living on the North Norfolk Coast

I am starting today off with an update on my last blog. Hunger did get the better of part feral cat Lunar. She returned on Monday...

Fireworks – now that’s a controversial topic. They are a bit like Marmite; either loved or hated. They are loved for their...

Life is full of new encounters and a continuous learning experience, or at least it should be. We watched a TV programme, Scotland’s...

The tofu experiment worked fine but we decided the vegetables in the recipe were unnecessary. The tofu, vegetable curry sauce and rice...

I’m sitting here, at our dining table, while in the background I can hear our boiler purring away. We have only needed to occasionally...

The number thirteen may be unlucky for some but not so for us. Last Wednesday, the 13th October, marked the thirteenth anniversary since...

You may remember, in my blog for 29th September, I said the gas cylinder for our BBQ ran out. One of the three options was to relent and...

The colour red signifies different things to different people. At this time of the year, as we approach the British Legion’s Poppy...

We have had some great weather during September, which has gone a long way towards compensating for the disappointing August. Each time...

Peter and I are not ones for spectating sports and I think I can safely say we have never watched a tennis match, well certainly not from...

Although there was a great sense of relief when the application, to put a 5g mast on the corner of Cromer Road with Pauls Lane, was...

On Sunday morning, I wondered whether the village fair might have to be cancelled. Rain had made the ground wet and soft. Given the...

Gardening can, what seems to be, a constant stream of battles against pests and diseases that threaten our produce and flowers. Whitefly...

I heard from Wild Touch, the bat has died. Such a shame but I know they will have done the best they could for it. There was a delay in...

Yes, okay maybe ‘revolt’ is rather a strong word for the reactions to the planning application to erect a sixty foot phone mast...

When I am doing the housework I quite often listen to music on my mp3 player, which helps alleviate the inevitable boredom. Yesterday I...

Since writing my last blog, the Parish Council have put up notices at the three places where they have placed traffic cones. In brief,...

Staycation is a relatively new word, used for holidays taken in your homeland which for us is the UK. Last year, with Covid restrictions...

Yesterday, members of Overstrand WI were able to have their first meeting since last August. One of our members volunteered her woodland...

As from tomorrow we will see a further relaxation in the rules of lockdown. Apart from a few hiccups, along the way, the UK has done so...