living on the North Norfolk Coast

Sunday’s weather was perfect for the village Yard Sale. People passed by carrying their purchases and the whole day looked to be, relaxed and successful for everyone. In the morning I visited an open garden with plants for sale. I purchased two for a new project; what can best be described as a mini gravel garden. In the afternoon we stopped off at another open garden. Here, there were a number of lavenders which had attracted humming bird hawkmoths. I was quite envious

A short blog today. It’s been wonderfully warm, so lots of time has been spent outdoors, as well as taking advantage of the drying conditions and putting our bedspread and electric blanket through the washing machine; both dried very quickly. During the cooler parts of the day, I’ve scrubbed the area of our carpet which gets the most traffic and was looking a bit grubby; this dried quickly too. Tim Bennett has published some dates for his guided walks during July, see pos

A warm weekend was forecasted last week. However, as we got closer this was revised and what actually transpired was a cool one with a chilly wind. Some improvement in the weather by yesterday afternoon when we decided to walk along the beach towards Cromer. Here we noticed various bits of rubbish trapped in the grasses, that grow below the cliffs. What we didn’t see was, lumps of palm oil, which have been washed up on beaches further down the coast. We decided to go bac

What has happened to the weather? It’s been raining pretty well every day this month and it’s not been particularly warm either. As a result, there were only about ten sellers for both todays and last week’s car boot sales, on the sports field. In my move towards growing more perennials, I am always on the look-out for suitable plants at the car boot sales. I was pleased to purchase three last week to fill in some gaps. Today, I was tempted by the pots of alliums but wit

On Friday morning we went on the first of this year’s Guided Walks in the village. Led by Tim Bennett, with the assistance of Martin Dennis, we spent a very informative couple of hours adding to our knowledge of Overstrand’s history in the 1920’s and 1930’s. I can definitely recommend Tim’s walks to anyone who has an interest in the village’s history – of which there is a considerable amount. As I learn more and more about times gone past, in this very special part of the

Tim Bennett is once again leading guided walks through the village. A few years ago, we went on his walk, covering the village’s boys and men who were involved in World War 1. The walk complemented Tim’s published book ‘Overstrand in the Great War’. Since then, he’s researched further into Overstrand’s past and it won’t be long before his second book will be available to purchase. Tim’s latest walks, will provide a visual experience, covering his researches. We have book

You could hardly say our local roads are busy, with constant streams of traffic. Despite this, recently we’ve seen road kills when out on our morning walk. A few weeks ago, it was a badger that never made it back home to its set and a cock pheasant that had recently been hit by a vehicle. Last week there were five bodies, a blackbird, red legged partridge, hedgehog, pigeon and muntjac deer along the stretch of Mundesley Road between the turn offs for the High Street and Car

No faults to be found with the Bank Holiday weekend. The truly wonderful weather brought crowds to the coast and it was perfect for the visit from our family, who arrived early Saturday afternoon. We packed a lot into a few days. I’m not going to write about everything in detail; I’m just covering a couple. On Sunday morning, we went to Hillside Animal Sanctuary. This was a first for us all and came full of surprises. It was far bigger than we imagined; a home for