A month ago, everything round here was golden. Really. This was just around the corner from my house
Then this happened
The harvest was late in this year because it was so wet. For weeks combine harvesters have been everywhere, clogging up the roads in morning rush hour (if such a thing exists here), raising enormous clouds [...]
Tags: autumn · combine harvester · east of england · fields · harvest
Last weekend I had a glorious, quintessentially Norfolk experience, of going sailing on the Broads for an entirely wind powered weekend.
I’m a sucker for beautiful things, so the almost the best part was that we were on two beautiful 1930’s wooden cabin yachts.
We were the most elegant people on the Broads that weekend. And the [...]
In the last few sunny weekends of the year, the outdoor parts of Wimpole Hall near Royston are worth a lingering visit, either if you’ve got kids or are enthusiastic about gardening.
I fall into the enthusiastic about gardening category, so I loved the victorian walled kitchen garden. Surrounded by beautifully mellow brick walls with fruit [...]
Tags: cambridgeshire · childrens · east anglia · farm · gardening · hall · national trust · wimpole
If you’ve ever considered building your own eco-friendly Grand Design you should be in Norfolk next weekend. The Norfolk branch of the Campaign to Protect Rural England is holding four days of Open Houses in a great range of properties around the county.
They run the gamut from eco housing developments to a traditionally built cob [...]
Tags: architecture · campaign to protect rural england · eco building · grand designs · green · norfolk · norwich