Tag Archives: North Norfolk

Samphire – A Mermaid’s Kiss

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Do you know samphire? We bet you don’t. Samphire (Salicornis europaea) – yummy yummy – is also known as sea asparagus or poor man’s asparagus. It’s a wild plant growing in abundance in the saltmarshes where it drowns twice a day. It’s a vegetable of ten to 15 centimeters hight and it’s gathered at our …

Slow Norfolk

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To visit North Norfolk is for me, Dina, always a journey into slowness. Every time I come here I have to get used to that I don’t need to hurry. I have to exercise to walk through the village slowly and to stop the racing monologue in my head. As Laurence Mitchell writes: “Norfolk is …

Unser Ruhepol

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“Amundsen hat den Südpol entdeckt. Peary meint, den Nordpol entdeckt zu haben. Und wir sind die offiziellen Entdecker des Ruhepols”. Dina, Klausbernd, Siri und Selma A rural oasis of tranquillity between salt meadows and the sea makes Cley nex the Sea a place of peacefulness. A calm anchor in life and a good spot to …

Private As Private Can Be

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“It was a dark and stormy night” With those as famous as infamous words Edward George Bulwer-Lyttons (1803-1873) starts his novel “Paul Clifford” (1830). This phrase was often ironised and mocked by many like Peanuts’ Snoopy. Do you know how it goes on? Of course “the rain fell in torrents”. But don’t you think that …

Cley Crash

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First of all we want to say „THANK YOU“ to all of you who warned us that the last big flood might have uncovered mines on Cley beach and all who were worried and concerned after the helicopter crash in Cley next the Sea last night. Vorab möchten wir uns bei allen lieb bedanken, die …

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 …

Postcard from North Norfolk

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“There is nothing like walking to get the feel of a country. A fine landscape is like a piece of music; it must be taken at the right tempo.” – Paul Scott Mowrer This week you can see my photos from North Norfolk on Pixartix, thanks  dear Sofasophia and Irgendlink!