living on the North Norfolk Coast

With unpredictable weather last week, we postponed a visit to a friend who lives in Northrepps. With a lovely sunny afternoon on...

The weather has been pretty grim; cold with showers and generally overcast. On Friday there had been showers all morning but the...

Despite not doing much in particular, this week is going by quickly. We have been in the garden, which is now pretty well up to date, if...

Today I have crossed off the final item, on what I termed as my ‘winter list of things to do’. It was the last and hardest of them all. ...

We have had a right old mish mash of weather so far this year. It could be described as yoyoing. Recently, the wind is sometimes gusty...

Our camelias are late breaking out into flower. Usually, one of our three bushes will have shown a full bloom by now but currently there...

Continuing from my last blog, with being in ‘spring mode’. The grass was dry enough for Peter to mow the lawns over the weekend; while I...

I made the recording for my website, Clifftop Publishing, mentioned in my blog for 21st January. This is now posted on ‘The Author...

I have been browsing and tidying my blogs for 2022, prior to printing. When I read the first blog of the year, with comments about...

He’s gone! I am referring to Kwasi Kwarteng, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, who after only thirty-eight days has been relieved of his...

Last Thursday, I received my order from the Royal British Legion, so I am now fully stocked for this year’s Poppy Appeal which commences...

Despite some improvement, the weather was not that great over the weekend but it has been a whole lot better today; calm with sunny...

After a bit of fiddling, which involved remounting, Peter has successfully installed the new satellite dish. Not that we are watching...

The challenge has been completed; we have cleared our bedroom, ready for the carpet fitters to arrive this afternoon. Such a warm day...

We have been putting off getting new carpet in our lounge/dining room. With Barney in his advanced years, we were concerned he may at...

Phew, it’s pretty warm out there today. Temperatures are set to reach in the region of 30°C so we won’t be doing anything strenuous...

We’ve had a death in our pond. Out in the garden the other day, looking to see how our tadpoles are progressing, and there just below...

Following last Friday’s trials and tribulations, things got better on Saturday and were good on Sunday too. Time spent in the garden was...

For me, the highlight of the past few days has to be the return of the swifts. I was in the kitchen when I heard the screaming calls of...

Following the recent sunny spell I was feeling quite complacent that we were out of the woods, so to speak, and wouldn’t see any snow...