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On The Surface
. Down by the quayside where fishermen know to sit young seal making hay ~ n.b. I had heard of this young pup’s arrival a week ago and today I saw it surface a few times. Despite the snow in the wind, a woman had taken her coat off to sit on it on the →
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L3 (Day 56): Inside
There was no need to exceed the boundaries of my home today. Mend and make do with what food I found. There is a whole world out there, I know, but most of it is closed and I had plenty of work here. To bed at 01:00 GMT. I hear birds singing on the hillside, →
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L3 (Day 47.5): Norwich
I was shocked and somewhat disappointed to learn that my neighbour, in the apartment below, has only had his heating on for a total of two days this whole and quite cold winter! How selfish can you get? No wonder it’s been chilly up here. I was relying on the tight-fisted so-and-so to keep me →
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On Take Off
Along the runway there is a go no go point and we’re well past it ~ n.b. Koblenz, the meeting of rivers, like Norwich a centre of trade for hundreds of years, had to be rebuilt after the Second World War. Bombers from airfields in Norfolk would have been instrumental in those assaults, returning the →
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L3: (Day 40) Night Forty
For forty days and forty nights we stumbled on hoping for better ~ CLP 15/02/2021 →
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L3 (Day 39): On Foot
The city is bounded by rivers. Banked up inside their curves, the sprawl of the urban is curtailed and it takes no time to escape into open farmland. Further on is protected woodland and a lake (“broad”) that was formed from industrial era excavations. Both pleasant locations for exercise. Every square inch of land is →
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L3 (Day 38): In The Air
No such thing as the wrong weather. I have been told Just wrong clothes? Really? ~ n.b. Several people I know have stopped watching, listening and reading the news. I think, we might as well add the weather forecast to the D-Notice list. But Hey! I’m sure we’ll cope! ~ CLP 14/02/2021 →
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L3 (Day 37): Thorpe St. Andrew
Another day when temperatures have not climbed much above zero centigrade. Bearable for a short cycle ride until turning into the easterly wind bowling in off the North Sea. Surprisingly chilly and not a day for diving in the River Yare like this Canada Goose did when I walked by. New infections have started to →
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L3 (Day 28): At the Window
Another day of tears. A venerated old man died along with one thousand, four hundred and forty-eight other UK victims of the pandemic. Tomorrow Will Be Good Day is the title of his book. With that hope in my heart I withdraw from this one. ~ CLP 02/02/2021 →
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L3 (Day 27) Norwich
Chilly sunbeams caught the trees with such intensity that the bark shone. In Chapelfield Gardens this mighty specimen’s complex skeleton is revealed. Although the temperature was barely above freezing, the first crocuses were pushing though to join dangling snow drops and daffodil shoots. What will trigger the opening of the daffodils? Will it be warmth →
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