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Laurence Mitchell
Writer and photographer based in Norwich, UKMarch 2021 M T W T F S S 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 -
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Tag Archives: The Wash
Fogbound: Heacham to Old Hunstanton
Earlier this week we walked from Heacham to Old Hunstanton along the seawall. To say that it was a bit foggy would be an understatement as the whole of northwest Norfolk lay shivering under a thick blanket of dense fog … Continue reading
Posted in Norfolk, Walking, wildlife
Tagged carstone, chalk, fog, Heacham, Hunstanton, Old Hunstanton cliffs, The Wash
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Snettisham
There’s a good omen as we leave Heacham before dawn: the sharp cry of a tawny owl emanating from somewhere in the woods. Fifteen minutes later, walking from Snettisham RSPB car park towards the beach at The Wash, there are … Continue reading
Posted in Norfolk, Travel, wildlife
Tagged birds, pink-footed geese, Snettisham, The Wash, waders, winter bird roosts
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Of Saints and Shipwrecks
Beneath the spectacular white and red chalk cliffs of Old Hunstanton in northwest Norfolk lie the sorry remains of what was once a working boat, the Steam Trawler Sheraton. Although she started life in 1907 as a Grimsby fishing trawer, and would later … Continue reading
Posted in History, Norfolk
Tagged Hunstanton, Le Strange, Old Hunstanton cliffs, shipwrecks, St Edmund, The Sheraton, The Wash
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