The inaugural AGM of the Friends of North Lodge Park was well attended on Wednesday evening with over 100 local residents present. The officers and committee were elected and the current situation with the Park was clearly explained.
The inaugural meeting of the Friends of North Lodge Park Cromer is to be held at 7pm on Wednesday 4th March 2015. All are welcome to attend.
Norfolk Wildlife Trust’s Nick Acheson presents a new video about the North Norfolk Salthouse to Cley reserve. There is a quick glimpse of the new Simon Aspinall Centre presently under construction. The video certainly makes you want to visit now that spring is coming in fast.
This is another bumper year for seal pups at Blakeney Point. Dave Byford’s excellent video provides a close-up of some of the seals and provides a view of the beautiful environment in which they live.
The actor John Hurt, a resident of East Runton near Cromer, is to receive a knighthood in the New Year Honours list. This is well deserved after such a long and distinguished career in film and on the stage.
Filming has been taking place in North Lodge Park, Cromer this week. A BBC TV drama starring David Walliams is being made for showing sometime in 2015. The Agatha Christie story, set in the 1950’s, has meant some temporary changes have had to be made to The Lodge and its surroundings to fit the period. Cars from that time have also been on set. Mr Walliams has been chatting with locals and having his photograph taken with fans.
Morston mussels are sadly off the menu in North Norfolk restaurants. The fishery has now become so silted up that it is impossible to harvest the mussels. This will have an effect on the local economy as tons of mussels are sold to restaurants, fishmongers and the public every season.
A Norfolk Trails’ photographic competition that has been running over the summer is about to be concluded with the announcement of the results on the 14th October.
Of the many eateries in Wells in North Norfolk, The Globe Inn comes out a clear winner for me. The recent refurbishment has been a great success and this is a comfortable and relaxing place to dine. The menu is varied, and The Globe serves excellently prepared and presented food made with locally sourced produce. Try The Globe when you are next in Wells – it must rate as one of the best North Norfolk pubs.
Sarah Sands, a journalist on the London Evening Standard, has been singing the praises of North Norfolk. In a very positive article about the Victoria Inn at Holkham she also extolled the virtues of North Norfolk in general.