living on the North Norfolk Coast

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

Continuing from my last blog. I was back home from the Overstrand Coast Transition Plan Launch, in time for my pre-arranged video call with our youngest son. Connected and ready to chat, but as I went to increase the volume, the screen on my laptop went black. No point carrying on, so I quickly changed to my phone. Call completed, I looked for possible causes of the black screen, bearing in mind the sound was still functioning, which indicated my laptop wasn’t entirely ka

Together with a neighbour, yesterday afternoon, I went to the Overstrand Coastal Community Transition Plan Launch Event. Tables were laid out with large bound books of the plans, plus there were wall maps and videos. There was so much information, contained in the books, I found it impossible to take it all in; I should add I was not the only one to feel this way. To get a reasonable grasp of the details, I felt I needed to sit down for at least a couple of hours to achiev

Chatting to a neighbour yesterday about the Coastal Transition Launch this Thursday, they mentioned a TV programme, now available on YouTube, titled ‘The brutal reality of coastal erosion : Documenting destruction on Norfolk's coast’ . I found this with ease and watched it late afternoon. To me, it was incredibly sad to watch the demolition of homes along the coast in Hemsby and Happisburgh, while focusing, on the vulnerability of anyone who has a home where erosion is prev

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

So surprised to wake up this morning and see a sprinkling of frost on the front lawn and on the car too. We don’t have many frosts, here on the coast, so to see one mid-March was quite unexpected. Clear blue skies for our morning walk but it was very cold. My finger tips were numb by the time we were back home. Generally, it has been cold the past few days; with the winds making it feel even colder than predicted. It was exceptionally windy on Thursday when we were buffe

Watching the film ‘Emily’ (biographical and fictional drama covering the adult life of Emily Brontë), the other evening, I was taken back, to a period in my school days. This was the time, students in my school year were preparing to take their O Level examinations (those not old enough to remember O Levels, these along with CSE’s were the predecessors of GCSE’s). At the beginning of the school year, we were presented with, Emily Brontë’s novel, Wuthering Heights. This was

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