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Tag Archives: Norfolk
Beets
They have a lot of beets in Norfolk, I don’t know what they do with them. Something about this scene pulled me up this morning on my way back from the beach, it reminded me of a Van Gogh painting, … Continue reading
Dylan today
A rare shot of him returning in the general direction of his Master.
Posted in Along Came Dylan, Fetching Dylan, Walking Ollie
Tagged Dylan, Norfolk, Salukis, Winterton-on-Sea
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Anglia News
Some Mondays are just oh so very quiet on the Anglia Newsdesk. After they’d done a piece on the new surface drainage in Great Yarmouth (after this mind, not before) they dropped down to Essex (they only go to Essex … Continue reading
Posted in From Working-Class Hero to Absolute Disgrace (A Memoir
Tagged Anglia News, Basildon sign, Essex, Norfolk
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In Norwich II
So I start the walk this morning and before we’ve got going we’re approached by an elderly couple with a curly haired dog, perhaps a Labradoodle. ‘Is that a Saluki?’ the woman asks. ‘Yes,’ I say. Then there’s a bit … Continue reading
Posted in Along Came Dylan, Fetching Dylan, Walking Ollie
Tagged Dogs, lurchers, Norfolk, Norwich, Salukis
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In Norwich
The Bird Feeder All winter, at dusk, there’s just me and this man down by the lake. I am finishing my walk or run with Dylan, he is arriving with a carrier bag of bread to feed the swans and … Continue reading
Posted in Along Came Dylan, Fetching Dylan, Walking Ollie
Tagged birds, geese, Norfolk, Norwich, swans
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Esprit de l’escalier
This is one of my favourite expressions, one that encapsulates an all too familiar experience: it means to think of a witty and incisive remark or retort after the opportunity to use it has passed. The literal translation from the … Continue reading
Slow down
I hope I’m building a picture here. 8. Speed sign
Where’d we be without peas?
We interrupt the photojournal odyssey with a letter from the Eastern Daily Press. The correspondent is a lady from Gorleston, which is a small resort town on the coast. Where’d we be without peas? May I take this opportunity to … Continue reading
In Tombland
there is this wonky building that tourists love. Tombland is a road next to the Cathedral: the word means, ‘open space.’ The windows appear to be original but they are not, they were put in about ten years ago after … Continue reading
Posted in From Working-Class Hero to Absolute Disgrace (A Memoir
Tagged Norfolk, Norwich, wonky building
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