In 1998, Norfolk man John Lorimer discovered a seven metre long oval of 55 oak posts in the tidal mud at Holme-next-the-Sea, encircling an inverted oak trunk. This Bronze Age ritual site had been uncovered beneath an eroding ancient peat layer. Excavations began, before the site eroded away. The press showed an uncharacteristic interest in [...]
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Seahenge Leave a comment
Great Yarmouth Leave a comment
Images of Great Yarmouth. Well, why not.
Flotsam and Jetsam Leave a comment
Seen on a quiet Norfolk beach.
Red Sands Fort redux 2 comments
Someone mailed me yesterday and asked me about the logistics of paddling to Red Sands Fort, out in the Thames Estuary. To my shame, I can’t find the email and have no idea what I did with it. If you’re reading, any chance you could contact me again, please?
Saxon Shore Forts Leave a comment
These photos are of the Roman fort of Gariannonum, built overlooking the tidal lake of Breydon Water in Norfolk. Built in the third century, it originally guarded a much more extensive estuary. Gariannonum is one of the enormous ‘Saxon Shore Forts’. In cAD 395, an Imperial register ‘Notitia Dignitatum’ described the ‘Saxon Shore Forts’, under the [...]
Cromer Crab Leave a comment
As well as having a very nice pier, Cromer in Norfolk is also famous for the locally caught crab, claimed to be the best in the UK. It’s a little known fact that one of my sisters is actually a published expert on this topic.
Cromer Pier 1 comment
Cromer’s pleasure pier was built in 1901, with a lifeboat station added on the end. It was breached in 1940, lest the Nazis invaded via it. It was then apparently realised that the lifeboat station couldn’t be reached, so it was bridged again! The current huge RNLI shed was built in 1998. Cromer was originally [...]
Orford Ness Leave a comment
Hidden away in a remote corner of Suffolk is a 16km long shingle spit called Orford Ness. It’s a huge and important geological and ecological feature, but what those who make the journey to this obscure spot will remember is the Cold War legacy. Orford Ness has been used for all sorts of military functions in [...]
Moving Office 1 comment
Just a day or two left at work and we’re out of here…yes, the summer hols have arrived. We’ll be loading up our mobile office with kayaks and surfboards…but also with laptops and books. We have an awful lot of book writing to get done in the next six weeks, so we’re almost praying for [...]
London Kayakathon 2011
This event took place on Sunday 17th April this year, and we were there! I usually shy away from organised kayaking events; anything that involves ‘rules’, let alone wearing a bib, really isn’t my thing. However, this was a fantastic experience that Heather and I enjoyed no end, for various reasons; Superb organisation – nearly [...]
Easter Tour Leave a comment
Just returned from a splendid two weeks of sea paddling that has been diverse, to put it mildly. First we visited Pembrokeshire in west Wales. Then, we headed to London and the Thames estuary. After a quick call in back home, we had planned to head up to NE England or maybe Anglesey in north [...]
And now for something completely different… Leave a comment
Last night, I found myself east of London, down in the south-east for the London Kayakathon. I took the opportunity to visit Red Sands Forts, nine miles offshore in the Thames estuary. I was joined by Jen, who was dauntingly fit and fast as she’s doing the 126 mile Devizes to Westminster Race next week. [...]
Hangover 1 comment
Apologies for the awful photo quality- these pictures were taken by a mobile phone and I had (have) a hangover. I crossed the road from our hotel on Brighton seafront this morning, to get some fresh sea air and clear my head. I was amazed to see wood strewn all along the beach and floating [...]
