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ART SPECIAL | AREA MAP | WALKS | DARK SKIES FESTIVAL | COMPETITION THIS EDITION focusses on art and first time the Norfolk Coast Partnership Plus Norfolk Coast | EVENTS includes work by dozens of artists – but is including supporting art as an GUARDIAN could have had hundreds more. The objective in its five-year management 14 People & places FREE guide to an area of outstanding natural beauty 2019 sheer breadth and depth of inspiration plan for the area. We hope this edition 15 Competition provided by the area seems limitless, inspires you to understand, enjoy and so this is in no way a comprehensive care for our shared natural world. 16-17 Wildlife selection. There’s much more to 18 Out & about discover! Historically, cheap working 20-21 Map space combined with freedom and Art on the coast inspiring nature has drawn artists to the 4-5 Folk 22-23 Local produce coast. Space, and sharing and recording 6-7 Wildlife 24-25 Walking & cycling the value of this place is at the heart 26 Dark Skies & colouringg of their work, and art continues to be a 8-9 Public powerful force for understanding and 10-11 Experience 29 Dark Skies events caring about the area. This year, for the COVER ART: Big Turns and Little Terns II serigraph by 12-13 Eco 30-39 Events painter and printmaker Carry Akroyd.

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If you are interested in adding your property to our hand picked portfolio please contact us by phone or email [email protected] NORFOLK COAST GUARDIAN 2019 COASTAL ART 3 Sky set to star Kate Dougan introduces a new festival to celebrate “There is a new and our exceptional night time urgent challenge for landscapes and help everyone discover the coast after dusk scientists and artists to The Norfolk Coast experiences some of the work together to enable darkest night skies in the UK, due to its rural character and lack of industrial light pollution. us to understand our And this dark is not something to be wary of but somewhere where you can focus on your coast in new ways.” other senses and make new discoveries. Dark is necessary for the health of wildlife and people – it resets our biological clock, reduces stress and saves carbon. Light pollution is an increasing problem but one which can easily and quickly be reversed – and everyone can do their bit. The two-week long festival of events and activities will include a wide range of partners including the North Norfolk Astronomy Society, King’s Lynn and District Astronomy Society, CPRE, Commission for Dark Skies, RSPB, Norfolk Wildlife Trust, Deepdale Backpackers and Kelling Heath Holiday Park. Events will vary from star gazing and introduction to astronomy, night walks, nature Saltmarsh, north Norfolk coast. reserve walks, a public debate to discuss light David Tipling David pollution, astrophotography workshops, romanticise the beauty of nature: reinforcing a wildlife watching and monitoring. message that the viewer is separate from nature. Dixe Wills, author of At night: a journey Science may document facts of plastic pollution round Britain from dusk till dawn will be or climate change but fail to emotionally engage leading a night walk. He said: “There’s a good us in ways that lead us to change our behaviour. reason why we so often talk of the moon and Given the issues today that face the Norfolk stars as being ‘silvery’ – there’s a brilliance to Coast, from sea-level rise to pressures on wildlife, that variety of light that we’re simply not used Art works there is a new and urgent challenge for both sci- to. And sometimes it doesn’t just come from may see only uniformity; and sense patterns and entists and artists who work on our coast to work the moon and stars – for example, on a close Now more than ever we need seek meanings in these. together to enable us to understand this area in pass, Venus can shine so brightly that it casts art to heal and reweave our We name this special area of Norfolk – our ever- new ways – and to value and care for it. shadows down on Earth. This welkin light is changing coast and its hinterland – an ‘Area of Can art and science tell stories that help us very different from the illumination we receive connections with the natural Outstanding Natural Beauty’. Beauty is perhaps see and feel ourselves as part of this landscape from the sun, or the sulphurous glow that more the provenance of the artist than the scien- and inspire us to cherish the natural world and emanates from towns and cities at night, and world, says David North tist. Art is individual and personal, better able to ensure its special qualities are both valued and it imbues everything it touches with a sense of express individual feeling and emotion, and science protected? Art can stir strong emotions. Art can mystery and other-worldliness – I love that. concerned with the universal and shared knowl- inspire. But can it also shift thinking and change “It’s one of the reasons why walking at t’s easy to understand why artists fall in love edge. But ultimately the inspiration of both science people’s behaviour in ways that help protect our night in north Norfolk is so special – the skies with our coast. Few areas have the sense of and the arts is the same: the natural world and its Norfolk Coast? above some areas are among the darkest wildness that our great open marshes offer in awe-inspiring mysteries. We need to renew our connections to nature and in Britain, which allows the heavenly bodies abundance. Here nature feels big, our sense Art can mimic nature, seeking to capture on landscape and both artists and scientists working above to show themselves in all their silvery I glory. And if you’re very lucky, at the right time of perspective is changed, and it’s possible to feel a paper, in clay, stone or words true likenesses of within this area of outstanding natural beauty deep sense of being part of something much larger. the natural world. Art can display the beauty have a vital role to play in opening our eyes in new of year you may even get a glimpse of the For artist, scientist and naturalist these wild of our wildlife, landscapes, people and places in and creative ways to the mutual dependence of Northern Lights.” landscapes are rich in meanings, some shared, images that hold fast a special moment in time, people and nature. Now is a time when more than even universal, others deeply personal. Nature – the momentary colours of a sunset, or the move- ever we need new stories to illuminate our relation- Find out more about dark skies with our the source of everything we need to survive – is ment of a skein of geese held still on a canvas. Even ship with nature and new meanings to heal and colouring for all ages on page 26; and come also the inspiration for art and science. abstract images may take their inspiration from reweave our connections with the natural world. along to an event – details on page 29. It’s no coincidence that the Norfolk coast the patterns in nature. attracts artists and naturalists; both see things However there are dangers in the ways both art David North is head of people and wildlife at Norfolk that others may not notice: detail where others and science represent our area. The former may Wildlife Trust ARK SKIE T D S S FE A S – from saltmarsh to downs, from woodlands to heath people’s charter for the open air, for the hikers and O T C I Yours to cherish and bog – supporting an astonishing range of species. the ramblers, for everyone who loves to get out into V A Protected for the nation by the National Parks and the open air and enjoy the countryside. Without it K

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the Norfolk coast area of outstanding natural ever. This year we celebrate the 70th anniversary of cherish, to enjoy and to make their own.” O beauty. the act, introduced by Minister of Town and Country More information – including walks, N This nationally designated area’s amazingly Planning Lewis Silkin on 31 March 1949: what’s on, species, habitats and plans: diverse 453 sq km includes a wealth of habitats “This is not just a Bill. It is a people’s charter – a norfolkcoastaonb.org.uk 4 FOLK ART NORFOLK COAST GUARDIAN 2019

his is a story of managing illness to discover hidden talents and of grasping unexpected Topportunities: a joint project between a cou- Time on their hands ple facing the loss of a business, long term disabil- ity, multiple house moves and a reduced income. Lisa Little on a major Meet John Craske and his wife, Laura Eke and new show at Sheringham their sponsors: novelist, Sylvia Townsend Warner and poet, Valentine Ackland. Museum which explores and John Craske’s family were one of several Sher- celebrates the richness of ingham fishing families who moved between the town and Grimsby to find better paid work deep the fisherfolk art of the coast sea fishing. John was born in Sheringham in 1881 and moved to Grimsby in 1883. He was the third owhere is the inspiration of the sea of five sons and four daughters. The Craskes were on artists more evident than in the a well-known local family: John was the grand- everyday work of fisherfolk. This son of “Granny” Craske, founder of the Salvation N year, the exhibition Folkart: Time Army in Sheringham and mother of 12 children. on our hands encompasses sailor’s craftwork Aged 14, John joined his brothers and father, as well as an insight into the lives of those who Edward, deep sea fishing from Grimsby, but the live on and from the sea. And John Craske fans family moved back to Sheringham in 1900 where are in for a very special treat, with the show- John continued fishing. When Edward retired from ing of paintings and the embroidery collection fishing in 1905, the family moved to Dereham to that the museum holds - including some pieces open a fish shop. Shortly afterwards John met never seen publicly before. Laura Eke at an open-air Salvation Army service Sailors’ craftwork includes any item hand- and the couple married in 1908. For the next six made by a seafarer, or indeed by the sea. Often years they ran fish rounds in local villages but John sailors would make ‘practical’ crafts as a way became distressed at the death of their pony and of passing the time at sea or on land or as gifts. they moved back to Dereham for the support of Becoming accomplished, they turned honed his family and helped out in the family fish shop. practical skills into decorative pastimes, which John joined the Army Reserves in 1917, aged 36 in turn became desirable to a wider audience, Check out our but was rated as ‘exempt from service’. However, and could even generate an alternative income competition on this was challenged by a neighbour and he was stream. page 15 to win mobilised and posted to the Bedfordshire Regiment The exhibition showcases a range of skills, a family entry ‘Transport’ and sent to Croydon. Within a month from the unknown ‘ship-in-a-bottle’ or ship to Sheringham he collapsed and was admitted initially to Croydon model maker, to embroidered seascapes known Unique appeal and instrinsic value: the sailors’ craftwork of basket Museum War Hospital and then transferred from hospital to as ‘woollies’; from ‘pierhead’ paintings – ship and net making, rope splicing and model making hospital until he reached the mental health ward portraits for seafarers – to the basket maker, of Norfolk War Hospital in Thorpe, Norwich. He the net maker, the rope-splicer, and the wood- Such trade was exported by boat throughout had varying diagnoses: influenza, brain abscess, carver - among many others. The art of everyday the East Anglian waterways and ports, before nervous collapse and finally permanent Mental Collaborations include the expert in knot Folk art is rooted in local and cultural traditions. tourism and progress steamed its way into the Stupor when he was discharged from the army as and rope tying Des Pawson from the Museum Expressive and aesthetic, it encompasses a area with the arrival of the train line. Faster an invalid. For six weeks, Laura visited him three of Knots and Sailors’ Ropework, and the East wide variety of media, from music, writing transport links not only brought people from times a week in Norwich until he was discharged Anglian Traditional Music Trust, who will be and storytelling to painting, woodwork, afar to enjoy the sea air and bathing, but also home into the care of Dr John Duigan. giving a talk as part of the Friday lunchtime metal work, ceramics – and basketry, knitting, expanded the horizons and income of locals events programme which runs throughout the knotting. Each unique piece is hand-made and either unwell or unable to work. This brought Fresh ideas exhibition, as well as running a musical work- individual. Objects may be practically useful as opportunity, not only out-of-season, or when the In his own words, the sea seemed to save him. “I shop. well as decorative. weather was too fierce to go to sea but connected was very ill in bed for three years, which I remem- Luke Scott from Paffron and Scott will be the east coast to the rest of the country all year ber very little about, after which I just felt some- celebrating the contemporary stitch craft of round. We see the opportunity afforded to local thing, that I cannot explain, urging me on to make Sheringham: Colin Millington and his 21st ingham mermaid lured to church by the sound fisherman; like Craske, whose charming and pictures of the sea and ships. Continually fresh century take on embroidered wool-work of choral voices. naïve paintings and embroideries brought in ideas are flashing through my mind and when pictures will be juxtaposed with Craske’s pano- Folkart highlights the self-taught skills of a much-needed income for the family. His life I hear the thrilling stories of sea rescues on the ramic embroidery the ‘Evacuation of Dunkirk’, craft and also shows that function sometimes emphasises just how difficult it can be eking a wireless I make a note of them and hope someday on loan from Norfolk Museums Service. triumphs over form, but not always. More often living out on the coast and relying on the sea for to put them in pictures. I thank God for this gift Throughout the summer the Sheringham than not it goes hand-in-hand such as the deco- an income; how sometimes people were time- as I realise it comes from him!” Museum Textile group, with help from the Nor- rative but practical gansey sweaters, made and rich and money-poor and how relying on your As John’s health improved, he tried fishing wich Embroiderers guild, the 76 Textile group worn all down the UK’s east coast, from Scotland own skills can pay dividends. again in Grimsby with his bothers Edward and and the Costume & Textile Society will be work- to the most easterly point of Lowestoft. There The cleverness and resourcefulness of fisher Robert and then he and Laura opened another ing on its own large ‘Sheringham Seascape’; a are intricate patterns knitted into the sweaters, folk and their craft never fails to appeal, and we fish shop in Dereham. However, the death of his four-metre-long embroidery inspired by and not because – as the popular myth states – they are continuing in the tradition by sharing exam- father in 1920 caused another downturn in John’s using the same stitches as Craske. used these motifs to identify fishermen who have ples of the skills of those in past who saw the sea health. Dr Duigan suggested he try painting and Other elements of the exhibition link directly drowned, but because the knitter had an artistic as an inspiration, as well as a powerful force. his brothers Edward and William helped him to folk stories, sayings, music and local legends; bent, and she knew the most popular designs. The sea is the link that has shaped Folkart: work in the garden, building a pond and concrete contemplating seafaring sayings, such as the These patterns would migrate all down the Time on our hands; how people lived and worked sculptures. There followed six years where John origins of the square meal, mariners and navi- UK’s east coast and adapt as they travelled. in, on, and with the sea; and much more than and Laura shuttled between homes by the sea gational rhymes; superstitious colloquial and Today we have an appreciation of the skills and that. It is a feeling; the sea evokes the same reac- local ‘old wives’ tales’ such as the popular east craftsmanship that was practised; the hand- tions today in myself as it did in people in the coast smuggler’s friend ‘Black Shuck’, who made-ness as opposed to mass production has past. You just have to let the wind blow through scares us all. Some of my favourite tall stories longevity and a unique appeal and intrinsic you on a beach walk to make you feel better; it will be there as well including the Upper Sher- value. gives us an enormous sense of wellbeing. Craske and many others thought so, and so do I.

“The sea evokes the same reactions today Folkart: Time on our hands runs from 14 June to 26 October and includes a wide range of special events as it did in people in the past. You just throughout the season, and a symposium November 1 and 2. For more information and bookings contact have to let the wind blow through you on [email protected] Lisa Little is museum and collections manager a beach walk to make you feel better.” of Sheringham Museum NORFOLK COAST GUARDIAN 2019 FOLK ART 5

“I just felt something, that I cannot explain, urging me on to make pictures of the sea and ships,” said John Craske Sheringham Museum

(Blakeney, Wiveton, Hemsby) which he believed that as he had never been to Dunkirk he based the would help his health improve and Dereham for landscape on the cliffs at Weybourne. He was still family support. Craske’s family gave John and working on this in hospital when he died, aged 62. Laura financial help from time to time. During this Causes of death were given as septicaemia, cer- time John made model boats for sale, painted for vical adenitis (infected lymph node in the neck) pleasure and with Laura refurbished a small boat and diabetes. so they could float in the ebb and flow of the tide. For some of this period, John needed a wheelchair Near the sea which Laura used to push along the coastal path. There has been no certain identification of Craske’s In 1926, John and Laura lived in Hemsby and long term medical problem. It seemed to have John was painting every surface he could: a bait box affected his physical and mental health whereby lid (now in Sheringham Museum), bread boards, he spent months at a time in bed and yet had peri- plywood. He used whatever paints came to hand. ods of remission. His descendants suggest the pos- The following year, Valentine Ackland was staying sibility of chronic fatigue syndrome which would with her parents in Winterton and was asked to explain his fluctuations of fitness. Whatever the buy a model boat from a man in Hemsby. When she cause of his health problems, those around him sug- arrived, she discovered a cottage full of paintings gested and encouraged him to continue with activi- Fisherman, and persuaded the Craskes to sell her a painting ties that were meaningful to him. Laura helped of ‘The James Edward’, an imaginary boat named him source materials to continue his painting and after their fathers, for thirty shillings. embroidery. She kept moving house with him to be near the sea as advised by his doctor. Dr Duigan Embroidery originally suggested that Craske should try paint- fish seller, John was diagnosed with diabetes and was very ing and was paid in embroideries and paintings. unwell so that he was unable to help Laura deco- The Craske brothers took him fishing and helped rate their next house back in Dereham. He was him create garden structures. The wider family frequently bed bound and became very restless probably helped Laura and John financially until without his painting and model making. Out of des- he began to earn a living by his craft. peration, Laura suggested he could try embroidery His early paintings and embroideries feature painter, and gave him some calico pudding cloths and any individual boats such as those by Pierhead Paint- threads that were available. In December 1928, ers or sailor’s woollies – paintings and embroi- John completed his first embroidery – a mantle deries denoting single boats. He took ideas from border. listening to the radio news and incorporated them The following year ‘The James Edward’ was into paintings and his embroideries began to tell exhibited in the Warren Gallery in London owned a story: beach activities, drifters being rescued embroiderer by a friend of Valentine Ackland. This must have by lifeboats, fighter planes over the cliffs and the created some interest as Dorothy Warren gave Val- evacuation of Dunkirk. entine a blank cheque to buy as many of Craske’s Craske’s work has continued to be exhibited: paintings as possible. Many of these paintings were Boston and New York shortly after his death, in Born into a Sheringham fishing family sold. Valentine introduced Craske to her partner, 1971 at Aldeburgh after Sylvia Townsend Warner and scarcely leaving Norfolk, he had Sylvia Townsend Warner who also bought paint- left her collection to Peter Pears and in Dereham, ings and embroideries. A second exhibition was Sheringham and Norwich and Aldeburgh in 2015. his work exhibited in London and arranged in the Warren Gallery in 1933. Craske Collections of paintings and embroideries are was now beginning to work on his large panoramic located at Sheringham Museum, Britten Pears New York. Lesley Lougher embroideries, like The Panorama of the North Nor- Foundation as well as in private hands. folk Coast, now in the Glandford Shell Museum. John Craske’s embroideries and previously on the life of John Craske An American friend of Valentine’s, Elizabeth Wade unseen paintings from the Sheringham Museum White, became interested and took examples of collection and The Evacuation of Dunkirk from Craske’s work to the USA, leading to an exhibition Norfolk Museums Service will be displayed in in the American British Art Centre in New York. Sheringham Museum as part of the Folk Art – Meanwhile John began work on another pano- Time on our Hands exhibition. ramic embroidery of the Evacuation of Dunkirk (now owned by Norfolk Museums Service). It is said Lesley Lougher is a trustee of Sheringham Museum 6 WILDLIFE ART NORFOLK COAST GUARDIAN 2019 Drawn here: the essen Wildlife art is a never-ending apprenticeship in observation says Steve Harris

he sun paints the sky a deepening red in the west, the distant sound of approaching geese is sensed more than heard. Then they Tare here: the pencil lines across the sunset resolving into individual birds within their V-shaped skeins, and the calls becoming more of an urgent clam- our as tens of thousands of pinkfeet head for the safety of their night-time roosts on the off-shore sandflats. This nightly winter ritual is well up in the league table of nature spectacles. Bystanders will stare in awe; others will snap the shutter of a camera. A lucky few, with the talent to paint, make prints, or sculpt, will be taking inspiration from the moment. In the words of Rachel Carson, quoted by artist John Threlfall in his book Between the Tides: ‘Those who contemplate the beauty of the earth find reserves of strength that will endure as long as life lasts. There is symbolic as well as actual beauty in the migration of birds, the ebb and flow of the tides, the folded bud ready for spring. There is something infinitely healing in the repeated refrains of nature.’ Is this why many of us come to wild places, for sheer enjoyment, and why others feel compelled to capture nature in their art?

Dynamic mix The Norfolk coast is a landscape dominated by the proximity of the sea and its interface with the land: the dynamic mix of saltmarshes, estuaries, sandflats, mudflats, sandy beaches, shingle and dunes. There is nowhere else in Britain with this mix of landscapes on this scale. With this massive extent and continu- ity of habitat comes wildlife, particularly, those most mobile of creatures: birds. Fifteen years ago, after lives in Norfolk conser- vation and teaching, my wife Liz and I spent nearly a year creating The BIRDscapes Gallery out of a light-industrial unit, based on a passion to show top quality bird art and hopefully inspire others to rec- ognise the infinite pleasures of experiencing nature. The artists highlighted in this article are all Clockwise from top: David Cowdry: Snipe, Last Light, Blakeney; Robert Gillmor: Shore Larks; James McCallum: Pinkfeet in Mist; John Threlfall: Feeding inspired by the natural world and have produced Brents at Morston particularly memorable pictures of the North Nor- folk coast. One of the artists with whom we work was asked the question, referring to a particularly large picture, ‘How long did it take you to paint that?’. ‘About 20 years,’ came the reply. This was of course a refer- ence to the never-ending ‘apprenticeship’ he was on, observing wildlife and honing the skills needed to get his response to what he had seen, down on paper. ‘Observing’ nature is perhaps too passive a word for the artists’ view. They are doing more than mere looking. The starting point of their skill is ‘seeing’. This seeing is in part getting to know what birdwatch- ers refer to as the ‘jizz’ of the bird: its postures, its proportions, its size, and its general colouration, but more than this, its interactions with other birds and its relationship with its surroundings, light and shadow. The ability to see and understand birds is the pre- requisite of creating ‘authentic’ bird-inspired art. One artist, the late John Busby, was a masterful sketcher of birds, capturing their essence in a few distilled lines. In his book Looking at Birds he states his aim to be ‘to encourage people to see more when they watch birds: to discover new things in the bird’s life and exchange images we pick up from books for those we discover for ourselves.’ An excellent guide for someone wish- ing to develop a bird artist’s eye. NORFOLK COAST GUARDIAN 2019 WILDLIFE ART 7 ce of understanding David North/Norfolk Wildlife Trust Wildlife North/Norfolk David Michael Warren: Alpine Swift, Cley. Niki Bowers: Time and Tide Butterflies are a focus this year: Red Admiral at Cley

Our gallery specialises in the work of Impressionists and developed a fresh artists who have an intimate knowledge approach to bird painting with excit- of their subjects. A sight of their sketch ing palettes and impressions of birds in Cley calling books is often a short-cut to assessing a their environments, far from field guide prospective artist’s engagement with the perfection: rather, birds as we see them. Among the defining qualities of humanity are our ability and natural world. Drawn to the Edge, John’s second book our inherent need to praise in words, images and music the took him to a wide selection of British Pioneer coastlines and the Norfolk Brents (pic- natural world which gives us home, says Nick Acheson Eric Ennion is for many, the twentieth tured far left) are from it. At Norfolk Wildlife Trust, engaging people with nature is among our century’s pioneer of working directly from core commitments. We teach thousands of children about wildlife on life. Born in 1900, his paintings were a Twitcher our reserves each year. Yet teaching and learning are far from simply radical departure from the static, taxi- Mike Warren is one of the few bird art- a matter of young pupils soaking up knowledge from adults. They are dermy-derived book illustrations of pre- ists who comes close to being a ‘twitcher’. a lifelong adventure, with each of us learning from wildlife in different ceding generations. His early years were He has painted in every state in the US ways and at different times. It is this understanding which sits at the spent in the Cambridgeshire fens from and seen well over 400 species in the heart of Cley Calling. where he was a frequent visitor to the UK. He is frequently in Norfolk, as the Cley Calling is a festival of writing, art, photography, music and Norfolk Coast. His painting Marsh and Alpine swift flying past a well-known performance – all inspired by the natural world – which takes place Riverside Birds (pictured right), full of landmark (pictured above left) shows. every year at NWT Cley and Salthouse Marshes. Each event in the lively dynamism and the pulsing of spring, Unlike most twitchers who get the bird festival reflects nature in a different way, through the eyes, the voice, has only recently been identified as being on their list, then off to the next rarity, the fingertips or the mind of a different artist. a painting of Cley Marshes. Coinciden- Michael will patiently observe, sketch For some lovers of the wild – and I grew up among them – engaging tally the painting appears in a book of and ultimately create a characteristic with nature involves detailed study, description and naming. With its Ennion paintings, A Life of Birds, in an painting of his rare bird. mix of grazing marsh, saltmarsh, shingle and reed, Cley is not only a introduction written by famous linocut- Niki Bowers has metamorphosed celebrated site for birds. It is also home to many butterflies, including ter, illustrator and jacket designer, Robert from graphic designer to successful full- declining species. Several of our events this summer, among them one Gillmor, a Cley resident. A close friend of time linocut printmaker. Her popular led by butterfly champion Patrick Barkham, will focus on the reserve’s Eric’s, together they initiated, in 1960, an prints have a strong sense of place; very butterflies. Exhibition by Contemporary Bird Paint- definitely Norfolk; one print is just swirls For many of us, though, naming and studying the denizens of ers to take bird art to a wider audience. of starlings above Cley Marshes, while the natural world are secondary to a raw sense of wonder. Cley Calling The success of this touring exhibition led the one shown here (pictured above) 2019 features photography, embroidery, poetry painting and song, to the formation, in 1964, of the Society of captures the wide open spaces of Nor- all born of nature and our place in it. This celebration of all things Wildlife Artists; now the senior UK wild- folk mud and sandflats and their wader wild on the Norfolk coast, and of the wild creativity of people faced life art body whose members are steeped hordes. with nature, will be rich in humour. There will be fossils telling of in the ethos of field observation for the David Cowdry has sketch books a Norfolk long forgotten; the clumsy flap of freshly fledged marsh inspiration of their picture-making and bursting with beautiful full-page field harrier chicks; and shingle ever shifting on the tide. There will be, sculpting. This is not to say that their work paintings as well as many fine pencil above all, humanity transfixed by nature, as we have always been is totally literal and realistic, indeed some sketches. These form the basis of often and as always we must be. is semi-abstract or even abstract, but at quite large studio pieces that truly its heart is an empathy with wild nature. capture the atmosphere of a place, Nick Acheson is wildlife evangelist for Norfolk Wildlife Trust A born-and-bred north Norfolk artist uncannily 3D, and often washed in the is James McCallum, a great admirer of evocative light of evening or dawn. Cley Calling Changing Tides: Thursday 18 - Sunday 21 July see both Busby and Ennion. All his painting Jonathan Pomroy hadn’t been to Nor- pages 29 onwards for details of events, visit www.cleycalling.com is done in the field, has an instantly rec- folk before delivering his first group of or call 01263 740008. ognisable style and often focuses on behaviour and From top: paintings to us. He called in at Holkham and was the many and complex interactions between birds of Jonathan immediately gripped by the artistic possibilities there. the same or different species. Pomroy: Pinkfeet Often Jonathan’s work appears to be a straightfor- Many wildlife artists do not have formal art train- over Holkham ward landscape, but he has great skill in placing birds ing and some, such as Dafila Scott, John Threlfall Marsh. into his pictures in scale with their surroundings. and the late Greg Poole started their careers as sci- Eric Ennion: One customer had a painting of Cley Marsh on the entists. Interestingly, the work of all three of these Marsh and wall for some months before the wren in the reedbed artists is far removed from the precise ‘feather map’ Riverside Birds. was spotted! representations which are the hall-mark of identifi- Jonathan’s painting of Holkham (pictured left) cation plate illustrations that portray an ‘average’ David Cowdry: takes us full circle to the inspiring spectacles of North bird of its species, in profile, with, nowadays, close to Curlew Flight, Norfolk that we started with. So, next time you’re photographic precision. Winter, going for a walk, why not take a sketch pad and make John Threlfall was a geochemist working for the Salthouse. a start at ‘seeing’ birds in their landscapes. British Geological Survey in Scotland when he had his ‘epiphany’. He took himself off to galleries to study the Steve and Liz Harris are owners of The BIRDscapes Gallery Guitarist singer songwriter Kitty Macfarlane will perform at Cley Calling 8 PUBLIC ART NORFOLK COAST GUARDIAN 2019

contacted artists whom we knew from experience made good work. Among these was Rachael Long. As soon as she responded I showed Robert Smith, the Wells Harbour Master, a photograph of one of her striking large animal sculptures. Robert had an old black and white photograph of the big horses that long ago used to tow the lifeboat out of its house Out there and into the sea. And with a harbour barge and thought might not be to go through the doors of a crane he eventually had the means to pick up the John Millwood on the a gallery. It is out there - openly on offer. Art has specially-made Lifeboat Horse and place it on the powerful mix of creativity and been shown to be an excellent way of enhancing marsh across the channel from the harbour, where an area. Not if imposed from above. But espe- it could be seen from all around, standing dramati- MAZAIC by Nick Ball community which resulted in cially so if creative talent engages with local life. cally in the high or low tides. a new addition to the harbour About ten years ago the North Norfolk Exhi- As curators we sought variety: of relevant bition Project placed attractive artworks on a subjects, styles and materials. We wanted only walking route. Some were woven willow and have seriously good artworks – but not all of it seri- an we get the Lifeboat Horse back?’ biodegraded and a few were removed, but several ous in content, as humour is always welcome. All was the cry across Wells-next-the-Sea remain in and around Salthouse and Kelling and told, the 17 proposals we chose involved 26 crea- last year. A fitting end to a popular art in Holt. The NNEP continues to display open air tors. Our follow-up with them was by studio visits ‘Ctrail came when supporters from busi- art outside Cley church and on the Cley wildlife or emails and visuals. As part of curation we rec- nesses to schoolchildren dug deep into their pockets reserve during its annual art show, now called ommended potential sites to the artists and the to give the sculpture, by Rachael Long, a permanent Cley Contemporary. Maltings. Mary Blue Brady, Wells Maltings out- home in the town. The idea for the Wells Trail came from Wells reach & learning manager, took on the onerous Lifeboat Horse had featured in last summer’s Maltings, the new arts, heritage and community task of everything necessary to get permissions Wells Heritage Art Trail, along with 16 other 3D centre in the town. My wife, Yvonne, and I were and the works in place for the launch of the trail in artworks – all popular in their own way. very pleased to be asked to curate the trail as vol- June, and a Heritage Lottery Fund grant provided a Art in the open has mass appeal. All 10,000 leaf- unteers, drawing on our contacts and experience modest and carefully-controlled budget. let guides to the Trail were taken up, and Wells resi- with open air art at Salthouse and elsewhere. We The trail as such finished at the end of last dents and visitors alike responded enthusiastically recommended a wide circulation in Norfolk by September. Of the 17 artworks, seven departed. to the evocation of the life of the town: its people, its the Maltings of a Call for Artists. This is one of Of those that remain, two are placed permanently long history, trades past and present, the harbour the essential steps to getting quality by bringing inside the Maltings building and two just outside. and the lifeboat, significant living creatures and in a wide range of artists from the vibrant Nor- One stays on by the Wells Beach Cafe, another, as Sculptor Rachael Long on installation day, plants, and the natural surroundings of sea and folk art scene from which curators can choose. intended, remains in the pinewoods until it biode- June 2018 Kellen Playford shore which embrace and crucially influence the Another important step to getting quality, in my grades. One is relocated to the Wells Health Centre area. The subject matter, and the view, is to ask artists to put in a proposal to make while another is likely to be redisplayed in another lively skillful way it was variously a new work specially for the project. This brings “Art has been shown location. portrayed, appealed. freshness and rules out old work that has been One work, the doors of the Wells old mortu- Open air 3D art appeals both shown elsewhere before. ary, remains displayed on the outside of the Har- to those who frequent art exhibi- Sure that it was essential to the to be an excellent way bour Office – the former old lifeboat house – with a tions and those whose first success of the trail, we also caption recalling that lifeboat heroes, drowned tragi- of enhancing an area... cally in an attempted rescue, passed through them.

especially so if creative John and Yvonne Millwood were curators of the Wells talent engages with Heritage Art Trail 2018 local life.”

Lifeboat Horse – now a permanent resident – watching over the tide at Wells Harbour. Richard Little NORFOLK COAST GUARDIAN 2019 PUBLIC ART 9

New home for art in Wells

rt is at the heart of Wells Maltings, the arts, heritage and community centre which opened in the town last year, a A major redevelopment of the 200-year- old, Grade II maltings complex on Staithe Street. The project secured nearly £5m of funding through grants and public donations, including Heritage Lottery Fund support of £1.92m. The heritage and learning centre has a flex- ible auditorium for live performance and film, a café and bar, an information centre, and a range of community rooms. As well as hosting the outdoor heritage trail, the inaugural indoor exhibition was CONNEC- TION: OPEN 2018 in the Handa Gallery, which celebrated the best of East Anglian art. From the end of June until the end of September it featured over 250 pieces of two-dimensional work in all

media and attracted over 10,000 visitors. Photography Toon Sarah The selectors and organisers were Cath- Above: Wells Maltings with Whelk sculpture by Polly Ionides. Right: Sea Flora IV by Gareth Brown, erine Mason, art historian and author; Veron- winner of the People’s Choice Award ica Sekules, GroundWork Gallery, King’s Lynn; Tracey Ross, artist and art tutor; and Simon ceramicist Caroline Fisher in March and April, All sorts of other art shows will take place at Wells Maltings is on Staithe Street, Daykin, director, Wells Maltings. Visitors were and a collection of sea images by local artists in Wells Maltings in the coming months; everything Wells-next-the-Sea, Norfolk NR23 1AN. asked to vote for their favourite artwork in the April and May, to an exhibition by the Institute of from photography and sculpture to Manga art Tel: 01328 710885; People’s Choice Award and the winner was ‘Sea East Anglian artists in June, and a display and local craft markets – as well as performance W: wellsmaltings.org.uk; Flora IV’ by Gareth Brown. by the RNLI – 150th Anniversary of the Life- art such as drama, music and comedy. To find out Facebook: Wells Maltings Trust; Many more art exhibitions are planned this boat House in July. For more information, visit what’s coming up next, keep an eye on the web- Twitter @WellsMaltings; year, from Moments of Being, a body of work the ‘Art Exhibitions’ section of the website at: site at: wellsmaltings.org.uk and sign up online Instagram @Wells_Maltings by talented textile artist Debbie Lyddon and wellsmaltings.org.uk to the weekly emailer.

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e made an art work on the beach at Wells in May last Wyear; we were asked to write some reflections. Who are we writing this for? For nor- Open mal human beings – whatever normal means. Art event commissioners can get caught up in pre-thinking what sort of people will be the audience; then a bizarre can of worms gets opened con- taining some pretty odd categorisations to the of people. We like to make work that is for everyone. Working on the beach meant that what we were making was for any- one who happened to find themselves elements there at the same time as us; not a pre- selected group – just the people pass- ing through. Last year And Now: created the We too were visitors. We felt very welcomed and trusted by Norfolk and international premiere of their piece Norwich Festival and the people we Creating ‘a temporary space that would come and be, and then go’ Original artworks worked alongside locally, the Norfolk by And Now: Photo by Mandy Dike Wayfaring on Wells beach. Here Coast Partnership, the conservation team for Holkham estate and the Har- with a long history of English mysti- as to make something congruent with artists Ben Rigby and Mandy Dike bourmaster at Wells. cism, is today a significant place of pil- its surroundings. We sought to accent In the year before creating the work grimage including for Tamils travelling the boundaries and filters in order to be share their unique journey we explored locally for various weeks from as far away as Sri Lanka. able to choose to move beyond them and and weekends; we walked, read, talked From an ecological viewpoint, we experience more openly and respond to people, watched and tried to gain a quickly became very aware of the great more fully to this beautiful place, this measure of the shifting sands and tides sensitivity of the contested ground edge. of the space and the ebb and flow of around which plants and animals are People had made meeting places on the people. valued, native and almost revered and the beach before us. The dense local history of large those which are considered invasive, We had read various speculative but movements and migrations impressed aliens, unwelcome and open to licensed definitive sounding interpretations of itself upon us: interesting contrasts extermination; and how pedigree dogs the meaning and purpose of Sea Henge, made themselves apparent. are transported in luxury motors and a significant Bronze Age ceremonial site Up to 9,000 years ago people freely seemed to hold a status of their own. a few miles up the coast. What was very moved between Norfolk and the conti- The harbour management illus- arresting in this history was the 1990s nent across the lowland that is Dogger- trated a fine balance of maintaining an decision to uproot the remaining tim- land and now the North Sea. We were established working traditional fishing bers in the name of conservation; enact- making the work at a time when further quayside in combination with servicing ing an irrevocable change to this ancient disconnection from Europe seems immi- the needs of the 21st century demands liminal landscape in the name of pres- nent yet increasing numbers of people of the renewable energy industry along- ervation. are choosing to face the peril of cross- side a very busy, much visited, much We wanted to embrace the imperma- ing the sea in small open boats to reach loved holiday destination. nence of the environment, the constant new lands. A desperate heady mixture It seemed to us necessary to cre- shifting and change, and create a tem- of fears and hopes. ate a shared inhabition of all this flux, porary space that would come and be,

Original artworks by And Now: photo by Nick Read And Now: photo by Original artworks by Nearby Walsingham, synonymous apparent contradiction and tension, so and then go, evolving in its creation and NORFOLK COAST GUARDIAN 2019 EXPERIENCE ART 11

‘A temporary social space, without any one meaning or agenda other than that it was happening between people Sounding coastal open to the elements, with an invitation to contribute.’ Original artworks by And Now: Photo by Nick Read change in film Beyond spaces and sights, the sounds of the coast also inspire. Gair Dunlop explains how a research project produced a sound-led film

ver three years artists, geogra- usual process of assembling visuals to phers and a film-maker have be complemented by the soundtrack, Oworked together on the coast has meant adaptability, inventiveness to explore coastal change, land man- and willingness to slow the pace. We agement, and how locals and visitors experience sound in an emotional and understand the dynamic and fragile direct way, compared to a more analyti- landscape. cal approach to the image or the writ- The mission of ‘Sounding Coastal ten word. This emotional response has Change’ was to explore the creative use enabled the research group to share and of sound, composition, audio recording discuss ideas and feelings with a wide and performance in ‘giving voice’ and range of participants. how ‘non-human voices’ - the needs An unexpected aspect of the pro- online to generate responses and dis- and politics of land, and wildlife - can ject was the realisation that the envi- cussion. be brought to the table in discussions ronmental and the cultural effects of Soundings is an overview of the of how we see the future and our place coastal change were deeply intercon- project, incorporating live sound from in it. Workshops and performances, nected. Coastal change in Norfolk cer- compositions, children’s recordings with the enthusiastic participation of tainly involves global warming, erosion and audio dramas, sounds of nature, the Pilgrim Schools Partnership and St and higher risk of flooding, but it also interviews with experts and public, Nicholas Parish Church in Blakeney involves gentrification and the pricing and not least hydrophone recordings allowed contact and dialogue to develop out of families who have lived in the from around the windfarms. (Seasick- naturally with residents. coastal villages for generations. Social ness made this visit unforgettable in An Arts and Humanities Research organisations such as the Blakeney all the wrong ways!) evolving in its dissipation. We wanted formed the sand around our workings, Council award enabled the collabora- Neighbourhood Housing Trust and the Filming and editing meant listening to make a space for conversation for creating rippled textured pictures of its tion between Duncan of Jordanstone Blakeney Twelve have made a small but anew to the voices of all participants,and communication of ideas and under- journey across the beach and through College of Art and Design in Scotland appreciable difference to the composi- setting those voices in such a way that standings. the installation. with the Geography Department at the tion of the village, in comparison to its all viewpoints are respected. Not all We wanted it to be approachable and The passing people were intrigued Open University. The artist and the neighbours. differences can be reconciled, but it’s accessible in how it was made; folk art, by our activity. Many were inquisitive academics were joined by renowned Two short film works have emerged important that all are heard and under- folk architecture; self-evidently using as to what it was we were making, some composers and folklorists Lona Kosik from this process of dialogue and stood. relatively simple making techniques happy to join in and add their contri- and Sam Richards. Their work led to encounter. More Water in the Sea is The films, sound recordings, and that anyone could reproduce anywhere butions. We asked where people had the creation of live performances and an evocation of the history of coastal news from the project can be found at and in anytime - like sand castles. come from, not just on that day. People sound installations, recordings of which change, using extensive material from the project soundingcoastalchange. We wanted it to be approachable in could chalk onto a red dotted line their became key elements of the soundscape East Anglian Film Archive. This piece org meaning; encouraging a culture of dia- thoughts about boundaries, they were to the films. The team was completed was edited to a sonic composition by logue around the site; this conversation invited to join in making a great circle by Richard Fair, wildlife sound recorder Lona Kosik, and linked the 1953 catas- Gair Dunlop is a film maker and senior lec- itself constructing the temporary social of sandcastles topped with money flags, and former BBC Radio producer. trophe to contemporary conditions, and turer at Duncan of Jordanstone College of space, without any one definitive pre- a nod to the number of second homes A film led by sound, rather than the used in discussions, workshops and Art and Design scribed meaning or agenda other than on the North Norfolk coast. There were that it was happening between people numerous shrine boxes to open and in a direct unmediated manner, open investigate before reaching the center to the elements, with an invitation to of the space, inhabited by Norfolk reeds, Festival has year round offer contribute and leave a mark, a light a chalk slab, and a hazelnut: an elegy footprint for others to enjoy. for ‘aliens’. Celebrating its 10th birthday this mic events across the district in Some photographs exist of the work, year, Cromer and Sheringham’s art partnership with Rock the Lobster but the feeling of being there with the Mandy Dike and Ben Rigby are artists and literature festival has evolved and other festivals/carnivals; a wind on your face is gone, until the next And Now: into a year round presence as well day/evening of walks and films time when the feeling is re-inhabited as a vibrant week in October. in partnership with Cromer in memory. If memories become worn • Wayfaring premiered in Norfolk Coast Arts encompasses Walkers are Welcome; a range of and diluted in their revisitation, maybe between 21-27 May last year and went painting, dance, theatre, literature, exhibitions including one of all they also become more powerful as with on to take place in two other areas of film, music, photography, the entries to the festival’s annual the increasing dilution of homeopathic outstanding natural beauty – the North workshops and many other diverse open mixed media art competition medication. Wessex Downs and Dorset, as well as events. Now visible all year, it still – themed Shipwreck – at the RNLI If we pass through a place where peo- the Oerol Festival on the Dutch island of culminates in the traditional half- Henry Blogg Museum. ple have come together before but the Terschelling. term focus. As well as a lively year round recollection of it has to all intents and Supported by the National This year highlights include what’s on, the website coastarts. purposes gone from human memory, Association of Areas of Outstanding summer open air theatre in North co.uk has details of the festival maybe all that remains is the inspira- Natural Beauty and with public funding Lodge Park; twice monthly films at which this year runs Fri 18 – Sun 27 tional resonance of the intention. by Arts Council England, it was produced The Atrium in North Walsham; a October. Whatever we made with all the peo- by Activate Performing Arts, co-produced performance of Kure Kure/Faraway, ple we worked with, our intention was by Norfolk & Norwich Festival and a new theatre piece by Anna • Every summer Cley Contemporary to will a compassionate understanding supported by the Norfolk Coast Mudeka (pictured right), with a Art exhibition returns, offering of all those beings that have in the past Partnership and the Holkham Estate. family drumming workshop as part artists with a connection to or as present need or choose to move. The Norfolk Coast Partnership of Norfolk Black History Month; Norfolk the opportunity to respond The experience of working on the supported the piece as part of its three more family workshops in to the unique architectural qualities beach was freeing, it was always beau- ongoing commitment to understanding Overstrand – Bollywood Dance, of Cley-next-the-Sea, its church, tiful, the sun shone, the wind blew the and managing the area sustainably in Music Appreciation and Percussion; its beach and the Norfolk Wildlife tides came and went, the fog blanketed effective ways. Support included working music concerts in partnership with Trust Visitor Centre. This year Dyad us, the birds sang. The environment was with the artists to find the space; helping The Belfry Centre in Overstrand; Creative are the selected curator. accepting of our work, we were able to in its construction along with teams of art workshops in partnership with With the theme of Borderlines the use the sand to bury and hold our foun- volunteers; and funding over 400 school NOVA and other local artists; open exhibition runs 4 July – 4 August. dations, the wind quickly shaped and children to visit and hear about the piece. 12 ECO ART NORFOLK COAST GUARDIAN 2019 Every exhibition a call to action

which initiate unexpected insights and revelations Making the connection – and sometimes solutions to problems. between environmental The gallery opened in summer 2016 with Sun- light and Gravity, containing exquisite works by awareness and contemporary the late Roger Ackling, made by burning sunlight art is what King’s Lynn’s marks onto driftwood. Roger was my friend, and shortly before he died of motor neurone disease, GroundWork gallery is all he agreed to exhibit, bringing in his best friend, Richard Long to show alongside him. about, says founder At his suggestion, Richard made a new large Veronica Sekules mud drawing for the gallery wall, by throwing at it a bucket of dilute mud from the tidal Great Ouse. As the mud dried, it gradually revealed its n a former carpenter’s workshop in the cen- structural pattern, looped high on the wall and tre of the town, opposite the famous Grade 1 beautifully feathered and branched. It remains listed Custom House of 1683 sits the Ground- as a signature work, as a symbol of the will of IWork Gallery; directly on the River Purfleet nature and the knowledge of the artist recognis- and within sight of the Great Ouse, the town’s ing its power. historic trading river, which linked it to the Baltic A still from Simon Faithfull’s Going Nowhere 1.5 states of the medieval Hanseatic League. Inspiration The rivers are quiet now, but for the silent If it wasn’t already evident, what has also become Ouse Mud Drawing, 2016, has been a brilliant con- that we have a role to play to take those responses threats of climate change. The whole town sits in even clearer through the seven exhibitions that versation piece, especially with those people whose in a positive direction in the interests of the envi- a flood plain. Hence the imperative to consider the have succeeded Sunlight and Gravity, is how sig- opening gambit is: ‘Did the builders throw their ronment. consequences. GroundWork gallery shows (and nificant a figure is Richard Long. While he never coffee at the wall there?’ That begins a discussion There have been some notable one-person sells) art which can stimulate greater understand- professes to be ‘an environmental artist’ his work, about value, knowledge, skill, seeing the river as shows, which included the first significant exhi- ing of the environment and lead to campaigning often conducted alone, outside, in challenging loca- never before. Supporting the work of artists who bition in England devoted to the great natural for it. Every exhibition becomes a call to action. tions around the world, has given inspiration – and care, whether explicitly or implicitly about the envi- scientist-artist, herman de vries, On the Stony The artists set the tone and produce the big sto- courage – to so many young artists who feel hon- ronment is one thing. The work of the gallery is to Path; and also TrashArt, the first over here for ries, but the public viewing and responding is just oured to show their work alongside his. act as a friendly place of encounter, where viewers Jan Eric Visser, a wonderful Dutch artist who as important. Properly encouraged, this entails Also, there are those conversations. My gallery can be both challenged and helped to respond in recycles all his household paper waste to make a series of valuable conversations and responses helpers and I love to talk to visitors, and the Great their own way. Increasingly it has become clear sculpture.

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However, what I have gradually learned, is that the job of the gallery is not about offering solo exhibitions, but to bring artists together across Exhibitions for 2019 disciplines so as to create a larger reflection about 9 March - 1 June the environmental issues at hand. So these two Water Rising: making art from storm to calm exhibitions also involved accompanying displays 29 June - 15 September by other artists – Shaped by Stone was alongside Fragile Nature: from control to freedom herman de vries. Visser’s show inspired the first 19 October - 14 December community project: Waste Transformed, funded On the Edge: from transgression to frontier by the British Science Association to involve a group of sufferers of domestic abuse. This turned Opening hours (during exhibition dates only) into a major programme of learning about, and Tuesday - Saturday 11-4. experimenting with waste plastic to make art, Other times by appointment which did indeed transform attitudes to science and the environment, as well as giving people personal confidence. make art. For the autumn is On the Edge, tack- In developing the programme, the environmen- ling crossing categories, hybrids, suburbs – both tal theme always becomes the main driver, but that literal and conceptual edges. There are also some in itself is suggested by the artists’ work. Water surprises to come. Rising forms the main theme for the Spring 2019 exhibition. Some significant artists are involved: Promote Peter Matthews, Susan Hiller, Simon Faithfull, Some of the artists the gallery supports are peo- Lynn Dennison; different media from film to paint- ple I have long known, but an increasing number ing, including: Annie Turner, (ceramic) Stewart have come to me to discuss their work, or have Hearn (glass), Roger Coulam (photography), been generously recommended by their peers. I Sophie Marritt (paint). am always keen to promote sustainable practice and ideas which inspire wider public involvement. I am also increasingly missionary about the need “The artists set the tone for an ethical consumer culture around art. If we want good artists to live by their work, we have to and produce the big buy it, but also we need to make better informed choices in the interests of a healthy environment. stories, but the public With that in mind, we are engaging in a new project with young creative people looking at environmen- viewing and responding tally sustainable and economical lifestyle choices is just as important.” - for eating, personal hygiene and clothing. This will lead to the bringing to market of new artistic products and services, and is funded by a European The initial idea came from the work of Peter fund, Keep+ and will be led by a bespoke young Matthews, a regular surfer, who uses the oceans consultancy: Environmental Vision Associates. As as his studio, spending hours in the water draw- with everything the gallery does, the main aim is ing. He then translates the imagery onto canvas, to connect art and environment, involving artists to make paintings, which also act as his overnight and communities in working positively together shelter on the shore. Literally he lives with his for the healthiest possible environmental future. work on many levels. The meditative process, The whole project has been welcomed by the the risk and danger it involves contributes to the community both locally and further afield, win- power of the result. The lone figure surviving, or ning awards including one from the Mayor. Most being submerged in calm waters, is a recurrent gratifying are the ways in which fruitful interac- theme for other works in the exhibition. Simon tions, across themes and specialists, across dif- Faithfull’s thought-provoking film, Going Nowhere ferent generations and with a widening public, 1.5, shows a man in a yellow suit purposefully have led to the building of a larger culture linking trudging round an ever decreasing circle of sand art and environment and with a rippling effect of in an intertidal zone, until he is no longer visible Richard Long making his Great Ouse Mud Drawing advocacy and influence for change. as the camera pans over the vast seas. Though it is intended to be an unspecific location, in fact the the exhibition does, is to raise some of our concerns There are three exhibitions per year. Water will Veronica Sekules is Director of GroundWork Gallery work was made off the coastline at Wells-next- about water in a mixture of ways that art is good at come up regularly, and already a river exhibition groundworkgallery.com the-Sea, greatly facilitated by the harbourmaster, dealing with – imagination, fears, practical solu- is planned for 2021. Other themes are recurring, [email protected] Robert Smith, who found us the location. tions, humour, wonder. Thanks to local advice and such as nature, plants, and the need for conser- GroundWork Gallery, 17 Purfleet Street, Other works are about the more obvious danger advocacy, the exhibition has attracted sponsorship vation and vigilance; the impact of pollution, cli- King’s Lynn, PE30 1ER and beauty of storms attacking the shore, and then, and involvement of Anglia Water’s Keep It Clear mate change. The summer’s theme for 2019 is artefacts in other media tackle practical issues, campaign, which will help us to consolidate its Fragile Nature featuring two 80 year-old women about efforts to save water as a precious resource, messages and set it on a path of greater impact on artists, alongside two in their 20s, demonstrating about forming barriers to contain its force. What wider attitudes to water and its futures. attitudes to control and freedom in the way they Making mountains – with buckets and spades

The saying ‘one man’s beach is another man’s a set of ‘buckets’ in the shape and scale Norfolk Museums Service and chair of the mountain’ is often used, particularly of the of Kilimanjaro, Shasta, Fuji, Stromboli, and Creative Collisions youth arts network said: dynamic Norfolk coast. Uluru – shown right nested one inside the “We are thrilled to be listed amongst such An interactive national art event at the next – from which the public will be invited prestigious venues around the country. eastern edge of the Norfolk coast area of to build sandcastle mountains on the beach September will be an exciting month for arts in outstanding natural beauty is to play out this at set times. Great Yarmouth: the event follows Out There geographical fact with buckets and spades on Katie Paterson said: “From early childhood festival the weekend before and coincides the beach and with the tide. we understand that sand marks time. First There with Yarmonics sonic arts festival. We hope Time and Tide Museum in Great Yarmouth is a Mountain builds upon this concept, making that as many people as possible will be is among venues around the UK selected to host us aware of mountain rocks’ erosion over inspired to join in.” First There is a Mountain, the new artwork by millennia. The artwork invites the public to slow Katie Paterson. down. To consider the interconnectedness of Time and Tide Museum will host the event on Touring the UK from March to October, it the world, its immensity conveyed in miniature.” 22 September from 1pm on Great Yarmouth features the world’s diverse mountain ranges as Tricia Hall, youth engagement officer Central Beach. 14 PEOPLE & PLACES NORFOLK COAST GUARDIAN 2019

In our own words: introducing... Gin Wilson-North, part of a beyond to create a working countryside that is rich Christine Marsden, leading a youth and vibrant in wildlife, whilst producing high quality, new charity for the coast: and heritage initiative: high yielding foodstuffs. The Norfolk Coast Trust is a new charity Kick the Dust Norfolk is a four-year project supported North Norfolk is a unique landscape. Beyond being set up to help look after the by the National Lottery Heritage Fund aimed the coast, it has long history of being a leading, area. We’re focussed on adding value and working at young people 11-25 years old who might not high producing agricultural region. Specialising alongside the Norfolk Coast Partnership, and with usually visit heritage settings. Designed by young in malting barley production thanks to its unique the organisations which already work to care for people for young people the project offers the climate, we produce some of the best premium this wonderful place to conserve and celebrate it. To chance to take part in activities and events inspired quality malting barleys in the country. The history start with we’re listening to what people want and by the vast collections and objects held by Norfolk and maintenance of these farming systems are need in the area, so do get in touch if you have ideas Museums Service as well as work placements and crucial to much of the wildlife that shares the to share. If you’re interested in getting involved or work awareness opportunities. At Gressenhall and countryside with us. finding out more please contact Norfolk Coast Trust Kings Lynn we are offering the chance to join a new c/o offi[email protected]. creative project group at the museum. We want to A harbour tale, reviewed by hear the opinions and ideas of a diverse range of Jake Fiennes, joining Holkham as John Millwood: young people in order to make a difference to the general manager for conservation: Crossing the Bar: Tales of Wells Harbour, by Harbour way museums are run. For further information about Holkham has a long history of a commitment Master Robert Smith, MBE, is a newly-published the way in which your organisation can be involved to conservation. With my appointment last haunting evocation of Wells-next-the-Sea. As contact me [email protected]. November, Lord Leicester and Peter Mitchell have well as painting a lively picture of the sea, ships, been innovative in creating a role dedicated to shifting sandbanks, winding creeks, bird life and Henry Moore at Houghton, the enhancement of the landscape, wildlife and marsh flowers, the book tells of the great bravery of lent by Godfrey Worsdale: biodiversity. Having worked and managed land its lifeboatmen and resilience of its fisherfolk, the As director of the Henry Moore Foundation in South Norfolk, with numerous appointments with harshness of the past for ordinary people and often I am delighted that Henry Moore’s work will farming and land NGOs, I am looking forward to the the greed of the most privileged. It includes tales of be seen in the remarkable surroundings of challenges of managing land on a landscape level. legends and folk memories, of smuggling, of floods Houghton Hall from 1 May – 29 September. The Holkham estate sits in the centre of the area and battering by storms. And the beauty of being Henry Moore was frequently engaged by the of outstanding natural beauty and extends beyond on the sea on a calm, moonlit night. relationship of his work with architecture, and this. With in excess of a million visitors to Holkham All profits will go to the Wells Harbour Maritime always pleased to see his monumental forms alone, one of my many challenges is balancing Trust, which funds water-based activities and in natural light and settings; this exhibition will high visitor numbers with nature conservation and maritime qualifications for children and young enable both to be seen to magnificent effect. the need for tranquillity. We aim to bring nature to adults, and other local charities. Available The exhibition Henry Moore at Jake Fiennes, Holkham’s new general visitors and to inform them of the importance of from Wells harbour office, £19.50, plus £2.95 Houghton Hall: Nature and Inspiration manager for conservation sharing our countryside in a sensitive manner. We by second-class post (telephone 01328 711646) is sponsored by Gagosian. Ticket hope to transform the landscape at Holkham and or in Norwich from Jarrold. information houghtonhall.com And what’s new this year at three visitor spots with a story Copyright Janet Samuel Copyright Holkham: building on a nature reserve Langham: unique war history Horsey: heritage and wind power

Holkham National Nature Reserve was designated in 1967 due to the Now entering its sixth season as the only wartime RAF dome trainer For the first time in over 75 years, the sails at Horsey Windpump are range of habitats and wildlife it supports. Today the grazing marshes are open to the public in the UK, Langham Dome tells the story of the set to turn again. Probably the only heritage building to stand in nationally important for wintering wildfowl and breeding birds such as former RAF Langham airfield, with this year a Spitfire memorial project, both an area of outstanding national beauty and a national park – lapwing, little tern and spoonbill. aviation art collection and heritage day on offer. The Broads – it is also one of the few remaining windpumps in working In 2012 Holkham Estate appointed architects to work on plans for a Spitfires flew at Langham after World War II, for example in the order, following the completion of a three-year restoration project visitor centre that would provide lavatories and a cafe for some of each Civilian Anti-Aircraft Co-operation Unit in the 1950s. The RAF Museum by the National Trust. There was once a network of 250 wind pumps year’s 800,000 visitors, as well as inform and educate them about the at Hendon has generously offered a full-size replica Supermarine that used wind power to pump water from lower to higher ground in diversity of the reserve and to increase awareness for the need to protect Spitfire as an outside exhibit and fundraising continues to bring it to the Broads. these special habitats. The Lookout was completed last year in mid- the centre. Using the same tools and techniques that helped build the August and offers information through a variety of visual, interactive Thanks to an initiative from the Driftwood Gallery in Sheringham windpump in 1912 and despite windy weather and wet ground and informative interpretation, along with three television screens working with artist Janet Samuel, the Dome will be launching the conditions, millwright Tim Whiting and his team repaired and highlighting the wildlife to be seen from photos and video footage. Langham Dome Aviation Collection: eight prints and greetings cards conserved the cap, brickwork and inner workings of the building, Outside, high tide times and the reserve’s bird sightings are displayed, of iconic aircraft which flew from Langham. and re-made the sails to a historic pattern. and the wardens and estate’s education team provide events. RAF Langham Reunion and Dome Heritage Day will take place June Visitors can explore the five-storey building, discover its fascinating The building’s catering facility is committed to reducing single-use 1 with 1940s costumes and songs, military vehicles, Langham Dome past thanks to new interpretation and be rewarded by the exceptional plastic using 100% plant-based compostable packaging, supplying free merchandise, food and drink – and the chance to win a ride on a plane! views from the top. water for customers, locally sourced food and wrapper-free ice-lollies. langhamdome.org nationaltrust.org.uk/horsey-windpump NORFOLK COAST GUARDIAN 2019 COMPETITION 15

To enter, please complete all sections, cut out and send to the Norfolk Coast Partnership, South Wing, Fakenham Fire Station, Norwich Road, Fakenham, Norfolk NR21 8BB What was the first embroidery John Craske made sewn on? (circle correct answer) WIN His nightshirt Pudding cloth Fishing net a bit of the best Name: ...... of the coast Email: ...... Tel: ...... Simply fill in and send in this coupon and you’re in with a chance to enjoy dinner at Holkham, a show Home address: ...... at Wells, a day out in Sheringham or a poster of a print by Robert Gillmor for free. The first three ...... Postcode: ...... correct entries drawn at random will win either: Age (please circle) 18-35 36-60 Over 60 • Two tickets to a show of the winner’s choice, valid for six months from the date of the draw and Are you visiting the coast on holiday? TYes TNo subject to availability at Wells Maltings • A family entry ticket to the museum at Are you visiting the coast on a day trip? TYes TNo Sheringham Museum at the Mo • Lunch or dinner for Is this the first time you have read the Guardian? TYes TNo two at The Victoria, Where did you pick it up? (outlet and location) Holkham Hall ......

Have you found it useful? TYes TNo RUNNERS-UP Terms and conditions TEN 50th anniversary 1. Competition closes at midnight on 31 October 2019. Norfolk Coast Poster by Robert Gillmor. 2. No purchase necessary. West Norfolk’s 3. No cash alternative. Prize is non-transferable. FIVE Coastal Treasures 4. The competition winners will be notified by telephone or email usually by the end of November. book 5. Competition is only open to people aged 18 or over and UK residents. 6. Employees of the Norfolk Coast Partnership or their families or households are not eligible to enter. Henry Moore, subject of a major 7. This contest is void where prohibited or restricted by law. exhibition at Houghton Hall 8. The Norfolk Coast Partnership will not share any personal details of entrants.

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joggers, cyclists and horse riders have also been highlighted as likely causes of disturbance. Such disturbance is particularly damaging for ground-nesting birds such Nature on the edge as ringed plover and little terns which are red listed as Birds of Conservation Concern. On the coast they are present A wide ranging new in internationally important numbers report points to a but their populations have seen signifi- cant decline in recent years. worrying decline, A study of ringed plover in the area says Clive Doarks has predicted that if nest loss from human activity was prevented the here are indicationsdications that the ringed plover population would raise condition off the coast’s natunatu-- by as much as 8%. A complete absence ral environmentment is declidecliningning of human disturbance would lead to an T as a result of nnumer-umerr- 85% increase in the population. How- ous pressures. ever, if visitor numbers doubled, then Following currentt lolong-termng-term the population would decrease by 23%. wide-scale thinking such as Defra’s These recreational impacts can be seen 25-year plan for the Environment,nvironment, Nat-Nat- for both breeding and wintering birds ural England’s State off the North NorNor-r- on the coast. folk Coast takes a stepp foforwardrward from Erosion and trampling from recrea- small site ‘unit’ basedd assessment of tional access is also impacting habitats condition focused on protectedotected features and represents a risk with increasing to look at the bigger picture.cture. visitor numbers. A piece of pioneer salt- The north Norfolk coastoast is one of ththee largest expanses of undevelopedeveloped coascoastaltal habitat of its type in Europe,urope, supposupport-rt- The area surveyed ing a wealth of wildlife of national Little Tern (left)(lef and ringed plover: both populations are internationally rare and in North Norfolk Coast as defined in and international importancertance vveryery poor coconditionnd on the Norfolk Coast this report is 6,244 hectares from - reflected by the designationnation Old Hunstanton to Sheringham across 66% of the area ass a Site of SpeSpe-- CommCommonon and grey seal although particular concernco and at very high risk ment of habitats, dynamic coastal pro- made up of: cial Scientific Interest (SSSI),SSSI), Special currcurrentlyently doing well on the coast are of continuedcontinued decline – as this is one of cesses, and habitat loss. This list is not Area of Conservation (SAC),SAC), SpecSpecialial thought to be at risk from disturbance, the most importantimp sites for these birds exhaustive, but a selection of the driv- 32% littoral sediment including Protection Area (SPA), aandnd a Ramsar nattnatterjackerjack toads are curcurrentlyrently iinnpo pooror in tthehU UK.KL Little tern have declined 17% ers considered most significant. It is saltmarsh, mudflat and saline wetland of global significance.cance conditiondi and at high risk of future within the NNC SPA since 1996, whilst worth noting management of habitats lagoons. A remote, open and dynamic coastal decline. Petalwort, a liverwort (a type ringed plover numbers have almost is largely a positive driver of change, 27% freshwater habitats such as landscape, it has a long history of of small plant related to mosses) is pos- halved in the last 25 years. Further to except where lacking or inappropriate. coastal floodplain and grazing marsh, human management and settlement, sibly locally extinct - one of only 11 sites this nine of the 17 breeding bird species It is important people continue to and reedbeds. which contribute to a special and cultur- where it was formerly found in the UK. reviewed were thought to be at risk of have access to the benefits the coast 15% arable land ally important landscape - recognised The coast’s vascular plant, moss and future decline. brings, but in a way that the environ- 13% sand dunes and shingle by being part of the Norfolk Coast Area lichen, fungi, and invertebrate assem- The review of winter counts of 36 ment is not degraded. Current recrea- 5% semi-natural grassland of Outstanding Natural Beauty, and blage are also thought to be at risk of species of wintering bird found eight tional pressure was found to be a major 3% woodlands North Norfolk Heritage Coast. future decline without intervention. species to be in very poor condition, four issue, leading to trampling and erosion 1% or less is soft cliffs The benefits people receive from There was insufficient data to assess in poor condition, and 12 at risk of future of habitats, disturbance to wildlife, and Outside of the boundary but included this area are intrinsically linked to the current condition of the coast’s decline. These include twite declining littering pollution. Visitor numbers on in the report is a large marine area a healthy natural environment. But invertebrates. c.75% and snow bunting declining the coast are high and are predicted to supporting reefs, sand banks and there are indications that this is in The most comprehensive dataset for c.80% in the past ten years. In part of increase going forward - planned hous- mudflats. All these habitats support decline. Of ten habitat groups assessed the coast is for breeding and wintering the area dark-bellied brent geese have ing developments in Norfolk alone are a diversity of wildlife of national for the report four were considered to be birds. The report reviewed 17 species of declined 50%, pintail almost 70%, and predicted to increase visitor numbers and international importance, in poor condition and at risk of further breeding bird and found common tern, wigeon over 20% since 1996. by 9%. including breeding and wintering bird decline, particularly dune and shingle little tern, ringed plover, and snipe pop- A number of drivers of change have Walkers, especially those with dogs assemblages, marine communities, habitats, and a further three habitat ulations in very poor condition, whilst been identified in the report includ- not under close control, are a signifi- invertebrate assemblages, plant, groups currently in good condition are redshank was found to be in poor condi- ing recreational pressure, pollution, cant cause of disturbance. Personal air- lichen, and fungi assemblages. thought to be at risk of decline. tion. 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marsh at Holkham Bay, for example, bird species could shift nearly 550 km of over 300mm on 1990 levels by 2055. has lost up to 20% of its area due to north-east by the end of the century, Sea levels rises will squeeze the coastal erosion from horse riding and walkers. reducing populations by up to a fifth. margin and we are likely to see some What can you do to protect Air pollution also represents a sig- The impact on non-mobile species and significant habitat loss as society adapts nificant risk to shingle and dune habi- plants is likely to be even more signifi- to the higher sea level. In addition to nature on the coast? tats on the coast, and is already likely to cant and will require increased man- the increased sea levels, increased be having an impact on the plant com- agement going forward. Research into storminess is likely to increase rate A new guide outlines how users of the munities. The average level of nitrogen the impact of climate change on ringed of dynamic coastal change resulting coast can work together to deposition is well above the threshold plover predicts an increase in coastal in some rapid changes to some coastal Enjoy the outdoors, be happy and stay for maintaining natural and healthy visitor numbers as a consequence of cli- habitats. It is worth noting that while safe sand dune and shingle habitats. mate change, leading to further areas of dynamic coastal change can cause habi- Respect other people and share the Climate change represents a sig- habitat becoming unsuitable by 2080, tat loss, it is a natural process which coast with everyone nificant risk to most of the species and and nesting habitat decreasing by up also creates new habitat and it will be Protect the natural environment by habitats on the coast. The RSPB pre- to 73%. an important aspect of adaptation to making sure activities are wildlife dict without urgent action on climate Modelling of sea level rise due to cli- climate change. friendly change, the range of most European mate change predicts a further increase Many of the benefits people receive Author Sam Lew of The Wash from the coast depend on a healthy nat- and North Norfolk Coast Marine ural environment. Without efforts to Partnership said: “The remarkable manage the negative drivers of change natural heritage of The Wash and on the coast the benefits to both peo- Norfolk coast is intimately connected ple and nature will be degraded. The to a rich, historic and bustling coastal evidence in this report is provided to culture and society. promote discussion and to help build “Many of the coastal sectors like North Norfolk Marine Partnership in a consensus about the balance that fishing, wildfowling and wind farm cooperation with local authorities, should be struck between competing development to name but a few, are conservation bodies and charities, interests at a landscape scale. These committed and working hard to ensure local people and recreational groups discussions can help identify joint pri- their activities are wildlife friendly, to share best practise for sustainable orities and plans for the Norfolk coast, and respect other people enjoying this recreation. ultimately with the aim of delivering a coastline and making a living. You can find it online at www. resilient landscape and sea able to keep “Tourism and recreation bring wnnmp.co.uk and it will be available in meeting the needs of people and nature enormous social and health and well- print along the coast at café’s, visitor in a changing world. being benefits to local communities centres and libraries. The full report is available at and the many people who visit the norfolkcoastaonb.org.uk area.” More information about species and The Wild Seas Recreation Guide how you can visit without damaging Clive Doarks is team leader Norfolk and has been produced by The Wash and nature at norfolkcoastaonb.org.uk Natterjack toads: populations currently in poor condition and at high risk Suffolk team Natural England

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The ancient story of north Norfolk’s deep The mammoth was first discovered in 1990, history is set to come alive this year, with a when a local couple found a large bone partially Meet the new trail including 11 discovery points being exposed at the base of the cliffs in West Runton. installed along the coastal path and an app Norfolk Museums Service confirmed this as part to bring it all to life. Sitting alongside the of the pelvis of a large male steppe mammoth. beautiful beaches on the stretch of coastline Further finds led to a major excavation by the ancestors from Weybourne to Happisburgh, the trail Norfolk Archeological Unit in 1995. 85% of will be launched this summer. The discovery the mammoth’s skeleton was unearthed and points will begin to pop up from early summer indicated that the West Runton Mammoth the app will be available to download from stood some four metres high. on our deep June. North Norfolk District Council’s new mobile From our ancestors’ almost million- app will bring the story of the Deep History year-old footsteps revealed by the tide Coast to life with ‘augmented reality’. Early man history coast at Happisburgh, to the 10 tonne Steppe and his hominin family will offer a virtual guided mammoth of West Runton, the dynamic tour, allowing visitors to meet the mammoth Norfolk coast is rich with finds. and the many creatures they shared the land Weekend The footprints were washed away almost as with; scimitar toothed cats, hyaena and rhino. quickly as they appeared, but casts taken and Visitors will be able to see how the landscape walking 3D images made through stitching together looked over 850,000 years ago and collect and hundreds of photographs are evidence of a long- build their own virtual mammoth. adventure extinct early human species roaming the land Visit north-norfolk.gov.uk/dhc between 850 and 950,000 years ago. The new Sandmartin three day for more information and updates walking holiday from MarGins Walking and Glamping Holidays CKER I offers an up-close experience of the RA MA deep history coast as well as a chance T G to go completely car-free using R E train and bus connections from A Cromer and Mundesley. The holiday features a stunning section of the Norfolk Coast Path commencing in Wells-next-the-Sea, finishing in Mundesley. Walking between 9 and 12 miles per day will give you plenty of time for long YourYh chance to lunches and wildlife watching en route plus the package includes time travel now accommodation in a comfortable Download the Deep History Coast Explorer app to try fully equipped safari tent and out the augmented reality here. Once downloaded, breakfast. tap ‘Sample AR’ on the menu, point your phone at walkandglamp.co.uk/walking- this image and see who appears.Then use the app holidays/the-sandmartin/ to get out and exploreppy the Deep History Coast and discover more.ore.

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BUSES TO THE COAST Working tanks & military vehicles X29 Fakenham - Pensthorpe - CH1 from Wells to Cromer. Norwich (Daily) First THE Art Courses CH4 Wells - Sheringham (seasonal) 33 Cromer - Northrepps - Southrepps - Drawing | Painting | Craft | Print structured courses taught by experienced artists and tutors for all levels 1 Winterton - Hemsby - Caister - North Walsham (Mon-Fri) Our Bus Great Yarmouth (Mon - Sat) First. 34 North Walsham - Happisburgh - Church Hill School | 71 Gayton Road |Grimston |Norfolk | PE32 1BG Sea Palling - Stalham (Mon-Fri) MILITARY COLLECTION P: 01485 240 420 | E: [email protected] 4 (Coasthopper) Wells - Blakeney - Sheringham Weybourne, Norfolk, England NR25 7EH - Cromer - Mundesley (Daily) Sanders Coaches. Sanders Coaches. www.norfolkcreativearts.co.uk 5 Cromer - Mundesley (Daily) Sanders Coaches. 34/35/36 King’s Lynn - Dersingham X55 North Walsham - Coltishall - - Sandringham (35 only) - Heacham - Hunstanton (Daily) Lynxbus Norwich (Daily) Sanders Coaches. Holt’s ★ 6 North Walsham - Stalham - Great Yarmouth 36 (Coastliner) Hunstanton - Burnham Market - ★ (Mon - Sat) Sanders Coaches. Wells - Fakenham (Daily) Lynxbus Ceramic Cafe 6A North Walsham - Roughton - Cromer 44 Holt - Bodham - Sheringham (Daily) 1a New Street, Holt • Tel: 01263 713135 www.doodlepotsnorfolk.co.uk (Mon - Sat) Sanders Coaches. Sanders Coaches. Choose It • Create It • Use It 9 Sheringham to Fakenham (Daily) 44A/X44 Sheringham - Cromer - Aylsham - Sanders Coaches. Norwich (Daily) Sanders Coaches. Painting pottery is fun for 21 Fakenham - North Elmham - Dereham 45 Holt - Melton Constable - Norwich children & adults alike! (Mon-Sat) Konectbus. (Mon-Sat) Sanders Coaches. Pots ready for collection★ 27 Fakenham - South Creake - North Creake 46 Holt- Cley-next-to-Sea - Blakeney - Binham or posting in days. Also (Mon-Fri) Sanders Coaches (Mon-Sat) Sanders Coaches. baby prints, parties and commissions. ★ ★ Please check individual timetables for bus times and stops. 10% off with this advert 22 LOCAL FOOD NORFOLK COAST GUARDIAN 2019

Blueberries Papworth Butchers TNERS Fairgreen Farm, Middleton PE32 1RN Deepdale Cafe 46 Station Road, Sheringham NR26 8RG R HI M: 07928 533846 3 Dalegate Market, T: 01263 823189 PA P W: blueberrypicking.co.uk T IN Main Road, Burnham W: papworthbutchers.co.uk S E: [email protected] Deepdale PE31 8FB E: [email protected] A A Pick-your-own blueberries (mid-July-Aug). T: 01485 210200 Quality meats from own farm. O C Blakeney Crab Shed W: deepdale-cafe.co.uk Plumbe & Maufe Farming T C 63 New Road, Blakeney NR25 7PA Burnham Overy Town I T: 01263 740988 T: 01328 738311 M: 07774 996634 K O Shellfish, homemade crab cakes and more. W: pmfarming.co.uk L Hunstanton Ice Cream N E: [email protected] Brancaster Brewery 17 The Green, Hunstanton PE36 5AH O Fresh plums and apples, plum jam, apple c/o The Jolly Sailors PE31 8BJ T: 01485 533108 F juice in season. T: 01485 210314 W: hunstantonicecream.co.uk

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D Causeway Butchers Wholewheat, spelt and other flour. Salthouse Beef Causeway Farm, Sea Palling Road, Martin’s Farm Manor House Farm, Cross Street, Ingham NR12 0TP Hindolveston NR20 5DB Salthouse NR25 7XH T: 01692 580886 T: 01263 861241 T: 01263 740497 Traditional butchers shop. Free range chickens, ducks, eggs, pork. E: [email protected] Traditional rare breed Red Poll beef. Cley Smokehouse Morton’s Traditional Taste Ltd Try out the live map of local High Street, Cley-next-the-Sea NR25 7RF Whitwell Hall Farms, Skeyton NR10 5AY Stable Organics T: 01263 740282 T: 01692 538067 Gresham NR11 8RW producers on our web-based W: cleysmokehouse.com W: freerangeturkeys.co.uk T: 01263 577468 E: [email protected] E: [email protected] Organic veg, fruit and free range eggs. directory. It’s all there at Freshly smoked fish, shellfish, cured meats. Free range turkey and chicken. The Norfolk Brewhouse Crush Foods Mrs Temple’s Cheese Moon Gazer Barn, Harvest Lane, The Crushing Shed, Park Farm Salle NR10 4SG Wighton T: 01328 820224 Hindringham NR21 0PW norfolkcoastaonb.org.uk T: 01263 805009 E: [email protected] T: 01328 878495 W: crush-foods.com Handmade using milk from own cows. W: norfolkbrewhouse.co.uk E: [email protected] E: [email protected] Bray’s Pork Pies Norfolk Charcuterie LOCAL PRODUCERS Cold pressed rapeseed oil, infused oils, Based in Burnham Thorpe Brewed on site. 12 Bayfield Brecks, dressings, sauces and granola. Abbey Farm Dairy Letheringsett NR25 7DZ T: 0774 2492436 The Tacons Farmshop Warham Road, Binham NR21 0DG T: 01263 860944 Davies’ Fish Shop W: norfolkcharcuterie.co.uk The Grange, Rollesby NR29 5AJ T: 07776 232440 W: perfectpie.co.uk 7 Garden Street, Cromer NR27 9HN E: [email protected] T: 01493 740236 W: thetacons.co.uk M: 07768 510220 Hand made from own free-range pigs. T: 01263 512727 E: [email protected] Handmade Norfolk charcuterie with E: offi[email protected] W: abbeyfarmdairy.com Cromer crab, lobsters, cockles, whelks provenance. ‘Pick Your Own’ fresh fruit and onions. Bagthorpe Farm Organic Bircham E: [email protected] and a range of wet fish. Norfolk Saffron Westons of Blakeney T: 07956 452769 Raw milk straight from the dairy. Ferndale Norfolk Cheeses Based at Burnham Norton 5A Westgate Street, Blakeney W: bagthorpefarm.co.uk Asparagus Marsham The White Cottage, Little Barningham T: 07789 366560 NR25 7NQ E: [email protected] Wood Farm, Marsham NR10 5QQ NR11 7AG W: norfolksaffron.co.uk T: 01263 741112 T: 01603 754224 Organic vegetables grown on the T: 01263 577640 E: [email protected] W: westonsofblakeney.co.uk E: [email protected] farm. W: ferndalefarmnorfolkcheeses.co.uk Norfolk grown Saffron produce. Fresh shellfish, fish, homemade produce. Fresh asparagus (May-June). Bircham Windmill E: [email protected] Norfolk Heatwave Products Whin Hill Cider Beeston Brewery Great Bircham PE31 6SJ Farmhouse cheeses and seasonal veg. Unit 6, North Norfolk Business Centre, The Ciderworks, Stearman’s Yard, Fransham Road Farm, Beeston PE32 2LZ T: 01485 578393 Gt Snoring Free range eggs Northrepps, NR27 9RQ Wells-next-the-Sea NR23 1BW T: 01328 700844 W: birchamwindmill.co.uk Great Snoring NR21 0HW M: 07733 991211 T: 01328 711821 M: 0776 9571423 W: beestonbrewery.co.uk E: [email protected] T: 01328 820351 W: norfolkheatwave.com W: whinhillnorfolkcider.co.uk E: [email protected] Hand-baked goods and own sheep Free range hen, quail, duck and goose E: [email protected] E: [email protected] Everything from bottles to casks. cheeses. eggs. Homemade hot chilli pepper products. Norfolk cider, perry and apple juice.

Fishing from Wells - April ‘til Nov Dersingham Pottery & Gallery Call Ben on: 07990 518337 ben@norfolkseafishingtrips.co.uk A purr-fect present www.dersinghampottery.co.uk Unique handmade life like cats at the pots + paintings Winstanley Cat Pottery. 10% photographs + cards Prices from £4 to £90. off purchases Open 10am-5pm on production Daily in school holidays of this voucher other times Tues-Sun The Cat Pottery and by appointment High Street Cley-next-the-Sea Norfolk NR25 7RF Telephone: 01692 402962 01263 740134 46 Chapel Road, Dersingham. PE31 6PN email [email protected] Beginners and children welcome 1 Grammer School Road, North Walsham, Norfolk NR28 9JH (1 mile Sandringham) Tel: 01485 540761 www.madeincley.co.uk Winter fishing from Lowestoft - Nov ‘til April Open Monday to Friday 9am to 5pm | Saturday 11am to 1pm

The Swiss Cottage Norfolk Bed and Breakfast Accommodation sea larder Great Yarmouth Fresh fish | Cromer crab | Lobster | Plus lots more Comfortable AA 4 STAR Guest House Located on Norfolk’s East Coast in the seaside town Family run fishing business and shop open to the public. of Great Yarmouth. Caught, processed and sold with in 24 hours of landing. You can’t get fresher than that! Now in our eighth year 31 North Drive, Great of processing from our eco factory, the only one Yarmouth, Norfolk NR30 4EW of its kind in Norfolk. Come and take a look. 07986 399857 New Hall Farm, NR24 2JF | 01263 862991 [email protected] [email protected] @Thefishlarder www.swisscottagebedandbreakfast.co.uk NORFOLK COAST GUARDIAN 2019 LOCAL PRODUCTS 23

LOCAL PRODUCE SHOPS Heacham Farm Shop Lynn Road, Heacham PE31 7JE Real Ale Shop Algy’s Farm Shop T: 01485 570002 Branthill Farm, Norfolk Coast 50th souvenirs Bintree NR20 5NE W: walsingham.co Wells-next-the-Sea T: 01362 683893 E: [email protected] NR23 1SB A select, quality range of souvenir items produced by the Norfolk Coast W: algys.co.uk Local food direct from producers. T: 01328 710810 Partnership to commemorate the Norfolk Coast area of outstanding E: [email protected] W: therealaleshop.co.uk Humble Pie Deli natural beauty’s 50th anniversary year, April 2018-April 2019. All profits Algy’s popcorn and seasonal farm E: [email protected] Market Place, Burnham Market produce. New malt coast craft brewery on the farm. go to funding sustainable projects in the area. Available at stockists along PE31 8HF the coast or at norfolkcoastaonb.org.uk. Bulk orders please contact Back to the Garden Farmshop T: 01328 738581 Tavern Tasty Meats offi[email protected] or call 01328 850530 Letheringsett, Holt NR25 7JJ E: [email protected] Swafield, North Walsham NR28 0PG T: 01263 715996 Homemade jams, chutneys, marmalades T: 01692 405444 W: back-to-the-garden.co.uk and cakes. E: [email protected] W: taverntasty.co.uk POSTER Fresh local food, organic produce, H V Graves Butchers Accredited rare breeds butcher. Outstanding by Robert Gillmor 24 Gladstone Place, Briston NR24 2LE café and restaurant. The Old Post Office Special commemorative railway-style T: 01263 860333 Coast Road, Salthouse NR25 7AJ poster version of the vibrant portrayal Blakeney Delicatessen W: hvgraves.co.uk T: 01263 741618 of Morston harbour. High quality full 30 High Street, Blakeney NR25 7AL E: [email protected] Local produce including outlet for colour print on 150g silk paper in a run T: 01263 740939 Butchers and hog roast catering. W: blakeneydeli.co.uk Manor Farm Beef. of 1,000, 297x460mm Price: £10 Itteringham Community shop E: [email protected] Truly Local Wolterton Road, Itteringham Seasonal local produce. 44 High Street, Stalham NR12 9AS NR11 7AF Cookies Crab Shop T: 01692 582438 T: 01263 587325 The Green, Salthouse, Holt, W: trulylocalcic.co.uk W: ourvillagestore.co.uk Norfolk NR25 7AJ A range of local produce. E: [email protected] T: 01263 740352 Open Mon-Sat. Wide variety of local E: [email protected] J E Howard Butchers products from within a 40 mile radius. W: salthouse.org.uk West Newton, Sandringham PE31 6AY Fresh seafood and smoked fish. T: 01485 542219 Walsingham Farms Shop W: jehoward.co.uk Cooks of Ingham Farmshop Guild Street, Boundary Farm, Ingham NR12 0TS Traditional family butcher and Walsingham NR22 6BU T: 01692 598202 abattoir. T: 01328 821877 W: cooksofingham.co.uk Meltons Farmshop W: walsingham.co E: enquiries@cooksofingham.co.uk Knight’s Hill, South Wootton, E: [email protected] Own produce and other local products. King’s Lynn PE30 3HQ Find our other farm shops at Norfolk Country Pickings Ltd Family run farm shop, butchery Lavender, Heacham PE31 7JE and 19 High Street, Mundesley NR11 8LH and deli. Norwich Market, Row F stalls 124 and 125, NR2 1ND. Grow local, eat local, T: 01263 720054 M & M Rutland Butchers GREETINGSGREETINGS CARDCAARD love local. Locally grown fresh produce. 13 Briston Road, Outstandingdi bybR Robertb GillmorGill Creake Abbey Food Hall Melton Constable NR24 2DG A vibrant portrayal of Morston harbour sings with T: 01263 860562 Weybourne Village Store North Creake, NR21 9LF colour and air in this unique special commission, W: rutland-butchers.co.uk 2 Beach Lane, Weyborne, Holt NR25 7SY T: 01328 730399 T: 01263 588219 made by the renowned artist to celebrate the 50th W: creakeabbeycafe.com Free range local meat, dairy and W: tideaway.org.uk/the-village-store anniversary. High quality full colour print on white card E: [email protected] homemade pies. E: [email protected] of the original linocut; blank inside; with white envelope Craft shops and regular Farmers Market. Norfolk Deli Village store and deli supplying local and in sealed cellophane wrap; greetings card folded 16 Greevegate, Hunstanton PE36 6AA Drove Orchards Ltd produce. dimensionss 150x200mm150x200mm PricPrice:e: ££2.502.50 The Drove House, Thornham PE36 6LS T: 01485 535540 Wiveton Hall Farmshop T: 01485 525652 W: norfolk-deli.co.uk Wiveton Hall, Wiveton NR25 7TE W: droveorchards.com E: [email protected] BOOK E: [email protected] Range of local produce. T: 01263 740525 W: wivetonhall.co.uk Walk with Me Fruit, juices and vegetables grown on P&S Butchers E: offi[email protected] High quality paperback anthology – the farm. 8 Bull Street, Holt NR25 6HP Café, farm shop and PYO in season. stunning full colour photographs of Frary Seafoods T: 01263 713227 a wide range of coastal landscapes Wells Quay T: 07901 656608 W: pandsbutchers.co.uk and habitats by 23 photographers, with Local meat and game. Fresh fish, shellfish. Stall on Wells Quay. FARMERS MARKETS local poems; includes an introduction Groveland Farmshop Picnic Fayre Farmers markets are held every month. by Patrick Barkham (journalist and Thorpe Market Road, Roughton, Old Forge, Cley-next-the-Sea NR25 7AP For a full list visit norfolkcoastaonb.org.uk author of Coastline: the story of our Norfolk NR11 8TB T: 01263 740587 shore); map of area; history of area; T: 01263 833777 W: picnic-fayre.co.uk and walks information. 21x21cm; 66pp. W: grovelandfarmshop.co.uk E: [email protected] ISBN 978-1-5272-2182-6 Price: £7 E: [email protected] Delicatessen stocking local Wide range of produce. produce.

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Sandringham APPLE JUICE Norfolk Coast Apple Juice, Cider and pick your ownwn apples from Mid September onwardsds atat Sandringham Estate. Cox, Bramley, GUARDIAN Deepdale Cafe at Dalegate Market in cider and 8 single varieties of apple juice available all year. Plum Orchards and Accommodation Burnham Deepdale on the beautiful North Norfolk Coast, offering breakfasts, Call Andrew 07810 310757 on the North Norfolk Coast E: [email protected] lunches, teas, coffees and cakes. www.sandringhamapplejuice.co.uk.uuk T: 01328 738311 M: 07774 996634 2020 Leith House Orchards, Lowes Lane, Dalegate Market, Main Road, Burnham Burnham Overy Town, Norfolk PE31 8JL Deepdale PE31 8FB To advertise call 01502 725870 [email protected] • www.pmfarming.co.uk Tel: 01485 210200 | www.deepdale-cafe.co.uk 24 WALKS NORFOLK COAST GUARDIAN 2019

Western wonders like the 22 mile Nelson Cycle Loop, there’s such as Helen A new book and walks will something for everyone, whatever their Terry’s Routes for 1. Thornham Deli help you discover the stories fitness level or preferred mode of trans- Little Boots, and 2. Drove Orchards port. the Norwich Pop- 3. Lifeboat Inn of the Norfolk Coast Path’s Available free from tourist informa- up Run Club will 4. Holme Dunes Cafe western end. Jack Davidson tion centres and at a variety of busi- encourage you to 5. The Orange Tree nesses throughout the area, the book try new things! is our guide. is a fascinating look at the area’s his- Throughout the tory; full of suggestions for places to year, the Journeys rom saltmarsh and sand dunes to ship- stay, places to eat and other things to exhibition will also wrecks and megaliths the Norfolk Coast do as you explore the area, whether be running at Lynn FPath has no shortage of natural beauty and you have lived here your whole life or are visiting Museum. An explo- historic stories. for the weekend or a holiday. ration of special journeys connecting people and This year there are sixteen new circular walk- places, it offers the chance to travel on a medie- ing and cycling routes to explore. Linked to the Festival val pilgrimage to Walsingham and find out about Peddars Way and Norfolk Coast Path National Coastal Treasures is also the theme of the 2019 King’s Lynn’s extraordinary maritime trading Trail, these routes offer ways to explore the trail Norfolk Walking and Cycling Festival. Running links to Europe. As the home of Holme-next-the- and the coast on foot and by bicycle. from 1st to 31st October, the festival’s fifth edition Sea’s Sea Henge, a visit to the museum is a perfect Accompanied by a new book, each picks out will see events taking place county-wide as a cele- accompaniment to a walk or ride the National single threads of stories from the rich tapestry bration of walking and cycling in Norfolk, but with Trail’s new circular routes. of West Norfolk’s heritage, its Coastal Treasures, a particular focus on the history and heritage of this Coastal Treasures routes can be found at nor- inviting the reader to delve deeper, to read on and wonderful north-west corner. Rich histories will folk.gov.uk/coastaltreasures, and details of the wander further into this special landscape. The meet weird stories, walks just for women will fea- walking and cycling festival can be found at nor- routes themselves are varied as the history they ture, as will walks for families with young children. folk.gov.uk/WCF. explore. Old favourites such as Suzanne the Storyweaver’s From short family-friendly routes, such as the Stories and Mell Harrison’s Wild Woman Walk Jack Davidson is Peddars Way and Norfolk Coast 2.5 mile Thornham Circular, to all day adventures will return, and we hope some of the new events, Path National Trail officer NORFOLK COAST GUARDIAN 2019 CYCLING 25

Don’t walk? Then run or cycle! HOLKHAM PARKRUN Parkrun at Holkham has been a weekly event for a dedicated audience since it started in December 2015. Rain or shine, enthusiastic runners, joggers and walkers meet in Holkham park, with num- bers averaging 120 during the winter months to a spectacular 400 people during the August Bank Holiday weekend of 2018. Parkrunners arrive at about 8.30am and at 9am take on the 5km course through the scenic parkland’s hardcore and rustic tracks. There is a lot of parkrun tourism with local NORFOLK COAST CYCLEWAY people travelling to other parkrun venues just for The Norfolk Coast Cycleway follows quiet roads the chance to run a different course. Holkham has and lanes between King’s Lynn and Great Yar- a strong fan-base, as well as people from all over mouth via Cromer. Along the way there are won- the country attending when on holiday in the area. derful views of the sea and places to explore. A well-rehearsed operation by a team con- However fast or far you cycle it’s good to know sisting of an event director supported by six run places to stop for a break, refreshments or just directors turn out voluntarily on a rota basis to for interest. Our cycleway map indicates pubs, ensure that each weekly event goes smoothly. cafes and shops and features advice about junc- In addition each week there are also on aver- tions, hills and distance markers. age 11 volunteer stewards. At the end of 2018 The reverse of the map displays a selection THORNHAM DAWN by photographer Holkham’s parkrun had seen 5,904 participants of nine Explorer routes, each with its own map Chris Herring was a finalist from last complete 18,609 parkruns covering a total dis- and points of interest, from Ingoldisthorpe and years ‘Breathing Spaces’ category in the tance of 93,045 km. Sandringham to Caister Castle. International Garden Photographer of Order the guide for just £4 including postage the Year exhibition, which returns to the • There are also Park Runs at Sheringham and and packing (to UK mainland) direct online at National Trust’s Sheringham Park this King’s Lynn as well as across the country. Check out norfolkcoastaonb.org.uk/shop. Please allow up year. Over 40 pictures will be on display Parkrun.org.uk to seven working days for delivery. celebrating gardens and plants from across the globe. The worldwide nature Holkham park of the exhibition links with the garden at Sheringham, which features plants from at least five continents. The exhibition, although always with plants as a focus, features a wide range of subjects including wildlife, urban settings, abstract views as well as woods and forests. Combine your visit to the exhibition with a walk around the wild garden for autumn colour, as well as weird and wonderful fungi. Free exhibition open at the National Trust’s Sheringham Park 31 August – 27 October, dawn to dusk. nationaltrust.org.uk/sheringhampark

SAMPLE WALK provide local men with new skills. Mrs Ames Lyde provided the premises for the operation and paid for training. Highly decorative gates and Try a Coastal Treasures ornaments made at Thornham soon appeared on estates and in great halls across the country, walk at Thornham including Sandringham. The ironworks closed Don’t have a bike?? following the death of Mrs Edith Ames Lyde in Here are some bike hire places who will be happy to help: A new walk route at Thornham offers an oppor- 1914 and the outbreak of the First World War. tunity to meet coastal characters from the past: An original example of a sign produced at Burnham Deepdale: Kelling Heath: coal merchant, Nathaniel Woods and lady of the Thornham Ironworks can be seen hanging out- Deepdale Cycle Hire Huff and Puff Cyclescles manor, Mrs Edith Ames Lyde. side The Orange Tree. It still advertises The 01485 210614 07500 865095 Nathaniel Woods was trading in the area at Kings Head, the pub’s original name. deepdalebackpackers.co.uk/ huffandpuffcycles.co.uks.co.uk the end of the nineteenth and the start of the Thornham Circular walk takes a route bike-hire Waxham: twentieth century. He was among the last in a past the Orange Tree and alongside All Saints’ Heacham: Sea Palling Cycle HirHiree long line of traders to use the port at Thornham. Church, where a lych-gate is dedicated to Nath- A. E. Wallis 07747 483154 Documents from the 1500s for example record aniel Woods and his ship. It also passes the origi- 01485 571683 seapallingcyclehire.comre.com three ships making regular journeys between nal Coal Barn used by Woods, which still stands aewallis.co.uk Wells-next-the-Sea:Sea: Thornham and Newcastle, arriving laden with as an iconic landmark. Holkham Hall: Wells Bike Hire grain and leaving with cargoes of coal. Woods A spur from the main route leads to the Nor- Holkham Cycle Hire 07920 016405 and his ship, the Jessie Mary, made their final folk Wildlife Trust reserve at Holme-next-the- 01328 713071 07766 258064 voyage in 1914. Sea. Here the excavation of Seahenge, a Bronze holkham.co.uk wellsbikehire.co.ukuk Mrs Edith Ames Lyde established a branch Age timber circle, gained nationwide attention of the Red Cross, an orphans’ home in nearby in the late 1990s. There are no remains of the Hoveton: Wighton: Docking and donated generously toward the monument on the beach. Timbers from the origi- Broadland Cycle Hire On Yer Bike Norfolkolk renovation of All Saint’s Church. She was also nal structure can be seen at Lynn Museum in at BeWilderwood, Cycle Hire the founder of Thornham Ironworks in 1887 to King’s Lynn. 07747 483154 07584 308120 broadlandcyclehire.co.uk norfolkcyclehire.co.uko.uk 26 DARK SKIES NORFOLK COAST GUARDIAN 2019

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9 O of hedgehogs. The very rare Natterjack toad is mainly white flowers are scented at night, attracting moths N Barn owls are specially adapted to be expert nocturnal. In spring the males all sing together at and night-flying butterflies. hunters. Their long wings and soft feathers allow night to attract females and their calls can be heard European eels are nocturnal, finding hiding them to fly slowly and silently to sneak up on their up to a mile away. places or burrowing into mud (or under stones) during prey; their heart-shaped face helps to direct the Rabbits are not nocturnal like many people think. the day and coming out in search of food at dusk. smallest sound to their ears They are crepuscular which means they are most Find out more and visit a Norfolk Coast Dark Sky What can Bats hunt night-flying insects to avoid predation active at dusk and dawn. Discovery Site norfolkcoastaonb.org.uk/partnership/ by raptors such as kestrels and sparrowhawks, but People require darkness for a number of reasons dark-sky-discovery-sites/1160 also to avoid competing with insectivorous birds. including our biological rhythms for physical and There are 16 types of bats in the UK of which 13 can mental health and well-being and to reduce stress. you see in be found in Norfolk. Pink-footed geese are noisy in flight and on the Foxes are well-adapted to hunting at night. They ground. Feeding every dawn and dusk inland on have an extra layer of light sensitive cells in their eyes farmland they fly to their roosting grounds on the Share your coloured the dark? which gives them extra-sharp eyesight. Their hearing coast in large numbers to protect themselves against in version on is also finely tuned allowing them to hear the smallest predators. Twitter @NorfolkAONB he Norfolk Coast is one of the darkest places in of noises from several metres away. Nightjars are nocturnal birds and can be seen and Instagram the UK and a fantastic place to enjoy the night Glow worms aren’t worms at all: they’re hunting for moths and beetles at dusk and dawn. @Norfolkcoastaonb Tskies and landscapes. See what you can learn beetles. They use their bioluminescent bodies to With pointed wings and long tails they have a #norfolkcoastdarkskies about the dark with our colouring in for all ages: communicate with other beetles, in an attempt to reputation for flying silently, their mottled grey- #darkcoastnorfolk The Moon is the Earth’s only natural satellite and attract a mate. brown colouring providing ideal camouflage. was formed 4.6 billion years ago around some 30–50 Some species of fungi have developed an ability Nightingale males sing at night to advertise their million years after the formation of the solar system; to glow in the dark. This attracts insects to them territory to females who are flying overhead. Once Illustration by Kate Dougan Instagram @katedouganillustrations Dougan Instagram Kate by Illustration Delicatessen and Wines The Old Forge, Cley next the Sea NR25 7AP

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DARK SKIE T S Venue: Kelling Heath Holiday Park. Time: From 8pm to St Margaret’s Church in Cley where infrared followed by introduction to astro-photography with the S FE A S Booking essential: Call Kelling Heath Reception imaging equipment will help you see the bat King’s Lynn and District Astronomy Society. O T on 01263 588181. population living there. Venue: RSPB Titchwell Marsh. Time: 7-9pm C I Please note that this event is weather dependent. Venue: Meet at Cley Marshes Visitor Centre Cost: Adults £10, Child £5 with discounts V A Please dress appropriately for the conditions. (short drive to church after theory session-own for RSPB members K

L L transport required). Time: 5.30-9pm Booking essential: Contact the RSPB Titchwell Reserve Tuesday 10th September Cost: £16 NWT members, £19 non-members [email protected] or 01485 210779

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1 for moths and other wildlife that comes out in the Saturday 14 September 9 O N dusk/evening AN INTRODUCTION TO THE ART OF NIGHT The festival will run from 6-20 September Venue: RSPB Titchwell Marsh. Time: 7-9pm WALKING WITH DIXE WILLS More information: norfolkcoastaonb.org. Cost: Adults £10, Child £5 with discounts for RSPB Spend the evening discovering the AONB at night on uk/partnership/dark-skies-festival-6-22- members a fascinating night walk with author and travel writer september-2019/1215 Booking essential: Contact the RSPB Titchwell Reserve Dixe Wills. Starting at Blakeney, this 7 mile night walk Share on social media: Discover stars, bats, [email protected] or 01485 210779 will take you on a round trip to Wiveton Downs Dark Instagram @Norfolkcoastaonb Please dress appropriately for the conditions. Sky Discovery Site then back to Blakeney and across Twitter @NorfolkAONB moths and moonbeams the Blakeney Freshes embankment. Along the way you Wednesday 11th September #Norfolkcoastdarkskies #darkcoastnorfolk will discover night walking, the joys of being outside in Saturday 7th September NORFOLK WILDLIFE TRUST CLEY VISITOR moonlight and starlight (and occasionally Venuslight Dark Sky Discovery Sites in the area are open CELESTIAL WONDERS UNDER DARK SKIES CENTRE EVENING STROLL AND BBQ and Marslight), the sights, sounds and smells of year round: Wiveton Down, Kelling Heath Holiday IN NORTH NORFOLK A glorious way to end your day. Enjoy an evening the dark. You will also receive handy tips on basic Park; Application pending for Barrow Common, A short illustrated guide followed by the chance to see exploring the reserve followed by a barbecue on the navigation at night using the stars as well as dos/don’ts Brancaster norfolkcoastaonb.org.uk/partnership/ some of these for yourselves. A free event sponsored terrace, which offers fantastic views across the marsh. for staying safe while walking at night. dark-sky-discovery-sites/1160 by Deepdale Backpackers and King’s Lynn and District Venue: Cley Visitor Centre. Time: 6:30-9pm Time: 7.30-11.30pm Photography competition: Submit your photos of Astronomy Society. Cost: £10 NWT members, £12 non-members Cost: £10 per person, participants must be at least the Norfolk Coast’s skies and landscapes by night. Venue: Deepdale Backpackers Campsite Burnham Booking essential: 01263 740008 16 years old and capable of easily walking 7 miles, The best ones will be chosen to feature in a night Deepdale. Time: 7.30-9pm Please dress appropriately for the conditions. BookBookinging essential: To book a plplaceace and more in the dark over uneven terrain time themed book of the Norfolk Coast. Closing information contact John Craythorne on Saturday 14 September Booking essential: Contact the Norfolk date 31st March 2020. Terms and conditions at 01945 701038 or Alan GoslinGoslingg on 01553 774397743944 NORFOLK WILDLIFE TRUST BATS Coast Partnership on 01328 850530 or norfolkcoastaonb.org.uk/partnership/dark-skies- Please note this event is weather dedependentpendent AT CLEY-NEXT-THE-SEA [email protected] festival-6-22-september-2019/1215 Please dress appropriately for the conditions. James Goldsmith leads this evening exploring Wear sturdy shoes and dress appropriately for the bats that live in the UK, how to identify the weather conditions. Bring refreshments. SaturSaturdayday 7th SeptemSeptemberber different species, where they live, and discusses Wednesday 18th September STARSTARGAZINGGAZING AATT KEKELLINGLLING HEHEATHATH DARK SKY their conservation status. You will then head DISCDISCOOVERVERYY SISITETE SPLENDOURS OF THE DARK SKIES IntroductionIntroduction to basic astronomy, followedfollowed by a walkwalk OF NORTH NORFOLK to the DarDarkk SSkky Discovery Site, laser constellation A free event sponsored by King’s Lynn and District tour and telescope viewing. A ffreeree event sponsored Astronomy Society. by Kelling Heath Holiday Park and North Norfolk Venue: Barrow Common, Common Lane, Brancaster. Astronomy Society.Society. Time: 7.30-9.00pm Booking essential: contact John Craythorne on 01945 701038 or Alan Gosling on 01553 77439 Please note this event is weather dependent. Please dress appropriately for the conditions. Visit our ciderworks in Wells for Friday 20 September a free taste of our cider and apple SNAPSHOT OF THE SKIES juice then buy some to take away Mini walk through the reserve looking for moths and or have a glass or two in our other wildlife that comes out in the dusk/evening tranquil courtyard garden. 10:30 - 5:30 weekends Easter to end October Open all week in July & August Find us on the Stearman’s Yard car park, Wells-next-the-sea NR23 1BW 01328 711821 / 07769 571423

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Kayak Hire at Burnham Overy Staithe Explore the Creek and the surrounding salt marshes. Visit the stunning beach at Scolt Head island. Single kayak – £20.00 per day. Double kayak – £30.00 per day. Buoyancy aids and spray tops available – £5 per day. Contact Tim on 01328 738348 / 07484 537482 email: [email protected] See our new website at: www.burnhamoveryboathouse.co.uk 30 EVENTS NORFOLK COAST GUARDIAN 2019

Fri 19-Mon 22: Easter Egg-venture Trail at Cley Marshes. Celebrate Spring with Easter trails, crafting activities and free Catch it on the use of explorer bum bags, and chocolate prizes. 10am-4pm. £1.50. 01603 625540; norfolkwildlifetrust.org.uk Sat 20-Sun 21: Food Fair at Easter at Holkham. Choose from homemade jams, chutneys, cheeses, fresh bread and chocolate, and beers, ciders and spirits, all from local and regional artisan producers. 10am-4pm. 01328 713111; holkham.co.uk Sun 20-: Fish and Ships at Gallery Plus, Wells-next-the-Sea. Exhibition of hand- Oystercatcher by coloured coastal etchings by artist, author and Kate Dougan humorist Graham Clarke. 10am-4pm Tue-Sat. 01328 711609; gallery-plus.co.uk t Sun 21-Mon 22: Open Days at Happisburgh o Lighthouse. Visit the oldest working light cThere’s loads to do on the lively Norfolk coast; here’s thes pick of some of the best events our partners and communities have on the Norfolk coast and climb 112 steps a to the lantern. £5; £1 child. 01692 65098; got planned this year. Please note, times may change – it’s best to phone ahead to check. For bus details see page 21. happisburgh.org Sun 21: Geology Walk at West Runton. Journey through 13.7 billion years of time belemnite. 10-11.30am; meet outside beach Sat 6-Mon 22: Easter Treasure Hunt on an easy beach walk with geology expert at Bircham Windmill. 01485 578393; cafe 15 minutes early. £3.50; NWT member £3. 01603 625540; norfolkwildlifetrust.org.uk Out and about Martin Warren. 1.30-4.15pm. £6; £3 child. APRIL birchamwindmill.co.uk Booking essential: 01263 513992; Mon 8-Mon 22: Wild Things at Easter at Tue 16: Wild Animal Tracking at Sheringham other venues and events northfolk.org.uk Titchwell. Family adventure days exploring Park. Learn the signs foxes, badgers and deer Wed 24: The Ultimate Nerdy Bird Quiz woodlands, beaches and nature trails. leave behind, take a walk off the beaten track to explore Throughout: Bircham Windmill. Climb five at Titchwell. Compete for the Titchwell 10am-3pm. Prices vary, from £1 per child. and check the camera trap to see the night’s Princess Theatre, Hunstanton floors to the fan stage of a working Norfolk Trophy. 6pm. £6 including refreshments. 01485 210779; rspb.org.uk animal activity. 10.30am-12.30pm. £3; £5 princesshunstanton.co.uk windmill, and see the sails and milling child. Booking essential: 0344 249 1895; 01485 210779; rspb.org.uk Sat 13: Searching for Sharks at Cley Marshes. machinery turning on windy days. Daily sheep nationaltrust.org.uk Sheringham Little Theatre Sat 27: Discover Blakeney NNR. Discover the Join the search for shark egg cases – more milking and bread baking, and regular jam sheringhamlittletheatre.com history that has shaped this internationally commonly known as mermaid purses – and Tue 16: Night Hike at Felbrigg Hall. Join us and plant sales and craft demonstrations. Holt Hall holthall.org.uk important nature reserve on a ranger-led help identify which sharks can be found at sunset to see what is stirring as darkness stroll. Sorry, no dogs. 10am-12noon; meet 01485 578393; birchamwindmill.co.uk off the Norfolk coast. 10.30am-12.30pm. descends. 8-10.30pm; meet by the carpark Holt Country Park and Pretty Corner at Blakeney Quay. £10. Booking essential: Tue 9, 16, 23, 30: Sketching Masterclass at £6; Watch member £4; one accompanying welcome sign. £5; £3 child. Booking essential: Woods north-norfolk.gov.uk/media/ Titchwell. Combine birdwatching and wildlife adult free. Booking essential: 01603 625540; 01263 837444; nationaltrust.org.uk 4448/get-outdoors.pdf 0344 249 1895; nationaltrust.org.uk art as you sketch birds in their natural habitat. norfolkwildlifetrust.org.uk Tue 16: Fascinating Fossils at West Runton Holt Festival holtfestival.org Sat 27: Mini Gala Day on the Wells & 10.30am. £12.50; RSPB member £10. See the remains of amazing beasts Walsingham Light Railway with an Sat 13: Fossil Festival at Sheringham beach. Sheringham Carnival 3-11 August 01485 210779; rspb.org.uk evening talk from Railway Film Maker, Museum. Meet expert geologists and fossil- that lived in Norfolk millions of years ago. sheringhamcarnival.com Fri 5-Sun 7: Spring Steam Gala on the hunting enthusiasts with their collections, Good explorers might find a fossil to take Chris Eden-Green. wwlr.co.uk Cromer Carnival 17-23 August North Norfolk Railway at Sheringham. stroke a fossil mammoth femur and see home. 12.30-2pm; sign up outside beach cafe cromercarnival.co.uk 01263 820800; nnrailway.co.uk parts of Hugh Mungus, the life-size 15 minutes early. £3.50; NWT member £3. mammoth puppet made by local artist 01603 625540; norfolkwildlifetrust.org.uk Thursford Christmas Show Sat 6-Wed 17: Field to Fork Tractor Trailer Suzie Lay and engineer Jeremy Day, on 6 November -23 December Tour at Holkham. Travel back in time in the Wed 17: Rock Pool Rummaging at West display. 10am-4pm. 01263 824482; thursford.com/christmas-spectacular/ Great Barn before seeing the conservation Runton beach. 11am-12.30pm. sheringhammuseum.co.uk For details see 16 April. MAY work, crops and livestock on the estate today. North Norfolk Fit Together 11am, 12noon, 1.30pm, 2.30pm, 3.30pm. £5, Mon 15-Mon 22: Cadbury Easter Egg Hunt Wed 17: Birdspotting Walk at Felbrigg Hall. activenorfolk.org/north-norfolk child £2.50. 01328 713111; holkham.co.uk at Felbrigg Hall. Search the West Garden for Spot and identify some of the many birds clues left by the Cadbury Bunny; complete that make Felbrigg their home, with the Throughout: Bircham Windmill. Explore Sat 6-Mon 22: Cadbury Easter Egg Hunt at the trail to win a chocolate prize. 11am-4pm. North East Norfolk Bird Club’s Trevor Williams. Thu 18: Reserve Ramble at Holkham NNR. a working Norfolk windmill, and try your hand 10am-4.15pm. £2.50. Sheringham Park. £2.50. 01263 837444; nationaltrust.org.uk 1.30-3.30pm. £5. 01263 837444; Guided walk to see the rich variety of at baking bread. For details see April. 0344 249 1895; nationaltrust.org.uk wildlife along the coastline. 10am-12noon. Mon 15: Night Hike at Sheringham Park. nationaltrust.org.uk Wed 1-: Henry Moore at Houghton Hall: Well-behaved dogs on leads welcome. £10. Sat 6-Mon 22: White Rabbit Easter Trail Join us at sunset to see what is stirring as night Wed 17: Fascinating Fossils at West Runton Nature and Inspiration. In collaboration 01328 713111; holkham.co.uk on the Wells & Walsingham Light Railway. falls. 8-10pm. £3; £5 child. Booking essential: beach. 1.30-3pm. For details see 16 April. with the Henry Moore Foundation, this Join Alice in Wonderland to hunt for clues Fri 19: Coastal Creations at Holme Dunes. exhibition comprises several monumental 0344 249 1895; nationaltrust.org.uk Thu 18: Searching for Sharks at Holme down the line. wwlr.co.uk Scavenge the strandline for natural materials outdoor pieces in the grounds and smaller Mon 15-Thu 18: Family Adventure Days at Dunes. Join the search for shark egg cases – works, models and etchings in the house. Sat 6-Sun 28: The Society of Wildlife Artists Hilltop Outdoor Centre near Sheringham. more commonly known as mermaid purses to decorate your own coastal creation. Highlights include Large Reclining Figure 1984 at The Birdscapes Gallery. Exhibition of work Half or full day activities including fan – and help identify which sharks can be found 1-2.30pm; meet outside visitor centre. £3.50; and The Arch 1963-69. Wed, Thu, Sun, BH by Society members and invited guests. 11am- descender, air jump, tree top trail, big zipper off the Norfolk coast. 10.30am-12.30pm. NWT member £3. Booking essential: Mon. £18; £10 student; under 17 free. 5pm. 01263 741742; birdscapesgallery.co.uk and super swing. Minimum age 8 years. £3.50; NW3.50 member £4. Booking essential: 01603 625540; norfolkwildlifetrust.org.uk 01485 528569; houghtonhall.com Sat 6-: Debbie George and Virginia Graham 9.30am-12.30pm or 1.30-4.30pm £21; 01603 625540; norfolkwildlifetrust.org.uk Fri 19-Mon 22: Hopping Mad Easter Fun at Bircham Gallery Holt. Exhibition of 9.30am-4.30pm £40. Booking essential: Thu 18: Adder Adventure at Sheringham at Holkham. Can you help Rabbit get his Wed 1: Debbie George and Virginia Graham paintings by Debbie George celebrating 01263 824514; hilltopoutdoorcentre.co.uk Park. Join the search for the shy adder, favourite hat back? Solve the quizzes and trails at Bircham Gallery Holt. For details see 6 April. her passion for flowers and landscape, and Tue 16: Rock Pool Rummaging at West Britain’s only venomous snake, and hear a talk to keep you on track. Stories and sports along Fri 3: Marble Hall Chamber Music Concert at ceramics by Virginia Graham inspired by Runton beach. Come along with sturdy shoes about British reptiles. 9.30am-12midday. £3; the way, and chocolate at the end. 10am-5pm. Holkham with the Doric String Quartet. 7pm. a bygone era. 9am-5pm Mon-Sat. and keen eyes to investigate secrets of the £5 child. Booking essential: 0344 249 1895; From £18.90 family. 01328 713111; £28 including interval glass of wine in the 01263 713312; birchamgallery.co.uk seashore, and learn to tell a barnacle from a nationaltrust.org.uk holkham.co.uk Saloon. 01328 713111; holkham.co.uk

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Sat 4: Up with the Lark at Titchwell. Listen Denny, Daphne’s Flight and Oysterband. 20 gardens and the village’s artists at work: Tue 4, 11: Rhododendron and Wild Garden Fri 28: Bat Walk at Felbrigg Hall. Explore the to the melodies of the dawn chorus and enjoy Individual performance and weekend tickets. painters, a potter, a fine art photographer Walk at Sheringham Park. 2pm. world of bats on a stroll around the estate as a breakfast of baguettes and pastries with folkonthepier.co.uk and a maker of fused glass art. 11am-5pm. For details see 21 May. night falls. 8.30-11pm; meet by the carpark your bird guide. 5am. £15; RSPB member £12. Sat 11-Sun 12: Wells at War on the Wells Open gardens, from £4: 01485 540271; Tue 4: Walking Women at Holkham. welcome sign. £5; £3 child. Booking essential: 01485 210779; rspb.org.uk & Walsingham Light Railway. Bringing the dersinghamopengardens.co.uk. Art trail: Enjoy the beautiful Holkham Beach in good 01263 837444; nationaltrust.org.uk Sat 4: Garden Bird Songs and Calls at spirit, humour and style of the WW2 period 01485 541333; dersinghamarttrail.org company. 10-11.30am; meet outside The Fri 28: Open Air Cinema at Holkham Hall. Felbrigg Hall. Joint National Trust / Norfolk back to life. wwlr.co.uk Sun 26-Mon 27: Dad’s Army Live! on the Lookout at Lady Anne’s Drive. Well-behaved A sing-along for the whole family in The Wildlife Trust wildlife workshop to help Wed 15: Waders in Action at Titchwell. North Norfolk Railway at Sheringham. dogs on leads welcome. 01328 713112; Greatest Showman. 9.30pm; doors open beginners recognise the songs and calls of Learn about wader species with author 01263 820800; nnrailway.co.uk holkham.co.uk at 8. 01328 713111; holkham.co.uk common garden birds. 5.30-8.30am; meet Richard Chandler. 6pm. £15; RSPB member Sun 26-Mon 27: North Norfolk Country Fair. Wed 5: Breeding Birds of Blakeney Point. Sat 29: Dragonflies and Damselflies at by carpark welcome sign. £17.50. Booking £12 including refreshments. 01485 210779; A great day out for the whole family with Discover ground-nesting birds, see the Little Felbrigg Hall. Joint National Trust / Norfolk essential: 01263 837444; nationaltrust.org.uk rspb.org.uk arena entertainment all day – lurcher racing, Tern colony and learn more about the UK’s Wildlife Trust wildlife workshop on how to Sat 4: International Dawn Chorus Day Walk Wed 15: Birdspotting Walk at Felbrigg Hall. falconry display, ferret racing plus rides and smallest and rarest sea bird. Sorry, no dogs. identify these colourful winged insects. on Blakeney Freshes. Look for marsh harriers, 1.30-3.30pm. For details see 17 April. attractions, car boot area and two marquees 9.30am-12noon. £12.50. Booking essential: 10.30am-1.30pm; meet by carpark welcome wildfowl, spring migrants and even bittern full of arts, crafts and local food stalls. 10am- 0344 249 1895; nationaltrust.org.uk sign. £17.50. Booking essential: Thu 16: Reserve Ramble at Holkham NNR. and cranes on this early morning guided 4pm. £4; under 15’s free. 07775 741752 Wed 5, 12, 19, 26: Parkland Heritage 01263 837444; nationaltrust.org.uk walk. Sorry, no dogs. 5-8.30am. £14; £7 child, Guided walk. 10am-12noon; meet outside The Lookout on Lady Anne’s Drive. Well-behaved Sun 26-Fri 31: Funtastic Half Term at Tractor Trailer Tour at Holkham. Discover Sat 29: Pantaloons presents Sense and including continental breakfast. Booking Holkham. From archery to zorbing, six days the landscaped parkland of Holkham. Sensibility at Sheringham Park. Jane essential: 0344 249 1895; nationaltrust.org.uk dogs on leads welcome. £10. 01328 713111; holkham.co.uk of holiday fun including crafts, challenges 11am-12noon, 1.30-2.30pm. £7.50. Booking Austen’s classic novel with live music and Sat 4-Wed 22: New Faces Exhibition at and a habitats-themed cycle trail. Not all essential: 01328 713111; holkham.co.uk audience interaction. 6.30-9pm. From £12; Bircham Gallery Holt. Selection of works from Sat 18: Waders in Spring at Snettisham. activities are on every day. From £21 family. £9.50 child. 0344 249 1895; nationaltrust. Discover the myriad of birds arriving at Sat 8: Plankton Party at Cley Marshes. Take artists new to the gallery. 9am-5pm Mon-Sat. 01328 713111; holkham.co.uk a close look under the microscope and discover org.uk 01263 713312; birchamgallery.co.uk Snettisham during spring migration with the reserve’s site manager. 5.15pm. Mon 27-Fri 31: Deer and Wildlife Safari at the importance of these microscopic animals. Sat 29: Open Air Cinema at Holkham Hall. Sat 4-Mon 6: Day out with Thomas on the 01485 210779; rspb.org.uk Holkham. 11am, 12noon, 1.30pm, 2.30pm, 10.30am-12.30pm. £6; Watch member £4; one A foot-stomping celebration of Queen’s North Norfolk Railway at Sheringham. 3.30pm. For details see 4 May. accompanying adult free. Booking essential: rise to stardom in Bohemian Rhapsody. 01263 820800; nnrailway.co.uk Sat 18-Sun 19: Crab and Lobster Festival 01603 625540; norfolkwildlifetrust.org.uk 01328 713111; holkham.co.uk at Cromer and Sheringham. Celebrate the Mon 27: Country Day at Bircham Windmill. Sat 4, 11, 18, 25: Deer and Wildlife Safari at local seafaring heritage and active fishing Enjoy a family day with sheep shearing, Sun 9: Swallowtail Watch at Horsey. Visit the Sun 30: Blakeney Point Flora and Fauna. Holkham. Hop on board a tractor trailer tour communities of these two coastal towns, a dog show, crafts, tractors and much more. wildlife garden to learn about the beautiful Discover an array of residential and migratory to see the park’s Fallow deer up close. 11am, beginning with a traditional seaside variety 01485 578393; birchamwindmill.co.uk and rare Swallowtail. Weather permitting, wildlife with wildlife expert Richard Porter 12noon, 1.30pm, 2.30pm, 3.30pm. Meet concert at Cromer’s Pier Pavilion Theatre. Wed 29: Made in Norfolk at Felbrigg Hall. you will see them for yourself. 11am-3pm. and NT rangers. Sorry, no dogs. 9.30am-1pm. outside Holkham ticket office 10 minutes early. Cookery demonstrations, rope and crab See the best Norfolk has to offer in food, crafts 0344 249 1895; nationaltrust.org.uk £17.50. Booking essential: 0344 249 1895; nationaltrust.org.uk £5; £2.50 child. 01328 713111; holkham.co.uk pot making, Crab Lucky Dip and Cromer and produce. 11am-5pm. 01263 837444; Sun 9: Open Farm Sunday at Holkham. Sun 5: International Dawn Chorus Day at Crab Sandwich competitions and more. nationaltrust.org.uk Take a tractor trailer tour and meet members Heigham Holmes. Join an early morning crabandlobsterfestival.co.uk Fri 31: Rock Pool Rummaging at West of the farming team. 10am-5pm. guided walk to hear marsh harriers, wildfowl, Sun 19: Guided Sea Kayaking with the Runton beach. 10.30am-12noon. 01328 713111; holkham.co.uk spring migrants and maybe even bittern. Sorry, Canoeman. Explore the creeks by kayak. For details see 16 April. Fri 14: Marble Hall Chamber Music Concert no dogs. 5-7.30am; meet at Blakeney Quay. Minimum age 12. 9-11.30am. £65; £50 child; at Holkham with soprano Tara Erraught and JULY £12.50; £6.25 child. Booking essential: 0344 Fri 31: Fascinating Fossils at West Runton double kayak £120. 8.30am refresher session. pianist Sholto Kynoch. 7pm. £28 including 249 1895; nationaltrust.org.uk beach. 1-2.30pm. For details see 16 April. £15; £10 child. Booking essential: 01603 interval glass of wine in the Saloon. Fri 31-: Andrew Dibben at Picturecraft Sun 5, 12, 19, 26: Deer and Wildlife Safari at 783777; thecanoeman.com 01328 713111; holkham.co.uk Holkham. 11am, 12noon, 1.30pm, 2.30pm, Gallery Holt. Paintings, mainly watercolour, of Throughout: Bircham Windmill. Explore a Sun 19, Sat 29: Geology Walk at East Fri 14-: Folkart: Time on our Hands at 3.30pm. For details see 4 May. the North Norfolk coast. 9am-5pm Mon-Sat. working Norfolk windmill, and try your hand Runton. Easy beach walk to discover the 01263 711040; picturecraftgallery.com Sheringham Museum. Exhibition celebrating at baking bread. For details see April. Sun 5-Mon 6: Open Days at Happisburgh legacy of an Ice Age and a volcano and the the richness of the fisherfolk artists. Throughout: Folkart: Time on our Hands Lighthouse. For details see 21 April. processes going on beneath glaciers. With 01263 824482; sheringhammuseum.co.uk expert Martin Warren. 1.30-4.15pm. £6; £3 at Sheringham Museum. Mon 6: Family Bushcraft Day at Titchwell. Fri 14-Sun 16: Mixed Traction Gala on the child. Booking essential: 01263 513992; For details see 14 June. Put your survival skills to the test on the nature North Norfolk Railway at Sheringham. northfolk.org.uk Throughout: Sedgeford Historical and reserve with the help of an experienced Forest 01263 820800; nnrailway.co.uk Schools leader. 11am. £10 per family. Tue 21, 28: Rhododendron and Wild Garden JUNE Archaeological Research Project at Sun 16: Guided Sea Kayaking with the 01485 210779; rspb.org.uk Walk at Sheringham Park. Explore the garden Sedgeford. Range of courses and excavation Canoeman. 9-11.30am; refresher 8am. with the head gardener to discover how such opportunities, and site visits every day except Tue 7, 14, 21, 28: Sketching Masterclass at For details see 19 May. Saturday. sharp.org.uk Titchwell. 10.30am. For details see 2 April. a wide range of azaleas, rhododendrons and Throughout: Bircham Windmill. Explore a Wed 19: Birdspotting Walk at Felbrigg Hall. trees from around the world come to be here. working Norfolk windmill, and try your hand Throughout: Henry Moore at Houghton Hall: Tue 7: Walking Women at Holkham. Enjoy 2pm. £5. 0344 249 1895; nationaltrust.org.uk 1.30-3.30pm. For details see 17 April. Nature and Inspiration. Wed, Thu, Sat, Sun. a walk along the spectacular Wells beach in at baking bread. For details see April. Wed 19: Geology Walk at West Runton. For details see 1 May. good company. 10-11.30am; meet at Wells Sat 25-: Printmakers’ Wildlife and Wings Throughout: Henry Moore at Houghton Hall: For details see 21 April. beach café. Well-behaved dogs on leads over Water at The Birdscapes Gallery. Annual Nature and Inspiration. Wed, Thu, Sun. Tue 2, 9, 16, 23, 30: Sketching Masterclass welcome. 01328 713112; holkham.co.uk exhibition including the launch of, and prints For details see 1 May. Thu 20: Reserve Ramble at Holkham NNR. at Titchwell. 10.30am. For details see 2 April. from, the latest Mascot Media title. 11am- Guided walk. 10am-12noon. Well-behaved Tue 2: Walking Women at Holkham. Fri 10-Sun 12: Sea Fever Literary Festival at 5pm. 01263 741742; birdscapesgallery.co.uk Until Wed 5: Andrew Dibben at Picturecraft Wells Maltings. This second year of Poetry- Gallery Holt. For details see 31 May. dogs on leads welcome. £10. 10am. For details see 7 May. 01328 713111; holkham.co.uk next-the-Sea’s successor includes the launch Sun 26: Spring Tour of the Private Gardens Thu 4-: Borderlines at Cley Marshes. The Cley at Holkham. Enjoy the arboretum with its Until Sun 9: Norfolk and Norwich Open of Kevin Crossley Holland’s collaboration with Studios 2019. For details see 25 May. Fri 21: Folkart: Time on our Hands Lunchtime Contemporary Art Exhibition, curated by Dyad photographer Andy Rafferty, Seahenge: A flowering magnolias, tulip trees and carpets Talk at Sheringham Museum. Curators Creative, brings together works by artists with Journey; Julia Blackburn reading from Time of bluebells. 11am; 1pm; 3pm. £10; £5 child. Until Sun 23: Printmakers’ Wildlife and Lesley Lougher and Lisa Little give an insight a Norfolk connection responding to Cley-next- Song: Searching for Doggerland and Professor Booking essential: 01328 713111; Wings over Water at The Birdscapes Gallery. into this exhibition. 12.30-1.15pm. £2.50. the-Sea, its church, beach and climate. Nick Davies on his latest work on cuckoos. holkham.co.uk For details see 25 May. 01263 824482; sheringhammuseum.co.uk 10am-5pm. 01263 740008; cleycalling.com 01328 839000; wellsmaltings.co.uk Sun 26-Mon 27: Open Days at Happisburgh Fri 1: Deer and Wildlife Safari at Holkham. Sat 22: Karen Fawcett Ceramics at The Fri 5-Wed 17: Kieron Williamson at Fri 10-Sun 12: Folk on the Pier at the Lighthouse. For details see 21 April. 11am, 12noon, 1.30pm, 2.30pm, 3.30pm. Birdscapes Gallery. Demonstration, talk and Picturecraft Gallery Holt. Exhibition of Pavilion Theatre on Cromer Pier. Celebrating Sun 26-Mon 27: Dersingham Open Gardens For details see 4 May. preview of the studio’s latest work inspired paintings by young Norfolk artist Kieron the festival’s 21st birthday with concerts and Art Trail. Collect your guide from the new Tue 4, 11, 18, 25: Sketching Masterclass at by the British countryside. 11am-5pm. Williamson. 9am-5pm Mon-Sat. including Listen, Listen – The Songs of Sandy Village Centre and follow the trail to see up to Titchwell. 10.30am. For details see 2 April. 01263 741742; birdscapesgallery.co.uk 01263 711040; picturecraftgallery.com

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Sat 6: Geology Walk at Overstrand. Thu 18: Reserve Ramble at Holkham NNR. Sat 20: Poetry, Pizza and Pimms at Cley Fri 26: Dulcimers of East Anglia at the fairies find their way back home. No extra Challenging three-mile walk with expert Martin 10am. For details see 18 April. Marshes. Readings inspired by the North Sheringham Museum. Discover the story charge, standard fares apply. wwlr.co.uk Warren. 1.30-4.15pm. £6; £3 child. Booking Thu 18: The Wonder of Butterflies at Cley Norfolk coastline from Kevin Crossley Holland, of one of East Anglia’s most distinctive Until Sun 4: Borderlines at Cley Marshes. essential: 01263 513992; northfolk.org.uk Marshes. Writer Patrick Barkham on his quest Jade Cuttle, Jonathan Ward, Jos Smith and musical instruments dating from the 15th 10am-5pm. For details see 4 July. Sat 6-Sun 21: Michael Warren SWLA at to see all 59 species of British butterfly in one Elizabeth Cook. Part of Cley Calling. 7.30pm; century. 12.30-1.15pm. £2.50. 01263 824482; doors open 6.30pm. £12; NWT member £10 sheringhammuseum.co.uk Until Sun 4: Wells Carnival with Carnival Day The Birdscapes Gallery. Watercolours summer. Part of Cley Calling. 1.30-3pm. £12; and Parade on Sat 3. For details see 26 July. of birds. 11am-5pm. 01263 741742; NWT member £10 including lunch. Booking including glass of Pimms. Booking essential: Fri 26: Geology Walk on Cromer Beach with birdscapesgallery.co.uk essential: 01263 740008; cleycalling.com 01263 740008; cleycalling.com geology expert Martin Warren. 10.30am-1pm. Until Fri 30: Field to Fork Tractor Trailer Tour £6; £3 child. Booking essential: 01263 513992; at Holkham. 11am, 12noon, 1.30pm, 2.30pm, Sun 7: Vintage Transport Day on the Fri 19: Bat Walk at Felbrigg Hall. 8-10.30pm. Sun 21: Fish ‘n’ Strips Wall-Hanging at Cley Marshes. Learn the techniques of foundation northfolk.org.uk 3.30pm. For details see 6 April. North Norfolk Railway at Sheringham. For details see 28 June. 01263 820800; nnrailway.co.uk piercing and creative embroidery with Sally Fri 26-: Wells Carnival with teddy bears’ Thu 1, 29: Guided Sea Kayaking with the Fri 19: Circuit of Cley at Cley Marshes. Holman. Part of Cley Calling. 10.30am-3.30pm. picnic, raft race, sand castle competition, town Canoeman. 9-11.30am; refresher 8.30am. Thu 11-Sun 14: Vintage Travel on the Guided walk taking in the wildlife of the coast. £26; NWT member £22. Booking essential: crier competition, gillying on the quay and For details see 19 May. North Norfolk Railway at Sheringham. Part of Cley Calling. 10.30am-1pm. £5; NWT 01263 740008; cleycalling.com crowning of the Carnival Royals. Live music Fri 2, 16: Rock Pool Rummaging at 01263 820800; nnrailway.co.uk member £3. Booking essential: 01263 740008; Sun 21: Ben Garrod’s Ocean Commotion at most evenings. wellscarnival.co.uk West Runton beach. 11am-12.30pm. Fri 12-Sun 14: History Weekend at cleycalling.com Cley Beach. Enjoy a family friendly fun day Mon 29: Rock Pool Rummaging at West For details see 16 April. Sheringham Park. A weekend of costumed Fri 19: Wildlife and Nature Photography with Professor Ben Garrod and NWT, RSPB, Runton beach. See 16 April for details. Fri 2, 16: Fascinating Fossils at West Runton interpretation. 0344 249 1895; Workshop at Cley Marshes. Learn the RNLI, Friends of Horsey Seals, Norfolk Trails beach. 1.30-3pm. For details see 16 April. nationaltrust.org.uk essentials of good nature photography with and more. Part of Cley Calling. 11am-4pm. Mon 29: Fascinating Fossils at West Runton Sat 13-Sun14: Tribe Norfolk. Local festival Paul Richards. Please bring own equipment. 01263 740008; cleycalling.com beach. See 16 April for details. Fri 2: Geology Walk at West Runton. For details see 21 April. bringing together producers, makers, Part of Cley Calling. 10.30am-3.30pm. £26; Sun 21: Capturing Birds Quickly in the Mon 29: Pond Dipping at Holkham. 10am; musicians, crafters and growers to celebrate NWT member. Booking essential: Field at Cley Marshes. Learn from wildlife 11am; 1pm; 2pm. £3; accompanying adult Fri 2: Blue Touch at Sheringham Park. Enjoy Norfolk’s diversity. www.tribenorfolk.co.uk 01263 740008; cleycalling.com and landscape artist and keen birder Martin free. 01328 713111; holkham.co.uk a night of blues rock with this well established Sun 14: Summer Tour of the Private Gardens Fri 19: Kitty Macfarlane at Cley Marshes. Gibbons how to draw a bird’s key features Tue 30: Rock Pool Rummaging at West four-piece well known on the blues festival at Holkham. 11am; 1pm; 3pm. £10; £5 child. Kitty sings about rewilding, migration and quickly. Part of Cley Calling. 10.30am-3.30pm. Runton beach. See 16 April for details. circuit. 7-10pm. From £7.50. 0344 249 1895; nationaltrust.org.uk Booking essential: 01328 713111; women’s historical relationship with textiles £26; NWT member £22. Booking essential: Tue 30: Fascinating Fossils at West Runton holkham.co.uk and the land. Part of Cley Calling. 8pm; £13; 01263 740008; cleycalling.com beach. See 16 April for details. Sat 3-Sun 4: Steam and Diesel Weekend on Sun 14: Guided Sea Kayaking with the NWT member £10. Booking essential: Sun 21: Morning Stroll and BBQ at Cley the North Norfolk Railway at Sheringham. 01263 740008; cleycalling.com Tue 30: Pond Dipping at Holkham. 10am; 01263 820800; nnrailway.co.uk Canoeman. 8-10.30am; refresher 7.30am. Marshes. 10.30am-1.30pm. £12; NWT 11am; 1pm; 2pm. For details see 29 July. For details see 19 May. Fri 19-Sun 21: Beer Festival on the North member £10 including lunch. Part of Cley Sat 3-Sun 18: David Cowdry at The Norfolk Railway at Sheringham. Calling. Booking essential: 01263 740008; Wed 31: Outdoor Theatre in the Walled Birdscapes Gallery. Exhibition of paintings Sun 14-Sat 27: King’s Lynn Arts Festival. Garden at Holkham. Heartbreak Productions’ Performances include pianist John Lenehan 01263 820800; nnrailway.co.uk cleycalling.com inspired by the natural world. 11am-5pm. adaptation of Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet 01263 741742; birdscapesgallery.co.uk playing silent movie accompaniment; Sirinu: Sat 20-Sun 21: Holkham Country Fair. Sun 21, 28: Open Days at Happisburgh in part Shakespearian verse, part modern Sounding Spaces with music inspired by Countryside pursuits, rural crafts and local Lighthouse. For details see 21 April. English. 6.15pm. £14; £10 child (rec 8+); £43 Sun 4: Heigham Holmes Open Day. Discover space and the planets; Skipinnish with the produce. From £18; 14 and under free. Wed 24: Damsels and Dragons at Titchwell. family. 01328 713111; holkham.co.uk this hidden gem in the Norfolk Broads, home best in contemporary Celtic music and 6 01328 713111; holkham.co.uk Join the reserve’s site manager in searching for to Swallowtail butterflies and Common Cranes. Hands: classical guitarists John Williams, John Step on to the island via a swing bridge at Sat 20: Jess French’s Fascinating World the damselflies and dragonflies that visit the Etheridge and Gary Ryan. Box office opens 23 Martham Ferry for a family day out. Bring of Butterflies at Cley Marshes. Join NWT’s reedbeds over the summer. 12noon. £10; RSPB April. 01553 764864; kingslynnfestival.co.uk a picnic and enjoy kite flying, bug hunting, children’s ambassador and vet, zoologist and member £8. 01485 210779; rspb.org.uk pond dipping, nature trails and more. Dogs Wed 17: Birdspotting Walk at Felbrigg Hall. presenter on CBeebies. Part of Cley Calling. Wed 24: The 138th Sandringham Flower on leads, please. 11am-4pm. 0344 249 1895; 1.30-3.30pm. For details see 20 March. 11am, 12noon, 1pm. Booking essential: AUGUST Show. Display gardens; competitions in nationaltrust.org.uk Thu 18-Sun 21: Big Butterfly Count at Cley 01263 740008; cleycalling.com vegetables, fruit, flowers and floral art; craft Sun 4, 11, 18, 25: Open Days at Happisburgh Marshes. Nationwide survey. 10am-5pm. Sat 20: Butterflies for Beginners at Cley marquee; trade stands and main arena Throughout: Bircham Windmill. Explore a Lighthouse. For details see 21 April. 01263 740008; cleycalling.com Marshes. Learn to tell your Painted Lady from events, and children’s entertainment. 9am- working Norfolk windmill, and try your hand at your Red Admiral with butterfly recorder Andy 6pm. £12.50; child free. 01485 545400; Mon 5, 12, 19, 26: Pond Dipping at Holkham. Thu 18: Butterfly Walk at Cley Marshes. baking bread. For details see April. Natural history writer Patrick Barkham shares Brazil. Part of Cley Calling. 10.30am-3.30pm. sandringhamflowershow.org.uk 10am; 11am; 1pm; 2pm. his best butterflying tips. Part of Cley Calling. £26; NWT member £22. Booking essential: Thu 25: Field to Fork Tractor Trailer Tour at Throughout: Folkart: Time on our Hands at For details see 29 July. 11am-1pm. £19; NWT member £16. Booking 01263 740008; cleycalling.com Holkham. 11am, 12noon, 1.30pm, 2.30pm, Sheringham Museum. For details see 14 June. Tue 6, 13, 20, 27: Sketching Masterclass at essential: 01263 740008; cleycalling.com Sat 20: Brilliant Butterflies at Cley Marshes. 3.30pm. For details see 6 April. Throughout: Henry Moore at Houghton Hall: Titchwell. 10.30am. For details see 2 April. Thu 18: Ray’s Rambles at Titchwell. Discover A day of guided walks, crafts and activities led Fri 26: Yellowstone in Colour at Titchwell Nature and Inspiration. Wed, Thu, Sat, Sun, Tue 6: Walking Women at Holkham. Enjoy flora and fauna with wildlife expert Ray by the Norfolk Butterfly Conservation Trust. by wildlife photographer Les Bunyan. BH Mon. For details see 1 May. a walled garden walk in good company. Kimber. 10.30am. £7.50; RSPB member £6. Part of Cley Calling. 11am-4pm. 6pm. £12.50; RSPB member £10 including Throughout: The Enchanted Railway on the 10-11.30am. Well-behaved dogs on leads 01485 210779; rspb.org.uk 01263 740008; cleycalling.com refreshments. 01485 210779; rspb.org.uk Wells & Walsingham Light Railway. Help welcome. £3. 01328 713112; holkham.co.uk

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Tue 6, 13, 20, 27: Pond Dipping at Holkham. footwear. 11am-12.30pm; meet outside Sat 24: Man and Mammoth, and Man Fri 30: Geology Walk at Happisburgh. Easy Sun 1: Autumn Steam Gala on the North 10am; 11am; 1pm; 2pm. visitor centre 15 minutes early. £3.50; NWT the Tool-Maker at Sheringham Museum. walk along the beach with expert Martin Norfolk Railway at Sheringham. For details see 29 July. member £3. Booking essential: 01603 625540; Celebration of early man and the mega-fauna Warren. 1.30-4.15pm. £6; £3 child. Booking 01263 820800; nnrailway.co.uk Wed 7, 21: Family Activity Day at Titchwell. norfolkwildlifetrust.org.uk found along the North Norfolk coastline, essential: 01263 513992; northfolk.org.uk Sun 1, 15, Mon 30: Wader Walk at Wild weaving, bird watching, moth trapping, Tue 13: Searching for Sharks at Holme and demonstration of stone tool-making with Fri 30-: Autumn Steam Gala on the North Snettisham. 6.30am. flint knapper John Lord. 10am-4pm. bushcraft skills, pottery and more. 10am-3pm. Dunes. 1.30-3pm. For details see 18 April. Norfolk Railway at Sheringham. For details see 31 August. 01263 824482; sheringhammuseum.co.uk 01485 210779; rspb.org.uk Wed 14: Outdoor Theatre in the Walled 01263 820800; nnrailway.co.uk Sun 1: Open Days at Happisburgh Sun 25: World Crabbing Competition at Wed 7: Outdoor Theatre in the Walled Garden at Holkham. Boxtree Productions’ Sat 31: Wader Walk at Snettisham. 6am. Lighthouse. For details see 21 April. Cromer Pier. Take part as a team or individual Garden at Holkham. Strange Fascination The Legend of King Arthur. 6.15pm. £14; Refreshments and VIP parking included. competitor and try to catch the most crabs Mon 2: Wader Walk at Snettisham. 7am. Theatre’s colourful adaptation of Kipling’s £10 child; £43 family. 01328 713111; 01485 210779; rspb.org.uk or the biggest crab. 9.30am registration for For details see 31 August. The Jungle Book. 6.15pm. £14; £10 child; £43 holkham.co.uk 10.30am. crabandlobsterfestival.co.uk Sat 31-: International Garden Photographer Mon 2: Fascinating Fossils at West Runton family. 01328 713111; holkham.co.uk Thu 15: Family Birdwatch at Felbrigg Hall. of the Year Exhibition at Sheringham Park. Mon 26: Open Days at Happisburgh beach. 12.30-2pm. For details see 16 April. Fri 9-Sat 17: 15th North Norfolk Music Look out for birds in a range of habitats, use The best in garden, plant, flower and botanical Lighthouse. For details see 21 April. Mon 2 Rock Pool Rummaging at West Festival. St Mary’s Church South Creake is a spotting scope and make a bird feeder. photography. Dawn to dusk. 0344 249 1895; Runton beach. 10.30am-12noon. the setting for nine days of musical virtuosity 10.30am-12.30pm; meet outside visitor Tue 27-Thu 29: Bat Walk at Holkham. Guided nationaltrust.org.uk two-mile walk using bat detectors. 7.30-9pm; For details see 16 April. with buffet suppers by Creake Abbey Café reception. Free; booking recommended. Sat 31, Sun 1 Sep: North Norfolk Food and meet outside ticket office 10 minutes early. before several concerts. Performers include 01263 837444; nationaltrust.org.uk Drink Festival at Holkham. Enjoy tastings Tue 3, 10, 17, 24: Sketching Masterclass at Sorry, no dogs. £6.50; £3.25 child. Booking cellist Alice Neary; soprano Katherine Broderick and samples from the area’s finest producers. Titchwell. 10.30am. For details see 2 April. Thu 15: Reserve Ramble at Holkham NNR. essential: 01328 713111; holkham.co.uk with pianist Libby Burgess; pianists Melvyn 10am. For details see 16 May. 10am-4pm. 01328 713111; holkham.co.uk Tue 3: Wader Walk at Snettisham. 8am. Tan and Thomas Kelly; the Gesualdo Six Wed 28: Outdoor Theatre in the Walled Sat 31: East Anglian Traditional Music Trust For details see 31 August. and the Navarra String Quartet. Special Thu 15: Guided Sea Kayaking with the Garden at Holkham. The Lord Chamberlain’s Day at Sheringham Museum. Learn the Tue 3: Walking Women at Holkham. 10am. £5 tickets for under 25s. 01328 730357; Canoeman. 10am-12.30pm; 9.30am refresher. Men’s production of Shakespeare’s A basics of playing the melodeon, and enjoy For details see 7 May. northnorfolkmusicfestival.com For details see 19 May. Midsummer Night’s Dream. With Elizabethan an acoustic performance of songs. Workshop Fri 16, 30: Bat Walk at Felbrigg Hall. costumes, music and dance. 6.15pm. £14; Wed 4: Wader Walk at Snettisham. 8.30am. Sat 10: Rock Pools and Rocks at West Runton 11am; performance 2pm. 01263 824482; 8-10.30pm. For details see 28 June. £10 child; £43 family. 01328 713111; For details see 31 August. beach. Rummage in rock pools for marine sheringhammuseum.co.uk life and root through rocks for fossils. 9.30- Fri 16: Dixiemix at Sheringham Park. A night holkham.co.uk Wed 4, 11, 18, 25: Parkland Heritage Tractor 11.30am; meet outside beach café. £6; Watch of traditional jazz and humour. 6-9pm. From Thu 29: Sea Dipping at Holme Dunes. Trailer Tour at Holkham. 11am-12noon, member £4. Booking essential: £7.50. 0344 249 1895; nationaltrust.org.uk 11.30am-1pm. For details see 13 August. 1.30-2.30pm. For details see 5 June. 01603 625540; norfolkwildlifetrust.org.uk Sun 18: Party on the Pastures at Blakeney. Thu 29: The Big Bug Hunt at Felbrigg Hall. Sat 7-Sun 8: Greenbuild at Felbrigg Hall. Sun 11: Geology Walk at Sheringham. Packed programme rounding off with dancing Felbrigg is home to all manner of minibeasts SEPTEMBER Find out how to save money and reduce your Two-mile walk over Skelding Hill and and back in the Circus Ferrel big top. 11am-10pm. so head for the woods to hunt for them. impact on the environment. Free. along the beach. 10.30am-1pm. £6; £3 child. www.blakeneyparishcouncil.co.uk/?page_id=410 10.30am-12.30pm; meet outside visitor 01263 837444; nationaltrust.org.uk reception. Free; booking recommended. Booking essential: 01263 513992; Sun 18: Geology Walk at Overstrand. Sat 7-Sun 22: Ben Woodhams SWLA and 01263 837444; nationaltrust.org.uk northfolk.org.uk For details see 6 July. Throughout: Bircham Windmill. Explore a Kyst/Coast at The Birdscapes Gallery. Thu 29: Searching for Sharks at Holme working Norfolk windmill, and try your hand Exhibition of paintings. 11am-5pm. 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Sat 5-Sun 6: Home Fleet Running Mon 21-Tue 22: Deer and Wildlife Safari at T: 01485 532610 T: 01263 721070 Fri 20: Introduction to Astro Photography at Weekend on the North Norfolk Railway at Holkham. 11am, 12noon, 1.30pm, 2.30pm, E: tourism@hunstantontown E: [email protected] Titchwell. A torchlit walk to learn about night Sheringham. 01263 820800; nnrailway.co.uk 3.30pm. For details see 4 May. council.gov.uk W: mundesley.org time photography from members of the King’s Sat 5-Sun 27: John Threlfall SWLA at The Tue 22: Family Fungi Foray at Felbrigg Hall. W: hunstantontowncouncil.gov.uk Lynn and District Astronomical Society. 7pm. Birdscapes Gallery. Exhibition of watercolours Explore the fabulous shapes, sizes and Other information centres Kings Lynn TIC 01485 210779; rspb.org.uk influenced by the ever changing light and ebb colours of fungi on a guided family walk North Walsham in the woods. 10.30am-12.30pm; meet by The Custom House, Purfleet Quay Fri 20: Folkart: Time on our Hands and flow of the tide. 11am-5pm. Council offices, New Road NR28 9DE Lunchtime Talk at Sheringham Museum. 01263 741742; birdscapesgallery.co.uk the carpark welcome sign. £5; £3 child. PE30 1HP Booking recommended: 01263 837444; T: 01692 404114 Luke Scott explores when folk art becomes Sat 5, 12, 19: Deer and Wildlife Safari at T: 01553 763044 nationaltrust.org.uk E: admin@ fine art. 12.30-1.15pm. 01263 824482; Holkham. 11am, 12noon, 1.30pm, 2.30pm, E: [email protected] sheringhammuseum.co.uk 3.30pm. For details see 4 May. Tue 22: Owl Prowl at Felbrigg Hall. northwalshaminformationoffice.co.uk Dissect an owl pellet, learn to call like an owl W: visitwestnorfolk.com Sat 22: Blakeney Point Beach Clean. Sun 6, 13, 20: Deer and Wildlife Safari at Norwich and venture out at dusk to listen for tawny 10am-1pm. For details see 30 March. Holkham. 11am, 12noon, 1.30pm, 2.30pm, Deepdale Information Centre owls on a two-mile walk over rough ground. Forum, Millennium Plain NR2 1TF 3.30pm. For details see 4 May. Deepdale Farm, Burnham Sat 28-Sun 29: Plant Fair at Holkham. 6-8.30pm; meet by the carpark welcome sign. T: 01603 213999 10am-5pm. 01328 713111; holkham.co.uk Sat 12: Sounds in Our Surroundings at £5; £3 child. Booking essential: 01263 837444; Deepdale PE31 8DD E: [email protected] Sun 29: Walk on the Wildside at Heigham Cley Marshes. 10.30am-12.30pm. £6; nationaltrust.org.uk T: 01485 210256 Watch member £4; one accompanying adult Walsingham (seasonal) Holmes. A ranger led walk off the beaten track. Wed 23: Geology Walk from Cromer Pier to E: [email protected] free. Booking essential: 01603 625540; Shirehall Museum NR22 6BP 10.30am-12.30pm. £10; £5 child. Booking West Runton. Using the beach as a timeline, W: deepdalebackpackers.co.uk norfolkwildlifetrust.org.uk essential: 0344 249 1895; nationaltrust.org.uk with every metre representing 4 million years, T: 01328 820510 Sun 29: Guided Sea Kayaking. 9-11.30am. Sat 12-Sat 26: Buildings and Boats at geology expert Martin Warren takes you on a North Norfolk TIC Stalham (seasonal) £65; £50 child; double kayak £120. 8.30am Gallery Plus Wells-next-the-Sea. Exhibition by journey through deep time. 10.30am-1pm. £6; Louden Road, Cromer NR27 9EF Museum of the Broads, Trevor Woods inspired by architecture, boats refresher session. £15; £10 child. Booking £3 child. Booking essential: 01263 513992; T: 01263 512497 Stalham Staithe NR12 9DA essential: 01603 783777; thecanoeman.com and interesting structures. 10am-4pm Tue-Sat. northfolk.org.uk 01328 711609; gallery-plus.co.uk E: [email protected] T: 01692 581681 Thu 24: Awesome Autumn Ranger Ramble W: visitnorthnorfolk.com E. [email protected] Sun 13: Fungi Foray at Sheringham Park. at Heigham Holmes. Venture off the Take a walk with local expert Tony Leech and beaten track to look out for autumnal wildlife Sheringham TIC Great Yarmouth discover the many varieties of fungi found on this ranger led walk deep in the Norfolk Station Approach NR26 8RA Maritime House, in the park. 1-3pm. £7.75. Booking essential: Broads. 10.30am-12.30pm. £10; £5 child. T: 01263 824329 25 Marine Parade NR30 2EN OCTOBER 0344 249 1895; nationaltrust.org.uk Booking (and wellies) essential: 0344 249 T: 01493 846346 Tue 15, Thu 31: Wader Walk at Snettisham. 1895; nationaltrust.org.uk E: [email protected] W: [email protected] 6.30am. For details see 31 August. Thu 24-Sun 29: Halloween at Holkham. Wells-next-the-Sea TIC Until Sun 27: Folkart: Time on our Hands at Wed 16: Birdspotting Walk at Felbrigg Hall. Spooky tricks, treats and teasers for half term The Maltings, Staithe Street North Norfolk Accommodation Guide Sheringham Museum. For details see 14 June. fun. 01328 713111; holkham.co.uk 1.30-3.30pm. For details see 20 March. NR23 1AN For more details of North Norfolk Until Sun 27: International Garden Wed 16 - Sun 3 Nov: Halloween - Spooky Fri 25: Rock Pool Rummaging at West T: 01328 839000 accomodation call 0871 200 3071 Photographer of the Year Exhibition at I-Spy on the Wells & Walsingham Light Runton beach. 10-11.30am. 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Booking essential: 0344 249 1895; For details see 1 September. E: offi[email protected] nationaltrust.org.uk Sun 1, 8, 15: Santa Special on the North Great Yarmouth Borough Council Sat 16-: Christmas and Winter Exhibition Norfolk Railway at Sheringham. W: www.norfolkcoastaonb.org.uk Wed 30: Wader Walk at Snettisham. 6am. at The Birdscapes Gallery. 11am-5pm. 01263 820800; nnrailway.co.uk Broads Authority For details see 31 August. 01263 741742; birdscapesgallery.co.uk Tue 3: Walking Women at Holkham. Manager: Estelle Hook Environment Agency Thu 21: Reserve Ramble at Holkham NNR. 10am. For details see 2 April. Communications officer: Lucy Galvin Historic England 10am. For details see 16 May. Project officer: Kate Dougan Fri 6-Sun 8: Enchanted Felbrigg. 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