Category Archives: England

Happy Ending and Good Luck

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“The art is not in making money, but in keeping it.” – Proverb Good news arrived in the Lake District; you were all right and I got my money back from the bank! 🙂 What a relief, so it became a happy ending after all. 🙂 “Subconsciously, don’t you think everyone believes in angels, fairies, …

Going North

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“One’s destination is never a place, but a new way of seeing things.” – Henry Miller Tomorrow we’re heading North to the Lake District in Cumbria. A couple of weeks ago I went to Nikon Repair in Cologne and whilst waiting, saw the Top Ten most desirable landscapes worldwide for a photographer, all voted by …

The Best Things in Life

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 …are not things. “The best things in life are free; the second best are  very expensive.” – Coco Chanel  And then there are all the other valuables in life; Love ♥ and Sex, Happiness and Laughter. Besides blogging, pardon me. 🙂 Let me introduce a few very special persons and great bloggers who know how to celebrate the …

Ten Reasons why we love North Norfolk, England

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1. The seascapes and the ever changing coastline (for all photos; click to enlarge) Cley next the Sea, Salthouse, Sheringham, Weybourne x 2. The solitude on the vast beaches Cley next the Sea,  Wells – Holkham Beach, Stiffkey Salt Marshes xx x 3. Blakeney Point and the seals Blakeney; The Outer Point, The Pit, Watchouse, National …

From Norfolk in July

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We’re so lucky to live in a country with a rich heritage and culture in the middle of a landscape of Outstanding Natural Beauty in North Norfolk. Free and independent.  “You have to love a nation that celebrates its independence every July 4, not with a parade of guns, tanks, and soldiers who file by …

Stranded

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“I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I needed to be.” ― Douglas Adams

Holy Hedges – Norfolk, eine Heckenlandschaft

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“Love your neighbour; yet don’t pull down your hedge.” – Benjamin Franklin “There is no fence nor hedge round time that is gone. You can go back and have what you like of it if you can remember“ – Philip Dunne Die Hecke ist eine Abgrenzung und ein  Hindernis, andererseits auch ein natürlicher Lebensraum. Sie ist …

Windows of Cley next the Sea, Norfolk

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A library doesn’t need windows. A library is a window.  – Stewart Brand Love unlocks doors and opens windows that weren’t even there before.  – Mignon McLaughlin Conscience is the window of our spirit, evil is the curtain. – Douglas Horton Without pain, there would be no suffering, without suffering we would never learn from our mistakes. To …

Postcard from Cley next the Sea, Norfolk

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Gerrit A. walking in Cley next the Sea, Norfolk, UK, 2012   “One step at a time is good walking” – Chinese proverb Masterwalk bei Ebbe in North-Norfolk  – Low Tide is good for salty walks.   “For creativity and new ideas we close the PC and go for a walk ” – Dina, Master, …