In April 2021 I started to try to note what I have read and what I thought about it. I have made little attempt to edit my thoughts - some are probably unduly harsh, others wildly enthusiastic. There's no real pattern to them, though I have often noted when I started and when I finished …
Continue reading Books I have read – April 2021 to September 2021
“We could do this!” I was talking about Food Savvy's latest attempt to get us to STOP WASTING FOOD! Suffolk v Norfolk! The idea was to find two streets, one in Norfolk and the other in Suffolk, and put them head to head to see which street could save the most food, save the most …
East Suffolk infection rates have been flat for three weeks. The good news is that they are not going up again. The bad news is that they aren't significantly going down, either. They are at the same levels as the beginning of October 2020, just before Lockdown Two. Why do I see this as worrying? …
East Suffolk Council have announced (23/2/21) they will clear the exposed lumps of fuel oil previously buried in 1978 on North Beach, and will try to work out what to do next. They think that the oil may be more liquid in the bigger deposits. Anglian Water sewerage pipes run underneath the dunes, which is …
This label really annoys me. I would like to stuff it in the bin and slam the lid shut. But I mustn't do so. Why? Everything about this symbol seems designed to confuse. It looks like the Recycle symbol, but it's in black, which suggests 'No'. There's a thin white line as a bar across …
On a cold and windy afternoon of the 31st I went down to North Beach (aka Gunton Warren). Fair sea running, some sea anglers, people. And of course, some remnants of the 1978 Eleni V disaster. I made a short video, re-edited today with a John Ward sound track. https://youtu.be/_hMMRwO2Qiw The erosion recently has been …
It's a good time of year for being out and about early. Because it's not early. Sunrise on Monday in Lowestoft was a very manageable 7.45am. I got to North Beach (also known as Gunton Warren Beach) about 7.30. Already the sky above was that almost solid, lucid, dreamy blue that clear mornings can produce. …
We're at Crazy Mary's Hole. There's a stream elbowing its way to the sea here, cutting through the sand. We leap across the two foot wide canyon, and stare at the shimmering surface. A woman - from a few yards away - says 'It's beautiful, isn't it?' Phil explains that he's just seen a salmon …
Continue reading Pakefield Cliffs are falling down, falling down…
Live map of route Name: Old Lowestoft Scores TrailDifficulty: Hard - several sets of steep steps and paths. Not suitable for mobility scooters, prams, push chairs and the likeLength: 2.5k (1.6 miles)Terrain: Steps, pavements, paths, crossing busy roadsSummary: The walk follows most of the Old Lowestoft Scores (and passes or crosses them all). I've written …
"Anne Neill has run Walkers.Style, an online women's wear store, for 30 years. She says her initial "delight" at the announcement of a tariff-free deal with the EU on 24 December gave way to "startling" concerns. A "significant proportion" of her customers live in EU countries, she says, and it has now emerged recent orders …
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