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In January, tidy stacks of reeds, harvested from reed beds beside the River Waveney, and laid out along its banks to dry, line this section of the private track that traverses The Island: some right beside the track and some others above, on the high bank of the river. The woodland seen in the distance […]
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Business Editorials / Events in Norfolk and Suffolk / exhibitions / Norfolk Broads / Tourist Attractions Norfolk and Suffolk / Waveney Valley January 24, 2008
Explore Norfolk during February Half Term WeekLooking for a great day out? Norfolk has much to offer at half term from wonderful coast and countryside walks, to a trip on the Broads with Broads Tours, a chance to Go Ape in Thetford Forest, special snowdrop walks with the National Gardens Scheme, and a visit to […]
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White-Crowned Sparrow and the Twitchers Just after lunch I casually checked my pager and nearly dropped it as I read “White-crowned Sparrow Cley Village 1228”!!!!!!!!!! Now this little beauty from North America is a very very rare bird in Britain, what we term a mega! With additional news that viewing was difficult and the bird […]
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Events in Norfolk and Suffolk / Waveney Valley / Wildlife January 21, 2008
Waveney Greenpeace Winter Fair Saturday 23 February 2008 St.Edmunds Hall,Southwoldnext to Southwold Primary School in Cumberland Road www.waveneygreenpeace.org.uk
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Art & Theatre / Events in Norfolk and Suffolk / Waveney Valley January 21, 2008
HighTide inundated with scripts for 2008 festival Festival organisers receive over 450 scripts from writers hoping to appear at HighTide 2008The HighTide Festival, returning to Halesworth between 1 and 5 May has been inundated with scripts from writers hoping to have their play staged at this year ’s festival. The organisers of the festival put […]
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Business Editorials / Norfolk Broads / Waveney Valley January 20, 2008
New low impact village planned for Waveney(ref: ecovillage, eco-hamlet near Beccles)A group of like minded people from the Norwich area have come up with a plan for affordable green rural housing. The locally based Common Ground Co-operative has bought 20 acres of land in Ilketshall St Andrew and hopes to turn the site into a […]
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photo courtesy Keith Moore Keith’s Little Bit of England
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pictures taken by Laurance Grayson
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photo courtesy Keith Moore Keith’s Little Bit of England
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Plans for a new marina in Lowestoft have been submitted to Waveney District Council. The 130-berth marina would form one part of the redevelopment of the former Brooke Marine shipyard on the banks of Lake Lothing. Development of the 12.5 hectare site would include offices and retail premises as well as 550 flats, 100 houses, […]
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In Canada and in the southern United States, or anywhere in between at migration time, a white-crowned sparrow is nothing much: a mere bit-part player in the continent-wide drama of wildlife. When it misses its way and turns up in north Norfolk, it becomes a superstar. It’s not a rare bird, because the species is […]
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Events in Norfolk and Suffolk / Waveney Valley January 11, 2008
In the last few weeks I have read reports in the Beccles and Bungay Journal of the road accident on the Zebra Crossing in St. Mary’s Street.
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Waveney District Council is reminding people to always ask for identification after receiving reports that bogus callers are claiming to be canvassing for the Electoral Roll. Council Officers are concerned that bogus callers have become aware of the annual canvass, which includes house visits made to obtain a completed canvass form. They appear to be […]
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Click to enlarge pictures taken by Laurance Grayson
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Events in Norfolk and Suffolk / exhibitions / Holidays / the coast / Tourist Attractions Norfolk and Suffolk / Waveney Valley January 8, 2008
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Art & Theatre / Business Editorials / Events in Norfolk and Suffolk / Norfolk Broads / Waveney Valley January 7, 2008
HighTide returns for 2008 Press Release Festival to run from 1 – 5 May 2008 HighTide launches participation programme in Suffolk schools, aimed at finding talented, young Suffolk writers. 2008 festival to feature inaugural HighTide Film Festival HighTide Festival invites proposals from writers, theatre companies and film makers National Theatre’s Tom Morris joins as Artistic […]