“Norwich is a fine city. None finer. If there is another city in the United Kingdom with a school of painters named after it, a matchless modern art gallery, a university with a reputation for literary excellence which can boast Booker Prize-winning alumni, one of the grandest Romanesque cathedrals in the world, and an extraordinary …
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Gresham’s – a fine School
“You can never be overdressed or overeducated.” – Oscar Wilde Gresham’s School in Holt, Norfolk is a myth. Siri and Selma are always quite excited when we see the students in their smart uniforms when shopping in Holt. Gresham’s is an outstanding and very fine public school founded by Sir John Gresham in 1555. It’s one …
WordPress; please help, what am I doing wrong?
Some time ago a reader of mine made me aware of the fact that my blogposts don’t appear on the WordPress Reader. Under no topics except in the list for the followers. Why is this? I have no clue! Can you help? I have blogged so much about the arctic and I make sure I tag it in …
From Norfolk in July
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
“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
“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
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
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, …
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