North Norfolk Living Autumn 2015

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COVERING THE COAST, BURNHAM MARKET, WELLS, HOLT & SURROUNDING VILLAGES

Falling for autumn!

Activities: Hannah Sole on what’s on and where to go this season Remembering Edith Cavell

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Autumn 2015

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FTER a weekend of glorious September sunshine, I feel all set for autumn. The hedgerows are resplendent with berries and there’s nothing quite like picking and eating an apple from your own tree.

The end of another summer always gives me pause for thought, but increasingly I find myself relishing the beauty of autumn in North Norfolk.

This October marks the centenary of the death of Norfolk-born Edith Cavell and I was fascinated and moved to learn more of her story from Nick Miller, chair of the Edith Cavell Norfolk 2015 Commemoration Partnership.

The nights may be drawing in, but there’s plenty to see and do, as we discover in this issue. Hannah Sole gives her pick of what’s on and where to go, Little Living is packed with great ideas for keeping your nippers busy and Nicholas RuddJones enjoys a walk in Holkham Park.

Alan Tutt visits The Shell Museum at Glandford, celebrating its centenary this year.

Let’s make the most of these autumn days, whatever the weather.

Am da Loose Editor

Editor & Advertising Manager Amanda Loose Email: amanda@northnorfolkliving.co.uk 07796 645427 Write to North Norfolk Living Magazine, PO Box 208, Stamford. Lincs. PE9 9FY Head of Design Steven Handley Email: steve@locallivingdesign.co.uk Senior Designer Nik Ellis Email: nik@locallivingdesign.co.uk Publisher Nicholas Rudd-Jones 01780 765571 Email: nicholas@bestlocalliving.co.uk Published by Local Living Ltd, PO Box 208, Stamford, Lincs. PE9 9FY www.bestlocalliving.co.uk 01780 765571 Printed by Warners of Bourne

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This October marks the centenary of Edith Cavell’s death. Amanda Loose finds out more from Nick Miller, chair of the Edith Cavell Norfolk 2015 Commemoration Partnership A real gem! Meet three jewellery designers and makers working in North Norfolk Local fashionista Katy Coe has the new season’s trends all wrapped up Retail therapy: Boy’s own plus inject a little animal magic into your home Luxurious living: Stand by for an array of rich colours, luxe textiles, warm metals and a dash of Moroccan chic, says Amanda Loose In the picture: What’s happening on the local gallery scene Get out there! Hannah Sole finds out what’s on this autumn Little Living: Fun ideas to entertain your little nippers Lin Murray meets Mollie Patterson, the 12-year-old local table tennis ace heading for international stardom Nicholas Rudd-Jones takes a walk around Holkham Park Nature: Richard Campey on what to spot in autumn Health & Beauty: ‘Love your locks!’ says Jess Shanahan, plus Bo Tyler on how food can affect your mood Food & Drink: What’s happening on the local food scene, Na Hansell cooks up a warming dish for autumn, plus meet seven-year-old Henie, our new baking columnist Our motoring correspondent Brian Vertigen reviews the new Mazda2 Local history: Alan Tutt visits The Shell Museum in Glandford

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Beachcombings What’s On, What’s Good & Where To Go!

New friendship group for older people Older people in Burnham Market who live on their own can now feel less lonely thanks to a new friendship group which has just started in the area. Contact the Elderly, a national charity, which organises Sunday afternoon tea parties once a month for lonely and isolated older people aged 75 and over, launched the group in Burnham Market in August.

Older people, who normally don’t have the chance to go out and socialise, enjoyed cake, conversation and new friendships at the tea party.

Contact the Elderly are looking to launch more groups in the Norfolk area and are recruiting volunteers and have spaces for older guests.

• If you’re interested in volunteering, or would like to join a group, contact Katy Szita on katy.szita@contact-the-elderly. org.uk or 0208 530 0494. For more information on the charity visit www.contact-the-elderly.org.uk or call Freephone on 0800 716 543.

It’s the fifth annual North Norfolk Arts & Crafts winter event on Saturday 14th and Sunday 15th November, showcasing the work of some of Norfolk’s finest artists and craftspeople.

Visitors to the fair, held in Swanton Novers Village Hall, will have the opportunity to buy direct from a specially curated group of 22 Norfolk artists and makers – in plenty of time for Christmas!

Founder and curator Red K Sanderson says: ‘I wanted to make a place where the very best artists and craftspeople of the region can gather under one roof, and not only offer their works for sale, but also see and be inspired by each other.’

Look out for handmade jewellery by Madeline Spencer, art, ironwork and sculpture from Holkham Forge, and eclectic creations by Ashlee Symington, as well as tableware and homewares, knitwear, baskets, willow sculpture and more.

A pop-up team room will be provided by Back to the Garden.

• Swanton Novers Village Hall, St Giles Road, Swanton Novers. NR24 2RB. Entry £1.50, Saturday 10am-4pm, Sunday 11am-4pm. www.northnorfolkartsandcrafts.org

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Knives and forks at the ready! North Norfolk Restaurant Week may already be in full swing, but there’s still time to join this popular annual local dining extravaganza and book in!

With 38 venues taking part across North Norfolk, there’s more choice than ever before. So even if your favourite is already booked up, it’s a great opportunity to try somewhere new.

The event runs from Monday 28th September to Sunday 11th October.

Participating restaurants offer either option A with two courses for £10 or three for £15, or option B with two courses for £15 or three for £20. All you have to do is decide if you can squeeze in two or three courses!

The full list of participating venues and their menus is available at www.northnorfolkrestaurantweek.co.uk

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The company provides a specialist kitchen respray service, allowing you to update and revamp your existing kitchen. They’ll even take away all of the removable parts of your kitchen to work on, to minimise disruption in your home.

“We use a specialist coating which we mix to any colour and finish,” says owner Chris Foster. “We use a highly durable paint, which is fully washable and available in a variety of sheen levels from matt through to gloss. A complete range of the market’s leading colours is available.

You can end up with a brand new kitchen at a fraction of the cost of a replacement kitchen.’

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Scholarships at Gresham’s At Gresham’s, every pupil is encouraged to make the very most of their talents – academic, creative and sporting.To support this approach, we offer scholarships to talented students who show outstanding potential academically or in the fields of Art, Drama, Music and Sport.

Academic scholarships in Year 7 and Year 9 are worth up to 50% of the school fee. All other scholarships are worth up to 20% of the fee.

Deadlines for scholarship applications for entry to the school in September 2016 are:

We encourage all potential scholars to visit the school before applying.

Our next Open Days are: Nursery and Pre-Prep – Friday 6th November Prep – Saturday 10th October Senior – Saturday 3rd October Alternatively, individual visits can be arranged by emailing admissions@greshams.com Come and see for yourself what makes a Gresham’s education different.

Year 7 – Monday 7th December 2015 Year 9 – Friday 4th December 2015 Year 12 – Friday 6th November 2015

Space to share ideas.

Set in 200 acres of beautiful countryside and just 4 miles from the breathtaking North Norfolk coast,Gresham’s gives your children all the time and space they need to develop into confident,well-rounded young individuals.

Open Days An opportunity to meet our pupils and staff, explore our facilities and see the school in action.

For further details,visit www.greshams.com A co-educational day and boarding school for pupils aged between 3 and 18.

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Beachcombings What’s On, What’s Good & Where To Go!

Volunteer Nick Loades and his wife Elaine lead the opening party up the aerial boardwalk.

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Reach for the skies at Sculthorpe Moor After two years in the planning, fund raising and construction, the new aerial walkway, viewing platform and hide are now open at the Hawk and Owl Trust’s Sculthorpe Moor reserve near Fakenham. The team of volunteers and staff can’t wait to share the experience of watching out over the stunning Wensum Valley from this new lofty perspective.

Reserve warden Nigel Middleton says: ‘The fantastic new aerial board walk and hide are testament to the incredible team of volunteers that we have here at Sculthorpe Moor. None of this would have been possible without them’ The unique hide, four metres above the reed bed, is fully accessible to everyone due to its 80 metre gently sloping board walk which wends its way up through the trees.

It is completely suitable for wheelchair users and families with pushchairs, in keeping with Sculthorpe Moor’s ‘Access for All’ policy, ensuring that everybody gets to enjoy this wonderful piece of wild North Norfolk.

• 01328 856788 hawkandowl.org

Holiday dialysis for local people For those who require dialysis on a regular basis the journey into Norwich or King’s Lynn can add additional stress. The Mermaid Dialysis Unit situated within Wells Community Hospital was initially for those holidaying in the area, allowing them to continue with their vital medical needs whilst enjoying all that the North Norfolk coast has to offer.

But recent changes within NHS funding now allows residents of North Norfolk to access the services at Wells-next-the-Sea for up to 12 weeks per year. The purpose built unit is state of the art and overlooks a beautiful garden.

• Mermaid Dialysis Unit, Wells Community Hospital Trust, Mill Road, Wells-next-the-Sea, NR23 1RF. 01328 711996. www. norfolkdialysis.com mermaid.dialysis@wellshospital.org.uk

Village Cinema EDGEFIELD Friday 9th October, 7.30pm Cherry Blossoms (15) A widower travels to Japan, a country his late wife always wanted to visit. The Edge Cinema, Edgefield Village Hall. Tickets £4.50 on the door.

GREAT MASSINGHAM Thursday 15th October, 7.30pm Marshland (15) A pair of mismatched Spanish cops are on the trail of a serial killer.

Great Massingham Village Hall, tickets £3.50.

01485 520912 NORTH CREAKE Tuesday 13th October, 7.30pm Woman in Gold (12A) Helen Mirren stars as a Jewish American who takes on the Austrian government to recover the famous Klimt portrait of her aunt, stolen from her family by the Nazis. North Creake Village Hall, tickets £5, call 07905 805388 or pa.lines@tiscali.co.uk STANHOE Monday 26th October, 7.30pm Suite Francaise (15) From the novel by Irene Nemirovsky, starring Michelle Williams and Kristin Scott Thomas. Tickets £5 on the door. stanhoe.org/cinema SYDERSTONE VILLAGE CINEMA IN ASSOCIATON WITH CREATIVE ARTS EAST Saturday 17th October, 7.30pm Dark Horse (PG) The story of the racehorse, Dream Alliance who was trained by a small

Welsh mining community. Amy Robsart Village Hall, Syderstone.

Advance tickets £3.50 from 01485 578588 or 578171, cinema@ syderstone.com THORNHAM Wednesday 14th October, 7.30pm Queen and Country (15) In this sequel to Hope and Glory, Bill Rohan has grown up and is drafted into the army. Thornham Village Hall. Call 0781 8028687 for tickets, £5 each, pay and collect at the door.

WALSINGHAM PICTURE PALACE Tuesday 20th October, 7.30pm A Royal Night Out (12A) Princesses Elizabeth and Margaret are allowed out to join the VE Day celebrations. Starring Rupert Everett, Emily Watson and Sarah Gadon.

Walsingham Parish Hall. Tickets £4, £3.50 members, on the door. walsinghampp@gmail.com SCREEN-NEXT-THE SEA Monday 12th October, 2.30pm and 7pm Far From the Madding Crowd (12A) Starring Carey Mulligan as the fiercely independent Bathsheba Everdene. The Granary Theatre, Wells. Tickets £5, from Wells Tourist Information Centre, wells-cinema.com or 01328 710885.

CINEMA IN THE BARN Caterers Meat and Veg Out are hosting a series of pop up cinema events at Sussex Barn this autumn and winter, complete with gourmet takeaway food.

First up is the Little Shop of Horrors on Halloween, Saturday 31st October, with a menu including rustic style pizza and a range of homemade burgers plus a fully licensed bar.

Doors open 6pm, film starts 8pm. Adults £10, children 12 and over and accompanied by an adult £6.

Tickets include a bag of popcorn. Available by cash on the door or from The Duck Inn, Stanhoe, Burnham Market Garage or The Jolly Sailors, Brancaster Staithe.

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Remembering Edith Cavell

October 12th marks the centenary of the death of Edith Cavell, one of Norfolk’s most famous daughters. Amanda Loose meets Nick Miller, chair of The Edith Cavell Norfolk 2015 Commemoration Partnership, to learn more about her remarkable life

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them in, hid and nursed them herself. That was T the outbreak of the First World War the start of nine months of doing this.’ in 1914, Edith Cavell was holidaying in Some of the wounded allied soldiers were West Runton with her mother. Just concealed in a remote part of a basement of over a year later Edith was dead, the clinic, some in the attic. Edith sought to found guilty of treason and executed by firing ensure that no other members of her staff squad in occupied Belgium. would be involved in their care, thereby risking Nick knew nothing about Edith Cavell when their own lives. he moved to her birthplace, Swardeston, four ‘Edith knew what she was doing. She knew miles south west of Norwich, in 1993. As well the situation, that she was putting her life as chairing the Partnership, Nick is keeper of on the line. The Germans had put posters up the Edith Cavell memorabilia for her church warning people they would be shot for helping St Mary’s Swardeston, a trustee of the Cavell allied soldiers.

Nurses Trust and passionate about telling her ‘She used to take the men in civilian clothes story: through Brussels with her dog Jack, one or ‘It is a story worth knowing in more detail two at a time, in the early morning or evening, and one which always causes me to reflect on to show them where the meet up location was my own life. She was just short of 50 and didn’t from which they have to go back to would be taken Brussels when war onwards.’ broke out.’

Edith was Born on 4th betrayed, and was December 1865, • The Partnership has a varied programme arrested on 5th vicar’s daughter including exhibitions, music, concerts and August 1915. After Edith Louisa Cavell drama. nearly 10 weeks in trained as a nurse • It will be launched at the Swardeston Cavell solitary confinement, in London from Festival on October 3rd and 4th from 11am-5pm. she was tried along 1895 and from 1907 • On 10th October, the Cathedral will also play with 34 others on headed up the first host to the premiere of specially commissioned 7th October. 26 Belgian professional drama Remembering Edith Cavell, performed were found guilty, nursing school in by an orchestra, choir and The Searchlight but only she and Brussels, on the Theatre Company. 3pm and 7.30pm, tickets Philippe Baucq were invitation of Belgian’s from Prelude Records 01603 628319. executed. They died leading surgeon, • A commemorative service will be held at together in front Antoine Depage.

Norwich Cathedral on October 12th at 6pm. of firing squads at When Edith For more details visit www.edithcavell.org.uk 7am on Tuesday 12th returned to Belgium October, 1915. just before the On the night outbreak of war she before her death, she was visited by the was training nurses and doctors, overseeing the Anglican chaplain, the Revd Stirling Gahan. Her building of a new training school for nurses, as well as nursing in the clinic, says Nick. Edith said words to him were both moving and intensely thought provoking: to her nurses: ‘I expected my sentence and I believe it ‘Any wounded soldier must be treated, friend was just. Standing as I do in view of God and or foe. Each man is a father, husband or son. eternity, I realize that patriotism is not enough. I As nurses you must take no part in the quarrel must have no hatred or bitterness for anyone.’

– our work is for humanity. The profession of It is not known exactly how many men Edith nursing knows no frontiers.’ helped as she almost completely destroyed her True to her word, Edith helped soldiers from records to prevent them being found in a house both sides. Nick says: ‘A pair of British men search. But for nine months she worked with injured at Mons knocked on her door. She took

‘Any wounded soldier must be treated, friend or foe. Each man is a father, husband or son.

As nurses you must take no part in the quarrel – our work is for humanity. The profession of nursing knows no frontiers.’

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the Belgian and French resistance to shelter well over 200 soldiers and help them escape to neutral Holland.

Edith Cavell is buried outside Norwich Cathedral at Life’s Green.

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Local gems!

Amanda Loose meets three jewellery designers and makers

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LLY Webb was inspired by his father Nick to become a jewellery designer and maker. Graduating with a BA (Honours) in Silversmithing, Goldsmithing and Jewellery Design, Olly also gained various certificates and worked as a lapidarist, (someone who cuts, polishes and engraves gems) for two years.

He then moved back to North Norfolk, to work for the family business, Webbs Jewellers, in Holt.

‘I moved home and did an apprenticeship with my father in Norfolk, says Olly. ‘I have memories from a very young age of watching my father work and being fascinated by what he was dong, and ultimately being inspired by him to go out and get my degree.

‘On a day to day basis I work on commissions, designing and making bespoke jewellery from scratch, and also repair and re-model existing pieces.

‘My favourite piece to date that I’ve designed and created is a very personal piece I made for my wife’s birthday – an art deco inspired star sapphire and diamond ring.

‘It makes me feel hugely proud to carry on the family name in the business and working in the tradition of a true craftsman in a working jewellers shop.’

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IVING on the North Norfolk coast, Abbie Conway works from her garden studio, overlooking fields and big skies.

After studying textiles at the Norwich School of Art and Design, Abbie went travelling and was struck by the amazing jewellery she saw.

‘The tactile qualities of metal just appealed to me more then cloth,’ says Abbie. ‘My grandfather was a carpenter, I loved wandering around his workshop as a young child, so the idea of having my own work space with traditional tools appealed so I enrolled on an adult education silversmithing course.

‘Initially it was more of a hobby but I put some pieces in a friend’s shop and got a really good response.

‘I work with silver with 18 carat gold detailing and oxidised silver as I like the black contrast. My newest collection, ‘Shard’, uses Plexiglass in neons, an alternative contemporary way to introduce colour other than stones - you can cut it, file it, and almost make your own stones.

‘Whilst it sounds like an industrial material, I form it so it maintains an organic quality. I like my work to have a texture, to see the hammer marks so the making process is visible and becomes part of the beauty of the piece’ Abbie’s work is partly influenced by the rawness of our coastline: ‘I was brought up in North Norfolk. You walk along the beach and see eroded pieces of both man-made and natural objects and subconsciously it becomes part of your work.’

• Stockists include Found by Bringing the outside in, Burnham Market and Nomad & the bowerbird, Holkham. www.abbieconway.co.uk

ISITORS to ‘A Michaelmas Pageant: The Birds and Beasts of Tudor Blickling’, at Blickling Hall, have a mystery to solve and the chance to win a pendant fit for Anne Boleyn.

Jeweller Alison Bradley designed and made the pendant (pictured), along with the ‘Blickling Hoard’ a collection of Tudor inspired jewels, which are also part of the exhibition.

Alison, a Freeman of the Worshipful Company of Goldsmiths, works to commission principally with 18 carat gold, diamonds, multi-coloured gemstones and pearls. Alison says: ‘I do all my designing in North Norfolk, it’s more relaxing and inspires my work.’

A regular visitor to The Red Dot Gallery, its owner Colin Rawlings (creator of the ‘Pageant’) asked Alison if she would be interested in getting involved with the exhibition: ‘Blickling is my favourite place and I said absolutely. I designed with Anne Boleyn in mind, researching and thinking about the pieces over two years.

Tudor fabrics, colours and paintings inspired Alison who says she has ‘simplified everything down’, calling the collection ‘contemporary with a Tudor twist.’

Alison worked on the prize pendant, made from gold, garnet, diamond and South Sea pearl, with Colin and liaised with the exhibition’s artist Kate Leiper.

‘I’ve loved doing it – it’s really taken me out of my box and groove,’ she says.

‘A Michaelmas Pageant: The Birds and Beasts of Tudor Blickling’ continues until 31st October. www.nationaltrust.org.uk/blickling-estate/ www.alisonbradleyjewellery.com

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Falling for the autumn look

Felia Igloo boot by Panama Jack £169, The Tannery

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Last and by no means least is the way with the linen tunics ever-important winter jacket. and gladiator sandals. I’m Shearlings are holding their own welcoming this autumn’s again this year as your go to winter trends for layering, warmer but also remaining firmly oversize, thick knits, high polo on the fashion radar are faux furs necks, colour clashes and boots and the forever parka. I rather like with open arms. the Seasalt Janelle Coat from And if you’re partial to a Beachcomber in Wells.

Nordic knit or vintage ski jumper The 50’s style duster jacket is like me then this is the year also making another return and for us.

Anna has this beautiful kimono Seventies boho is still firmly mantle coat by Harris Wharf on the style agenda with the which echoes days gone by and likes of Burberry and Chloé will keep you warm in style on showcasing some corkers in their those wintery days.

A/W shows, but this season it’s taken a softer approach.

Straight to the top of my lust list is this romantic collection by Spanish brand Meisïe at Nomad & the bowerbird. Both outfits have a casual sophistication with beautiful Harris Wharf kimono textures and nature’s own colours running through. They are a winner mantle coat £219, Anna for me and very reasonably priced.

We welcome back the polo neck and ponchos as a must have winter staple. I’ve managed to find two for the price of one in this gorgeous poncho in charcoal grey complete with the high fashion high neck from Lime Green in Burnham Market. She’s the perfect throw on when there’s a chill in the air and she’ll match with almost anything.

Allez Chic in Castle Rising have this lovely studio knit poncho by Micha – with its beautiful print, she’ll jazz up a pair of jeans in an instant.

But which to choose? The classic bell-bottom or boot-cut jean has been trending all summer and look set to stay this winter.

I found a funky retro pair by Made in Heaven at Collen & Clare in Burnham Market.

Something I do get somewhat excited about is ‘The Winter Boot’ - you can own a boot for every eventuality and as you know it pays to be prepared!

Good boots are a Norfolk essential so avoid cold feet and invest in a good quality pair that will never go out of fashion and last you for years to come.

If you rather fancy the rigger look then I’ve found the Felia Igloo boot by Panama Jack from The Tannery. They’d look great worn with jeans but equally gorgeous paired with a smarter ensemble like the Ilse Jacobsen Dawn Charcoal grey poncho skirt from Nelle-dk or perhaps this adorable £124.95, Lime Green Pomodoro Ikat dress from Allez Chic.

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Meisïe cardigan £69, scarf £20 and top £33, Nomad & the bowerbird

Malene Birger Algras leopard print tube skirt £189, Collen & Clare

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Boy’s own Cotton towelling throws large £60, extra large £70, Ruff and Tumble.

Animal Magic

Puddin’ head Animaux collection coasters £5 each, placemats £12, in a variety of designs, The House and Garden Shop.

Schöffel Ptarmigan tweed coat £549, Christopher William Country.

Lindbergh black wool pea coat £239, Nelle-dk, Drove Orchards.

Brushed cotton orange check shirt £24, M&Co Fakenham and Hunstanton.

La Cuoireia leather rhino key ring £10, The Tannery.

Hymn Ammanford jumper £50, Bringing the outside in.

New Oriental Spice collection from Norfolk based The Dandy Lions - beard oil 30ml £15, 10ml £7.50, moustache wax £7.50, beard balm £12.50.

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From the Kim Parker Art Book collection from Clarke and Clarke, available at The Old Stores, Roydon

Stand by this autumn for an array of rich colours, luxe textiles and accessories, warm metals and a dash of Moroccan chic, says Amanda Loose

From the Palmetto collection by Harlequin.

Local stockists include Burnham Interiors and The Old Stores, Roydon

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‘Deep, dark colour is coming back – Prussian blues, greys, blacks, greens and shots of pink, and people are now using stronger colours on their walls, not just in fabrics.’

Faith Cranmer at Coastal Country in Burnham Market, agrees. ‘Colour for the autumn is warming up and making a big statement. Dark royal blues and deep lush reds bring a sumptuous feel and work really well with copper, which is so big this season. Add another dimension by using textures as well such as wool and velvet.’

Zoffany have recently launched Tespi Velvets, (available from Burnham Interiors) a fabulous collection of two-tone cut velvets says Nanci, in a range of colours including indigo and teal.

Harlequin meanwhile have just released their Palmetto collection of prints, weaves and wallcoverings, drawing in part on elements of jazz age glamour and 1920’s luxe. Palmetto is complemented by Harlequin’s Belvedere Velvets including deep-pile plains and distressed metallics.

‘This season we are seeing a real move towards bright colours, whether it be florals, abstract or traditional designs with a twist,’ says Tom Clarke at The Old Stores.

‘Clarke and Clarke bring us Art Book, a new collaboration with American designer and artist, Kim Parker, who has taken real inspiration from The Arts and Crafts and Bloomsbury movements. Along with wallpapers, Art Book features sumptuous cotton velvets and natural linens with designs often based on the textiles of India and Mexico.’

It’s all about luxury at Joyful Living at Drove Orchards. ‘This autumn and winter we’ll be embracing the continued trend for metallic, luxe objet with home accessories including beautiful brass lanterns, mirrors, treasure boxes, and a whole array of metallic threads and cushions,’ says Joyful Living’s Jo Griffiths.

‘Our white cushions with delicate silver prints are a hot favourite, which alongside our huge leather floor rugs threaded with silver, bronze and copper, encapsulate the Moroccan influences that are so on trend this autumn.’

So how do you get the look? ‘Set the seasonal tone by swapping out summery pastels for this year’s rich, autumnal jewel tones and see how a few changes can transform a room,’ advises designer, decorator and contemporary antiques dealer, Birdie Fortescue.

‘Autumn/ winter 2015 is all about shades of grey and midnight blue, cosy knits, luxurious fabrics such as sheepskin and mohair, fireside chic and colour blocking your candles.

‘Adding splashes of colour with clever home accessories is the quickest and most cost effective way to instantly update a room – a new tablecloth, a lampshade, cushions or a throw can breathe new life into a space.’

Velvet cushions £34.95 each, Birdie Fortescue Candleholders from £9.95 for a small glass votive, Birdie Fortescue

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ADDRESS BOOK Birdie Fortescue, Burnham Market 01328 738634 www.birdiefortescue.co.uk Burnham Interiors, Burnham Market 01328 730989 burnhaminteriors.co.uk Coastal Country, Burnham Market 01328 738080 www.coastalcountrystyle.co.uk Harlequin, 0845 123 6815 www.harlequin.uk.com Joyful Living, Drove Orchards, Thornham 01485 525714 www.joyfulliving.co.uk The Old Stores, Roydon 01485 600591 www.theoldstoresroydon.co.uk Zoffany, 0844 543 4600 www.zoffany.com NORTH NORFOLK LIVING AUTUMN 2015

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In the picture Art lovers are in for a treat, says Amanda Loose, with North Norfolk’s galleries putting on a fine show for autumn

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HROUGHOUT THE AUTUMN, EAST Anglian artist Glynn Thomas will be showing his complete series of original copperplate etchings of North Norfolk at Quay Art, in Blakeney. Glynn has created two new studies of Blakeney and a number of other pieces inspired by places along our coastline.

Glynn’s etchings are hand drawn and painted onto a copperplate which is then intricately hand inked for each copy produced: it is this process which makes every copy an original work of art.

At the other end of Blakeney Quay, The Flint Gallery will be exhibiting a new series of lifesized birds cast in bronze, by leading wildlife sculptor, Eddie Hallam.

An award winning nature reserve warden and former wildlife park director, Eddie uses his years of observing wildlife to create detailed sea, shore, field and garden birds finished with beautiful individual patinas.

Due to the success of Stephen Page’s Bronze Exhibition at Pinkfoot Gallery in Cley, Pinkfoot are extending his show until Christmas. Stephen’s Beasts collection, which includes Bear, Blue Boar, Bison (pictured), Ram and Rhino have sold so well that the editions of 50 are drawing to an end, not surprising, considering each lost wax bronze is only £175.

His large pieces haven’t escaped attention either.

The gallery also has another new bronze by new artist, Scott Shore – they just couldn’t refuse his Little Owl!

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1. ‘Anemones Closer’ by Sarah Caswell, Sarah Caswell Studio & Gallery 2. ‘Avocet with Chicks’ bronze by Eddie Hallam, The Flint Gallery 3. ‘Bison’ bronze, edition of 50, by Stephen Page, Pinkfoot Gallery 4. ‘Blakeney - Who’s Watching’ linocut by Ruth Tillyard, Great Walsingham Gallery & Framing 5. ‘Blakeney Channel’ original copperplate etching by Glynn Thomas, Quay Art

The bronze theme continues at Bircham Gallery in Holt. They will be showing bronze sculptures by Stuart Anderson from 10th October to 4th November, well known for his bronze sculptures of animals. Alongside Stuart will be paintings by Chris Prout and contemporary blown glass by Gillies Jones, a creative alliance between glassblower Stephen Gillies and artist Kate Jones spanning more than 20 years.

Staying in Holt, The Red Dot Gallery is renowned for its selection of paintings, prints and sculpture with a canine theme. Fine artist Stephen Hanson is showing with the gallery for the first time this autumn, and the association looks set to run and run. Who could begrudge the most endearing mutt the ‘Sunday Roast’ (pictured)?

From the end of September to 18th November, Great Walsingham Gallery & Framing, at Great Walsingham Barns, is holding a mixed exhibition including linocuts by Ruth Tillyard, etchings and monoprints by Sarah Bays and studio ceramics by Jane Bygrave.

Next door, Sarah Caswell is showing her current collection of upscale floral paintings at her Studio & Gallery, with an increasingly wide range of reproductions available. As well as prints and cards there are practical items including tablemats and worktop savers.

From 21st November, the two neighbours will hold a joint exhibition with a selection of new works from Sarah plus original art and applied arts from many artists and makers.

6. ‘Circus Bareback Rider’, charcoal by Dame Laura Knight, Pocock’s The Artmonger 7. ‘Kite’ by Brian Hinton, Burnham Grapevine Gallery 8. ‘Sunday Roast’ by Stephen Hanson, The Red Dot Gallery 9. ‘The Whisper of an Incoming Tide’ by Chris Prout, Bircham Gallery 10. Nigel Wallace’s print of Burnham Market, Fineline Frames & Gallery

Heading over to Fineline Frames & Gallery at Creake Abbey, gallery favourite, Nigel Wallace has added to his existing collection of vintage style travel prints of North Norfolk (already including Holkham, Wells and Cley) with a print of Burnham Market, commissioned by the gallery.

New to Fineline for the autumn is Norfolk landscape artist, Garry Hobbs, who works in oil, pencil and charcoal. Garry is fascinated by the expanse of the local landscape and the interplay of light and dark.

November will see an exhibition in the gallery of works by Lilian Shaw, predominantly North Norfolk pastels.

The autumn season at Burnham Grapevine Gallery, Burnham Market, continues with a mixed exhibition including a new sequence of beach paintings by local artist Brian Hinton and more new oils by Michael Chapman and Pamela Noyes. The exhibition will also feature work by award-winning printmakers Penny Bhadresa, Louise Davies and Angela Brookes, as well as a selection of work by artists new to the gallery.

And finally, just down the road, Pocock’s The Artmonger will have a selected group of watercolours, oils and prints of views of North Norfolk as well as continuing her ‘Burnham Market Royal Academy Summer Exhibition’ into autumn. The show features the work of RA members past and present, including Dame Laura Knight, Sandra Blow, Ken Howard and Maurice Cockrill.

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ARTS To mark the release of his new book Afloat and Ashore, H J Jackson will be exhibiting a showcase of his recent linocuts, including his much-loved images of Norfolk boats, at Gallery Plus in Wells. The exhibition runs from 24th to 31st October and will also include work by other ‘High Tide’ by H J Jackson, Gallery Plus Gallery Plus print artists.

ADDRESS BOOK: Artemis Home Antiques & Coffee Shop, Cley 01263 741674 www.artemisantiques.co.uk Bircham Gallery, Holt 01263 713312 www.birchamgallery.co.uk Burnham Grapevine Gallery, Burnham Market 01328 730125 www.burnhamgrapevine.co.uk Creake Abbey Café & Food Hall, Creake Abbey, North Creake 01328 730399 www.creakeabbeycafe.com Fineline Frames & Gallery, Creake Abbey, North Creake 01328 258964 www.finelineframes.co.uk Gallery Plus, Wells-next-the-Sea 01328 711609 www.gallery-plus.co.uk

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reake Abbey Café & Food Hall is hosting a solo exhibition of works by local artist Mary MacCarthy, from 7th October until 8th February 2016. Expect to see large oils of Norfolk barns, a long awaited and on going project, and still lives of the abundant produce from Mary’s garden.

Meanwhile, Artemis Coffee Shop in Cley is showing works by local photographer, Sarah Whittley.

Her exhibition, Cley & Nearby, includes this wonderful ‘Pensive Cow’, pictured!

Great Walsingham Gallery & Framing, Great Walsingham Barns 01328 820900 www.walsinghamgallery.co.uk Pinkfoot Gallery, Cley 01263 740 947 www.pinkfootgallery.co.uk Pocock’s the Artmonger, Burnham Market 01328 730370 www.theartmonger.co.uk Quay Art, Blakeney 01263 740013 Sarah Caswell Studio & Gallery, Great Walsingham Barns 07747 613395 www.sarahcaswell.co.uk The Flint Gallery, Blakeney 01263 741791 theflintgallery.co.uk The Red Dot Gallery, Holt 01263 710287 www.thereddotgallery.com

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Dunston Hall Quality Antiques Fair Sunday 11th October, 10.30am-4pm Admission £3 Organised by Norfolk Fairs Fine jewellery, silver, ceramics, bronzes, clocks, maps, paintings, militaria, small furniture and more.

PLUS Mark Stacey (regularly appears on many BBC antiques shows) with fine ceramics and Cheryl Brown from ‘Dickinson’s Real Deal’ with original Art Deco.

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GET OUT THERE

A very eventful autumn Hannah Sole gives her pick of what’s on this season Every Saturday Wings Over Titchwell, 1pm

Lasting about three hours, the aim is to spot as many species as possible during the afternoon. £6 Adult, £4 child, £1 discount for RSPB members. Booking essential 01485 210779

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Sunday 4th October Felbrigg Hall Singers Afternoon Concert, 2pm

Timed to coincide with The Hall at Harvest celebrations, the choir will perform a varied repertoire. Further details: 01263 837444, www.nationaltrust.org.uk/felbrigg-hall/

Saturday 10th October NGS Open Day at Blickling Hall

Blickling Hall © Paul Bailey

The Walk of Britain at the summit of Ben Nevis

Sunday 11th October Antiques Fair

Monday 19th October The Walk of Britain arrives in Burnham Market

Around 55 tables of quality antiques will be on offer from experienced, reputable and knowledgeable dealers. Organised by Norfolk Fairs and datelined to 1940. Dunston Hall Hotel (A140 Ipswich Road), Norwich NR14 8PQ. 10.30am-4pm. Admission £3. norfolkfairs.com 07596 436260

Friday 16th October (first race 2.15pm), Wednesday 28th October (1.10pm), Tuesday 17th November (1.05pm) Fakenham Races

Enjoy a day at the races! Adults from £10, children aged 17 and under admitted free when accompanied by an adult. Race times subject to alterations. www.fakenhamracecourse.co.uk

Enjoy the beautiful grounds and raise money for nursing and caring charities. Adults £8.95, children £4.95. 10.30am-5.30pm.

Last admission 5pm. www.nationaltrust.org.uk/blickling-estate/

Saturday 10th October Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment

St. Botolph’s Church, Trunch, 7.30pm Not all orchestras are the same. And there’s nothing quite like this one! Tickets in advance £12, £5 for under 16’s from Trunch Corner Stores or North Norfolk District Council on 01263 516294. Tickets on the door £15, £5 for under 16’s. trunchconcerts.co.uk

Sunday 11th October Norfolk Family Walk for Brain Tumour Research & Support at Holkham Hall

This is the ninth annual Norfolk Family Walk.

The walks are one, three, six or ten miles. The one mile walk for children has activities along the way. Prams, trikes, wheelchairs and animals on leads are welcome. Adults £5, children free.

10am-4pm. Go to www.astrofund.org.uk to download a sponsorship form or call 01485 572767

This expedition sees six wounded veterans walk over 1,000 miles through mainland Britain, highlighting the extraordinary determination of our wounded personnel and to raise awareness of the work that Walking with the Wounded is doing across the country. They are scheduled to walk from Hunstanton to Holkham on 19th and will be in Burnham Market approximately 2.45-3.30pm or around 4.30pm at Holkham Hall. Visit walkingwiththewounded.org.uk/ walkofbritain2015 for updates, to donate and get involved.

Wednesday 21st October Henry V at Thornham Village Hall

Live by Satellite from the Royal Shakespeare Company, Stratford-upon-Avon. Call 07787 255597 for tickets, £15 each, children £10, pay and collect at the door. Performance starts at 7pm.

Friday 16th October Winter Warmers, Thornham Village Hall At the first of five evenings of entertainment and talks with dinner, The Rt. Hon. Patricia Hewitt MP will speak on ‘Loves Labour’s Lost: My life in politics’. £15 per person including a one course supper. Doors open 6.30pm, talks start at 7pm. Booking essential, winterwarmers@thornhamvillagehall.co.uk or 07831 935903 www.thornhamvillagehall.co.uk for the full programme.

Sunday 18th October Apple Day at Gressenhall

Play apple games and see apples being pressed, taste apple juice or scrumptious cider.

Stroll around the orchard with its traditional Norfolk varieties. Bring your mystery apples to be identified! 10am-5pm, special event admission charges apply. www.museums. norfolk.gov.uk/visit_us/gressenhall_farm_and_ workhouse/index.htm

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A very eventful autumn Sunday 25th October Norfolk Gluten Freedom Expo A free event at The Forum, Norwich, celebrating gluten free produce from around the county, including cookery demos, hot food and stands. Everything gluten free, dairy free and vegan also available. 10am-4pm. www.norfolkglutenfreedom.co.uk

Tuesday 27th October Wild Afternoon Tea at Sheringham Park

Take a walk in the Park looking for ‘Food for Free’ and enjoy an afternoon tea of foraged produce! 2pm, all tickets £5 (children must be accompanied by an adult). Booking essential, 0844 249 1895 or www.nationaltrust.org.uk/sheringham-park/ Elizabeth Watts © Marco Borggreve

Friday 23rd October Chamber Music Concert at Holkham Hall, 7pm Debussy: Ariettes Oubliées, Liszt: Six songs with words by Victor Hugo, Reynaldo Hahn: Five Songs, Bridge: Six Songs. Featuring Norwich born soprano Elizabeth Watts (pictured) and Julius Drake, piano. Tickets £25, available to book at www.holkham.co.uk/visiting/details/ book-online and Holkham Ticket Office 01328 713111.

Friday 23rd to Saturday 31st October COAST

This year’s Cromer and Sheringham Art and Literary Festival features the usual eclectic mix of events and exhibitions from performing arts, circus workshops, art exhibitions and storytelling, to African dance and music plus ‘An Evening with Lynne Truss’ on Wednesday 28th on Cromer Pier. casaf.co.uk

Saturday 24th October to Sunday 1st November Spooky Family I-Spy on The Wells & Walsingham Light Railway Trains depart Wells station at 10.30am, 12pm, 2pm and 3.30pm, normal fares apply. They have two Halloween specials on Friday 30th and Saturday 31st October at 5.30pm and 7.30pm. Normal fares but booking essential.

Look out for the cast of ghosts and ghouls.

Adults can enjoy a reading of Dickens’ ghost story ‘The Signalman’ on the Friday and Saturday at 6pm and 8pm at Wells Station.

No charge but booking advisable as places are limited to 12 per reading.

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adults, £6 over 65s, £2 children, under 5s free.

Advance tickets from www.livingheritagecraftshows.com

Saturday 21st November Seal Pup Tour

Join one of the National Trust Coastal Rangers for a boat trip to Blakeney Point to see the grey seals and their pups. Land on the Point to visit the edge of the rookery and learn about the drama that goes on at this time of year. £18 per adult and £10 per child (includes seal trip) 12.303pm. Booking essential, 0844 249 1895 or www.nationaltrust.org.uk

Friday 30th October Awash with Waders at RSPB Snettisham Nature Reserve

Calling all early birds! Take your place in a hide or at the watch point to be amidst the action when up to 100,000 whirling waders take to the skies. From 5.30am, free. www.rspb.org.uk/snettisham

Tuesday 3rd November Walking Women, Wells-nextthe-Sea

Monthly walks. For this walk meet at the Beach Café. Free but normal parking charges apply.

Each walk lasts approximately 1.5 hours. Wellbehaved dogs on leads are welcome. 10am start. 07825 290703 www.holkham.co.uk/event/walkingwomen

Saturday 7th November Creake Abbey Farmers’ Market

Award winning market with 50+ stall holders including fresh local meat, fruit and flowers in season, cheeses, cakes, pies, artisan breads, pickles, preserves, local ales, juices and plants.

9.30am-1pm. www.creakeabbey.co.uk

Saturday 14th November Creake Abbey Gift Fair

Over 40 local artists, designers, food producers, craftsmen and plantsmen will attend. 10am3pm. Free parking and admission. www.creakeabbey.co.uk/events

Photo © Ian Ward

Saturday 21st November Burnham Market Christmas Lights Switch On

Fun for all the family from 4pm-6pm with carol singers, band, funfair rides, Father Christmas and well-known children’s characters helping to light up the huge Christmas Tree and the trees surrounding the village greens. Switch on at 6pm.

Dates for the diary: Burnham Market Skating Rink Friday 18th to Sunday 20th December. www.burnhammarket.co.uk

Wednesday 25th to Friday 27th November The Addams Family Musical – Auden Theatre, 7.30pm Gresham’s School presents this musical comedy, created by Jersey Boys authors Marshall Brickman and Rick Elice, and Drama Desk Award winner Andrew Lippa. Tickets £10, £8 concessions, book at www.audentheatre. co.uk or call the box office on 01263 713444.

Textiles by Polly Baker at Creake Abbey’s Gift Fair

Friday 20th to Sunday 22nd November Sandringham Christmas Fair Crafts, Food & Gifts Scores of specialists will be offering a range of unique handmade gifts. The Fair takes place in Sandringham Park. Entry £6.50

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No passes, tickets or vouchers required, simply visit one of our 38 participating restaurants during the event.

To avoid disappointment, booking is strongly recommended.

Please ensure you mention North Norfolk Restaurant Week Some of our participating restaurants have chosen to opt out of peak periods. Any restaurant marked with a beside is opting out of either Friday & Saturday dinner, Saturday and Sunday lunch service, or both.

DON’T MISS OUT follow us on twitter @NNRestaurantWk, find us on Facebook and visit our website to sign up for the latest news and restaurant updates.

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GET OUT THERE

Real Halloween is back!

Living Hats and coats at the ready! There’s lots on for children in North Norfolk this autumn Half term high jinks Thursday 22nd October to Sunday 1st November Trick or Tweet at Pensthorpe Celebrate the spooky season and uncover a host of fang-tastic facts as you blow away the cobwebs and join the spooktacular meet and greet sessions. There will be prizes for those who complete the trail and those who go dressed in freaky fancy dress!

10am-5pm, included in normal admission price. www.pensthorpe.co.uk Saturday 24th October Autumn Day at NWT Cley Marshes Celebrate autumnal nature with lots of games and crafts in the education centre. They will also have a self-guided whacky wildlife walks trail round the reserve with prizes. 10am-4pm. The trail will run throughout half-term, cost £1 each. www.norfolkwildlifetrust.org.uk Monday 26th to Saturday 31st October Halloween Hooters at RSPB Titchwell Marsh Only the very brave are invited to venture round this Halloween spooky trail. Can you help find all the ingredients for the Halloween potion? 10am-3pm. www.rspb.org.uk/titchwell Saturday 31st October Halloween at Creake Abbey Café & Food Hall Enjoy a spooky menu, ghostly walks to the Creake Abbey ruins from 5pm, scary face painting, ghoulish games and creepy crawlies. Trick or treat goodies for children in fancy dress. Noon till 6pm. Creake Abbey, North Creake. Adults £10, children £6.50.

Includes a meal and a drink plus all activities except face painting.

01328 730399 www.creakeabbeycafe.com

The Fairyland Trust will be flying into Holt Hall on Friday 30th and Saturday 31st October, from 11.30am-5.30pm, for this year’s Real Halloween.

‘The Real Halloween focuses on what is enchanting about the season, not anything scary,’ says Abbie Panks of the Fairyland Trust. ‘It’s so different from anything else that is on offer, and is a great way for families to embrace the magic of nature in a beautiful and atmospheric setting.’

Look out for the launch of their new bookable workshop, Witches Broomsticks, alongside old favourites including Magic Wands and Witch and Wizard Training.

Head over to the games arena for the conker championship, apple bobbing races and sugar beet shot put.

There will also be live music, story telling, woodland trail and activities, The Real Halloween story in the woods, and much more. The day finishes with the lantern parade of animals at dusk.

Adults £10, child £8.50, under 3s free.

Bookable workshops £4. Advance booking recommended. Tickets from www.fairylandtrust.org

Grim Reaper in the Creake Abbey ruins

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New childcare agency in North Norfolk MyChild & Company opened in Holt this summer, matching nannies, babysitters and childcarers with Norfolk families.

The agency offers a personal service, free of charge to all job seekers. A registered charity, they also offer first aid and childcare training, plus free support services for childcarers and parents in Norfolk.

Although their shop in Cross Street, Holt is new, they have over 25 years’ experience supporting childcare in Norfolk.

Qualified staff are available six days a week to give a helping hand to anyone who wants to take up a new career in home-based childcare, whether as a nanny, parent’s help, babysitter, home childcarer or registered childminder. Parents can also pop in for advice and information on childcare.

Open Monday to Friday 10am-5pm, Saturdays 10am-4pm.

MyChild & Company 01263 713066 www.mychildandcompany.com info@mychildco.org

Santa’s Magical Journey into Christmas at Thursford creates an enchanting world where elves, penguins, snowmen, teddy bears and all Santa’s other little helpers are hard at work getting everything ready for Christmas Eve. The latest technology is combined with a touch of tradition to create a fun experience for all the family.

28th and 29th November, 5th, 6th, 12th, 13th, and 18th to 23rd December. Child £15.50 including a present, adult £9.50.

Book at www.thursford.com/santas-magicaljourney.aspx or call 01328 878477

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PEOPLE

Local table tennis ace heading for international stardom!

Aged just 12, Mollie Patterson from Brancaster Staithe is a rapidly rising international table tennis star, writes Lin Murray

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LAYING for four years, Mollie was invited at the beginning of 2015 to join the England Youth squad. In 2014 she represented England at the Primary Schools’ International in Jersey, winning a silver medal in the team event, and an individual bronze medal.

As if this wasn’t exciting enough, Mollie has just played for England again in the Senior Schools’ International in Perth, Scotland and recently returned from a successful campaign in Prague.

Mollie trains in Norwich, at Wensum Table Tennis Club at least once a week, and her coach comes over to North Norfolk regularly. Mollie and her father James, also an accomplished table tennis player, train at home together in a specially built shed in the back garden.

Mollie is a member of the Eastern Region A squad, which means she travels to Harlow or St Neots every six to eight weeks for a day’s

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training. Also, as a member of the England Youth Squad, she travels six times a year to a weekend camp, at Lilleshall, and three times a year, during half terms for a four-day camp.

Mollie’s coach Mark Dare is full of praise: ‘I started working with Mollie two and a half years ago. Initially I was impressed with the talent, work rate and intensity of the way Mollie trained. Over the time we have worked together Mollie’s development has been dramatic. She has listened well, trained hard and taken new ideas on board. Her development is in no small way due to the talent and dedication she shows to her game.

‘I have been coaching for 30 years and players like Mollie come around very rarely.

I have no doubt she has a long and very successful career ahead of her, both nationally and internationally.’

Obviously as Mollie improves, she will have to travel further away to find quality

Mollie with her second place medal, second from left, Prague 2015

partners and opponents, especially other girls. This is putting a financial strain on her family. If you are interested in sponsoring Mollie please contact James Patterson on jamespatterson73@btinternet.com

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GET OUT THERE

Holkham Park Holkham Hall is one of the great houses of the 18th century and it comprises 3,000 acres of parkland that makes for a very pleasant stroll

WALK DATA Distance: 7.3 kms (4.6 miles) Typical time: 1 3/4 hrs Height gain: 36 metres Map: OS Landranger 132 NW Norfolk Start & Finish: Coasthopper Bus Stop: Holkham, Victoria Terrain: Good tracks throughout

POINTS OF INTEREST Holkham Walks and Bike Rides Holkham has a superb choice of walking and bike routes. In addition to the one featured, the yellow arrows are for the lake walk, the red arrows are for the farm walk and the brown, blue and white arrows indicate the cycle routes. If you are feeling energetic, you could happily add on the yellow route at Point 7 of this walk – that would add 3kms (1.9 miles) to your route. Find out more at www.holkham.co.uk Holkham Hall is one of England’s finest examples of the Palladian revival style of architecture. The Coke family has lived there continuously since the 1750s and take great pride in sharing the house and its treasures, the Deer Park and Holkham Beach with visitors.

The Obelisk Work to the designs of William Kent on the park commenced in 1729, several years before the house was constructed. This event was commemorated by the construction in 1730 of the obelisk, 80 feet high, standing on the highest point in the park.

PIT STOPS The Victoria Inn (NR23 1RG) has a delightful interior and good food, plus a pretty garden out front. Right by the bus stop, too.

01328 711008 Café in the Park While the former stables and pottery buildings are being transformed (during 2015), the café has been relocated to the park, overlooking the lake.

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Turn right at the next junction, continue with fields on either side until you reach the Broom Covert Wood ahead of you Follow the track round to the left, with the Great Barn Wood on your right, until you reach the Great Barn itself. Bear to the right here, leaving the wood behind you. It is at this point on the right that you will have your first glimpse of Holkham Hall in the distance At the crossroads with the Avenue, turn right (due N) up to the Obelisk. Head past the Obelisk, and at the cattle grid you can re-enter the Deer Park by the gate to the left of the grid Bear round the right of the lake (or left along the yellow arrows if you want to extend to the lake walk), in front of Holkham Hall and back along the drive to The North Gates and the Victoria Inn

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Dogs are welcome in the park, but must be kept on the lead at all times.

Walk along the coast and catch the bus back! Tel: 01553 776980 www.coasthopper.co.uk NORTH NORFOLK LIVING AUTUMN 2015

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ADVERTORIAL

A taxing subject James Palmer of Fraser Dawbarns LLP explains the new inheritance tax system, which comes into effect in April 2017

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central election pledge of the Conservative Party, back in May, was to bring the family home out of inheritance tax.

After their election victory, this pledge was officially announced in George Osborne’s first budget of this Parliament. Further, he confirmed that this new tax regime will begin on 6th April 2017, rising to its full £1 million potential, when taking into account property plus other assets, at the start of the 2020 financial year.

With these changes in mind, though, how will this new inheritance tax system work, and how will it be applied in practice?

Currently each individual has a tax-free allowance for inheritance tax of £325,000, known as the ‘Nil Rate Band’.

In short, if your estate is valued at £325,000, or less, there will be no inheritance tax to pay on your death. Any value over this amount will be taxed at 40%.

Additionally, with the current inheritance tax system, married couples and civil partners benefit from the ‘Transferable Nil Rate Band’, which came in to existence in October 2007.

Before the Transferable Nil Rate Band it was difficult for spouses and civil partners to gift their estates to each other in a tax efficient way. This is because when one of them passed away, the survivor’s estate increased. But they are restricted to their own £325,000 tax-free allowance.

However, the introduction of the Transferable Nil Rate Band meant that when a surviving spouse inherited assets from their husband or wife, they also inherited their Nil Rate Band.

This meant that on the survivor’s eventual passing, their estate would benefit not only from their own Nil Rate Band but also their deceased partner’s Nil Rate Band. As such, £650,000 of the survivor’s estate would be free from inheritance tax.

Within the newly introduced inheritance tax system, the current Nil Rate Band

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scheme will remain in place. However, the changes introduce an additional element which has the effect of supplementing this, which is to be known as the Residence Nil Rate Band.

The Residence Nil Rate Band is due to reach its maximum of £175,000 per individual on the 6 April 2020, increasing from £100,000 on 6 April 2017.

As it sounds, the Residence Nil Rate Band only applies to the family home. However, it can only be used if spouses or civil partners eventually gift their home to their child (including stepchildren, adopted children and foster children). Additionally, much like the current Nil Rate Band, the Residence Nil Rate Band is transferable between spouses and civil partners.

To take an example of how this would work: Mr and Mrs Smith have a combined estate valued at £1 million. This includes their home valued at £350,000, and other assets of £650,000. Mr Smith dies in October 2020, leaving his entire estate to his wife. Mrs Smith then passes away in March 2021, leaving her entire estate to their children.

When it comes to the administration of Mrs

Smith’s estate, she will benefit from her own Nil Rate Band, and the Nil Rate Band transferred to her on her husband’s death in October 2020.

Further to this, Mrs Smith’s estate will also benefit from her own Residence Nil Rate Band, along with Mr Smith’s which also transferred to her.

As such, the value of Mr and Mrs Smith’s property and estate will pass to their children free from inheritance tax. This is because their Residence Nil Rate Bands, which amount to £350,000, and Transferable Nil Rate Bands, which amount to £650,000, cover the whole value of their assets.

This inheritance tax situation varies where spouses’ combined estates are greater than £2 million, and when they do not gift their entire estates to each other. It is important to note that the Transferable Nil Rate Band and Residence Nil Rate Band allowances are only available to married couples and civil partners.

Cohabitees, for example, can only benefit from their own respective Nil Rate Bands.

This article aims to supply general information, but it is not intended to constitute advice. Every effort is made to ensure that the law referred to is correct at the date of publication and to avoid any statement which may mislead. However no duty of care is assumed to any person and no liability is accepted for any omission or inaccuracy. Always seek our specific advice.

Fraser Dawbarns LLP are always happy to provide such advice.

James Palmer is a trainee solicitor, specialising in private client work.

• Fraser Dawbarns LLP, 21 Tuesday Market Place, King’s Lynn.

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What to spot in autumn Siskin

This season heralds the arrival of some of my favourite avian visitors to North Norfolk, says Richard Campey of The One Stop Nature Shop

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IKE many, I’m looking forward to seeing and hearing skiens of pink-footed geese across the autumn skies. They have just started to arrive, with numbers building up to tens of thousands towards December.

Two of the best places to see them are Lady Anne’s Drive, Holkham and RSPB Snettisham Reserve. The dark-bellied brent geese have already arrived from their Arctic Russian breeding grounds.

We’ll also see the numbers of waders increase, travelling south to our relatively mild saltmarshes for the winter. My particular favourites are godwits, knot, dunlin, sanderling, grey plover and redshank.

There’s always the chance of spotting a rarity such as the white-rumped sandpiper. Look out too for possible snow bunting sightings on the coast at Titchwell, Holkham and Salthouse and Cley. I’m particularly looking forward to the influx of winter thrushes including redwings and fieldfare, which you’ll see feeding on berries in

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hedgerows and foraging in open fields.

One of the first signs of them returning is at night when you hear the redwings calling as they fly over – it is one of my favourite sounds.

Finally, I’ll be watching the feeders in my garden to see if there are more siskins, their numbers swelled by visitors from Scandinavia and the Continent.

• The One Stop Nature Shop, Burnham Deepdale, is open daily and has a bird identification board. 01485 211223 www.onestopnature.co.uk

Get back to nature with Branta Cruises and their expert guide, Jon Brown. They operate Laura May, an Orkney day boat, daily from Brancaster Staithe harbour, according to tide and weather.

Trips vary from two to four hours, according to guests’ interests, landing on Scolt Head Island to explore the wildlife and hut before climbing the hill to look out to sea and back to the coastline.

Tickets £30 adult, £15 children 6-15 years, 0-5 years free. Private charter is also available for up to six guests for £180 based on a three-hour trip.

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HEALTH & BEAUTY

Love your locks!

Summer can wreak havoc on your hair, especially if you’ve had the pleasure of spending a lot of time in the sea, says Jess Shanahan. Warm air, salt water, and all that heat styling ahead of parties can really damage your tresses. Now’s the perfect time to breathe life back into tired hair Old Hunstanton, £20.

Coconut Oil Hair heroes 01485 535376 www.

For those of you Aveda damage remedy™ intensive restructuring treatment For hair that’s taken a bit of a beating over the summer, this intensive treatment will restore your locks to their former glory. Available from Six Appleyard, Creake Abbey, £29.50 for 150ml. 01328 730912 www.sixappleyardcreake.co.uk Moroccanoil Hydrating Styling Cream If you want manageable, glossy hair, you’ll need the right styling products.

This styling cream will give a gentle hold while fighting frizz, making it perfect for creating blow-dried styles. Available from The Hair Studio, Fakenham, £22.85. 01328 856 023 www.thehairstudiofakenham.co.uk

who want reduce the appearance of split ends, invest in some coconut oil. Not only is it great for cooking with but you can slather it on the ends of your hair as a delicious smelling, nourishing treatment too. Available from food shops and supermarkets.

Philip Kingsley Body Building Conditioner If you have very fine hair and want to give it a bit more body, introduce this conditioner into your haircare routine. Available from The Old School House Hair Company,

theoldschoolhouse haircompany.co.uk Treat yourself If you want to go all out, book in at The Old School House Hair Company for a Philip Kingsley Spa Treatment where you’ll get a scalp mask, elasticity treatment, head massage and more for just £25.

Once you’ve got your new ‘do, head next door to The Retreat Spa for a Jane Iredale Mineral Makeup Session. Either leave it to the professionals to do your make-up for a special event or stop by for a lesson. From £30.

01485 535376 www.retreat-spa.co.uk

The happy eater What we eat and drink can have a powerful effect on our ability to focus, mental clarity, mood, and stress levels, says Bo Tyler

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T its simplest, food is fuel. Most people are aware that it is vital we consume a diverse range of foods if we want to maintain a state of physical well-being. However, the intimate connection between diet and our mental wellbeing is less understood.

Just as the nutritional components in food power the body, so too do they power the mind.

Some foods can impair cognitive functioning and sap our energy while others heighten our intellectual prowess and make us feel vigorous.

Does this sound like you?

• Little patience • Low energy/ less than you used to • Over-busy • Anxious or tense • Angry • Suffer from low moods/ depression • Difficulty concentrating • Nervous/ hyperactive • Poor memory/ difficulty learning When foods don’t suit us this can manifest itself as symptoms we wouldn’t necessarily attribute

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to our diet, including disturbances to our state of mind. So for most of us, even a simple change in diet can have a profoundly positive impact on our lives.

Taking the time to explore whether anxiety, muddled thoughts, depression or inexplicable tension can be linked to a food allergy or sensitivity can empower you to treat your symptoms naturally. The benefits of a healthier, more personalized diet are often felt immediately.

Sugar, saturated fats, wheat, soya and dairy products can frequently stress the body and continuing to eat them can cause imbalances in the physical self that have a negative effect on the body’s ability to nourish the brain.

Water, fibre, nuts, unprocessed seeds, raw fruits and vegetables, and high quality lean animal protein and vegetable proteins, on the other hand, support physical and mental functioning by providing those nutrients we do need without additional substances we don’t.

A balanced, natural diet can ease mood

swings, panic attacks, anxiety, and mild depression. Intellectual clarity and agility is improved when the mind receives proper nourishment.

• If you’d like support with how your diet could help you think and feel better, contact Bo: 07747 008482 or bo@bonutritioncoaching.com

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ON THE NORFOLK COAST The perfect setting for a house party, where family and friends can celebrate a special occasion or just spend a wonderful few days, relaxing in this iconic building.

Book now at www.cleywindmill.co.uk or call 01263 740209 B&B Dinner Weddings House parties Self-Catering

Cley Windmill, Cley-next-the-Sea, Holt, Norfolk NR25 7RP.

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Food News Pssst!

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irdie Fortescue’s The Kitchen is on schedule to open in early November, a café and bar next door to her shop ‘Birdie Fortescue’, in North Street, Burnham Market.

The Kitchen will serve breakfasts and lunches, fresh juices and coffee, with a varied menu including hot soup, artisan breads, salads and tapas, using local produce where possible.

The space will have a contemporary look and fans of Birdie’s interiors finds won’t have to venture far for a spot of retail therapy either. The Kitchen will sell a range of kitchen accessories and other goodies.

• www.birdiefortescue.co.uk

In the kitchen…

Tuscan chard and chickpea soup (Serves four) • Large bunch of chard (rainbow or ordinary), stalks separated from leaves • 250g Tuscan heritage chickpeas, dried • 500g very ripe tomatoes, peeled • 1 chopped onion, red or white • 1.5 litres water • Single estate Tuscan olive oil • 2 cloves garlic • Salt, freshly milled pepper • 4 slices Husk Bakery sourdough bread • Soak the chickpeas for at least 4 hours. Cover the bottom of a large pan with oil and soften the onion on a low heat, add chopped chard stems, then drained chickpeas, then chopped tomatoes.

• Turn for 5 minutes then add the water. Simmer, covered, for 1 hour, until chickpeas are tender.

• Season and add shredded chard greens. Cook for 10 minutes more. Griddle or toast the bread and rub with garlic. Put a slice in each soup bowl, ladle soup over and finish with good glug of artisan olive oil.

• Recipe courtesy of the Tuscan Farm Shop, Burnham Market.

01328 730856. Facebook: The Tuscan Farm Shop

It’s all happening at Cley Windmill

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rom the end of September, you can book in for a traditional Sunday roast at Cley Windmill.

Emma and Jimmi, the two windmill chefs, are well-known for their roasts, complete with all the trimmings. Get a group of friends together and enjoy the amazing views over the marshes, and work up an appetite exploring Cley.

If it’s evening dining you fancy, then plan well ahead and you’ll even be able to request your own menu choices.

STOP PRESS: House parties are also really taking off at the windmill. You can now take over the entire mill, which sleeps up to 20 guests, for a relaxing stay, enjoying the opportunity to host a party without having to do any of the washing up!

• Ring Simon and Sarah on 01263 740209 for details or to book for Sunday lunch or evening dining. www.cleywindmill.co.uk

One pot wonders

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ON THE MENU Catch of the day!

t’s been quite a first summer season at Artemis Coffee Shop in Cley, but founders Sophie and Alex are now concentrating on preparations for their first autumn in the Cafe. They’re both avid foodies, so as well as their standard bagel, sandwiches and soups, they’ll be adding a ‘One Pot Special’ to the menu.

Alex will be using recipes he’s picked up on his travels, including some fantastic East Asian curries, while Sophie will be concentrating on some great British favourites, such as beef and chicken stews.

• Artemis Home Antiques & Coffee Shop, West Cottage, New Road, Cley. 01263 741674, www.artemisantiques.co.uk

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ussel lovers are in for a treat at Briarfields this autumn as Titchwell meets Thailand!

The mussel season is one of the highlights of the North Norfolk foodie calendar. Locally grown, juicy and succulent, the classic way to serve the shellfish is moules marinière, but there are other ways to reinvent the dish that is synonymous with our coast.

Briarfields in Titchwell is doing just that this autumn, taking local fishermen, Ben Southerland’s catch and spicing things up with a taste of Thailand.

Alongside moules marinière, they will also be serving Thai mussels with coconut milk, chillies and spring onions – the perfect autumn or winter warmer!

• To book a table, call Briarfields on 01485 210742 or email info@ briarfieldshotelnorfolk.co.uk. www.briarfieldshotelnorfolk.co.uk NORTH NORFOLK LIVING AUTUMN 2015

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Grand Illusions Vintage Paint stockist

I N TE R IOR DE S IGN TA ILOR E D TO YOU R BU DGE T Diana launched Flora Oldfield in 2015, having qualified from the National Design Academy.

Her aim is to provide the same style and 'look' for a lot less cost.

Diana can ‘reclaim’ and restore pre-used furnishings, make use of furniture that you have and source items to complement them, so your dream

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home can be achieved, no matter what your budget!

Diana also advises clients during a one-hour colour consultancy appointment to help them choose the right colour for their walls.

FLORA OLDFIELD ARE OFFERING 10% OFF THEIR COLOUR CONSULTANCY APPOINTMENTS UP UNTIL 1ST DECEMBER 2015.

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Jolly good!

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he Jolly Sailors in Brancaster Staithe is celebrating after scooping the UK title of Best UK Family Pub 2015 at The Great British Pub Awards.

General Manager, Heather Tidd, says: ‘Winning this award is an amazing achievement, fabulous that the Jolly Sailors has ticked all the boxes and brilliant to put North Norfolk on the map again. Thank you to all our supporters.’

The Awards celebrates excellence throughout the UK pub trade and is judged by pub industry experts. The judges commented on the range of family activities at the pub as well as a great food and drink offer.

• The Jolly Sailors, Main Road, Brancaster Staithe 01485 210314, www.jollysailorsbrancaster.co.uk

Staying over News from Fakenham Racecourse

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ith the new National Hunt racing season fast approaching, there’s exciting news for race going foodies from Fakenham Racecourse.

Chief executive, David Hunter, is delighted to announce the Racecourse’s new catering partnership with The Crown Inn at East Rudham. Run by Tristan McEwen, Paula McEwen and Paul Edwards, The Crown Inn will provide delicious food choices for diners in the Firth Restaurant. They will also be providing catering and bar facilities for all non-racing events such as weddings, parties or corporate functions.

The Long Bar at the course will also be run by The Crown Inn and is currently undergoing some major changes.

David Hunter says: ‘We are delighted that The Crown Inn at East Rudham has taken over the catering at the Racecourse.

Tristan McEwen and his team have a wealth of experience and we look forward to working with them. It is essential that our catering partner is local to Fakenham, passionate about service, quality and using local produce. The Crown Inn fulfils all these attributes and more.’

And as well as the new weighing room and chill out area for jockeys, the Racecourse is also completing the build for the new owners and trainers bar – ‘The Cool Roxy Bar’. The Bar is named after the most prolific Fakenham winning horse Cool Roxy, who won 11 races over his career at Fakenham.

• The first National Hunt race meeting at Fakenham is on 16th October, with the first race starting at 2.15pm.

For more information or to book tickets visit www.fakenhamracecourse.co.uk or call 01328 862388

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he Wiveton Bell has been awarded an inspectors’ favourite Bibendum stamp in the 2015 Michelin Eating Out in Pubs, along with an AA Four Star Gold Award.

Also recommended by Alistair Sawday’s ‘Special Places to Stay’, the 18th century pub on the village green has recently refurbished its six ‘Boutique’ rooms.

The rooms, complete with their own private entrances and patios, are filled with all the things you need – big sprung beds with Egyptian linens and duck and goose down bedding, plus flat screen TVs, DVD players (with a library of discs to choose from) and plenty to read.

Pamper yourself in the stylish shower rooms, complete with REN aromatherapy toiletries.

Prices include a continental breakfast hamper with warm croissants delivered to your room each morning along with your choice of newspaper.

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t’s congratulations to Grey Seal Coffee, winners of the Made in Norfolk Award at the EDP Norfolk Food and Drink Awards 2015.

It’s been a busy few months for the North Norfolk based specialist coffee roaster, who opened their first coffee house in Blakeney back in August.

‘We’ve been up and running since the back end of 2013,’ says director David Lane. ‘Our main business is supplying other coffee businesses, but we took the plunge this year and opened our first coffee house in

Blakeney, our spiritual home.

‘We’re open daily from 8.30am-4pm and serve our award winning coffee as espresso based drinks and brew using the aeropress. We use milk from the Marybelle Dairy in Suffolk and serve teas from Lalani & Co, London, plus pastries from The Pye Bakery and cakes from Macarons & More by Tim Kinnaird. We’ll be opening a place in Wells-next-the-Sea over the coming months too.’

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FOOD & DRINK

Glorious game!

Our resident chef and cookery school proprietor Na Hansell shares her warming autumn recipe for venison sausage and puy lentil pot

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N North Norfolk we are very lucky to have so many sources of fresh venison. During the summer months you might need to order in advance from a butcher or farm shop but during the autumn and winter it should be readily available.

Deer are still essentially wild animals even though they are managed in a natural habitat, and are very active and lean animals.

Venison is a very lean meat and needs to be carefully cooked to keep it tender and moist.

Venison sausages are a great way to enjoy this deliciously healthy meat and they are juicier than lean venison on its own.

In this recipe for venison sausage and puy lentil pot, I have combined tasty and healthy venison with some of my favourite staple ingredients - puy lentils for wholesome slow release energy, kale or seasonal cabbage, spinach and cherry tomatoes for built-in vegetable goodness, finished with a generous sprinkling of herbs.

This dish can be mostly prepared ahead and chilled and frozen, and is hearty enough for a family supper dish but smart enough for a kitchen supper - serve it with some really good slow-proved bread such as a sourdough and a green salad if you like. If you choose your sausages carefully this dish can be gluten free and dairy free.

How to make it…

Make the sausages into mini ones by gently squeezing in the middle to make them thinner, then twisting and snipping apart. Brown them by grilling or cooking in an AGA roasting oven (at the very top or on the floor of the oven). Turn once or twice during cooking to brown them evenly.

While the sausages are cooking, heat a medium sized pan or casserole dish, add a tablespoon or two of oil or butter and cook the onion gently until soft. Add the garlic once the onion starts to soften. Add the lentils and kale or cabbage, pour in the stock, bring to the boil then simmer gently for 20 minutes until the lentils are cooked.

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Venison sausage and puy lentil pot Serves two hearty appetites or up to four with some good bread and a green salad

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You need to have some liquid left so if it has all been absorbed by the lentils, add 150ml or so more stock at this point. You are aiming for a thickish stew-type consistency. If there is more liquid than you need, just turn up the heat and bubble until reduced. Add the tinned cherry tomatoes, taste and season with salt and black pepper. Add the browned sausages. At this point the dish can be cooled and chilled or frozen until needed.

To finish the dish, roughly chop the fresh spinach, stir into the pan and allow to wilt in the hot liquid for a minute or two. Stir in the cherry tomatoes and sprinkle with a generous amount of herbs.

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FOOD & DRINK

A new baker on the block!

Meet seven-year-old Henie Lewin, our new baking columnist, who will be sharing fun and easy recipes children and adults can enjoy cooking together (with a little help from her Mummy, Lisa)

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EDGEHOG bread took us under two hours from start to finish. Waiting for the bread to grow was the hardest part.

INGREDIENTS • 600g strong white bread flour • 12g fine salt • 8g of fresh yeast or 4g dried yeast • 400ml of luke warm water • Currants or dried cranberries • Clean hands MAKES ONE MUMMY HEDGEHOG AND 5 BABIES. 1. Weigh the flour, salt and yeast.

2. Mix the salt and flour together in a large mixing bowl.

3. Measure 350ml of cold water. Top up to 400ml with just boiled water. Ask an adult to help with this.

4. Dissolve the yeast into the water.

5. Using a fork, stir the flour whilst slowly pouring the yeasted water into the bowl. Then use your hands to combine it into a sticky dough.

6. Cover with another bowl and rest for 5 minutes.

7. Knead the dough for ten seconds, by folding it into itself. Rest for 10 minutes, then repeat twice.

8. Once you’ve kneaded it three times, leave in the large bowl and cover with cling film until doubled in size. In our warm kitchen, this took about 40 minutes.

9. Punch the dough down and divide into hedgehog shapes, an oval body

with a pointy nose.

10. Place on a floured baking tray, with plenty of room around each one.

11. Allow to grow again, almost doubling in size, loosely covered with some oiled cling film. Preheat oven to 220°C, gas mark 8. Put a small ovenproof tray in the bottom of the oven.

12. Once grown, poke two currants onto the face for eyes. Ask a grown up to help with the next part.

13. Using a pair of sharp scissors, carefully snip spikes onto the hedgehogs.

14. Pour a small mug of water onto the ovenproof tray to create some steam. Put the hedgehogs in the oven. After 5 minutes, turn the oven down to 200°C, gas mark 6.

15. Bake for 20-25 minutes until golden. Tap the bottom of the bread. It should sound hollow if it’s cooked.

ENJOY YOUR HEDGEHOG BREAD!

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MOTORING

On the road

Our motoring correspondent, Brian Vertigen, puts the new Mazda2 1.5 90PS SE-L Nav through its paces

Behind the Wheel

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HE latest version of the top-selling Mazda2 has a tough job on its hands, competing against the top-selling car in this country, the Ford Fiesta, plus strong competition from Vauxhall’s Corsa, the VW Polo, Peugeot 208, the Mini and the Audi A1.

engines and goes for larger naturally aspirated But taking cues from its bigger stable mates, petrol engines with high compression ratios. the CX-5, the Mazda6 and Mazda3, it is well There are two 1.5 units –a petrol and a diesel. worth considering. It features a chiselled Opting for the petrol gives you a choice of 74, exterior and a plush interior with more space 89 or 113 bhp. The and a bigger boot diesel has a power than before – due to output of 103 bhp. an 80mm increase in Apart from the 113 bhp wheelbase. petrol model which It’s great fun to gets a sixth gear, they drive, too, thanks to all have a five speed its low kerb weight, manual gear box. An agile chassis and a automatic version is range of brand-new also available.

SKYACTIV engines So what’s it like and transmissions. to drive? It’s a good The new model is little car and my 90ps slightly longer than version was certainly the outgoing version, Price (of test car) £14,925. lively enough with the but with a lighterOther models from £11,940 to £17,340 third gear giving lots still body shell, the Top speed: 114mph. of pull. car is overall lighter, Acceleration to 62mph: 9.4 sec.

Inside there are despite being packed Combined fuel consumption: the same instrument with all the latest Stated 62.8 mpg. clusters as the safety features Test car average 51.4mpg.

Mazda3 with a central demanded by CO2 emissions105 g/km, Euro stage 6. click-n-turn wheel regulations. interface that takes Such innovations a little getting used to, but once mastered is include blind spot monitoring, lane departures great. warning, emergency braking and a fuelThis is a well-built little car and comes with economy stop-start system, which you can turn the Mazda’s reputation for reliability, which off if desired! it will need to combat the pricing – it starts It may be a small car, but like its predecessor at nearly £12,000 and a basic Ford Fiesta is it has plenty of space with the 5-door layout available for a little over £10,000. Mazda wants and gives passengers more room than the quite a lot of cash for a small car, but I think it is Fiesta. worth it!

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Hiring a car or taking your own to mainland Europe can give you added freedom. But there are several continental driving laws that may surprise you, writes Brian Vertigen.

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n Norway it is compulsory to keep your headlights on 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. In addition Norway has a notolerance law to drinking and driving, with a legal limit of 0.2%, so even half a pint would put you over the limit.

If you are driving in Cyprus, make sure you are well fed and hydrated first – there’s a large fine for anyone caught drinking even a bottle of water while driving.

Devices capable of detecting speed cameras and warning drivers of their location are illegal in France. Before driving in France ensure you disable those alerts on your satnav. If you are caught with a working device or breaking any other French driving law, the police can confiscate your licence and impound your vehicle. It is also compulsory to carry a DIY breathalyser Don’t forget, you need two pairs of glasses to drive in Spain and Italy. It is also illegal to drive in Spain in flip-flops, backless shoes, and shoes that are open at the front, have high heels or barefoot.

In Portugal you are not allowed to carry bicycles on the back of your car, and a dirty car in Belarus, Romania and Russia attracts an on-the-spot-fine.

Finally, in Denmark it is compulsory to routinely check that no one is secreted under your car before you set off!

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A very special collection The Shell Museum in Glandford, Norfolk’s oldest purpose-built museum, modestly celebrates its centenary this year, writes Alan Tutt

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HE Glandford Shell Collection is housed in a chapel-like building in its own tidy flower-bedecked grounds, purpose-built in 1915 by Sir Alfred Jodrell, then owner of nearby Bayfield Hall.

Alfred – ancestor of the Jodrell Bank Observatory line – was a benefactor and philanthropist who collected exotica; shells in particular, but also anything else that took his fancy, to create a rich miscellanea of objects over a period of sixty years. He then housed them in this small, but perfectly formed, museum for people to get a tantalising taste of far-off foreign places, long before universal air travel.

Entering the museum’s calm, cool interior is like stepping back an age into a well-preserved time capsule of the queer and quaint; into a cabinet of curiosities, only bigger.

Beside traditional glass cases packed with fossils, minerals, shells and objects constructed from shells, of myriad shape, type, size, origin, and colour, are a multitude of other eclectic objects.

A taster includes a walking stick made from a shark’s backbone, a Nigerian ceremonial necklace, the saw of a swordfish, a Cromwellian cannonball, a New Zealand albatross, Chinese gambling discs, a Fijian throwing stick, decorated turtle carapaces and Bellarmine stoneware jugs with distinctive bearded faces.

I talk to Wendy Gill, custodian and curator of this wonderful place for many years and currently seated on a deckchair, shading herself in the lee of the Dutch-gabled museum, waiting for the odd visitor who has managed to discover this little gem and pay their two pounds to enter – soon to be two pounds fifty pence!

She lives close by and combines her responsibilities with duties in the neighbouring St Martin’s Church, which dates from 13th Century. She tells me items are still occasionally donated to the museum but by and large it remains stoically as it always was in the vision of Alfred.

She adds there remains no electricity or heating in the building – much to the surprise of those such as musicians who occasionally desire to use the space. They think she’s

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kidding! But this austerity may well have protected the delicate collection from the ravages of those twin curatorial demons - condensation and mould.

High on the inside wall my eye is caught by a 17 foot long needlework, literally, a panorama of the Norfolk Coast. It’s by Sheringham-born artist John Craske, as, indeed, is the painting of a boat on the opposite wall.

This former fisherman, prone to ill health, embroidered all these familiar local vistas of cottages and cliffs, fishing boats plying their trade or moored, mudflats and a mill. All capped off in the final scene of a rainbow somehow glorifying the entire scene - another jewel in the collection’s crown.

I begin to make my way out, still pulled back by further objects, each in itself suggesting another story, further tales. A three inch high wooden barrel, ‘made from the teak of HMS Warspite’- a Trafalgar relic; a pair of Sudanese stone axe-heads discovered in a wadi where British colonial lancers – among them Winston Churchill - charged Mahdi rebels; a seahorse accompanied in verse: ‘Through the waves and over the seaweed, Gallops this strange creature of speed…’

As I step outside the museum, via the miniscule shop with its tiny shell rabbits, the sun is dazzling.

I gaze across to the gloomy adjacent churchyard and think of Alfred, buried in the church in Letheringsett, Glandford’s twin.

He made Glandford what it is, creating not only the museum, but rebuilding St Martin’s; providing houses and employment for villagers; sending hampers of seasonal vegetables to the Norwich and Norfolk Hospital; and every year giving forty chickens and forty turkeys to those unfortunate to be in hospital at yuletide. Alfred passed away in 1929, but his legacy lives on, splendidly.

• The Shell Museum, Church House, Glandford. NR25 7JR. 01263 740081, www.shellmuseum.org.uk Open Easter Saturday until the end of October, Tuesdays to Saturdays 10am-12.30pm and 2-4.30pm and Bank Holidays. Winter opening: groups by prior arrangement. 2015 prices adults £2, senior citizens £1.50, children 50p. Photographs by Dean Rocker

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