Wildcraft Brewery
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Wild Craft Brewery

How Wild Craft Brewery is helping keep the local community together.

Heathrow Express Arrival Platform
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Leaving U.K. during the Travel Ban

The biggest travel challenge is timing your travel plans with the validity of your Covid test. Enough to give you a headache.

Quarantine Covid-19
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Quarantining in England

The British version of quarantining is pretty lax. Is there any wonder that the virus is so rampant?

roving jay traveling light
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Lockdown with my Minimalist Wardrobe

Way back in September when I had to rush back to the UK to help with my Mum after her…

A Giggle Bunny from A Turbulent Mind
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A Giggle Bunny from A Turbulent Mind

Listen to an audio recording of A Giggle Bunny from A Turbulent Mind. A Dementia and Alzheimer’s poem for people who don’t like poetry.

North Norfolk Railway 1940s Weekend
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Steaming back to the 1940s

We visited Sheringham to explore the biggest live event in the North Norfolk Railway Calendar – their 1940s weekend where locals descend upon the railway station to take a ride on the steam train and smooze with other locals on the station platform who have joined them to step back in time to the days of the blitz, rationing, and utility clothing.

Sandringham Estate Norfolk
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Visiting the Queen’s Sandringham House, Gardens & Museum

A sunny spring day was the ideal time to visit the Queen’s Estate in Sandringham to tour the house, museum and gardens. It was a North Norfolk day out during my house sitting adventure in the county.

Yellow Poppy in Norfolk
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The Yellow and Green Landscape of Norfolk

The Green Landscape of Norfolk sprouts blankets of yellows each spring with rapeseed flowers, and there are many other yellow flowers in the hedgerows and along the lanes during my dog sitting adventures.

Bure Valley Railway
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Steaming Around the Bure Valley while Dog Walking

The Bure Valley Railway is Norfolk’s longest fifteen inch gauge line, which runs between the ancient market town of Aylsham and Wroxham. I became an avid train spotting during my daily walks with the dogs during my house sit in Norfolk.

Swan on River Bure Norfolk
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Swanning Around during my Norfolk House Sit

This pair of swans live on the stretch of the Bure River near the Buxton Mill, and I saw them on a daily basis during my Norfolk House Sit.

The Old Mill over the River Bure
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Changing Lanes for a Norfolk House Sitting Assignment

For two months I changed Lanes from California to British countryside for a Norfolk House Sitting Assignment. The local area is steeped in history, and the Old Mill is an iconic local landmark that is a constant reminder of this area’s past.

Mix and Match Fashion Designer
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Roving Jay Fashion Prodigy

I have no idea why I touted this childhood memory from pillar to post until my late 20’s, and then left it to fester in the attic for another 20 years, but I had a good old trip down memory lane as I relived my foray into fashion design.

Swan in Flight from a river on a sunny day
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Nature and Nurture in Norfolk

That very same countryside that drove me to the City in search of my fortune, draws me back in. Nature & Nurture collide during our morning walks

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I was a cigar toking Brownie Sprite

If anyone wonders why women carry so much in their handbags – blame it on Brownies Brainwashing. From day one we’re taught about the importance of filling our pickets with the essentials. Later in life, we evolve from pockets to handbags.