living on the North Norfolk Coast

Going back to the Bank Holiday weekend, the village was noticeably quiet, with vacant holiday lets and nowhere near as many cars in the car park, compared to other years, plus very few people were on the beach. Could this reduction in visitors be down to the scare regarding potential fuel shortages and/or due to the lack of confidence in the country’s economy, with people preferring to keep their money in their pockets? We are certainly living in a time of uncertainty. Th

In my last blog, I covered my experience, producing comfrey tea. In today’s blog, I thought I’d mention about a tea you can drink; green tea. We watched the TV programmes covering Ben Fogle’s visit to China. I was surprised to see leaves for green tea being harvested from trees (this involved climbing up the trees). I just assumed all types of tea come from low level bushes. Talking, with a neighbour, about the programmes which were a total eye opener, we touched on gree

For me, one of the joys of spring, is watching plants and trees waking up after the long winter sleep. Not everything wakes up at once; it’s gradual. In our garden, first it’s the snowdrops followed by other spring bulbs bursting into flower. Not long after, on a sunny day we see the first of the butterflies, emerging after hibernation, followed by orange tips and holly blues. Then there are the bees who are the first visitors to our early flowering hellebore and when the

According to both the weather apps, I have on my phone, today is going to be the best of the four over the Easter period. It has definitely off to a good start with blackbirds singing as dawn approached, followed by a beautiful sunrise. We opted to take our morning walk inland, along the field edges and the back of the allotments. Dipping down, off Madams Lane, we were greeted with masses of blackthorn blossom (see photo below). Peter remarked, with so much blossom, ther

The sun, blue skies and warmth have spurred me on into some more spring cleaning, including cleaning the windows inside. They didn’t look dirty but the water in the bucket, which I had to change a couple of times, told a different story! Spring cleaning then continued outside. Our north facing patio doesn’t get much sun and over the winter months slippery black algae builds up. I was looking online for an easy way of cleaning this, instead of getting down on my hands and

Earlier in the week, we enjoyed some beautiful spring days that was until yesterday when a sea fret rolled in mid-morning, blanketing us in grey. When I took the washing in, during the afternoon, it was just as damp as when I hung it out first thing! No fret today but definitely grey and cold too. Going back to when it was sunny and bright; on Thursday morning, we took a walk across the fields. We listened to bird song, saw a couple of muntjac deer, noted the blossom is

I appreciate not everyone wants to be on Facebook or any other type of social media. I am therefore publishing the contents of a recent post on Facebook to help ‘spread the word’. . The Belfry Foundation Trust As you may know, Simon Gurney is currently the sole Trustee of The Belfry Foundation Trust. He’s planning to redistribute the assets and hand over control to those who are better placed to manage the Trust and benefit directly. Simon would therefore like to meet intere

Given the beautiful sunny days with blue skies, we’ve enjoyed recently, I shouldn’t complain about the easterly winds which have kept...

A perfect start this morning to a late March day. Out on our usual morning litter pick in the village, we decided to walk up Madams Lane...

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...

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

Friday started with blue skies and I couldn’t resist taking a photo (see below) of Andy’s sunlit fishing boat, Jayne Marie, now down on...