living on the North Norfolk Coast

We’ve been using the local bus service again.  On Wednesday we took the last of our vinyl records, including Elton John, The Kinks, Jean Paul Jarre, T Rex, Rolling Stones etc. to the Another Planet shop in West Street, in Cromer.  Our first visit was a few weeks ago, taking my collection of Beatles records, including two rarities sent to members of the Fan Club at Christmas.  Marc, the shop owner, was impressed with the condition of my records (I was always very careful with

I can safely say, November is my least favourite month of the year.  I associate this month with dampness and the start of cold weather.  However, up until Friday it really has not lived up to what I expected.  This year, November has generally been mild and despite a few glitches, not bad at all.  All change on Friday; it was awful, a day of rain and totally miserable.  It’s been pretty grim since then – what I expect in November – and it will probably carry on like this.   

It’s been fairly quiet here in Overstrand, during the half-term school holidays.  It was however, different in Cromer on Wednesday, when I went to the hairdressers, as well as a short visit to Sheringham on Thursday, to collect my glasses from the opticians.  Both towns were busy and driving back through Cromer on Thursday, quite a number of people seemed to be oblivious of passing vehicles, stepping off pavements and walking across the road, rather than heading to the crossi

Since last Thursday, excluding Friday, the weather has been pretty abysmal.  Winds and rain were starting to get monotonous but at last, today it’s been a whole lot better.   We have both been out in the garden this morning, Peter has taken down the French beans, consigned the courgette plant to the composter and cleared the leaves, trapped around the chard plants.  While he was doing this, I raked and swept up the leaves in other parts of the garden and by the time we’d fini

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

With low tides, first thing, this week we’ve been able to walk along the promenade (dipping down onto the beach where the slumps are and...

It’s a year since the village’s garden centre closed - residents continue to say, how much they miss it.  Since its closure, as well as...

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

We attended the Annual Parish Meeting on Wednesday evening.  Various reports were given but for this blog, I will be focusing on the...

For a council which encourages tourism, North Norfolk District Council (NNDC) are working towards discouraging tourists from visiting the...

Many thanks to two villagers who told us about a report on BBC’s website, covering proposed works here in Overstrand.  I found the report...

The following is taken from an article published on North Norfolk News’ website, in relation to the current problems we are experiencing...

I’ve been thinking back and reading my blogs from five years ago.  In 2020 Covid-19 became a nightmare for the human race, with...

After concentrating, in my previous blogs, on the cliff slump below the Sea Marge and the subsequent closure of the promenade, it’s time...

It’s a job to know where to start, with the latest on the slump on the promenade.  I will try to be concise as possible, at the same time...

blue sIn response to the last email from Coastal Management (CM); on Sunday I replied (see below).  I have not received any further...

In my last blog (25th February), I mentioned about the boreholes positioned in the cliffs during the 1980’s.  Villager, Derek Paul, has...

My photograph on Overstrand Life’s Facebook page, posted on Sunday (see photo below) showing the section of the promenade which is now...

I forgot to mention, in my last blog, that our family postponed their visit last weekend.  Our son was suffering from another virus but...

The turnstones, I mentioned in my blog dated 10th November, are back this time in greater numbers.  On Saturday, they were on the...