Between Lockdown and Lockdown

Dogs and Deer in Norfolk

Dogs and Deer in Norfolk

After spending several days in Wells (of Norfolk, Next-the-Sea) I began gradually to be possessed by a conspiracy theory, one involving dogs.

Brexit - Towards the Rainbow's End in Norfolk

Brexit – Towards the Rainbow’s End

We knew it would likely be thus from various indications noted last year (not least the flagpole with the Union Jack on the lawn). Therefore, when on Referendum Day we were greeted by our B&B host wearing two identical chest badges – an “EU” with a diagonal line struck through – we grimaced politely and said nothing. More lip biting as he ran through a “health and safety” patter, with the aside that he hoped to bin all that nonsense tomorrow.

A Late Tide but lots of Seals in Norfolk

Why hasn’t the Tide turned up for my Seal Trip?

“Time and tide wait for no-one” is a very old saying; so old that “tide” meant, well, “time” (as in "Yuletide”) when the saying was originally said. However, most would agree that the saying still works if “tide” means “tide”. The tide, surely, is as inexorable in its comings and goings as time itself. But that isn’t necessarily so.