Autumn - A good time to travel the Norfolk Broads

Norfolk has been referred to as 'sky country', particularly in the area of Broadland. The Norfolk Broads are large man-made lakes left from 12th century peat digging. They are interconnected by a network of navigable rivers. There are numerous boat hire companies which have pleasure craft to suit all ages and purses. You can hire a boat by the hour, for a day or two, a week or a season. This picture was taken from the top deck of The Southern Comfort mock paddle steamer on a four hour cruise. We sailed on the most perfect of October late afternoons celebrating a family wedding with about 50 friends and family enjoying good food, drink and dancing. We recommend the experience! See http://www.southern-comfort.co.uk/

Hunstanton - a great place for extreme sports!

Kitesurfing at Hunstanton

Try your hand at Kitesurfing, Powerkiting, Buggying, Landboarding and Windsurfing! Hunstanton Kitesurfing School offers tuition for all ages and even taster sessions. Hunstanton is a great location for these extreme and exciting sports with wide open beaches and flat, shallow waters offering a prevailing South/South-Westerly winds resulting in cross onshore winds. It is one of the safest venues around to learn the sport and is only a 40 minute drive from Pollywiggle Cottage.

See http://www.kitesurfhunstanton.com/

May - June 2009 Springwatch at Pollywiggle

With BBC filming Springwatch just a few miles away at Pensthorpe, the garden at Pollywiggle also has plenty to offer any nature enthusiast. Each year two little flycatchers return, probably from as far away as Africa, to build their nest in the wisteria to raise their brood. Here the hen is peeping out - beautifully camouflaged - keeping her a nest full of eggs warm. The whole garden is humming with the busy comings and goings of not just many different birds but frogs, bees, butterflies and of course pollywiggles!

Fakenham Market, Farmer's Market and Auction

Visit Fakenham’s Weekly Thursday Market and Auction.

This small town offers a vibrant market filled with a multitude of stalls selling fresh local produce, flowers, crafts, clothes, tools, books and bric-a-brac.

Viewing of auction sale items is from 11am – 5pm on Wednesdays. Antiques, household furniture, Art & collectables as well as specialist sales are auctioned.




Fakenham Farmers Market every 4th Thursday in the month.

This has proved to be a popular event for thousands of shoppers who are looking for locally grown, organic and farm-fresh produce. It is situated in the Market Square and runs from 8.30am to 12 noon and usually has around 25 to 35 stalls offering a range of produce, seasonal variations and quality goods.

The Saturday dates for 2010 are as follows:

March 27th April 24th May 22nd June 26th July 24th August 28th September 25th October 23rd November 27th December 18th

March 2009 Spring At Last

The few warm, sunny days have suddenly transformed the wintery garden to a blaze of spring purples, yellows and pinks. With the changing of the clocks now there are more daylight hours to observe the busy comings and goings of wildlife -frogspawn grows in the pond, the dawn chorus of birds gets louder and the fight for nesting sites is on. A little chaffinch has started pecking at the bedroom window. He does it each year at this time, catching his own reflection believing it to be a rival!

Spring at last!