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ELCOME to our Early Summer issue of North Norfolk Living. As I write next to my open window, the sun is shining and the cherry tree is coming into bloom. Summer is just around the corner! We were particularly glad of blue skies and sunshine for our fashion shoot at Wells Harbour – the weather was truly glorious and I admit to having a rather rosy face at the end of the day! I’d like to thank the Wells Harbour Commissioners for giving us permission to use the venue. It was great fun to showcase pieces from some of our fabulous local shops. This issue I also caught up with Harry Cory Wright to find out more about his new book MARSH, Sarah Whittley learns about the rewilding of Deepdale Marsh, and we find some blooming inspiration in some of the stunning local gardens open to visit. Plus Hattie Goodley and daughter Willa are back with more Little Living. Enjoy!

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Front cover image: ‘Shifting Sand’ by Stephen Clark of Pebbles Photography www.pebblesphotography.co.uk

MARSH PHOTOGRAPHS & DRAWINGS BY HARRY CORY WRIGHT

5-7 Beachcombings What’s on, what’s good and where to go! 8 Remembering Olive Edis Alan Tutt finds out more about Britain’s first official female battlefield photographer 10-11 Back to the marsh Harry Cory Wright tells Amanda Loose about his new book MARSH, a collection of photographs and drawings of the North Norfolk tidal salt marshes 12 The call of the wild Sarah Whittley learns about the rewilding of Burnham Deepdale Marsh 15-17 Fashion Anchors aweigh for our photo shoot at Wells Harbour! 18-20 In the picture What’s happening on the local gallery scene 22 Flower power Amanda Loose meets local botanical artist Sarah Caswell 25-28 Blooming marvellous Gardens to visit, Dutch wave planting with Green & Pleasant Garden Nursery plus a spot of garden inspired retail therapy 31-32 Wellbeing Bo Tyler on getting in shape for summer and Hattie Goodley road tests a bespoke juice cleanse 35-37 Food & Drink Na Hansell whips up a super simple satay, plus lunch with a view, our young baker Henie Lewin’s floppy flapjacks and Neil Rutland from The Norfolk Riddle gets cooking with polenta 38 Little Living Hattie Goodley (and daughter Willa) share their top tips for early summer family fun 41-42 Events and activities Hannah Sole on what’s on in early summer 46 On the road Brian Vertigen puts the Peugeot 208 GT Line through its paces

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Now in its ninth year, Creake Abbey Plant Lovers’ Day 2016 will welcome over 30 specialist plant nurseries on Saturday 28th May, from 10am to 4pm, with a stunning array of flowers, shrubs and trees. Newcomers for 2016 include Mickfield Hostas, a specialist nursery dedicated to the genus Hosta. Mickfield’s national collection, developed over the last 40 years, holds over 2,200 different Hosta species and cultivars. They will be bringing some newly available cultivars to Creake Abbey, such as Colored Hulk, Ruffed Up and Sumsational. Once again, proceeds from the day will go to Wells Community Hospital, Wells-next-the-Sea. Entrance to the plant fair is £3, under 16’s free. • www.creakeabbey.co.uk

Win tickets to see Bryan Adams live in Peterborough We’ve teamed up with LCC Live to give one lucky reader the chance to see Bryan Adams play live in Peterborough, when he comes to the UK as part of his ‘Get Up’ Tour. We’ve one pair of tickets to give away for his show at The Embankment, Peterborough on Friday 5th August. The legendary Canadian rocker will take to the stage under the night sky to perform tracks from his latest album, Get Up, as well as some of his greatest hits. To be in with a chance of winning the pair of tickets, simply answer the following question: Bryan Adams is touring the UK in 2016, but what is the name of his UK Tour? 1. Wake Up 2. Get Up 3. Get Down • To enter, send the correct answer plus your name, address and mobile phone number to: localliving@btinternet.com. All entries to be received by May 31st 2016 latest. This information will not be given to third parties.

Dates for the diary HATS AT THE READY! Book now for Ladies Day at Fakenham Racecourse on Sunday 22nd May. Gates open at 11am and the first race is at 2.10pm. Entry from £10 per person, children go free. They’ll be best-dressed competitions with some great prizes, so dust off your glad rags! Book tickets at www.fakenhamracecourse.co.uk. Date and times are subject to change. BIRTHDAY BASH! The Old Stores at Roydon is celebrating its 3rd Birthday with an open day on Sunday 26th June between 10am and 4pm. Enjoy tea and cakes, lots of new summer stock and a Birthday Balloon Race raising money for a local charity. Tickets for the Balloon Race will be for sale in the month leading up to the event with some available on the day too. www.theoldstoresroydon.co.uk HAVING A BALL! This year’s Glebe House School summer ball will be held on Saturday 9th July from 7pm to 1am. The Sapphire Ball will include a drinks reception, three-course meal and dancing to professional live band, ‘The Electrics’ and disco. Tickets £75 per person. To book or for more details contact kirstin@cranegb.co.uk

SPOTTED! By Richard Campey The whitethroat

his relatively common hedgerow bird has one of the most jumbled and scratchy songs of all our warblers. Whitethroats arrive in Norfolk from around mid-April to mid-May having flown from their wintering grounds in the arid Sahel region, south of the Sahara. On arrival they’re at their most showy and noisy. Often perched on top of a bush the males will sing their fast song while puffing out their white throat feathers and raising their grey crown feathers. They will also launch themselves into a dancing song flight just a few metres above their chosen bush. Look for the white throat, greyish head, pinkish-buff breast, distinctive broad rusty brown patch on the wing and a reddish brown iris to the eye. Females are duller in colouration but share the distinctive rusty colour on the wing. Both sexes have a characteristic flicking of their tails. The whitethroat feeds mainly on insects but will add berries to its diet in the autumn. All too soon it will be leaving Norfolk for the return trip to Africa in August and September. • Richard is owner of The One Stop Nature Shop, Burnham Deepdale, 01485 211223 www.onestopnature.co.uk News of the latest sightings can be seen on the board outside One Stop.

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On the move After 15 years at Lees Yard in Holt, The Red Dot Gallery has relocated to new premises in the town, at 7 Fish Hill. ‘I decided some time ago that it would be great for both myself and my artists if the gallery had a better visual profile so the opportunity that 7 Fish Hill affords speaks for itself,’ says Red Dot’s Colin Rawlings. ‘The new location offers a ground floor space that will allow me to replicate the mix of art, sculpture and quirky merchandise my customers are familiar with, whilst on the first floor being able to stage solo or mixed exhibitions.’ Expect to see the familiar mix of prints and paintings by gallery artists including Kate Leiper, Rosalind Lyons and Mary Carlson, along with a jolly collection of ceramics, gifts, cushions and cards. ‘I have also been sourcing all sorts of new and different things including wonderful glass from Dutch maker Kristel Bollen, looped woollen runners and cushions with a ‘New England’ appeal and endearing canine ceramics from Louise Brown.’ • The Red Dot Gallery, 7 Fish Hill, Holt. 01263 710287 www. thereddotgallery.com

Village cinema BLAKENEY VILLAGE HALL Friday 20th May, 7pm Dark Horse (PG) A true story about a group of friends from a mining village who decide to breed a racehorse. Tickets £5 on the door. bookings@ blakeneyvillagehall. org.uk EDGEFIELD VILLAGE HALL Friday 13th May, 7.30pm The Imitation Game (12A) The story of English mathematician Alan Turing as he leads the team which cracks the Enigma Code. Tickets £4.50 on the door. NORTH CREAKE VILLAGE HALL Tuesday 10th May, 7.30pm Dad’s Army (PG) With an impressive line up of character actors including Michael Gambon, Bill Nighy and Alison Steadman. Tickets £5, book on 07905 805388 or pa.lines@tiscali.co.uk. GREAT MASSINGHAM VILLAGE HALL Thursday 19th May, 7.30pm Bridge of Spies (12A) Espionage drama inspired by real events during The Cold War. Directed by Steven Spielberg, starring Tom Hanks and Mark Rylance. Tickets £4. 01485 520912. HOLT COMMUNITY CENTRE Wednesday 25th May, 2.30pm and 7.30pm Brooklyn (12A) Starring Saoirse Ronan as a girl who leaves Ireland for the United States and changes her life forever. Tickets £5, no need to book. THE READING ROOM, STANHOE Monday 23rd May, 7.30pm Bridge of Spies (12A) Tickets £5 on the door. stanhoe.org

AMY ROBSART VILLAGE HALL, SYDERSTONE Saturday 4th June, 7.30pm Sunset Song (15) An adaptation by Terence Davies of the 1932 Scottish classic by Lewis Grassic Gibbon. It stars Agyness Deyn as a young woman growing up in a farming family in North East Scotland. Advance tickets £3.50, £4 on the door, 01485 578244/ 578171 or cinema@syderstone.com THORNHAM VILLAGE HALL Wednesday 18th May, 7.30pm Bridge of Spies (12A) Call 0781 8028687 for tickets £5 each, pay and collect at the door. SCREEN-NEXT-THE-SEA AT THE ALDERMAN PEEL HIGH SCHOOL, WELLS Monday 4th July, 7pm Exhibition on Screen: Goya - Visions of Flesh and Blood Based on the landmark exhibition Goya: The Portraits at the National Gallery. Tickets adults £10, child £5 from 01328 710885, Wells Tourist Information Centre or www.wells-cinema.com

My North Norfolk This season Richard Hewitt is looking forward to… Eating: spectacular fish and chips at the Kingfisher in Walcott – thanks Julian! Drinking: a cool dark beer from the Theatre bar, looking over the sea on Cromer pier as the sun sets just before show time. Staying: at home and welcoming friends and family to stay with us at Sheringham, where there is always so much going on. The majestic plume of steam as the Black Prince passes close to our garden en route to Weybourne and Holt makes a pleasant change to our barbecue smoke! Exploring: the coast to the east of Cromer, where

the beaches spread out ahead for miles and can even wear out my two boxer dogs! The Cliff Top Café, suitably named, at Overstrand, can offer a well earnt tea break! Walking: close to home. The charm of Sheringham Park at any time of the year is hard to beat. • Richard is a director of Hayes + Storr solicitors, heading up their Sheringham office, one of six offices including Holt, Fakenham, Wells and Hunstanton. Hayes + Storr, Sheringham 01263 825959, www.hayesandstorr.co.uk NORTH NORFOLK LIVING EARLY SUMMER 2016

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Remembering Olive Edis, Britain’s first official female battlefield photographer From portraits of princes and prime ministers to the carnage of the First World War, this pioneering photographer also developed close ties with the North Norfolk coast, particularly Cromer and Sheringham. Alan Tutt investigates

ORN on 3rd September 1876 in London, Mary Olive Edis, known universally as Olive, lost her father unexpectedly in 1893 and so had to earn her own living – at a time when women were not generally expected to follow careers. She opened a photographic studio in her family’s London home but in 1905 Olive and her sister Katherine moved to Sheringham, where they created another studio at 39 Church Street. She also briefly had a studio in Cromer, on the gangway. Katherine abandoned the studio in 1907, but Olive persevered and by 1910 her pictures were appearing in national newspapers. She became a member of the Royal Photographic Society in 1913 and in 1919 she was commissioned by the Imperial War Museum to take pictures of women doing war work in the armed services. She was only the fifth official battlefield photographer and the first woman. Olive also took photos of the carnage wreaked by that terrible war. This was arduous work involving a lot of travelling and the lugging of heavy, bulky equipment. Her ‘tour of duty’ involved a fourweek, 2,000 mile journey of sites in France and Belgium. She ‘captured’ female factory workers, telegraphists, canteen workers, nurses, all from a ‘woman’s point of view’, perhaps the first recognition of the key work of such women, pioneers themselves in their own way. These then are the facts of her early career, but it is the pictures Olive took that tell the real story. In London, she seized the opportunity to photograph the rich and the famous. Portraits she took included Prince Albert and Edward VIII; Prime Ministers, David Lloyd George and James Balfour; writers George Bernard Shaw and Thomas Hardy; General Booth and Lady Astor. Yet, as a contrast, she created evocative portraits of ordinary North Norfolk folk, fishermen and their wives. Her gift was to be

Clockwise from top left: Olive Edis War work, Tate & Lyle 1919 Cloth Hall, Ypres 1919 A Sheringham fisherman Lloyd George

able to put even the most camera-shy subject at their ease and to then bring out the rich character in the faces of these hard-working, local people. Olive only used natural light and superb composition. She was also one of the first to use the autochrome process – images in colour on glass plates – invented by the Lumière brothers. In a 1920 interview, tellingly, she remarked: ‘I find men much easier to photograph. It isn’t that they are less vain – I think we all have our little vanities – but a man, particularly a distinguished and clever man, usually likes himself the way he is and wants his photograph to look like him… women, on the other hand, are so anxious about their effects… they want their clothes to be beautiful. They worry about their mouths too. There’s a great deal in being in sympathy with your sitters.’ In 1928, Olive married Edwin Galsworthy, cousin of the novelist, John. They took a house in London and another in South Street,

“She created evocative portraits of ordinary North Norfolk folk, fishermen and their wives.”

Sheringham, where she created a new studio. In later years she shared her Norfolk studio with Cyril Nunn, a protégé of hers. It is from Cyril’s estate that Cromer Museum was able to purchase a large collection of Olive’s pictures in 2001. A number of these stunning images can be viewed in the Museum, and a further lottery grant will enable greater access to Olive’s images online and support a touring exhibition of her work. Olive Edis died in 1955. Her ashes lie in Sheringham Cemetery along with those of her husband but her striking images live on. And although it is easy to be distracted by the pictures she took of ‘stars’ of her age, it is the North Norfolk portraits of Sheringham and Cromer fishermen that one is drawn back to.

• Images courtesy of Cromer Museum www.museums.norfolk.gov.uk/Visit_Us/ Cromer_Museum/

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Back to the marsh H MARSH PHOTOGRAPHS & DRAWINGS BY HARRY CORY WRIGHT

Celebrated photographer Harry Cory Wright’s latest Saltwater Book MARSH is a collection of black and white photographs and drawings of the North Norfolk tidal salt marshes near his home. Amanda Loose finds out more

ARRY has been photographing the marshes from Brancaster to Burnham Overy Staithe for years, returning to them time and again. ‘It is the most dynamic landscape I’ve ever photographed, dangerous one moment, beautiful and appealing at another, not a place you can take as simply being beautiful. It’s not just pretty, anything but. It’s dark and wild in all it evokes,’ says Harry. ‘To me personally it raises an enormous sense of love and loss. My dad was one of five brothers and they were great wildfowlers and spent a lot of time on the marshes. Two of my uncles were killed in the War and I was brought up amongst an intense love of the place weighted by a sense of nostalgia and loss.’ Although in MARSH Harry is returning to a familiar subject, the images mark something of a new departure: ‘For the last 25 years I have concentrated on using a large format film camera producing huge prints of very high detail. The big camera lends itself well to recording a strong sense of ‘place’ and in order to best convey that, the final images need to have a level of authenticity. This is what it looked like. ’ MARSH is the result of Harry working in a totally different way, of what happened when he went out onto the marshes, armed with a small camera and a black ink pen, and experimented with wide angles and blurred and simple lines: ‘I am continuously finding new ways particularly through drawing to capture the place. There are so many layers of the personal, family, friendship and weather, it often feels like you’re in the centre of a fantastic vortex.

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“It is the most dynamic landscape I’ve ever photographed, dangerous one moment, beautiful and appealing at another” ‘I hope these imprecise pictures will help people to see the place differently, and that they’ll take it out there with them.’ MARSH was launched at The Jolly Sailors in Brancaster Staithe on 1st May, complete with tasters from the new Jolly Smokehouse: ‘The Jolly Sailors’ history has always been linked with the harbour and Scolt Head Island. When you arrive at the harbour bar you feel you will hear some news of the harbour, the island and the sea. That alone is an exceptional thing and makes it of course the only place to have the launch of a book called MARSH.’ MARSH, RRP £15, available from The White House Bookshop, Burnham Market www.harrycorywright.com Images © Harry Cory Wright NORTH NORFOLK LIVING EARLY SUMMER 2016

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The call of the wild

Surrounded by birdsong, Sarah Whittley learns more about the rewilding of Burnham Deepdale Marsh

Mark Andrew on Burnham Deepdale Marsh

T’S a greyish day; I’m looking out towards Scolt Head Island over freshwater marshland dotted with dark wiry stands of juncus grass and silver pools with exploding heads of reed mace. But it’s not the view that makes me gasp; it’s the myriad birdsong emanating from the marsh. Seven years ago, from exactly the same spot, I would have been looking over arable farmland. But now, thanks to the vision and drive of Andrew Crean, 200 acres of farmland has been returned to the wild. Since reading Paul Gallico’s, The Snow Goose, Andrew has dreamed of owning his own marsh. So when Simon Breasley found the land at Burnham, Andrew’s dream quickly became reality. It wasn’t quite the marsh they had in mind but Andrew and Simon knew it had stupendous potential. Andrew didn’t just want a marsh to watch birds; he wanted to create the perfect breeding grounds for our specialist water birds. But where to start? Teasing out a marsh that’s lain dormant under intensive farmland for many years wouldn’t be easy; they would need specialist help. Mark Andrew listened to Andrew’s ambitious ideas for the land and knew immediately he wanted to be involved. Mark had exactly the pedigree of land management Andrew needed for his dream marsh. Mark has worked for many organizations, from RSPB and Natural England to Scottish Wildlife Trust, including work with capercaillies and black grouse. As I walked around the marsh with Mark, with lapwings tumbling and turning overhead, teal peeping, wigeon whistling, redshanks shrieking, skylarks trilling and curlews bubbling, I kept asking: ‘How on earth have you done this in only six years?’ Mark smiles. ‘A lot of hard work, sweat and tears,’ he replies. They added sluices and with some judicious digger work, were able to revert the arable fields to the fresh marsh their old maps and aerial photographs showed had existed before the war and the plough. The freshwater comes from three naturally occurring springs, so Mark can manage the all-important water levels on a daily basis. The expense and effort of installing this system would be worth its weight in gold as in December 2013, disaster struck. When the massive surge tide hit the North Norfolk coast on the 5th December, Andrew and Mark thought it was game over. The next morning, the grim reality of the flood hit home. The marsh was a carpet of death, from freshwater fish, roosting birds and hares to voles, worms and insects - five years of sweat and toil had disappeared overnight. Fortunately the combination of newly installed sluices, dykes, the springs and a period of heavy rainfall saved the marsh. Today, looking at the marsh, you wouldn’t

Once a herring barn on Burnham Deepdale Marsh, now home to the Creans and Crawshays, a newly formed photographic commission agency specialising in fine art photographers

Sunrise towards Burnham Overy mill over the fresh marsh with Highland cattle

know it had ever been deluged. A herd of 20 Highland cattle lazily graze the land. Mark explains how managed grazing gets the sward just right for breeding birds. Lapwings prefer short grass, whereas redshanks like it longer with a smattering of tussocks. Although Mark laid tons of pea shingle for the little ringed plovers, in fact they preferred the areas of cracked mud dented with hoof marks. Last year saw 16 little ringed plover nests resulting in 46 fledglings, that’s one of the highest breeding densities in the whole of the UK! The remarkable breeding story continues with last year seeing 73 pairs of avocets, 36 lapwing pairs, 34 pairs of redshanks, 7 pairs of oystercatchers and a sensational 110 skylark

territories! Next time you walk the Coastal Path at Burnham Deepdale, stop and look at this good news story. You’re bound to see and hear some of the 207 birds species counted here, including an impressive 13 species of birds of prey. This is the engine room, where the magic happens to allow our skies and marshland to be full of the birds that belong here. • All photographs by renowned wildlife photographer and cameraman Martin Hayward-Smith. Martin can be privately commissioned to take photographs through the new Norfolk-based agency, Crawshays. Visit www.crawshays.co.uk for more information.

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As picture 1, with Corey strkin g pose in whi a te sunglasses Gill £4 Northshor 5, e Sport & Leisure.

Corey: outfit as before with Kingsland navy 0, classic bomber jacket £13 Nags Essentials.

Daniel: Big Crab North Sea hoodie £37.9 9, Gone Crabbing; life jac ket Northshore Sp ort & Leisure as befor e. Fran: Sita Murt top £1 10, Nelle-dk.

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Fran: Nice Things Colour Flower capris, as before, cardigan and picnic basket stylist’s own. Corey: Hymn Barlow navy jumper £54, Bringing the outside in; shorts Northshore Sport & Leisure as before; Palladium boots £65, Nelle-dk; Tombag waxed large bronze canvas bag £115, Gun Hill Great Outdoors. Erin: Louche Janeth quilted top £35, Nomad & the bowerbird; Isabel Marant Étoile Trani dress with spaghetti straps £220, Ruby and Tallulah; life jacket Northshore Sport & Leisure, as before.

Daniel: Big Crab No rth Sea hoodie £37.99, Gone Crabbing; life jacket Northshore Sport & Lei as before. Corey and sure, Erin as picture 8; hat stylist ’s own.

Address book: Allez Chic, Castle Rising 01553 631915 allezchic.co.uk Birdie Fortescue, Burnham Market 01328 738634 www.birdiefortescue.co.uk Bringing the outside in, Wells-next-the-Sea 01328 712282 www.bringingtheoutsidein.co.uk Gone Crabbing, Burnham Deepdale 01485 211111 www.gonecrabbing.co.uk Gun Hill Great Outdoors, Burnham Market 01328 730462 Nags Essentials, Horsley Fields, King’s Lynn 01553 776897 www.nagsessentials.co.uk Nelle-dk, Drove Orchards, Thornham 01485 525164 www.nelle-dk.co.uk Nomad & the bowerbird, Holkham 01328 713093 and Wells-next-the-Sea 01328 712282 www.nomadandthebowerbird.co.uk Northshore Sport & Leisure, Brancaster Staithe 01485 210236 www.northshoresport. co.uk Ruby and Tallulah, Burnham Market 01328 738638 www.rubyandtallulah.co.uk Urban Armour, Burnham Market 01328 738880 www.urbanarmour.co.uk • For more from the shoot, follow us on Instagram @northnorfolkliving or visit www.northnorfolkliving.co.uk NORTH NORFOLK LIVING EARLY SUMMER 2016

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In the picture Stand by for a whistle stop tour of just some of the highlights coming up on our local gallery scene!

ver at Great Walsingham Barns, the newly opened West Barn Gallery is holding its inaugural exhibition. The Gallery, a collaboration between Sarah Caswell and Great Walsingham Gallery and Framing, is showcasing the work of selected artists from the region, including Tracey Ross, Chris Hann, Mari French, Hannah Hann and of course resident artist Sarah Caswell. The show runs until 19th June, and will be followed by an exhibition of mixed media work by Nigel Skinner, from 25th June. Heading towards the coast, Pinkfoot Gallery in Cley have a mini show of works by local artist Suzanne Lawrence in May and June, featuring interpretations of the landscape surrounding her home in Cley. Pinkfoot is also showing new oils by Jane Hodgson of mussel fishermen and reed cutters along with bronzes from Norfolk sculptor Robin Bouttell. Meanwhile, Bircham Gallery in Holt will be hosting their Early Summer Exhibition from 14th May to 8th June, including works by Chris Prout, Rosemary Vanns, Sandra Blow, Barbara Rae, Jill Leman, Debbie George, a new collection of ceramics from Nicholas Homoky, along with collographs by new exhibition artist Anna Perlin. From 11th June to 6th July the Gallery will be showing works inspired by the coast and landscape, with paintings and drawings by Keith Roper and Richard Tuff, alongside hand-thrown ceramics by Kyra Cane. The Flint Gallery in Blakeney has a mixed exhibition celebrating the huge open skies, expansive landscape and varied coastline of North Norfolk. Throughout the summer months there will be works on show from new arrivals Helen Tabor, Jo Ellis and Jane Skingley, plus fresh paintings by gallery favourites Tina Stokes, Ed Robinson and Lesley Jones. Stuart Stotter-Brooks of Flint says: “Lesley is inspired by the natural world, and her motivation is to express a sense of wonder through art. Details of plant, stone or water find their way into abstract paintings of deceptive simplicity. The landscape and skies of Norfolk in all seasons provide inspiration for atmospheric paintings.’ At the other end of Blakeney, three exciting new female linocut artists have recently arrived at Quay Art, a gallery specialising in original print techniques. Jane Walker creates vibrant still life linocuts using everyday objects in combination with a subtle coastal theme. Joining Jane are more linocuts by the two Sams: Sam Wilson and Sam Marshall both capture snippets of wildlife from the

‘Crashing Waves, Cley’ by Suzanne Lawrence, Pinkfoot Gallery

‘Flatlands’ by Chris Hann, West Barn Gallery, Great Walsingham Barns

‘Sand and Sea, Bright Weather’ by Lesley Jones, The Flint Gallery

‘Foxgloves and Primula’ by Anna Perlin, Early Summer Exhibition at Bircham Gallery

‘On the Wing Again’ original collograph by Laurie Rudling, Quay Art ‘Boats at Burnham’ by Richard Tuff, Bircham Gallery

British countryside and garden. There will also be fresh works from many of Quay Art’s existing artists including Glynn Thomas, Rob Barnes and Laurie Rudling. Over in Burnham Market, Fairfax Gallery will be hosting a solo exhibition of Norfolk seascapes by David Atkins from 28th May to 8th June. Fairfax has been showing David’s works since their opening exhibition back in 1995. Among the artists to recently join Burnham Grapevine Gallery’s portfolio is Adrian Taunton, the latest generation in a line of painters stretching back to William Taunton (1809-1898), who was the last known pupil of David Cox.

‘Twice a finalist in The Sunday Times Watercolour Competition, Adrian’s skill in capturing dramatic skies, open horizons, sunlight, shadows, water and its reflections makes his paintings instantly recognizable as his,’ says Grapevine’s Peter Low. Burnham Grapevine will be also kicking off their summer exhibition season on 28th May with ‘Colour’, featuring the work of two members of The Art Workers’ Guild, Sally Scott and Jane Cox. Sally’s paintings have been exhibited widely including at the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition and her work in glass is represented in Westminster Abbey and Norwich Cathedral.

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Below: Jane Cox’s ceramics will feature in the forthcoming ‘Colour’ exhibition at Burnham Grapevine Gallery

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Jane’s ceramics have won several awards, including the Wedgwood Scholarship for surface design. ‘Colour’ will also include work from ceramic sculptor and guest artist, Neal French. Just down the road at Creake Abbey, Sarah Caswell’s solo exhibition in the Creake Abbey Café runs until 6th June, followed from 9th June to 7th September by ‘Colourful Coast’, a solo exhibition of recent paintings by local artist Tracey Ross. The show will feature several large-scale works, and is inspired, says Tracey by the beauty of the North Norfolk coast. Down at Drove Orchards, Thornham, Doric Arts is popping up throughout the season, showing 20th and 21st century design and visual arts, alongside antiques, interior and garden furniture plus objets d’art. The pop-up will be showing Americana inspired work, including East Anglian images, by international photographer Richard Heeps throughout the summer. Further afield, the Arts Lounge Gallery in Swaffham is holding its Spring Arts Exhibition, which runs till 31st May, including original paintings by local artist Steven Allen and botanical art from Barbara Anna Cichocka.

Open Studios Norfolk & Norwich Open Studios is back for its 22nd year from 28th May to 12th June. During the Open Studios run, over 460 artists around the county will be showing their work in 255 venues, ranging from professional studios to garages and spare rooms. 16 schools will also be taking part, and 22 Art Trails will give the opportunity to visit a number of artists in a particular area. The participating artists work in a diverse range of art forms and techniques, from textiles, jewellery and metal forged sculptures to painted North Norfolk based Stephen Parry is taking part in this year’s Norfolk & Norwich Open Studios landscapes, photography and woodturning. Look out too for taster exhibitions from early May. Visit www.nnopenstudios.org.uk for more information.

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730607 doricart.com Fairfax Gallery, Burnham Market 01328 730001 www.fairfaxgallery.com The Flint Gallery, Blakeney 01263 741791 theflintgallery.co.uk Pinkfoot Gallery, Cley 01263 740947 www.pinkfootgallery.co.uk Quay Art, The Granary, Blakeney 01263 740013 West Barn Gallery, Great Walsingham Barns 01328 820900 www.walsinghamgallery.co.uk

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Flower power Amanda Loose catches up with artist Sarah Caswell and talks ‘world floral domination!’

ITH RHS Chelsea Flower Show looming, it’s a busy month for award winning artist, Sarah Caswell, a regular exhibitor at the event. Now renowned for her upscale floral works, painting wasn’t however, her initial career choice. Sarah originally thought she was going to be a sculptor. But after a BA Hons in silversmithing, a stint working for milliner Stephen Jones and a career in the corporate world, Sarah moved to North Norfolk almost 10 years ago to, amongst other things, focus on painting flowers. ‘It was a giant leap. I was working 14 hour days in the corporate world and decided I was probably a workaholic,’ says Sarah. ‘A constant thread was the drawing and painting, almost like scales for a piano player. ‘The two greatest subjects I’d always focused on were the body and the environment, the flowers around me and the people. I decided to focus on one thing to give people an idea of what I was about.’ The blooms won. ‘They’re an infinite subject, endlessly entertaining to me and did all the

things I wanted to do. I really want to play with colours, sunlight and joy, and found I was more able to communicate that through this subject than anything else. ‘You know that woomph you get when you see something which moves you, that’s what I’m trying to communicate’ Sarah’s work, in acrylics on linen or cotton canvas, has a real 3D quality, which she says ‘goes back to when I thought I was going to be a sculptor. I think that people with a sculptural tendency paint as if they are walking round the object, as though seen from all sides at once.’ Alongside her paintings, Sarah also has a range of home wares featuring her works, which she curates herself: ‘I am very serious about what I do but I want everyone to be able to participate. I want world floral domination!’ • Sarah’s studio is at Great Walsingham Barns. Her exhibition at Creake Abbey Café runs until 6th June. www.sarahcaswell.co.uk

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From private tours with behind the scenes access and festival fever to village open garden days, there are some stunning local gardens to visit as spring turns to summer and flower show season gets into full swing. There’s plenty to inspire gardeners, budding, armchair, expert or otherwise, says Amanda Loose

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Private view The five-acre Walled Garden at Houghton Hall is packed with inspiration, including a doublesided herbaceous border, formal rose parterre, Italian Garden, plus antique statues, fountains and Jeppe Hein’s ‘Waterflame’. Houghton Hall and Gardens are open every Wednesday, Thursday, Sunday and Bank Holiday Monday until 25th September but visitors can enjoy a private tour of the Walled Gardens with head gardener Oliver Wilkins, on Houghton Hall Wednesday 18th May from 10-11am. This exclusive tour will include access to some parts of the garden not normally open to the public. It’s also a great opportunity to pick Ollie’s brains about any gardening problems, admire the blooming wisteria and find out what the garden team has been up to over the winter. Tickets for the private tour cost £15 per person (includes a free plant). Numbers are limited so booking is essential on 01485 528569. Otherwise, tickets to the garden and grounds are £10 for adults, £3 for children. Under 5’s free. RHS members can visit the gardens for free in June and July, with a valid RHS membership card. Houghton Hall Walled Garden is a member of The National Gardens Scheme. www.houghtonhall.com Although the Walled Gardens are open daily at Holkham Hall until 31st October, visitors can join a member of Holkham’s landscape team on Sunday 29th May for a spring tour of the private gardens at Holkham Hall. They’ll be the chance to see the spectacular arboretum with its many unusual and rare specimen trees, the magnolias and the tulip tree and new foliage emerging on the acers. Get some inspiration from the intricate patterns of the formal parterres on the terraces surrounding the Hall, designed by leading landscape gardener W.A. Nesfield in the 19th century, whose work can also be found at Kew Gardens. There will also be a stop at the shell garden, with its tree ferns and newly renovated shell house. Private tours 11am, 1pm and 3pm. Tickets: adults £8, child £4. Booking is essential. If you’d like to find out more about Holkham’s Walled Gardens, join one of the estate’s gardeners for a Walled Garden Ramble on Thursday 16th June. Explore the seen and unseen areas of the sixacre walled garden and find out more about what the garden grew in the past, and how the current project to restore it to its former glory is progressing. Walled Garden Rambles 10.30am, noon, 2pm and 3.30pm. Tickets: adults £5, child £2.50, booking advisable. Holkham Ticket Office 01328 713111, visit www.holkham.co.uk for other ticket prices and opening hours.

Stody Lodge Gardens

Flower power meets festival fever Stody Lodge Gardens near Holt is opening to the public on Sundays during May, as well as Tuesday 24th to Friday 27th May and Bank Holiday Monday 30th May. Set in 14-acres, visitors can enjoy a riot of colour thanks to its extensive collection of rhododendrons and azaleas, of which there are over 200 varieties, alongside magnolias, camellias, ornamental and specimen trees. Stody’s two-acre Azalea Water Gardens is believed to be the largest single planting of the vividly coloured azalea mollis in the country, with over 2,000 plants. Stody Lodge Gardens are teaming up with Britain Does Vintage to host the brand new Stody Boutique Festival on Sunday 22nd May, 11am to 5pm. Set within Stody’s gardens and surrounding parkland, the Festival will feature classic cars, children’s activities including farmyard animals, vintage stalls and much more. The music line up includes Katrina of Katrina and the Waves performing Walking on Sunshine and other hits on the terrace of Stody Lodge. Entrance to The Stody Boutique Festival is £9 (payable by cash only), under 12’s free. Early bird tickets available from www.britaindoesvintage.co.uk/event/ stodyboutiquefestival/ www.stodylodgegardens.co.uk for details about the other openings.

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Village open gardens Sunday 29th and Monday 30th May: Open Gardens and Art Trail, Dersingham Visit local artists in their studios and tour village gardens, 11am5pm. Tickets £5. Visit www.dersinghamopengardens.co.uk for more information. Sunday 19th June: Heydon Hall and Village Open Gardens Day Explore the gardens of Heydon Hall, rarely open to the public, and some of the gardens in the village, plus enjoy a display by the North Norfolk Classic Vehicle Club and entertainment by Holt Ridge Morris. 2-5pm, tickets £3 for admission to Heydon Hall gardens, entry to the village gardens also costs £3, 14’s and under free. Sunday 19th June: Open Gardens Thornham Thornham is opening 15 gardens and the Church allotments in aid of All Saints’ Church Restoration Appeal. 1-5pm, entry £4, children free. Sunday 3rd July: Holme-next-the-Sea Open Gardens Around 10 gardens will be open including one demonstrating how gardening can be made easy plus floral displays in the church. 11am to 5.30pm, entry £3.50. www.holme-next-the-sea.co.uk DATE FOR THE DIARY Thursday 12th May: Ben Burgess Show at the Norfolk Showground Arena from 3-8pm, with exhibits from all their major agricultural, construction and grounds care brands plus refreshments and entertainment. www.benburgess.co.uk

• For details of more open garden events visit The National Gardens Scheme’s website www.ngs.org.uk and www.opengardens.co.uk

Surfing the Dutch wave Ian and Catherine Mullard of Green & Pleasant, the new Garden Nursery at Drove Orchards, share their top tips for creating a Dutch wave planting scheme

E love the Dutch wave school of garden design. It’s just so Norfolk in colour, shape and texture. Waves of silver and gold grass punctuated with vibrant scarlet, purple and lavender tones create a living landscape in soft motion and it’s the sound of Norfolk too; the grasses sighing the soft song of the sand dunes. Eryngium (Sea Holly) There are an abundance of grasses to choose from for your Dutch wave border but one of the most beautiful perennial grasses is Stipa capillata ‘Bridal Veil’ which blooms in summer with iridescent silvery-white plumes. Plant Miscanthus ‘China’ with narrow, arching olive-green leaves for depth with its soft pink and silver silky early autumn flowers. Liatris climb out of the grass wave showing off their soft pink bottlebrush spikes whilst Eryngium (Sea Holly) with its blue thistle like flowers are so intensely blue they look as if they’ve been dyed. Achillea millefolium ‘Cerise Queen’ spreads in loose clumps of feathery foliage, with clusters of deep deep pink flowers which look like red velvet pin cushions bloom from June to August. Echinacea purpurea ‘Fatal Attraction’ provides Echinacea purpurea ‘Fatal Attraction’ the wow factor from July until autumn with bright pink flowers held on thick, dark stems, a favourite of Piet Oudolf, one of the masters of Dutch wave. There are so many plants to choose from but we’ll leave you with Verbena bonariensis, which produces a haze of shoulder height purple flowers in late summer. Sprinkle generously with Cosmos and surf the Dutch wave! • Green & Pleasant Garden Nursery, Drove Orchards, Thornham. ian@greenandpleasant.org, www. greenandpleasant.garden

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oliday travelling usually involves sitting still for long periods, something that backs and necks don’t like. Healthy, comfortable joints need movement. ‘Ideally, you should stand up and walk about at least every two hours, but here are a few exercises that you can do while sitting to help avoid an uncomfortable start to your holiday:

Get set for summer! With warmer weather (we hope) and holidays looming, beachwear beckons. If you want to succeed at getting in shape for summer, you need to know how to, why you want to – plus have support and inspiration, says Bo Tyler Focus on these 10 areas, but understand that 80% of your success will be down to your diet.

you feel hungrier, you make poorer food choices Carbs: low carbs, high veg and moderate and eat more. protein works for fat loss. You may need to go as low as 50g carbs/day ideally coming Stress: persistent stress leads to from vegetables and some low sugar fruits, inflammation and hormone dysfunction and eliminating all grains. fat loss simply can’t happen then. Gut health: a poorly functioning gut is sure Medical conditions: insulin resistance, to inhibit fat loss efforts. The main culprits anaemia, deficiencies such as B12 or iron, tend to be: chronically low blood sugar, hypothyroidism and • Low stomach acid – avoid antacids and try certain other conditions hamper fat loss. digestive enzymes Other key factors: • Bad bacteria – eat more vegetables, fermented • A sedentary lifestyle despite working out foods and take a good quality probiotic regularly • Chronic inflammation – caused by low fibre • Not eating real food intake or food sensitivities • A high toxic load from eg. alcohol, BPA, heavy metals, artificial sweeteners, medications Nutrient status: missing key nutrients such as vitamin D, essential fats or magnesium and your body will struggle to burn fat. Get checked out for symptoms or get a blood test done to check your status. Low blood sugar: if you miss meals, under-eat or over do carbs (even healthy ones) • Determine your goals. Write them down, your blood sugar becomes pin them up and commit unbalanced, adrenalin is released and glucose to keep you going, • Start cleaning up your diet making one but with this comes a fat-store change at a time message. • Pick an activity that makes you happy, Weight training: you need to and do it. A lot build muscle to burn fat. Interval training: research • For help in designing the right nutritional plan to shows that steady state get you in shape contact Bo on 07747 008482 or cardio is ineffective for fat loss bo@bonutritioncoaching.com but interval training is a powerful fat loss tool. Sleep: lack of sleep hampers your fat loss efforts; it makes

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‘Also, as you leave home to start your holiday, you are often tired and stressed, a vulnerable time for backs. Protect yours by pulling your stomach muscles tight when you are lifting luggage.’ • Holt Consulting Rooms 01263 711712, www.holtconsultingrooms.co.uk

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• Pelvic rocking - arch your back gently away from the seat, then relax back again. Repeat smoothly 10-20 times. • Neck stretch - stretch the back of your neck by pushing your chin backwards while keeping it down. Hold for five seconds and repeat 5-10 times. • Shoulder rolling - keep your chin down, roll your shoulders gently backwards and forwards.

These are the steps you can take today:

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This is a really versatile dish so here are a few ideas of how to serve

O here’s a really simple recipe to serve as a nibble, as a starter, a light lunch, as a main dish or just as a big sharing plate. You need just a few ingredients - some fresh chicken, coconut cream, cashew nuts for richness, soy sauce and garlic for flavour and finally some chilli for a kick. Then it’s quick to throw together, at the last minute or to prepare ahead, and finally it’s quick to cook. What more can you ask for from a dish?

What you need…

• 600g chicken pieces (I often use mini fillets; breast and thigh are fine too) • 180ml coconut cream (a small carton) • 200g roasted, salted cashew nuts • 80g soy sauce • 2 cloves of garlic, peeled • 1 red chilli, deseeded if it’s a hot one • a few coriander leaves to garnish • some long skewers

How to make it… • Whizz up the coconut cream, cashews, soy sauce and garlic in a food processor until

smooth. • Thread the chicken on to skewers (if using) or place the chicken pieces in a medium sized bowl. • Tip half the satay sauce over the chicken and gently turn the skewers or stir the chicken pieces until covered. Cover with foil or cling film and then set aside while you finish the sauce or until needed. • To finish the sauce, tip into a small pan and add 100ml water. Heat gently for a few minutes until the sauce thickens - some magic of the cashews gives it a lovely thick and smooth consistency without using any stodgy thickeners like flour. • The sauce can be used immediately or chilled until needed. Serve warm or at room temperature. • Cook the chicken under a fairly hot grill, in a hot oven (200°C) or in the roasting oven of an AGA, right at the top (on the first set of runners). Cook for 10 minutes or so, turning if necessary. • Serve straight from the oven or at room temperature with the sauce on the side or as a dip.

• As a canapé or nibble, with the sauce as a dip. Thread one mini fillet, slice of chicken breast or piece of thigh on to each skewer. • As a light dish, starter or lunch with a little quinoa salad. Thread two mini fillets or slices of chicken breast or three pieces of thigh on to each skewer. Allow two skewers per person. • As a main dish. Thread two mini fillets or slices of chicken breast or three pieces of thigh on to each skewer. Allow three or four skewers per person and serve with a little rice and a fresh crunchy salad. • As a big sharing plate. Thread two mini fillets or slices of chicken breast or three pieces of thigh on to each skewer and pile them all up on a big platter. Serve the sauce as a dip or spoon over the pile of chicken in blobs! Garnish with plenty of fresh torn coriander leaves.

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e made these for my friend who’s coming to stay, who can’t eat gluten. They are best made in food processor (so make sure you have an adult to help you), but could also be melted together in a pan, which gives a slightly different result. Ingredients • 250g porridge oats (check that oats are processed in a gluten free environment) • 125g butter • 125g Demerara sugar • 2-3 tablespoons golden syrup • Clean hands • Preheat oven to 180°C, 365°F or gas mark 4 and line a 25cm x 15cm tin with baking paper. • With an adult to help you, place all the ingredients into a food processor and blitz until evenly mixed. • Scrape the mixture into the tin, but make sure your adult takes the blade out first. • Be careful not to tip every last bit into the tin, eating it raw is the best bit! • Smooth it out with the back of a metal spoon. Pop into oven for 20-30 minutes, until golden coloured. • Leave to cool in the tin before cutting into squares. Enjoy!

Purple Picnic Week

orfolk based Nelson’s Journey will be holding their Purple Picnic Week from 13th to 19th June, encouraging people to hold their own picnic in memory of someone special and raise funds for the charity’s work with bereaved children and young people in the county. For more information or to sign up visit www. nelsonsjourney.org.uk/purple-picnic.aspx or call Sarah on 01603 431788. You can also join Nelson’s Journey at their own Purple Picnic Finale on Saturday 18th June from noon till 4pm at Smiles House, Little Plumstead, with live music, food from The Feed and fun for all the family. Call Sarah (above) to add your name to the guest list.

Lunch with a view

t was gorgeous sunny day for a catch up lunch with a friend at The White Horse in Brancaster Staithe. We were delighted to have a window table in the recently refurbished light and bright restaurant. The stunning views across the harbour to Scolt Head Island proved more than a little distracting to our lunchtime conversation! We plumped unanimously for the seafood sharing platter, £30. My friend homed in on Loose’s oysters (a distant relation, Ed), grown in Brancaster Staithe harbour, and declared they gave ‘a complete hit of the sea’. The platter also included Letzer’s smoked salmon tar tar, smoked shell on prawns from the new smokehouse at The Jolly Sailors, a whole dressed Cromer crab, chef soused herrings with star anise, potted smoked mackerel plus sour dough and homemade sauerkraut. A deliciously fresh seafood sensation! We moved on to the dessert menu - I went for the set custard with poached rhubarb, gingerbread and mini meringues, my friend for the spiced cake with date purée and baked white chocolate ice cream, at £6.95 each. Clean plates all round! • The White Horse, Brancaster Staithe 01485 210262, www.whitehorsebrancaster.co.uk

Savoury sensation!

Chef Neil Rutland from The Norfolk Riddle shares his recipe for cheesy polenta and mushroom tart • 200g polenta • 800ml cold water • 100g grated cheddar cheese • 50g butter • 100g sliced shiitake mushrooms • 40g shredded rainbow chard • 50g grated Parmesan • 100g purple sprouting broccoli (blanched) • Baby rocket, pea shoots and balsamic vinegar to garnish • Put the cold water and butter into a thick-based pan and bring to the boil. • Mix in the polenta with a whisk. Add the cheese and finish cooking out the polenta. • Line a tray with cling film. Pour out the polenta and smooth over with a palette knife until it’s around 1cm thick. Put into the fridge to set for at least four hours. • Once it has set turn out onto a chopping board and slice into rectangles around 8cm by 5cm. Bake in the oven at 190°C for around 10 minutes. • Blanch the broccoli and keep warm. Heat a little olive oil in a frying pan and fry off the mushrooms and wilt the rainbow chard together. • As soon as the tart base is ready put it on a plate ready to serve. Place the mushroom and chard mixture on the base with the broccoli and sprinkle with the grated Parmesan. Use the pea shoots and rocket as garnish and flick the balsamic vinegar over to finish the dish. • The Norfolk Riddle, Walsingham 01328 821903 www.norfolkriddle.co.uk NORTH NORFOLK LIVING EARLY SUMMER 2016

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Living Hattie Goodley and Willa share their top tips for early summer family fun and a spot of retail therapy!

Get outdoors RSPB Titchwell Marsh Nature Reserve is holding a series of Spring Flings from Monday 30th May to Friday 3rd June, 10am-3pm. The family themed activities will include making twig sculptures and forest mobiles as well as ‘bugology’ lessons, all for only £1 per child (under 5’s free) – an excellent way to spend a half-term morning or afternoon. www.rspb.org.uk/titchwellmarsh

Fairy wings at the ready Now that she’s reached the grand age of three, I’ll definitely be taking Willa along to the Fairyland Trust’s award-winning, annual Fairy Fair which is being held this year in the grounds of Sennowe Park, Guist over the late May Bank Holiday weekend, Sunday 29th and Monday 30th, 10am-5pm. The Fair offers a whole host of magical activities to delight children and entertain all the family with workshops including Elf Sticks, Fairy Gardens and Magic Wings. Alongside the team of wildflower fairies there will be pirates running games and building secret dens. This year the Trust is asking the public to bring along their watering cans to ‘bling up’ at the Fair ahead of a grand finale photo at the end of each day – I can’t wait! Tickets £10 from www.fairylandtrust.org, under 3’s free. Workshop prices vary.

Shopping Rumours Boutique in Holt has a great selection of pretty girls dresses, smart boys clothing and traditional toys. I love these adorable floral pyjamas is it too early to start collecting for Willa’s Christmas stocking? (£24 ages 2-3 years up to 10-12 years). www.rumoursboutique.co.uk Walsingham based Elodie Noyes has set up children’s website www.redwhiteandblue. co.uk selling beautiful, original clothing sourced from little artisan studios across her native France. Her boy’s edit is particularly sweet. I love this classic red and white striped buttoned collarless shirt (£32, sizes 3-6 years). With a picture perfect beach hut exterior, Bells and Whistles Kids at Drove Orchards, Thornham, is definitely one of the prettiest shops on the North Norfolk coast with a new summer collection of children’s clothing to match. This little floral romper is just the ticket for sunny summer days (£28, sizes 1-12 months). 01485 525676 www.bellsandwhistleskids.co.uk

The Old Stores at Roydon has some great, hardwearing melamine tableware for children from British designer Sophie Allport. This ‘on the farm’ set (£19), is guaranteed to make teatime fun and would make a lovely present for a little one. 01485 600591, www. theoldstoresroydon. co.uk

The Norfolk Wildlife Trust have got some lovely family events lined up for early summer at Cley Marshes Visitor Centre, including a production of Meadow by Old Saw Theatre on Thursday 2nd June (3pm and 5.30pm) which tells the story of a meadow’s resident animals and insects via beautifully crafted handpuppets. Children £4, adults free, advance booking through the Visitor Centre advised: 01263 740008. www.norfolkwildlifetrust.org.uk Meadow by Old Saw Theatre, © Helen Murray

With its fantastic array of traditional toys and books, Heirloom Toys & Clothing in Burnham Market and Sheringham is my go-to for special birthday presents. I have got my eye on this amazing play doctors set (£38.95) for my goddaughter’s next birthday. I just know that many a little girl and boy will get good use out of it. 01328 738950, www.heirloomtoysandclothing.co.uk

On Saturday 18th June Dalegate Market will be hosting an open-air performance of Gulliver’s Travels by The Pantaloons at 7pm. We’ll be packing a picnic (and our macs, just in case) and heading to Burnham Deepdale with blankets and cushions in tow, to meet the tiny people of Lilliput. Tickets from £8, children under 3 years are free. Book your tickets online at www.dalegatemarket.co.uk/events

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Spring into summer Hannah Sole shares her pick of what’s on Wednesday 18th May Jarrolds Charity Fashion Show at the Thursford Collection

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Sunday 29th and Monday 30th May Dad’s Army Live, Weybourne The famous ‘Royal Train; episode of Dad’s Army was filmed at Weybourne Station some 42 years ago. Now Corporal Jones’ much loved butcher’s van brings the Walmington-on-Sea stars to life again as the station is taken over by the Home Guard courtesy of Thetford Dad’s Army Museum. www.nnrailway.co.uk for fares and details.

If you like wildlife come along and meet around 70 businesses and charities offering information on local wildlife, plus wildlife art, books, optics, photography, lectures, children’s activities and more. 9am-5pm, advance tickets www.norfolkbirdfair.com/tickets/ or on the door. © Jo Bosch

Thursday 19th May Anne Boleyn Walks, Blickling Estate

The Blickling Estate was in the possession of the Boleyn family and home to Thomas Boleyn and his wife Elizabeth between 1499 and 1505. The anniversary of the beheading of Anne Boleyn is commemorated with a costumed procession on Blickling’s drive at noon (arrive on the drive by 11.45am). Free event, but normal venue admission charges apply. www.nationaltrust.org.uk/blickling

Friday 20th to Sunday 22nd May Crab & Lobster Festival, Cromer and Sheringham

Each town adds its own special flavour to the festival with cookery demonstrations, live music, performers, walks, storytelling, heritage and seafaring crafts, plus market stalls and local food producers. Free entry. Pier Concert tickets £10. www.crabandlobsterfestival.co.uk

Saturday 21st and Sunday 22nd May Norfolk Bird & Wildlife Fair, Mannington Hall

Saturday 21st and Sunday 22nd May; Saturdays and Sundays throughout June North Norfolk Handmade Art & Craft Fayre, Morston Village Hall Supporting local designers and makers, 10am4pm. Free Entry. Donations on the door to the Parish Council.

Sunday 22nd May Norfolk Symphony Orchestra, King’s Lynn Corn Exchange

The concert features works by Grieg, Elgar and Tchaikovsky. Michal Kaznowski will be the soloist in the Elgar Cello Concerto, returning to Norfolk where he grew up listening to classical music at the King’s Lynn Festival. 3.30pm, tickets £16, under 18s can go free under the young concert goers scheme. www.nso-uk.co.uk for more details. Tickets from www.kingslynncornexchange.co.uk or 01553 764864.

Thursday 26th to Saturday 28th May Ring Round the Moon, North Creake Village Hall

The Creakes Drama Group presents Ring Round the Moon, written by Jean Anouilh and directed by Ray Smith. 7.30pm, tickets £10, under 16s £5, 07818 696660

Thursday 26th to Sunday 29th May Houghton International Horse Trials incl. FEI Nations Cup, Houghton The event is celebrating its 10th anniversary with a bang: exhilarating sporting action, entertainment plus shopping at over 70 exhibitors plus vintage zone. Tickets from www.musketeer.co.uk

Saturday 28th May Walking With The Wounded Charity Cricket Match, Houghton Hall

A team of wounded veterans will take on a Houghton International team including top riders. From 5-10pm, VIP tickets £15 per person from walkingwiththewounded.org.uk or 01263 863900. People who have purchased a day ticket (Saturday) to the Houghton International Horse Trials are automatically eligible to watch.

Saturday 28th to Monday 30th May Vestment and Flower Festival, St Edmund’s Parish Church, Hunstanton

With flower arrangements throughout the church set out to guide you through the church calendar plus learn more about the robes clergy wear. Daily, 10am-4pm. Free entry.

Sunday 29th May and Monday 30th May, Sunday June 26th RAF Bircham Newton Heritage Centre open days

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Spring into summer Hannah Sole shares her pick of what’s on Saturday 25th June Briarfields Bookfest, Briarfields, Titchwell

Monday 6th June Your Bard, Auden Theatre, Holt

Bestselling novelist Freya North, whose latest novel is set in North Norfolk, will discuss her work and answer questions. From 3pm, tickets £15 per person, including a Briarfields Posh Afternoon Tea. Call 01485 210742 to book. www.briarfieldshotelnorfolk.co.uk

Sunday 26th June Hunstanton Carnival

This year’s carnival is themed ‘Best of British’ and will include stalls on the Lower Green from 10am, the Hunstanton Concert Band on the Bandstand from 11am, classic cars and vehicles on the Upper Green plus events in the Arena from noon. The Carnival Parade will leave the recreation ground at 1pm. The Wildcats Aerobatic Display Team will perform over the sea at 3pm www.hunstantoncarnival.co.uk

William Shakespeare: a player, a poet, or fraud? Now’s your chance for an informal audience with the man himself. Written and performed by Nicholas Collett, directed by Gavin Robertson. 7.30pm, tickets £10; £8 concessions 01263 713444 www.audentheatre.co.uk

Friday 10th June Charity Golf Day, Heacham Manor Golf Club

A fourballed AM-AM stableford competition. Full handicaps – men 28, ladies 36. £180 per team of four. Tee off times from 10am, hole in one competition, two-course meal, auction and raffle. To register contact 01485 601701 or visit www.norfolkhospice.org.uk (deadline for registration 20th May) Proceeds to The Norfolk Hospice, Tapping House.

Saturday 11th and Sunday 12th June Harpsichord Weekend, Raynham Hall

On the Saturday Raynham presents the charismatic Mahan Esfahani on harpsichord and Avi Avital on the mandolin, from 6.30pm. On Sunday from 3.30pm listen to soprano Rowan Pierce, counter-tenor Timothy Morgan and Nathaniel Mander on the harpsichord. Tickets Saturday £50, Sunday £25; full weekend £70. www.raynhamrecitals.com

Sunday 12th June Antiques Fair, Dunston Hall Hotel

Organised by Norfolk Fairs. Admission £3, 10.30am to 4pm. Dunston Hall Hotel, (A140 Ipswich Road), Norwich, NR14 8PQ. 07596 436260, www.norfolkfairs.com

Friday 1st and Saturday 2nd July Open Air Cinema, Walled Gardens, Holkham Hall

Enjoy a weekend of outdoor cinema, with two popular films for the big screen courtesy of the Luna Cinema: Friday’s showing is Back to the Future, Saturday’s is Dirty Dancing. 7.45pm for a 9.15pm start. Tickets from www.thelunacinema.com

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Monday 15th to Saturday 27th August The 12th North Norfolk Music Festival, St Mary’s Church, South Creake Expect the usual wonderful variety of chamber music including performances by pianists Alexander Melnikov and Tim Horton. The Doric String Quartet and the Carducci String Quartet will be joined by the Van Kuijk Quartet, first prize winners at the Wigmore Hall String Quartet Competition in 2015. Ukrainian baritone Andrei Bondarenko (pictured) will make his first appearance in South Creake. The Festival will end with a Gala Concert, celebrating the centenary of Yehudi Menuhin’s birth, with performances by Melvyn Tan, Marcia Crayford, Elisabeth Perry, Simon Rowland Jones and Niall Brown – they were all at the Menuhin School when it first began in the 1960s. • Booking now open on 01328 730357 or www.northnorfolkmusicfestival.com

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MILITARIA FAIR SUNDAY 22ND MAY 2016

THETFORD BRECKLAND LEISURE CENTRE Croxton Road, Thetford, Norfolk IP24 1JD 10am – 2pm , Admission £3

ANTIQUES FAIR SUNDAY 12TH JUNE 2016

DUNSTON HALL HOTEL, A140 Ipswich Road, Norwich NR14 8PQ 10.30am - 4pm, Admission £3

Tel: 07596 436260 - www.norfolkfairs.com

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FARM SHOP

Fresh fruit and vegetables Drove Orchards juices & homegrown produce in season Deli • Meats & cheeses • Groceries & staples Wines & beers • Newspapers • Plants Open daily 9am-5pm Drove Orchards, Thornham, PE36 6LS off A149 coast road 01485 525652

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ADVERTORIAL

Property matters A SUPPLEMENTAL 3% CHARGE ON ADDITIONAL RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Following 1st April 2016, if you have a major interest in more than one dwelling at the end of the day of the transaction, and all of the conditions below apply, then the purchase will be subject to the higher rates of SDLT. Condition 1 - The chargeable consideration is £40,000 or more Condition 2 - The dwelling is not subject to a lease which has more than 21 years to run on the date of purchase Condition 3 - The purchaser owns a major interest in another dwelling and conditions 1 and 2 apply to the dwelling Condition 4 - The dwelling being purchased is not replacing the purchaser’s only or main residence The higher rates will be 3 percentage points above the current SDLT residential rates. They will be charged on the portion of the value of the property that falls into each band. THE TABLE BELOW SETS OUT THE APPLICABLE RATES: BAND

EXISTING RESIDENTIAL SDLT RATES

NEW ADDITIONAL PROPERTY SDLT RATES

£0 - £125k

3% (except for properties less than £40,000)

£125k - £250k

£250k - £925k

£925k - £1.5m

10%

13%

£1.5m +

12%

15%

These changes will have a considerable impact upon the amount of SDLT that is payable. By way of example if you had purchased a second property for a sum of £200,000 and this completed before the end of March 2016 then the SDLT payable would have been £1,500, but if you complete now under the new regime it would be £7,500 – a staggering difference of £6,000.

Following George Osborne’s budget announcement, as of 1st April 2016 individuals and companies now face significant changes to the Stamp Duty Land Tax (SDLT) they have to pay on additional dwellings including buy-to-let investments, writes Carla Goodyear of Fraser Dawbarns LLP

Each of the 4 conditions listed requires practitioners to consider further details, especially condition 4 to determine if the purchase is replacing a main or only residence as the timings of the transactions may be such that they do not happen contemporaneously. If the disposal of the previous main residence takes place after the purchase of the new main residence then higher rates will have to be paid on the new purchase at the time of the acquisition but a refund may be reclaimed after the sale of the previous main residence if the relevant conditions apply. If you are planning on purchasing a property as a buy-to-let investment, or if you are purchasing a second home then you need to consider the increased financial burden of the new regime before committing yourself to the purchase. This article can only outline very briefly and simply the changes that have come in to force. The new regime requires purchasers, and the practitioners that assist them, to carefully consider the rules to ascertain the extent to which the new regime applies. COMMERCIAL AND MIXED-USE LAND AND PROPERTY The way in which SDLT is calculated for non-residential and mixed-use property has been brought in to the line with the manner in which residential SDLT is calculated. As such, rather than a percentage on the whole purchase price, it is divided in to different tranches: • Up to £150,000 - Zero • £150,000 to £250,000 - 2% • In excess of £250,000 - 5% For many property transactions of this nature this will have the effect of reducing the amount of SDLT that will be payable. 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. • Carla Goodyear is a solicitor in the Commercial Department at the King’s Lynn office. To speak to Carla please call 01553 666600. Fraser Dawbarns LLP, 21 Tuesday Market Place, King’s Lynn. 01553 666600 www.fraserdawbarns.com

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MOTORING

On the road Brian Vertigen puts the Peugeot 208 GT Line through its paces

HAVE always had a soft spot for Peugeot’s 200 series cars. It all started when I bought a new Peugeot 204 diesel for my wife to use on a 100 mile a day school run. It had a whopping big 1.8 litre diesel engine with no refinements like a turbocharger or even power steering. But it returned nearly 60 mpg and my wife loved it, calling it her ‘Little Lorry’! Fast forward a few years to the new Peugeot 208, which stacks up well against its rivals such as the Ford Fiesta, Mazda2 and the Vauxhall Corsa. My test car was the five-door GT Line hatchback fitted with the three-cylinder 110 bhp petrol engine and a five speed manual gearbox. While the range starts at around £11,800, this test car with various extras such as metallic paint, satellite navigation, auto air conditioning and special alloy wheels pushed the price up to £17,245. If I had really wanted to push the boat out, there is a GTi Sport version that would set you back £22,145! This engine is the first turbocharged direct injection petrol engine developed solely by Peugeot and the efficiency it brings means it behaves like a 1.6 litre engine. It took four years to develop with a team of 250 engineers and my car was fitted with the Stop-Start system, which allows the engine to re-start within 400 milliseconds.

The 208 is built on a platform from the old 207 but with many modifications that make it a very different car. Although it is fractionally shorter and 100Kg has been taken out, there is more legroom in the back, making enough room for four adults The exterior appearance of the car is good, but the real charm comes from the interior layout, which is unique. Perhaps the steering wheel is a little on the small size - you look over it rather than through it to see the various instruments. There’s a well put together dashboard with soft-touch covering and the touch screen at the top in the centre looks good. Two niggles – the glove box was on the small size and the cup holders were too small. On the road the car was responsive and it coped well with the Norfolk potholes! The official fuel consumption is given as 62.8 mpg for the combined, but I only managed around 50. At the time of writing this Peugeot was offering a ‘Just Add Fuel’ package and for just one monthly payment you get three years comprehensive insurance, three years servicing, three years breakdown cover, three years tax and a three year warranty and £500 towards your deposit.

Dog on board

ith summer approaching it’s especially important to be aware of the danger of leaving a dog in a parked car, even for a few minutes, writes Brian Vertigen. Some owners believe it’s ok if they park under a tree or leave a couple of windows partially open. But research has shown that lowering a window has no significant effect on the temperature in a parked car and less than 20 minutes in a hot car can prove fatal to a dog if its body temperature exceeds 41°C. Take care when in transit too. Any loose object in a car can become a dangerous projectile in a crash. An unrestrained dog can become a canine cannonball in an emergency stop, with potentially fatal consequences for both the dog and passengers. In a 30 mph crash a 32-kilo dog such as a Labrador or German Shepherd is thrown forward with the force of being hit by a baby elephant weighing 100 kilos. If the dog is travelling in the main cabin they should be strapped in with a dedicated harness. The Dogs Trust recommends that the safest solution is for the dog to travel in the boot inside their own crate or behind an approved dog guard. Most car manufacturers make or recommend pet harnesses, crates and dog guards suitable for your particular car.

FACT FILE

Price: £11,845-£22,145 Top speed (test car): 118mph Acceleration to 62mph: 9.8 seconds Combined stated fuel consumption: 62.8 mpg CO2 emissions: 104g/km Insurance group: 10 VED band: 1st year 0, standard rate £20

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RETREA AT S Laid-back luxury holiday cottages in Nor th Norfolk Barefoot Retreats, High Street, Thornham, Norfolk PE36 6LX 01485 512245 • enquiries@barefootretreats.co.uk • www.barefootretreats.co.uk 47

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TWO NEW SHOPS NOW OPEN IN WELLS! YOU CAN ALSO FIND US IN HOLKHAM NEXT TO THE ENTRANCE OF THE VICTORIA AND HOLKHAM ESTATE Sideboard Rope Lamp: £120

Vagabond Candles: £22

Stoneware Mugs: £7

Simica Flower Dress: £49

Go Be Lovely Hand Cream: £19

Wooden Stool: £54

Striped Dress: £50

Sunglasses: £18

70’s style bowls: £9 each

Go Be Lovely Perfume: £33

Hand Hooked Cushions: £39 – £52 Fish Top: £28 HOLKHAM: Main Road, NR23 1AD WELLS-NEXT-THE-SEA: 17–19 Staithe Street, NR23 1AG 10:30 – 4:30 / Closed Tuesdays T. 01328 713093

Holkham: Main Road, NR23 1AD

www.nomadandthebowerbird.co.uk

www.bringingtheoutsidein.co.uk

Fish: £38 / Old Pub Letters: From £12

Wells-next-the-sea: 17–19 Staithe Street, NR23 1AG 10:30 – 4:30 / Closed Tuesdays T. 01328 713093

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