing gloves and a scarf, on our morning walks.  Added to this, summer flowers are fading and most of the summer vegetables, on Peter’s, plot have or are coming to an end.  The garden has been demanding our attention and with leaves cleared, lawns mowed and edged and a hedge trimmed, by yesterday afternoon we were pretty well up to date.    Last week, I took delivery of the st

It’s been a blustery week but this afternoon, the wind has calmed down.  Hopefully, tomorrow I’ll be able to clear fallen leaves.  The...

It’s been an unusually busy and eventful few days.  Firstly, on Sunday, I broke a tooth – nothing like crispy pork crackling for breaking...

Weather wise, it’s not been a good start to October.  So much for saying, in my last blog for September, about the garden looking tidy;...

For me, it’s too early to be seriously thinking about Christmas. I have however, bought most of the ingredients for the pudding and...

A first for us on Sunday, we attended the Remembrance Sunday service at St Martins Church. This was a combined service with the...

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...