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Easter 2015

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ack from a walk round the harbour, the cobwebs blasted by a westerly gale. Whatever the weather, properly attired, I seldom regret venturing out for a walk along our coastline.

There’s always a cheering sight, however small, to lift the spirits.

Today as I walked home, wind swept to say the least, I spotted the first blossom bursting forth in our sheltered plum hedge, a sign for me that spring is here!

We’re celebrating spring in North Norfolk in this issue.

Our pages are packed with ideas of things to do, places to go and exhibitions to see.

We celebrate the wonder of the dawn chorus, and do spring summer fashion, North Norfolk style. And if you’re looking to revamp your home for spring, look no further than our interiors special.

Even in a westerly gale, North Norfolk is a wonderful place – let’s get out there and enjoy it!

Am da Loose Editor

Editor Amanda Loose Email: amanda@northnorfolkliving.co.uk Advertising Manager Lin Murray Email: lin@northnorfolkliving.co.uk Lin Murray 07881 657944 Email: lin@northnorfolkliving.co.uk 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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Beachcombing – What’s On! What’s Good and Where to go!

Beachcombing – What’s On! What’s Good and Where to go!

Author Rachel Kelly examines how North Norfolk is rich in ‘nature’s balm’.

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This year’s look will burst forth with bohemian chic, festival prints, flares, suede and fringing says our fashion queen Katy Coe. Explore the rich seam of our region’s galleries.

There’s something to keep everybody entertained in our packed events listings For all you book lovers, Amanda Loose dips into John Warham’s Thornham Then and Now and Kristie Dean’s The World of Richard III. Plus local literary events Pages of great inspirational ideas for your home this spring Learning the lesson in North Norfolk – we have some great schools Health and beauty with our resident writers Bo Tyler and Jess Shanahan What’s happening in the North Norfolk foodie world this spring?

Chef Na Hansell takes the herb fennel as her inspiration this issue Nature Notes: return of the dawn chorus and the wildlife garden in spring Don’t mistake fear for aggression in your dog says canine behaviourist and trainer David Brice.

Springs Greens! Colours to brighten up your purchases this springtime

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Cover photography: Bluebell Wood by Andy Thompson

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

WIN family tickets for the East Anglian Game & Country Fair!

We are giving away family tickets to the East Anglian Game & Country Fair at the Norfolk Showground, Norwich on 25 and 26 April 2015.

The tickets, worth £46 each, will be given to the first 10 people who email or call with the correct answer to the question that we have set below.

Question: What is the name of the chef from Creake Abbey Café and Food Hall who will be on stage in the Cookery Theatre at the East Anglian Game Fair?

The first 10 people to email lin@ northnorfolkliving.co.uk or call 07881 657 944 will be the lucky winners.

• For more information on the East Anglian Game Fair visit www.ukgamefair.co.uk or call 01263 735 828

Pebbles Photography: An Amazing Ten Years on…

This will be the 10th Annual Photography Exhibition for Pebbles Photography. Showcasing Norfolk’s dramatic skies, changing coastline and wonderful wildlife, this is latest collection of framed limited edition prints, canvases and aluminium wall art by local photographer Stephen Clark. The exhibition opens in Brancaster Staithe Village Hall PE31 8BV at 10am on Friday 1st May to 5pm on Monday 4th May. Images can be viewed online at www.pebblesphotography.co.uk. Tel:01485 210810. Everyone is welcome. Refreshments are available.

GREAT MASSINGHAM Thursday 16th April, 7.30pm A Most Wanted Man (15) Based on the John le Carré novel, the late Philip Seymour Hoffman stars as a German intelligence operator in Hamburg dealing with Chechen terrorists.

Great Massingham Village Hall. Tickets £3.50. Contact 01485 520912 NORTH CREAKE Tuesday 7th April, 7.30pm Mr Turner (12A) Director Mike Leigh’s biography of British artist J.M.W. Turner, starring Timothy Spall.

North Creake Village Hall. Tickets £5 from 07905 805388 or pa.lines@tiscali.co.uk STANHOE Friday 24th April, 7.30pm The Imitation Game (12A) The Reading Room, tickets £5 on the door. stanhoe.org/cinema SYDERSTONE VILLAGE CINEMA IN ASSOCIATION WITH CREATIVE ARTS EAST Saturday 18th April, 7.30pm The Hundred-Foot Journey (PG) Helen Mirren, the owner of a Michelinstarred restaurant in rural France, is unhappy when an Indian family arrive and set up a new restaurant across the road.

Amy Robsart Hall. Tickets £3.50 in advance from 01485 578588/ 578171 or cinema@ syderstone.com THORNHAM Wednesday 25th March, 7.30pm What We Did on Our Holiday (12A British comedy about a family gathering in Scotland with a great cast including Rosamund Pike, David Tennant, Billy Connolly and Celia Imrie.

Thornham Village Hall. Tickets £5. Booking line 07818 028687

WALSINGHAM PICTURE PALACE Tuesday 14th April, 7.30pm The Imitation Game (12A) The true story of English mathematician Alan Turing (Benedict Cumberbatch), as he leads the team that cracks the Enigma Code during World War II. Walsingham Parish Hall, tickets £4 (members £3.50) on the door. Contact walsinghampp@gmail.com SCREEN-NEXT-THE-SEA Monday 23rd March, 7pm Gone Girl (18) Thriller starring Ben Affleck and Rosamund Pike about a man suspected of being involved in his wife’s disappearance.

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by Gillian Flynn.

The Granary, Wells.

Tickets £5 from Wells Tourist Information Centre, wellscinema.com or 01328 710885

Wanted: A new kind of Volunteer A new kind of volunteer is needed for an exciting and unique project coming soon to North Norfolk. Home And Well officially launched on 12 March 2015, providing older people visiting hospital with the aid that they need to enable them to live independently and safely upon returning home, whilst reducing unnecessary readmissions.

Royal Voluntary Service (formally known as WRVS) already helps older people live happy and independent lives, with this project specifically adopting a holistic approach to the patient’s hospital admission. This will commence prior to their arrival, with advance preparation resulting in reduced anxiety for the patient, timely discharge from hospital and the appropriate support network to live independently thereafter in their own home.

To make the project a true success, Royal Voluntary Service is calling on local people to invest a few hours of their time each week to become a volunteer, contributing vital resources so that the charity can continue to help as many older people in their community as possible.

• Please contact the RSV 01603 397998 homewellnn@royalvoluntaryservice.org.uk www.facebook.com/RoyalVoluntaryServiceNorfolk www.royalvoluntaryservice.org.uk NORTH NORFOLK LIVING EASTER 2015

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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 child all the time and space they need to develop into confident,well-rounded young individuals.

Open Days For dates and further details of our Open Days, please visit www.greshams.com Gresham’s is an independent co-educational day and boarding school for pupils aged between 3 and 18.

ALICE SCRUTTON New Work Saturday 11th - Wednesday 22nd April 2015.

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

Living joyfully Joyful Living by Jo Griffiths, formerly Vintage Home and Garden, has re-opened in her beautiful new store in The New Barn at Drove Orchards, Thornham. Joyful Living is packed with gorgeous finds from chairs, cushions and glassware, to lighting and a dedicated bathroom area complete with a range of Hammam towels designed by Jo and a fabulous reclaimed bath!

“The new store epitomises everything I have explored over the last six years under Vintage Home and Garden,” says Jo. “It focuses on the things I love, want to surround myself with and know my customers want to live with. Expect to see all my signature looks – scented candles, fresh flowers, shells, texture and great merchandising.”

Jo is rapidly expanding her interior stylist services too with her work evident all over the store.

Joyful Living’s neighbour in The New Barn is Nelle Denmark, owned by Jeanett Pugh, a Danish boutique specializing in men’s and women’s clothing.

• www.joyfulliving.co.uk 01485 525714

It’s all happening down at NWT Cley Marshes

Cley Marshes photo by Richard Osbourne

The Norfolk Wildlife Trust is opening a new education facility at NWT Cley Marshes this spring. The Simon Aspinall Wildlife Education Centre will open to visitors on 28th March, with taster events planned for the Easter weekend.

The new centre has been made possible thanks to a Heritage Grant of £1.5million from the National Lottery through the Heritage Lottery Fund and support from members of NWT, the public, businesses and charitable trusts.

“Our vision for the centre is to help visitors discover, explore and be inspired by local wildlife,” says Rachael Wright, Community Education Officer. “Visitors can enjoy interactive interpretation and a striking observation deck, with breath-taking views.”

The centre will provide a multifunctional space for schools, universities and community groups, with an extensive programme of events catering for all ages and abilities, covering areas such as wildlife, the arts, conservation, photography, history and landscape.

• Visit www.norfolkwildlifetrust.org.uk for their events programme.

Lucy Lavers being recovered after service at Rhyl © Rhyl RNLI lifeboat station

A new home with a history!

The Wrought Iron & Brass Bed Co moved house last summer, and their new HQ in Shernborne, on the Sandringham Estate has more than a little history.

Their office was The Bull Pub until 1907 when it was gifted to the people of Shernborne by Edward VII to use as a social club. Next door, their large showroom comes complete with a stage, dating from its days as Shernborne’s Village Hall, built from the carrstone of Queen Alexandra’s former beach bungalow at Snettisham, which was demolished after a fire, in 1925.

Their new home also includes a cottage, which the family has been busy renovating, staging the rooms as bedrooms.

‘It’s been a big project,’ says head of marketing, Harry Thompson. “The whole family was stripping wallpaper for about a month. We’re now busy with the finishing touches and everyone is welcome to drop in for a tour!’

• The Club House, Fring Road, Shernborne. 01485 542516 www.wroughtironandbrassbed.co.uk

Lucy Lavers’ return to Dunkirk Local lifeboat Lucy Lavers is returning to Dunkirk this Spring, 75 years after her trip there as a newly-built lifeboat in May 1940, to help evacuate stranded British and Allied troops. The charity Rescue Wooden Boats is restoring her to her former glory in order to make this commemorative voyage.

Lucy Lavers leaves Wells in early May, calling at Lowestoft, Aldeburgh, Levington, Harwich, Ramsgate, before crossing over to Dunkirk. The aim is to tell her story in each port and to encourage people to learn about the Dunkirk evacuation and maritime history.

“We’re seeking support - the voyage from Wells is 385 nautical miles and will cost £90 per mile,” says Lucy Geering of Rescue Wooden Boats. “You can text ‘LLDQ01 £3’ to 70070 to donate by text, or donate at www.rescuewoodenboats. com.”

• On her return, Lucy Lavers will live at Wells and give educational trips.

Meet her now at Rescue Wooden Boats’ Stiffkey Visitors’ Centre, weekends 10am-4pm.

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Nurtured by nature As she prepares for the 18th Wells Poetry Festival in May, award-winning author Rachel Kelly contemplates the healing power of nature and poetry

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EARLY thirty years ago, my husband-to-be took me kite flying on Holkham Beach.

We were both in search of nature’s balm after a particularly bruising period at our London offices. And sure enough, we found it among North Norfolk’s wide-open skies and blustery breezes, which seemed to blow away our cares.

Little did I know that a storm was brewing overhead.

My first of two breakdowns, or “depressive episodes” as psychiatrists prefer to call them, happened in 1997 - which is when I began my journey to discover the healing power of consoling poetry and prose. Though I was not able to read during the acute stage of the illness I could, thankfully, listen as my mother read to me from books of poetry or passages from the Bible.

I could manage to remember and repeat the odd line and adopted a particular favourite, an excerpt from Corinthians: “My grace is sufficient for thee; my strength is made perfect in weakness.” These words made sense of the suffering I was experiencing. I wouldn’t just be better, I would be stronger too.

Another favourite was “But westward, look, the land is bright” from “Say not the Struggle Naught Availeth” by Arthur Hugh Clough, a poet that Churchill was fond of quoting as he led England through the trials of war. Again, these words held a promise of recovery - that land would once again be bright.

When I was awake in the dark hours of the night, suffering from that sense of complete isolation that is characteristic of feeling depressed, I would repeat these snatched lines to myself, prayer-style. I wasn’t alone after all; there was hope. And of course, as doctors know, believing in your ability to recover in turn makes it more likely.

As I gradually became able to venture out into my garden and beyond, I felt a fresh appreciation for poems that not only lent a compassionate voice but also extolled the grand complexities of nature and landscape.

Nature is a calming force in the face of internal struggles: it has the power to take us outside of ourselves and remind us that we are part of a larger entity. I was soothed with the remembrance that I was in the hands of a higher power that had designed my entrance into the world and would guide my passage out of it.

I was just one person, vulnerable – yet safe in my natural place amidst nature’s allencompassing expanse, echoing my feelings on Holkham beach all those years ago. My fears and neuroses paled in comparison to the size of the North Norfolk seas.

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nature more vividly than Gerard Manley Hopkins.

His vibrant language rekindles my enthusiasm for words and refreshes my own stale vocabulary: Glory be to God for dappled things For skies of couple-colour as a brinded cow; For rose-moles all in stipple upon trout that swim; Fresh-firecoal chestnut-falls; finches’ wings; “Pied Beauty” It feels as if nature is reaching out and grabbing me by the collar, encouraging me to celebrate even the smallest miracles of creation – the rose-moles on a trout or a finches’ wing - and for a precious moment all I need to do is follow where it leads.

When I visit North Norfolk again in May as part of the Poetry-next-the-Sea festival, I know that once again I will rejoice in nature’s balm with some poetry to match.

Rachel Kelly’s memoir, Black Rainbow: how words healed me – my journey through depression, is published by Hodder & Stoughton.

Poetry-next-the-Sea The 18th Wells Poetry Festival will take place at The Maltings, Wells-next-the-Sea from Friday 8th to Sunday 10th May. Robert Crawford will open the Festival, speaking on his 2015 book Young Eliot. Rachel will talk on Black Rainbow on Saturday 9th, at 10am. Look out too for Colette Bryce, Katrina Porteous, Andrew McNeillie, 2014 Faber New Voices and workshops with Bernard O’Donoghue and Christopher Reid • Tickets from 01328 738243, fmfraser7@googlemail.com or www.poetrynextthesea.co.uk for tickets and more information.

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FASHION

Get set for Spring/Summer 2015!

I couldn’t be more excited that summer is just around the corner to warm the bones and add some much needed glow, says Katy Coe. This season there’s a wardrobe to match all of nature’s own colours and textures with a few psychedelic added extras Primrose Park autumn leaf palazzo £179, watercolour leopard shirt £165, wild meadow scarf belt (worn as headscarf) £29, Anna.

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Pear print top by Sugarhill Boutique £34, Coco’s

Cordelia cool blue shirt by Toggi £37.50, Christopher William Country Seasalt crest dress, dandelion in squid ink £55, Beachcomber 10

Elisha dress £55, Ivy navy cardigan £30, Nomad & the bowerbird

ACK away those drab winter coats and dust off your floppy hat because this year the 70s are back with a vengeance. This flamboyant era has been the inspiration behind many of this season’s catwalk looks with bohemian chic, festival prints, flares, suede and fringing floating off the runways all over the globe.

No need to go abroad this year as we can wear our holiday right here on our Norfolk beaches.

Anna in Burnham Market and Holt have this look down to a tee with pieces from Primrose Park, founder Anna Park’s own first collection.

‘Channel the look with silk flared trousers from Primrose Park, add a cheesecloth blouse and headscarf for full seventies effect,’ says Anna.

I love the use of the belt as a headscarf. You can also use it to tie around an ankle boot to add a little hippy chic to your outfit.

If you just want a splash of colour then make this pear print top by Sugarhill Boutique from Coco’s your summer staple. It will go with anything from jeans, hot pants, maxi skirts, over a body con, ANYTHING. It’s one to take you from day to evening in the height of summer, no probs.

If crazy colours and mix match patterns are making your eyes twitch then this cute Seasalt Crest dress from Beachcomber is the perfect solution.

All shades of blue are the new black this season so it ticks that box along with the empire cut and beautiful print.

You can go pale too. Christopher William Country have this Cordelia cool blue shirt

by Toggi The sleeveless element gives this timeless classic a little twist.

Alternatively polka dots are always a wardrobe staple and this year is no exception.

This blue polka dot shift by Pomodoro is the perfect everyday dress from Allez Chic, now in Castle Rising.

Sticking around this season is the shirt dress and I absolutely adore this Elisha dress from Nomad & the bowerbird in Holkham. Paired with a great pair of bright shoes she’s fit for any occasion.

The 70s is a trend set to stay for autumn winter too so a few staples that will carry you all the way through the year will be a good investment.

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Isabel Marant Rawson boots £450, Ruby and Tallulah

Pomodoro spot shift dress £69, Allez Chic These two gems from Ruby and Tallulah are definitely on my wish list this season.

Ruby and Tallulah’s manager, Katie Warner says: ‘The suede Isabel Marant Etoile Bolton jacket is just gorgeous. It has a real native American/old western kind of vibe, I feel like it should be accessorised with a horse and a prairie!’ (just like Norfolk then Katie!). ‘The detailing around the collar and shoulders makes it just a bit different.

‘The same goes for the Isabel Marant Rawson boots. The ankle straps and the silver hardware are all reminiscent of that cowboy style (more country/Americana maybe) but the killer heel makes these boots so sexy. Very rock chick, I could see them with ripped jeans, a leather jacket and a guitar.’

I love everything about these boots as they are so versatile. I’d wear them in the day or night with this vibrant Ilse Jacobson tunic dress from Nelle Denmark at Drove Orchards.

If I wanted a more classic look then I’d pair them with this gorgeous double layered contrast dress from M&Co. They add a little edge and at £39 this dress is a total steal.

Isabel Marant Etoile Bolton jacket £795, Ruby and Tallulah

Double layered dress £39, quilted cross body bag £32, pointed slingback shoe £29.50, M&Co

Ilse Jacobsen Nice tunic dress £79, Nelle Denmark

I’ve always loved mixed metals and this ring is a beauty...

Granulated silver and 18ct gold cuff £380 and ring £240, by Hannah Bedford at Fineline Frames & Gallery, Creake Abbey

ADDRESS BOOK Allez Chic, Castle Rising 01553 631915 www.allezchic.co.uk Anna, Burnham Market 01328 730325, Holt 01263 710665 www.shopatanna.com Beachcomber, Wells-next-the-Sea 01328 710496 www.beachcomberwells.co.uk Christopher William Country, Creake Abbey, North Creake 01328 738983 www.christopherwilliamcountry.co.uk Coco’s, Holt 01263 712494 www.cocosclothes.co.uk Fineline Frames & Gallery, Creake Abbey, North Creake 01328 258964 www.finelineframes.co.uk M&Co, Fakenham 01328 863492, Hunstanton 01485 535902 www.mandco.com Nelle Denmark, Drove Orchards, Thornham 01485 525164 www.nelle-dk.co.uk Nomad & the bowerbird, Holkham 01328 713093 www.nomadandthebowerbird.co.uk Ruby and Tallulah, Burnham Market 01328 738638 www.rubyandtallulah.co.uk

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ARTS

In the picture

Our local galleries are starting the 2015 exhibition season with a bang, says Amanda Loose, with highlights including works inspired by our coastline and wildlife

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airfax Gallery, Burnham Market are starting the exhibition season with Alice Scrutton’s Spring Solo Exhibition from Saturday 11th to Wednesday 22nd April. Alice’s landscapes with huge skies and evocative compositions capture the North Norfolk Coast in a unique way.

Just down the road, Burnham Grapevine Gallery’s first exhibition of the 2015 season opens on Friday 27th March with a collection by Burnham artist, Elizabeth Peer, which will run over the Easter holiday period. This will be followed by ‘No Other Place’, a joint exhibition of new paintings by North Norfolk based artists Kevin and Ann-Marie Ryan, opening on Friday 1st May. Oils depicting the North Norfolk Coast by Norfolk artist Patrick Boswell are being shown in the Café at Creake Abbey Café & Food Hall until Tuesday 2nd June, including scenes from Holkham beach, launching at Brancaster Staithe and over Salthouse.

Heading to Wells, Gallery Plus is holding a joint exhibition of new works by Paul Evans and Trevor Woods, from Saturday 4th to 18th April. ‘The Colours of Norfolk’ gives the opportunity to see these two East Anglian artists depicting the same subject matter in very different styles, scale and medium, under one roof.

Along the coast in Blakeney, The Flint Gallery enters Spring with an exciting new exhibition of original paintings inspired by the North Norfolk Coast and its diverse wildlife.

Included in their exhibition schedule will be a selection of atmospheric seascapes by Norfolk artist Garry Pereira and works by Ed Robinson such as ‘Storm A Brewin’, Cley’, pictured, along with new bird sculptures cast in bronze, by Gill Brown.

This year, Quay Art, also in Blakeney, aims to show an increased variety of original watercolour and acrylic paintings

by East Anglian artists such as Ken Burton, Kate Green and Norfolk based Keith Nash. The gallery focuses mainly on print techniques inspired by the coastline and nature, and also features a mix of ceramics, glass and jewellery.

Spring has brought a beautiful collection of art inspired by nature to the Pinkfoot Gallery in Cley, with Anthony Theakston’s iconic ceramic birds and a new series of Rachel Lockwood’s woodland animals.

Jane Hodgson has been out painting the Reed Cutters at work in Cley and her new collection is now hanging in the gallery, along with new works from Peter Wileman and Brin Edwards.

ADDRESS BOOK Burnham Grapevine, Burnham Market 01328 730125 www.burnhamgrapevine.co.uk Creake Abbey Café & Food Hall, Creake Abbey, North Creake 01328 730399 www.creakeabbeycafe.com Fairfax Gallery, Burnham Market 01328 730001 www.fairfaxgallery.com Gallery Plus, Wells-next-the-Sea 01328 711609 www.gallery-plus.co.uk Pinkfoot Gallery, Cley 01263 740947 www.pinkfootgallery. co.uk Quay Art, The Granary, Blakeney 01263 740013 The Flint Gallery, Blakeney 01263 741791 theflintgallery.co.uk The Red Dot Gallery, Holt 01263 710287 www.thereddotgallery.com

Above left: ‘Evening Light, Holkham’ by Alice Scrutton, Fairfax Gallery Above: ‘Letter home’ by Elizabeth Peer, Burnham Grapevine Gallery ‘Left: Promenade Blakeney Quayside’, oil on board by Patrick Boswell Below: ‘Morston Ropes’ by Trevor Woods, Gallery Plus

‘Storm A Brewin’, Cley’ mixed media by Ed Robinson, The Flint Gallery

‘Fox Approaching Sleeping Hare’, oil on board

by Rachel Lockwood, Pinkfoot Gallery

‘August’, original etching by Chrissy Norman, Quay Art ‘Party Pug’ by Mary Carlson, The Red Dot Gallery

The Red Dot Gallery artist Mary Carlson has created a series of canine characters of distinction. Tending to work on bold, expansive images, Mary set herself the challenge to produce smaller pooch portraits. The latest in her series ‘Hats and Dogs’ features this rather disgruntled ‘Party Pug’ who does not appear to be in the mood for a party!

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EVENTS

Spring into action

Our round up of just some of the events in North Norfolk this Spring ©SALTglassstudios

Textile artist Sarah Burt will be at The Maker’s Mark in Thornham

Easter fun at Holkham

Saturday 28th March Easter Bazaar at The Norfolk Hospice, Tapping House, Hillington

Monday 30th March to Sunday 5th April Children’s Easter Activities at Creake Abbey

Saturday 28th March to Sunday 12th April Easter courses at SALT glass studios

Monday 30th March to Tuesday 7th April Family Easter Activities, RSPB Titchwell Marsh

Children’s activities, craft stalls, refreshments, chocolate tombola. See the new Hospice building. Proceeds to The Norfolk Hospice, Tapping House. 10am-2pm. www.norfolkhospice.org.uk

Includes an exciting range from making glass egg paperweights or blowing baubles to sand casting or printmaking onto glass. All ages.

From £15.

Book on 01328 738873 or at www.saltglassstudios.co.uk

Saturday 28th March to Sunday 12th April Loveable Lambs at Gressenhall Little Bo Peep needs help to find her sheep!

Learn about the life of a shepherd and make your own fluffy sheep. 10am-5pm. Standard museum admission prices apply. www.museums.norfolk.gov.uk/Gressenhall

Saturday 28th March, Saturday 25th April Fakenham Makers Market

This new craft and makers market runs from March to December, devoted to arts and crafts made by stallholders. Fakenham Parish Church, 10am-2pm. www.fakenhammakersmarket.co.uk

Sunday 29th March to Sunday 12th April Get Growing, Holkham Hall

Visit the walled gardens to plant a broad bean to take home. How big will it grow? 10am-4pm, included in standard admission. Join them from Friday 3rd to Monday 6th April for Easter Fun Included in standard admission (additional charges may apply for certain activities.) www.holkham.co.uk

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Follow the Easter trail to find hidden eggs and solve clues to receive a yummy Easter gift.

Enjoy a decorative activity in the Summer House. Daily, 10am-4pm £3 per hunt per child, £2 per activity per child www.creakeabbey.co.uk

Join the Family Activity Days on 30th and 31st March, 6th and 7th April. Explore the diversity of woodland, saltmarsh and beach habitats.

Follow the nature trails. 10am-3pm. Adults free, children £3. Sunday 5th is the Easter Hunt (£3 per child). Family Activity Packs available daily, £3 each. www.rspb.org.uk/titchwellmarsh

Tuesdays 31st March and 7th April Terrific Tuesdays, Blakeney National Nature Reserve

Join the team for a day of 50 things themed family fun, from bug hunting to mud pie making.

Meet at Blakeney Quay, 10am-4pm, join at any point during the day. Free but please book on 0844 249 1895 or www.nationaltrust.org.uk

Wednesdays 1st and 8th April Wild Wednesdays, Brancaster Beach

More 50 things themed fun. Meet at the beach and stay for as long or as little as you like. 1st 10am-4pm, 8th 11am-4pm. Free but please book on 0844 249 1895 or www.nationaltrust.org.uk

Wednesday 1st to Monday 27th April New Ground, Cley and Beyond Watercolour paintings by Norfolk artist John Hurst, in the Dick Bagnall-Oakeley Exhibition Centre, NWT Cley Marshes. 10am-5pm. Live demonstration on Saturday 25th April. www.norfolkwildlifetrust.org.uk

(c) National Trust Images Stuart Cox

Join the Cadbury Eggsplorers! Cadbury and the National Trust have teamed up again to offer Easter Egg Trails at National Trust venues up and down the country including Sheringham Park, Felbrigg Hall and the Blickling Estate.

Visit www.eastereggtrail.com for more details.

Wells and Walsingham Light Railway

Friday 3rd to Monday 6th April The Wells to Walsingham Light Railway Trains will run daily with Easter fun for all the family including chocolate eggs to be won!

Trains depart Wells at 10.30am, noon, 2pm and 3.30pm. www.wellswalsinghamrailway.co.uk

Saturday 4th to Saturday 11th April Eggstraordinary Easter Egg Hunt, Drove Orchards

Pick up your hunt sheet from Bells and Whistles Kids then head into the apple orchard where the hunt awaits you! All proceeds donated to Nelson’s Journey. 10am to 4pm daily. £2 per hunt. www.droveorchards.com

Sunday 5th, Monday 6th April, Sunday 3rd and Monday 4th May Royal Air Force Bircham Newton Heritage Centre Open Days Discover the fascinating history of this former RAF station and its satellite airfields. 11am-5pm www.rafbnmp.org.uk

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EVENTS

Spring into action

Our round up of just some of the events in North Norfolk this Spring Competition time!

Rock pool rummaging.

Photo: Matthew Roberts

Bluebells NTPL/ Matthew Antrobus

The Fairyland Trust are giving away a family ticket* to their annual Fairy Fair at Holt Hall on 24th-25th May to one lucky North Norfolk Living reader. Discover the magic of nature, meet the Wildflower Fairies, enjoy workshops, woodland trails and lots more.

Can you name three reasons why wildflowers are the best flowers for your garden?

Send your three reasons, plus name, address and contact details to info@fairylandtrust.org with North Norfolk Living Competition in the header by 17th April.

Why not take a look at fairylandtrust.org to find some hints and tips (*two adults and three children).

Tuesday 7th April Rocks and Relics, West Runton Beach

See the remains of the amazing beasts that were found here millions of years ago, 11am12.30pm. Rock Pool Rummaging 1.30pm3.30pm. Come with sturdy shoes and keen eyes.

Experts on hand to help identify your finds.

Arrive 15 minutes early to sign up. Meet outside the Beach Café, no need to book. £3 NWT members, £3.50 non-members per event. www.norfolkwildlifetrust.org.uk Woodcock Sculthorpe.

Photo: Andy Thompson

Saturday 25th and Sunday 26th April Bure Valley Railway Walk

It’s the 11th annual Bure Valley Railway Walk raising money on behalf of Macmillan Cancer Support. Enjoy a train ride from Wroxham or Aylsham station, then a leisurely walk back. Visit bvw2015.co.uk for schedule, to sign up or donate.

Wednesday 29th April and Sunday 3rd May Bluebell walks at Blickling

Meet at the Estate Barn in the main car park, 10.30am. Book your free place at www.nationaltrust.org.uk/blickling or call 0844 2491895

Saturday 2nd and Sunday 3rd May The Maker’s Mark 2015 Saturdays 18th and 25th April Woodcock Walk, Sculthorpe Moor Community Nature Reserve

Enjoy a bowl of soup and an introduction to these cryptic birds followed by a walk on the Reserve to look for woodcocks displaying. 7pm. £8, members £7. Please book on 01328 856788 or sculthorpe@hawkandowl.org www.hawkandowl.org

Sunday 19th April Mannington Hall Open Gardens

In aid of the National Gardens Scheme, noon till 5pm with refreshments. admin@walpoleestate.co.uk

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20 professional makers will be at Thornham Village Hall including silversmiths, ceramicists and textile makers. Free entry, 10am-4pm.

Refreshments available. info@makersmarkthornham.co.uk

Saturday 2nd to Monday 4th May Pedal Norfolk

It’s the third Pedal Norfolk cycling festival created for the Sportive rider and their familes.

Rides for all levels of cyclists plus camping and family fun. Based on Holkham Estate. Sign up at pedalnorfolk.co.uk

Saturday 2nd to Monday 4th May Wighton Scarecrow Festival

Look out for scarecrows around the village,

children’s craft activities in the Church, and on Sunday vintage tractors and stationary engines, craft stalls, and children’s scarecrow making competition at 2.30pm on the Village Common.

For more information 01328 820743

Friday 8th to Tuesday 12th May Regency House Party The Jane Austen Society Europe is holding a five-day house party at Mount Amelia, Ingoldisthorpe. Activities include dance lessons, a gothic soiree and Grand Ball at King’s Lynn Town Hall on Sunday 10th, all in Regency costume. Non-residents welcome.

Visit regencyhouseparty.simdif.com for more details.

Sunday 10th May Push the Boat Out at Brancaster Staithe Sailing Club All welcome to try sailing for free from 10am.

Booking essential, call Mark Foley on 01362 688946 or m-foley@btconnect.com www.bssc.net

Fakenham Races

Coming up at Fakenham Racecourse: Easter Monday 6th April, 2pm Tuesday 5th May, 2.20pm Admission from £10 per adult. 17 years and under accompanied by an adult free.

Sunday 19th April: West Norfolk Point to Point 2pm, £10 per person (run by the Point to Point Committee) All timings are provisional. www.fakenhamracecourse.co.uk 01328 862388

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BOOKS

Calling all book lovers!

Spring reading by Amanda Loose

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OCAL author John Warham has published Thornham, Then and Now, his third book on the village. This time the theme is ‘continuity and change in the village over the past hundred years,’ says John, and the volume is packed with images old and new, juxtaposing the village past with the present.

‘Both the previous books are now out of print. I was thinking of doing a second edition and then had the idea of combining the themes of the other books in a new volume, Then and Now. Since the original book many old photos have come to light which hadn’t been seen before so it seemed right to combine these with new photographs.’

John worked with Stephen Greef, whose family has lived in Thornham for generations. Stephen’s father, Henry, well remembered as postmaster and Thornham correspondent for the Lynn News, collected 85 albums of photographs and newspaper cuttings of Thornham over the years, going back to the opening of the Drill Hall in 1907. These form an integral part of the book.

Images of the harbour with the iconic Coal Barn with the Jessie Mary, the last merchant boat to trade at Thornham, and the now demolished granary, sit alongside contemporary photographs.

Thornham’s trades and shops over the years also feature, as do leisure activities, street scenes and of course, people. The histories of the Drill Hall and its replacement, the new Village Hall, officially opened by the Queen in 2014 are also documented.

• Thornham, Then and Now £25, (hardback) available from Thornham Deli, Jarrolds of Norwich and other bookshops along the coast. Also available by post from John Warham, Red Brick house, Hall Lane, Thornham, Norfolk. PE36 6NB, price £25. johnwarham@hotmail.com

The World of Richard III by historian Kristie Dean was recently published to coincide with the reburial of Richard III’s remains on 26th March.

Essentially a ‘history travel guide’, the reader follows Richard’s journeys from Fotheringhay Castle where most historians agree he was born to Middleham Castle, Tewkesbury Abbey and beyond to the Tower of London and Bosworth Field.

Each place’s entry is packed with historical detail and effectively stands alone so the reader can dip in and out of the guide.

Closer to home, Richard’s travels also brought him to 15th century Norfolk. Author Kristie says: ‘Richard, then Duke of Gloucester, visited North Norfolk during a pilgrimage with Edward IV to the shrine of Our Lady of Walsingham. His family had previous connections with Walsingham through his father as both Great and Little Walsingham were part of the Duke of York’s holdings.

‘While making his way north, Edward, along with Richard, stayed in Norwich. We know Richard stopped at Castle Rising for at least one night because our earliest surviving letter of his was written here.

‘In 1470, Edward IV again faced opposition from rebels. Deciding to flee, Edward sailed from Bishop’s Lynn, today known as King’s Lynn, to the Low Countries. Richard was originally thought to have left with him, but many historians now believe that Richard followed later.’

• The World of Richard III by Kristie Dean is published by Amberley, £20 (hardback). It is available at amberleybooks.com and other bookshops.

Peter Stanford

by Mykel Nicolaou

Peter Stanford will be signing his new book Judas: The Troubling History of the Renegade Apostle (£10 cash or cheque only) on Saturday 28th March, 5pm-8pm (brief talk at 6pm and 7pm) and Sunday 29th March 10.30am-1pm (brief talk at 11am and midday) at The New Cottage, Overy Road, Burnham Market PE31 8HH. To pre-order if you are unable to attend call 01328 738 243 or email fmfraser7@googlemail.com Thursday 23rd April, 7.30pm To celebrate world book night, Simon Barnes talks about his latest book, Ten Million Aliens at NWT Cley Marshes. £8 NWT members, £10 non-members.

01263 740008 www.norfolkwildlifetrust.org.uk Saturday 2nd-Monday 4th May, 10am-4pm Morston Book and Plant Sale. Thousands of secondhand books for sale in the Village Hall, Morston in aid of Friends of Morston Church including fiction, art, natural history and children’s. Admission free, all books half price on Monday. www.fmc.org.uk

Castle Rising from The World of Richard III

by Kristie Dean, Amberley Publishing 2015

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Heirloom is an ethical toy and children’s clothing shop launching this Easter in Burnham Market, North Norfolk. We believe our carefully selected toys and organic kid’s clothes should be enjoyed by children for generations. Our aim is to stimulate creative play for your children, to ignite their imagination, and provide magical keepsakes to be handed down.

Visit our new website and toy boutique this Easter to discover the beautiful toys and clothes we have selected for your young family.

Please join us for the launch event on 11th April. Free goodie bags for the first 100 children. www.heirloomtoysandclothing.co.uk

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Stay in one of our WOW! properties carefully selected by us for having something a bit special about them; whether it is a stunning view, beautiful furnishings or imaginative design.

Please contact us if you’d like some help finding the perfect place for you, or if you’d like a copy of our 2015 brochure.

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Angelina’s Interiors, Unit 5 Heacham Hall Industrial Units, Hall Close, Heacham, Norfolk PE31 7JT

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HOMES & INTERIORS

North Norfolk Living!

Welcome to our Homes and Interiors supplement, packed with news and great ideas for your home from some of our favourite interiors shops and designers Octopus £39, Bringing the outside in

The interiors trend report Tom Clarke, The Old Stores, Roydon: ‘I have seen a big move towards pastel colours this season. With the bright pinks, yellows and blues bringing back memories of the sweet shop and also signalling spring is on the horizon.

‘The new collection from Studio G is Caribbean inspired Cariba. It’s typical of the trend and offers a really useable range of fabrics ideal for any home, all £14 per metre.

From Studio G’s Cariba collection, available at The Old Stores Roydon

for spring 2015 such as Mark Alexander are a soft mix of plain and embroidered linens.

These classic hues look stunning punctuated with bold shades.’

Harry Thompson, The Wrought Iron & Brass Bed Co: ‘Modern rustic is an interiors trend that has been gathering From Clarke and Clarke’s Dimensions collection, available at The Old Stores pace for some time now and this Roydon spring, it’s going to be huge. It’s a relaxed, welcoming look that’s all about bringing together simple, ‘A really visible trend this yet beautifully made pieces of season is copper and rose gold. furniture, unstructured fabrics, It’s springing up on the catwalks, tactile materials and neutral in wallpaper, home accessories colours in a and also fabrics. natural, quite That luxurious eclectic style. feel of velvets is ‘The timeless but is now majority of our current with the customers tell addition of texture us they want and metallics. to buy ‘forever Clarke and Clarke’s beds’, and Dimensions is a modern rustic great example of fits perfectly this, at around £50 with that a metre. approach – so think organic Elizabeth colour palettes Stanhope, interior and prints, designer Mark Alexander at Elizabeth Stanhope complemented ‘New collections Interiors by timeless coming through

Giving your kitchen a new lease of life

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omplete refurbishment and painting specialists C.F. Painting & Decorating offer a kitchen re-spray service, allowing you to update and revamp your existing kitchen.

‘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.

‘Clients like the fact that we collect all of the units and take away as much as possible, so all of the hard work is done away from their homes and there is limited disruption.’ www.respraykitchen.co.uk, 01664 823 923

materials such as brass, nickel and wood.’

Birdie Fortescue, designer, decorator and contemporary antiques dealer: ‘2015 is the year of rug. We’re very excited to be carrying Dash & Albert this year - a collection of fresh and fabulous rugs in cotton and wool, both for indoor and outdoor use. A great rug, whether in natural jute, striped cotton or a chic patterned wool, can really make a room.’

Pheasant feather mirror by Emma C £245, The Red Dot Gallery. Commissions taken, call the gallery for more information

ADDRESS BOOK Birdie Fortescue, Burnham Market 01328 738 634 www.birdiefortescue.co.uk Bringing the outside in, Holkham 01328 713093 www.bringingtheoutsidein.co.uk Elizabeth Stanhope Interiors, Oakham 01572 444 205 www.elizabethstanhope.co.uk The Old Stores, Roydon 01485 600591 www.theoldstoresroydon.co.uk The Red Dot Gallery, Holt 01263 710287 www.thereddotgallery.com The Wrought Iron & Brass Bed Co, Shernborne 01485 542516 www.wroughtironandbrassbed.co.uk NORTH NORFOLK LIVING EASTER 2015

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HETHER it’s coloured units, patterned tiles, eye-catching splash backs or a dash of colour with patterned textiles or zingy mugs, look out. The heart of the home is getting a makeover.

‘Talking to clients and visiting the interiors trade shows in Europe, I’ve definitely noticed that people are moving away from the more traditional kitchen of old and becoming more and more adventurous.’ says Birdie Fortescue, designer, decorator and contemporary antiques dealer.

Sue Allen at The Norfolk Kitchen Company agrees. ‘We are finding that people are being bolder with colour in their kitchens, not just sticking to neutrals and woods. Two-tone looks are popular, mixing and matching colour, with the bottom dark and the top a lighter shade.’

A kitchen interior designer Nanci Gillett is just putting in, is a case in point. ‘It has Scandinavian blue carcasses in two tones, using a darker blue accent colour, and a punch of lovely Moorish rust coloured patterns,’ she says.

A two-tone kitchen by NAKED Kitchens

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The great kitchen adventure The word on the interiors street is that we’re being braver in our kitchens, and not just with our culinary creations, says Amanda Loose

Blues, Moroccan inspired tiles, pops of colour are just some the kitchen trends we’re embracing, along with black and whites, plus fantastic handles, says Nanci.

‘We are finding that a lot of customers are requesting their kitchens in an amazing array of blues,’ says Jessie Hacking, Bespoke Kitchen Designer at NAKED Kitchens.

‘With hints of the coast, the colour works naturally in country kitchens as well as contemporary. It’s not only eye-catching blues which are making a comeback, most vibrant hues are increasing in popularity as people use colour to express their personality throughout their kitchen.’

Hot colour trends for interiors this season are bright Mediterranean blues mixed with white, mixed metallics, earthy colours such as olive greens, rust and aubergine, says Faith Cranmer at Coastal Country. ‘Grey is still bang on trend for the neutral look.’

So how do you get the look? Jessie offers her top tips: ‘Contrasting accents in kitchens are attention grabbing, adding a splash of colour to a neutral painted kitchen works wonders.

‘To add a vintage feel to your kitchen, a soft grey such as Farrow & Ball’s Pavilion Grey or their warm French Grey offers just the right amount of understated elegance. Combining the grey with yellow or lime accents adds a zesty burst of colour.’

‘Make sure that the colours you use blend well together, or at least have a neutral shade to match to. A great way to use colour subtly is to be bold with the wallpaper or paint scheme but combine it with restrained hues on the cabinets or on the furniture.

A two-tone look highlighting the bank of units. Available from The Norfolk Kitchen Company

Fired Earth’s handmade and hand decorated Marrakech tiles in Mabrouka, Menara and El Hara.

These tiles measure 11.8 x 11.8 cm, RRP £9.95 each. The tiles are suitable for floors too

‘Painting other parts of the kitchen to match your cabinets is a great way of adding a uniform colour combination. One of our customers painted the oak beams the same colour as the kitchen.

‘If you would rather make certain cabinets the focal point, stand alone pieces such as a kitchen island, larder unit or dresser can be really striking.

Why not introduce colour with a quirky designed splashback?’

‘The choice these days is so fantastic but at the same time, can often be overwhelming,’ says Birdie.

‘I typically try to steer clients towards a classic skeleton in terms of cupboarding and then we have great fun adding texture and contrast with paint colour, hardware, textiles and homeware. A neutral backdrop allows these layers and flashes of colour to really pop.’

ADDRESS BOOK Birdie Fortescue, Burnham Market 01328 738 634 www.birdiefortescue.co.uk Burnham Interiors, Burnham Market 01328 730 989 www.burnhaminteriors.co.uk Coastal Country, Burnham Market 01328 738080 www.coastalcountrystyle.co.uk Fired Earth stockists 0845 366 0400 www.firedearth.com NAKED Kitchens, West Raynham Business Park 01328 838854 www.nakedkitchens.com The Norfolk Kitchen Company, Swaffham 01760 724396 www.thenorfolkkitchencompany.co.uk

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HOMES & INTERIORS

Giving your walls the wow factor Dust off your pasting table and stand by with your brushes.

Wallpaper is big news in the interiors world again this season, and with such a variety of patterns and all manner of hues, you’ll probably be spoilt for choice, says Amanda Loose

Above: Floribunda Magenta by Clarke and Clarke £49 per roll, The Old Stores, Roydon Right: Persia in Indian blue by John Lewis £22 per roll, John Lewis Below: Mark Hearld Squirrel and Sunflower wallpaper in Angus red by St Jude’s £60 per roll, Coastal Country

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T was the flamingo wallpaper in our bathroom when I was young that did it. One look at those majestic pink birds, and I was hooked. And what with metallics, exotic travel inspired patterns and eye-catching florals, I don’t have enough wall space for my growing wallpaper wish list.

‘Wallpaper is big at the moment, and anything goes,’ says Nanci Gillett at Burnham Interiors. ‘There’s something out there for absolutely everyone, from large scale patterns, wood effect papers from Nobilis and Farrow & Ball’s parquet, classic toiles and stripes, Cole & Son’s Indian inspired patterns in wonderful colours, new takes on archive papers, geometrics, animals and quirky designs.

Everyone is putting out a collection.’

New collections this season include Whimsical from Cole & Son, (stocked by Nanci), inspired by classic childhood stories and fairytales such as Nautilus (pictured).

Sanderson have delved into their archive for their Vintage 2 collection of fabrics and wallpapers, including these rather wonderful Flamingos, available from Angelina’s Curtains & Blinds, and Nanci at Burnham Interiors. Meanwhile, John Lewis’ Persia wallpaper channels Moroccan influences and geometrics.

‘I think wallpaper is like marmite,’ says Jane Cave of Deco Cave.

‘You either love it or hate it. Personally I am in the former camp!

One of the reasons it is so popular is that it can be used to add a personal touch to someone’s home and can reflect something of their taste that paint just won’t do.’

Nanci agrees. ‘It’s a great way of adding a wow you just can’t get with paint, without expensive textiles, or buying a new piece of furniture or reupholstering. Good paper put up well lasts for years.’

One you’ve picked your paper, you have options. ‘You don’t have to do a whole room, you can do a wall, niches and alcoves, behind shelves or door panels,’ says Nanci.

‘You can update an old pine dresser by painting it and papering behind the shelves and inside.’

Wallpaper can be used to give an uninspiring space a more interesting look, says Jane and even add humour: ‘Paper on a wall at the end of a corridor to make it look like a log store or even a bookcase paper look great and give a house a more individual style.

‘Bold and geometric papers can work well in a small space, a cloakroom or a confined hallway, but would be too overbearing in a larger area.’

If you’re a little nervous of wallpaper, then the good news is that borders and wall stickers are popular too this season, and as Nanci says, are a less expensive and scary way of adding a bit of drama and updating your look. So go on, take the plunge!

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Above: Chinese Laundry in metallic gold from Thibaut’s Tea House Collection £93 per roll, The Old Stores, Roydon Left: Flamingos from Sanderson’s Vintage 2 collection RRP £54 per roll

Whimsical, Nautilus 103/4019 £78 per 10m roll by Cole & Son

ADDRESS BOOK Angelina’s Curtains & Blinds, Heacham 01485 571147 www.angelinasinteriors.com Burnham Interiors, Burnham Market 01328 730989 www.burnhaminteriors.co.uk Coastal Country, Burnham Market 01328 738080 www.coastalcountrystyle.co.uk Cole & Son 0208 442 8844 www.cole-and-son.com Deco Cave, showroom at The Old Stables, Bayfield Hall 07747 827 988 www.decocave.co.uk John Lewis, Norwich 01603 660 021 www.johnlewis.com Sanderson 0844 543 9500 www.sanderson-uk.com The Old Stores, Roydon 01485 600591 www.theoldstoresroydon.co.uk

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ADVERTORIAL

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DROVE ORCHARDS! Good food lovers are in for a treat. With a new management team in the Farm Shop and the Drove Orchards Café in the yurt and Eric’s Fish & Chips arriving soon, Drove Orchards is fast becoming a must visit destination, says Lin Murray. And that’s before they launch their own brand of cider later in the year!

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tephen Harrison and his team took over managing the Farm Shop and Drove Orchards Café, Thornham, at the beginning of March. Karen and Natasha are still at the Farm Shop with their usual warm welcome!

Expect some tasty menu changes in the Café and some new additions in the Farm Shop alongside old favourites.

There will be a bigger range of produce from the Drove kitchen garden, along with more Drove Orchards juices, made on site from their own fruit.

These will feature on the Café’s menu too – look out for the delicious apple cake, and cool down on a warm day overlooking the orchards, with a glass of apple juice made from fruit picked and juiced just a stone’s throw away.

Drove owner Andrew Jamieson says: ‘Drove is becoming a real destination. We are doubling the size of our kitchen garden for seasonal

vegetables and The Apple Ladies of Kolomna will also be working on product development for our own jams, chutney and pastila.

‘Our range of juices is also being expanded, and our own cider will be introduced this year. Drove is also holding four Food and Craft Markets in 2015.’

With over 40 acres of orchards, Drove already grows over 160 varieties of apples, around 120 of which are East Anglian heritage varieties.

Visitors can enjoy PYO apples, pears and soft fruits in season. You can also indulge in a spot of retail therapy at interiors shop Joyful Living, Nelle Denmark for clothes for him and her, and Bells and Whistles Kids for something for the younger generation.

• Drove Orchards Café (01485 525179) and Drove Orchards Farm Shop (01485 525652) are open daily. www.droveorchards.com

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North Norfolk is a great place to grow up and this includes Beeston Hall School – An the marvellous schools we have in the area. In the first of Independent Boarding an occasional series we look at what is on offer and Day School for boys and girls aged 7-13 Burnham Market Gresham’s co-educational UITE simply, it’s the children who matter.

Nursery School day and boarding school, Beeston Hall School aims to sow the Q seeds of possibility in mind, heart and spirit of ASED in the grounds of the Primary Holt

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HEY provide a high quality, fully rounded education where pupils have the time and space to develop into wellrounded, self-assured adults able to manage the demands of modern life.

A school of around 500 pupils; the split is normally 60% boarders and 40% day.

It is big enough to boast excellent facilities and national success, and yet small enough to provide an environment where any child can prosper.

Gresham’s is situated in 200 acres of beautiful countryside within five miles of breathtaking beaches in North Norfolk. The School provides a safe and spacious environment for children aged 3 to 18 to grow and learn.

• For more information visit www.greshams.com

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School and offers a place where children aged two to five can come and enjoy themselves, get to know other children and learn through play.

Each child is valued as an individual, and can learn in a safe, caring, happy and relaxed atmosphere. They nurture curiosity and help each child develop skills, knowledge, ideas and attitudes, which will help provide the foundation for their future learning.

Their aim is to help each child think for themselves, to develop socially and to have independence, confidence and a positive self image. Funded places available for two and three year olds.

• Registered Charity Number: 1028178 Ofsted Rated: Good. 07985 905 178 nursery@burnhammarketnursery school.co.uk www.burnhammarketnurseryschool.co.uk

each child and to create the right culture and conditions to allow these possibilities to flourish and become real. Each child’s sense of security, belonging and being valued is paramount to their success and the continuing success of the school. Children are challenged in their pursuit of excellence and they support each child as they find what they are good at.

The qualities of character they will look to develop in each child are simple ones like kindness, resilience, curiosity, creativity and determination. These qualities drive, coax and guide the children’s progress in work, play and their relationships with others. They provide motivation and take them forward to embrace new opportunities for learning.

Come and see for yourself what makes Beeston Hall School such a wonderful environment for children to grow.

• www.beestonhall.co.uk

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Giving you your best performance Evidence shows that a 10% reduction in weight feels like a 10% increase in fitness, reflected in faster times and a greater sense of ease, says Bo Tyler

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RUNNER weighing 73kgs needs about 6.5% more energy to run the same pace as a runner weighing 68kgs.

To make strides forward organise your nutrition, exercise and lifestyle to stay lean, light and powerful.

Getting the balance right between muscle gain and fat loss is critical.

So why do many athletes struggle to reach and maintain their optimal weight? For largely the same reasons that non-athletes do. Our lifestyle gives us easy access to cheap, high-calorie foods and we are too sedentary.

Fat-loss is frequently approached in the wrong way. Your body is not a simple energy in and out machine. If you ignore the quality of the calories consumed and your balance of nutrients this will lead to: • Insufficient fuelling • Loss of muscle, rather than fat • Resistance to fat loss • Low energy and mood

• Poor sleep • A greater susceptibility to injury and ill-health • A greater perception of effort and reduced enjoyment of exercise • Reduced training quality • Performance below your capabilities Your genes place limits on how much muscle and fat you can gain and lose but within these limits there is plenty of adaptive potential if you: 1) Improve your diet quality – better nutrients from every calorie.

2) Balance your energy sources –the right balance of carbohydrates, fats and proteins.

3) Time your nutrition – when you eat affects your body as much as what you eat.

4) Manage your appetite – understand how your appetite works to ensure you don’t overeat.

Get this right and you will feel the benefits of your training and improve your performance.

• For support to reach your optimum body composition for your sport including details on DNA testing that will provide insight into the potential for sporting performance and trainability, optimal exercise selection, recovery strategies and injury risk, contact Bo on 07747 008482 or bo@bonutritioncoaching.com

Putting a spring in your step Take your beauty inspiration from nature this season with floral and fruit based products from some of Norfolk’s natural beauty brands, says Jess Shanahan Bergamot, Lemon and Grapefruit Body Scrub – Charlotte Hilton This body scrub will help to get rid of dead skin and promote circulation when used in the shower. The scents of bergamot, lemon and grapefruit will uplift, making this a great exfoliant to use in the morning. Priced at £19. www.charlottehilton.co.uk Rose Geranium and Pink Pomegranate Hydrating Hands – Palm & Sole A deeply moisturising and protective blend for hands and feet. You only need a little and it won’t leave your hands feeling greasy and oily – just soft and smelling amazing. This means it’s great for people who suffer with dry skin or need to wash their hands a lot.

Priced at £19. www.palm-and-sole.co.uk

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URE essential oils from flowers and fruits have all sorts of benefits, says Kathy Webb from Palm & Sole: “Different types of flowers have the ability to calm and uplift while promoting balance. Some also have antiseptic and healing qualities too.”

Add the floral, fruity scents of spring into your beauty routine with these products:

Calendula Balm – Natural Soap Company This simple moisturising balm by this Wells based brand has a whole host of uses.

Calendula flowers have long been favoured for their healing properties, making this balm great as a treatment for dry, cracked skin or as a daily moisturiser.

Priced at £5.50. www.naturalsoap.co.uk

Other beneficial flowers often found in beauty products • Rose is mentally and emotionally balancing as well as being great for dry and mature skin. Look out for Holkham based Charlotte Hilton’s Rose Otto range.

• Lavender is the most versatile of flowers as it’s calming, soothing and can promote rapid healing • Chamomile is known for its relaxing effects but it’s also a powerful anti-inflammatory

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Food News

Tradition with a Twist Chef Patron of the renowned 3AA Rosette Titchwell Manor, Eric Snaith, is branching out into one of the nation’s specialities – fish and chips.

Eric’s Fish & Chips will become a welcome addition to Thornham’s Drove Orchards family of businesses from April. Opening daily from 12 noon – 9pm Eric will continue to champion ‘the best of British’ using local potatoes, beer batter and traditional beef dripping for the chips.

Sustainable, seasonal fish will also be key to Eric’s menu plus exciting alternative options such as halloumi and spinach arancini and mackerel with buttermilk, beetroot and sorrel. All main dishes will be under £10 and there is an imaginative children’s menu too.

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Art at The Duck Inn

Artemis moves and includes a coffee shop After their success at Artemis Homes and Antiques in Blakeney, Sophie and Alex are moving their shop to a more spacious barn just off the marsh in Cley. They’ve spent the winter renovating the former West Cottage cafe site, and will also open a coffee shop so you can enjoy the views with a drink and a slice of cake.

The shop will be open from Saturday 28th March, the cafe from Thursday 2nd April.

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Pitch Up, Eat Local by Ali Ray is out on May 1st (AA Publishing with The Camping and Caravanning Club, £16.99)

From apple orchards in Sandringham, fresh samphire in the Brancaster Marshes, to chilli and ginger ale sold on the Holkham Estate, new book Pitch Up, Eat Local celebrates the rich local produce of Norfolk.

Travelling in her yellow campervan named Custard, food and travel writer Ali sampled local produce across Norfolk, met impassioned producers such as Peele’s Norfolk Black Turkeys in Thuxton and Cookies Crab Shop in Salthouse and the charming Teddy Maufe of the Real Ale Company at Branthill Farm, Wells-next-the-Sea whilst staying in the county’s top campsites. She has included her highlights in the new book, a quirky guide on where to camp in the UK, what local produce to eat, and how to cook it. Also in the book are heartwarming recipes tailored to Norfolk’s rich foodie offering, from fresh seabass to Cromer crabs.

• Available from Holt Bookshop, 10 Appleyard, Holt NR25 6AR 01263 715858 and other good book shops.

As well as particularly delicious, well-presented food and some of the best waiting staff in Norfolk, the Duck Inn at Stanhoe is also showcasing some excellent local artists.

Currently showing are contemporary papercut artist Ashlee Symington, whose work is very much inspired by nature; Blacksmith Helen Spedding of Holkham Forge creates beautiful, delicately polished hand cut steel sculptures and lamps. Helen’s work is selling well. Steve Lewis, a Welsh artist now living in Norfolk, paints our vast Norfolk skies and beaches in his chosen medium of oils. Steve perfectly captures both the A lamp by Helen Spedding energy and often gentleness of our local landscapes.

All three artists will be on show through until June.

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Diners at The Hoste, can now choose to eat breakfast, lunch or dinner in a wide variety of locations throughout the hotel.

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Under the guidance of Head Chef, James O’Connor, a team of experienced chefs deliver imaginative, regularly changing menus, reflecting the availability of fresh seasonal ingredients and locally sourced produce.

One such local supplier is Richard Loose of Brancaster Staithe, who supplies the kitchens with his oysters. Richard has worked the productive waters of the North Norfolk coast all his life and working alone, he nurtures his oysters beds before harvesting them.

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FOOD & DRINK

Fabulous fennel!

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Fennel hovers on the fringe of all but the most adventurous of fridges, says our resident chef and cookery school proprietor, Na Hansell. But read on, for what could be the start of a very flavoursome friendship

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HAT’S really lovely about the fennel in my recipe for braised fennel with olives and capers is that once cooked it loses its sharp aniseed flavour, taking on a more subtle, tangy taste. The combination of warming fennel, sharp lemony juices, creamy quark or ricotta and tangy garlic are just what’s needed for a taste of spring.

Serves 2

What you need...

• 2 medium fennel bulbs • 1-2 tbsps butter or coconut oil • 6 large garlic cloves, skin on • juice of 1 lemon • 1/2 tbsp red wine vinegar • 1 tomato, diced • 125ml vegetable or chicken stock • 2 tbsps capers • 2 tbsps black olives, pitted and halved • 1 tsp chopped fresh thyme or whole thyme sprigs • 50g quark or ricotta soft cheese

How to make it...

Prepare the fennel by trimming off the tops, adding any stalk bits to the rest of the fennel and reserving any leafy bits to garnish.

Cut each bulb in half from top to bottom. If the bulbs are very plump, slice into three instead of two pieces.

In a large frying pan with a lid, heat 1-2 tbsps of butter or coconut oil on a medium to high heat. Add the fennel cut side down and cook for 5 minutes or so until the fennel takes on a bit of colour. Remove from the pan and set aside.

Keeping the pan on the heat, add the garlic cloves and cook for a minute or two. Lower the heat, add the lemon juice and red wine vinegar.

Let it bubble and reduce until there’s about 1 tbsps of liquid left. Add the

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tomato, half the stock, capers, olives, thyme and season with a little salt if you like. It should taste quite ‘sour’ at this point.

Bring to a simmer and cook briefly then return the fennel to the pan. Add the remaining stock and put on the lid.

Simmer for 10-15 minutes until the fennel is soft and the sauce has thickened. Increase the heat for the last minute or two with the lid removed to reduce down the sauce if necessary.

Remove the fennel to a serving dish or plates, pick out the sprigs of thyme, then using the back of a spoon, squash the garlic out of its skins and pick them out. Stir the cooked garlic into the rest of the sauce and spoon over the fennel along with the olives.

Top with some quark or ricotta. It’s important for the flavour that you squash the garlic and add some quark or ricotta.

My lovely ‘helpers’ had this with some cold roast chicken and a little brown rice and there was much (surprised) oohing and aahing.

If it’s a gloriously hot early summer’s day, just slice the fennel really finely and make it into a salad with some watercress and pea shoots or finely sliced sugar snap peas, dressing it simply with olive oil, lemon juice, Dijon mustard, crushed garlic and salt. Chop the olives and tomatoes and heap on top with a grind of black pepper.

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NATURE NOTES

It’s Spring again, let’s sing again!

Paul Roney, Visitor Operations Manager at RSPB Titchwell Marsh, on enjoying the dawn chorus

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HOSE feathered alarm clocks are at it again defending their territories and singing to attract a mate. This is the time to visit RSPB Titchwell Marsh to hear the dawn chorus.

The first birds begin to sing about an hour before sunrise. Among the earliest to rise are skylarks, song thrushes, robins and blackbirds, and as they do eat worms there may be some truth to the old saying.

While some birds, such as robins, sing throughout the winter, others start singing again at this time of year, both to attract potential mates and to signal to other birds the boundaries of their ‘patch’.

Our songbirds time their breeding season to the warmest part of the year, when there is plenty of food and lots of daylight in which to find it. As winter turns to spring, the lengthening daylight switches male songbirds into breeding mode.

The air is often still at this time and, with less background noise, song can carry up to 20 times as far. As the light strengthens food becomes easier to find, so hungry birds begin to move off and the chorus gradually diminishes.

So, if you want to listen to a dawn chorus, the best days to choose are those with fine, clear weather and little wind. Dawn chorus peaks half-an-hour before to half-an-hour after sunrise.

Sedge warbler © Andy Thompson

Other Dawn Chorus walks with breakfast Sunday 26th April and Sunday 3rd May: Spring Song and Breakfast at NWT Cley Marshes, 6.30am-9am. Enjoy a walk around the reserve then breakfast in the visitor centre. £12, members £10. Includes breakfast.

Booking essential on 01263 740008

• RSPB Titchwell Marsh’s Dawn Chorus event is on Sunday 3rd May at 6am with a guided walk, talk and full English breakfast. £15 per adult, £6 per child. rspb.org.uk/ titchwell or 01485 210779. Please book

Sunday 24th May: Dawn Chorus Walk with the fabulous Nick Acheson at Sculthorpe Moor Community Nature Reserve, followed by bacon butties. 5am start £12, members £10. Book on 01328 856788/ sculthorpe@hawkandowl.org www.hawkandowl.org/events

The Wildlife Garden in Spring Bumblebees are earlier risers from hibernation, so make sure you have plenty of early spring flowery food on offer says Simon Harrap of Natural Surroundings

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OLLINATORS, especially bees, have been getting a lot of publicity lately due to the decline of many species. Most of us have little control over what happens in the wider countryside, but there’s a lot that we can do to help them in our gardens.

Avoid using pesticides at home, but it’s also important to give them shelter and food.

Bumblebees build their nests in old rodent burrows, similar nooks and crannies at the base of hedges, grassy tussocks and the like.

Excessive tidiness is their enemy.

As for food, try to have nectar-producing flowers in bloom right through the season, from early spring to late autumn, to provide a continuous supply. Early spring is a particularly

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Bee on Snowdrops © Andy Thompson critical time. Only the queen bees survive the winter, hibernating underground. This uses up reserves of energy stored as fat in their bodies, and they emerge on warm Hidcote Pink days in early spring very hungry indeed.

Classic early-flowering perennials that are beloved of bees are hellebores, comfreys and pulmonarias, as well as a wide variety of bulbs, including snowdrops and crocuses. Here at Natural Surroundings we have extensive

patches of the comfrey ‘Hidcote Pink’, some of which comes into flower as early as December.

Trees and shrubs can be even more important as a food resource, being bigger, with a lot more flowers. One of our favourites is the native Goat Willow. Given space, this will grow into a small to medium sized tree and, unlike most other willows, does not need wet or marshy ground to thrive. Like all willows, male and female flowers are on separate trees, and in the spring the male trees are decked with clusters of tiny flowers – it is these golden catkins that give it its more familiar name, ‘pussy willow’.

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PETS

Aggression or fear?

Think you have an aggressive dog? Canine behaviourist and trainer David Brice begs to differ

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OFTEN hear it said, by people that contact me for help, that they have been told their dog is aggressive.

It usually turns out the dog is displaying aggressive behaviour but only in one context. For example, ‘he snapped at a strange man when he reached down to pat him’!

My immediate response is that your dog isn’t necessarily aggressive; the definition of ‘aggressive dog’ implies that he is constantly biting, for no discernible reason, because his temperament leans towards attack rather than retreat or acceptance.

If a dog is showing ‘aggressive’ behaviour when this one situation occurs, the rest of the time ‘he is lovely’, then we must look for reason beyond aggression for the answer.

Labelling behaviour like this is misleading, and often leads to the unnecessary use of

aversive methods (shouting, yanking leads, spray collars etc) to try to prevent it.

A realistic appraisal of what is actually happening is far more useful than a label that actually doesn’t tell us anything.

In the example used in the first paragraph, the reason for the behaviour, as in most cases of perceived aggression, was fear; this particular dog was a rescue case, with no known history and the new owner certainly wasn’t to blame for his reaction towards men.

Happily the dog in question now greets men with a swishing tail and ‘soft eyes’. He has learnt that men appearing trigger good things to happen. It took several months of hard work but he is now visibly happy when a man appears.

He no longer snaps but licks and nudges hands.

His new reactions are completely different and he is much less anxious.

His owners will always need to protect him from potentially ‘scary’ situations. They are more than happy to do this, whilst still taking their ‘non-aggressive dog’ to training classes and the park to meet people daily.

So, if you have a dog that is acting in an aggressive manner, please remember that he or she is most likely not aggressive but scared and the old adage that it is always the owners fault isn’t necessarily true!

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Ilse Jacobsen boots in evergreen £95, Nelle Denmark

True Grace fluo green dining candles £2.40 each, Interior Deli

Hedera from the new Vintage 2 collection by Sanderson RRP £47 per metre, Angelina’s Curtains & Blinds and Burnham Interiors

Apple green printed lizard clutch by A.R. Florence £89, The Tannery

Dog drying coats from £30, fitted bed covers from £25, Ruff and Tumble

Large Turkish cotton towels £22, green apple soap £3.95, Moroccan bowl £5.95, Joyful Living 19th century pine side table in original paint £225, Deco Cave

Treemendous paper globe £26.95, from North Norfolk based online shop Ginger Rose

CND Vinylux mint convertible Weekly Polish £9.95, The Retreat

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ADDRESS BOOK: Angelina’s Curtains & Blinds, Heacham 01485 571147 www.angelinasinteriors.com Burnham Interiors, Burnham Market 01328 730989 www.burnhaminteriors.co.uk Deco Cave, showroom at The Old Stables, Bayfield Hall 07747 827988 www.decocave.co.uk Ginger Rose, ginger-rose.co.uk Gone Crabbing, Burnham Deepdale 01485 211111 www.gonecrabbing.co.uk Heirloom Toys & Clothing, Burnham Market 01328 738950 From 11th April www.heirloomtoysandclothing.co.uk Interior Deli, The Old Stables, Bayfield Hall 01263 715538 www.bayfieldhall.com Joyful Living, Drove Orchards, Thornham 01485 525714 www.joyfulliving.co.uk Nelle Denmark, Drove Orchards, Thornham 01485 525164 www.nelle-dk.co.uk Ruff and Tumble, www.ruffandtumbledogcoats.com Sanderson, 0844 543 9500 www.sanderson-uk.com The Retreat, Old Hunstanton 01485 535376 www.retreat-spa.co.uk The Tannery, Holt 01263 713642 www.thetannery.co.uk

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INTRODUCING

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Laid-back luxury holiday retreats in Norfolk BAREFOOT RETREATS is passionate about marketing luxury holiday properties that are individual and unique, from cottage hideaways, to beautiful boltholes, coastal gems and rural retreats.

AS OUR GUESTS you will have the keys to some of the most

beautiful and individual homes in Norfolk; providing a distinct laid-back luxury holiday experience ensuring you feel at home from the moment you arrive, until you return the keys. You’ll have access to our exclusive concierge service, ideal if you’re organising a special celebration or want to experience something different on your holiday. And once you’ve chosen your property, you’ll receive a Barefoot guide ensuring you have all the information you could need to enjoy your precious time away.

Luxury properties

AS A HOME OWNER we will maximise the earning potential of your second home by managing all the marketing, PR and guest liaison for you. Sharing your holiday home should be as easy and enjoyable as the holidays our guests will enjoy there and we will make it our job to look after your home as if it were our own, providing you with a fully managed service.

WHY BAREFOOT? As

our guests you can look forward to a boutique hotel experience with the freedom of self catering. All our properties feature a welcome hamper, Barefoot branded bathrobes, slippers and beautiful linens.

If you’re looking for a wonderful holiday experience or are considering marketing your home and are seeking a fresh and innovative approach, please call us on 01485 512245 or visit our website www.barefootretreats.co.uk.

Emma Ta g g Director

Amazing places

Helen Millin Director

Unique experiences

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Indigo Drip Bowl: £35

Barr-Co Soap: £6

From Holkham

to your home Indigo Artists Dinner Plate: £12.50

Talia Dress: £59

Sideboard Rope Lamp: £120

Relish Candles: £9.50/£19/£28

Model Yacht: £140

Candles TBC: £15

Kinky Knickers: £15

Main Road / Holkham 10:30 – 4:30 / Closed Tuesdays T. 01328 713093 www.nomadandthebowerbird.co.uk

follow us on facebook & twitter @andthebowerbird

Relish Candles: £9.50/£19/£28

Main Road, Holkham, NR23 1AD 10:30 – 4:30 / Closed Tuesdays www.bringingtheoutsidein.co.uk T. 01328 713093

follow us on facebook & twitter @BTOI_Holkham

se Sign (

100cm x 3

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Carved Wooden Whale: £125

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