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Out soon – very soon! ‘Barrie has been in love with Norfolk for most of his life, and in these wonderfully entertaining tales, that affection shines through on every page. […]

Another great cover design from Derek Blois. Book available well before Christmas!

I have recently been having wonderful experiences at dusk. They fill me with awe and make me laugh out loud. I’ll come to them in a minute or two. Until […]

Smash as many windows as you can!   He was late middle-aged and slightly stooped. He encouraged me to ‘smash as many windows’ as I could, and would give me […]

I was probably under 10 years old when my grandparents first took me to Aldeburgh, on the Suffolk coast. I expected sand, and got shingle. I expected plastic buckets, spades, […]

  The Natterjack. The Newt. You might well say that natterjacks and newts are forms of reptile found in the UK and elsewhere, and you would be correct.   However, […]

I see trees of green Red roses too, I see them bloom For me and you, And I say to myself, What a wonderful world.   I see skies of […]

  “Hey, look at his handwriting”, said a lady, peering over my shoulder. It’s so small and neat, and it’s in straight lines”. Wendy and I were at the annual […]

Almost every year, there has been barley in the field opposite our home. But times change, and occasionally there has been rape, or potatoes – or even weeds, when farmers […]

  Wendy and I love Dovedale, and have been walking the dales there all our married life. It’s rather different from our home county of Norfolk, where there are attractive […]