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VE Day Celebrations at Letheringsett
Photo taken by Louise Stevens
George, Sam, Bae & Ezra all from Letheringsett
made the wonderful bunting…..
JUNE 2020
The Glaven Valley Newsletter
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We are very sorry to announce the cancellation of 2020 Blakeney Regatta. Not a decision we took lightly and it is with very heavy hearts, but we feel under the current guidelines we have no option but to cancel. We would like to thank everyone who helps
out in any way and to all our lovely spectators and competitors here’s to 2021
and our return.
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MAIN CONTENTS
Page 2 Blakeney Regatta Notice Page 4 Treasurer’s Report Page 5 Coronavirus – Blakeney Community Support Page 6 Blakeney News Page 10 Rector’s Letter & Poems Page 12 June Tides Information
by Martin Tyler Page 13 Weather Report by Bill Hudson Page 15 Cley News Page 17 Wiveton, Glandford,
Letheringsett & Community News
Page 18 Readers Letters & Articles Page 21 What’s On Information Page 22 Sudukos & Wordsearch
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Treasurer’s Report
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The government‘s announcement on Sunday 10th May, outlined a
‘conditional plan’ to begin lifting England's coronavirus lockdown. This may
come as a bit of welcome relief for some, but there are many in our
community who may continue to need help and support in adapting their
lives to the next phase of the coronavirus response. This is a reminder that
your local community is here to try and support those in need of
non-emergency help during this time. If you need non-medical support
please visit either the Blakeney Community Support group facebook page -
www.facebook.com/Blakeney-Community-Support-COVID-19-
103772634595832/
Or the Blakeney, Cley and District Royal British Legion webpage -
www.bcdrbl.com
You will find a wealth of valuable information about the support available
and the engaging, fun and informal online events that have been kindly
collated and offered by members of the local community to try and
alleviate the issues of isolation caused by Coronavirus. Please go to digital
pages above, it shows how much fantastic community spirit there is in the
area.
If you’re a local business or resident in the local area and willing to help in
anyway, please get in touch with the two groups above.
For those in need, there are support groups established in Blakeney, Cley,
Morston and Wiveton with volunteers already willing and able to help in
your area.
Blakeney Twelve—Steven Hall 01263 741748, Mick Welch 01263 740272
Trevor Preston 01263 740906, Darren Bishop 01263 740986,
Dave Buckey 01263 740103
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Coronavirus Community Support Here For You
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Blakeney Cley and District RBL Branch and the
Harbour Room
Well we may not be able to open the doors for business yet
but we are doing something, virtually on line, every day and
sometimes more. With assistance from Cooper Creative we
are pleased to be helping the church by hosting a service
every Sunday for getting close to a 100 people.
The on line 75th VE Day two-minute silence was attended by
around 80 people- thank you all for making that a special
moment.
We have trialled music events, quizzes, sketch classes, bird
watching, gardening and knitting clubs and the list goes on.
Next, it's yoga and meditation! Oh, and cooking
So, check us out on the bcdrbl website and click on events
PS
STOP PRESS- £20,000 Grant for the Wheelyboat
BCDRBL provides support and resources to the Wheelyboat
Project. A small vessel that is specially adapted to take wheel
chair users out to the Harbour. And a grant application for
£20,000 to the Sheringham Shoal Community Fund has been
approved!! So, with existing pledges and cash the project has
raised over two thirds of the £60,000 it needs. Oh, and Gerald
Peploe- the project’s chair tells us that Dave Hitcham – well
known and respected former banker here in North Norfolk
has agreed to stand as the project’s Treasurer! And there’s a
voluntary secretary too- Tahnee Beck from Holt- thanks
Tahnee.
PPS a lady from Toronto Canada joined us for the French
conversation zoom group last night!
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Blakeney
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BLAKENEY PARISH COUNCIL - www.blakeneyparishcouncil.org.uk
PC Jason Pegden – 07967 820518 & Email: [email protected] has asked us to share these details with you,
and he will pick up messages as and when he is on duty. Please do remember to use 999 in an emergency and that the Police 101
number is still in operation.
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Well Covid-19 looks as though it is set upset life as we knew it for quite some time yet, and presents the world with many
challenges.
As reported last month there is a great deal of help, advice and support on offer and our local Blakeney Covid-19 Response Team
has been working very hard. If you are reading this and need any help, advice or support, or you know of anyone else that does,
then please do get in touch with me, and I can forward your enquiry to the correct person. Alternatively, there is a huge amount
of advice on the Parish Council website and Facebook page, as well as www.nhs.uk and www.gov.uk and of course the NNDC &
NCC websites. Everything is updated at a fast-moving pace, so always best to double check.
We know that the GVN is read by many people not living in the local community, and if you are one of those people, then please
rest assured that when all is well and it is safe to do so, you will be warmly welcomed back into our village and our community,
just as we look forward to being able to spread our wings and venture further ourselves, but in the meantime, please do follow the
current government advice and respect the efforts that we have all taken to keep ourselves safe.
SECOND HOME OWNERS & HOLIDAYMAKERS; our message is clear, please do not come and visit us just yet. The
government will advise when restrictions for second home owners and holiday lets are lifted.
Things move at such a pace at the moment that it is difficult to have the most up to date news via a monthly newsletter, but as I
write on the 15th May, this is the current situation in Blakeney. Please follow our Facebook page and website for updates as they
are announced.
CANCELLED EVENTS
We have taken the difficult decision to cancel the following events: -
PARTY ON THE PASTURES which was due to take place on Sunday 23rd August. END OF SEASON BONFIRE & FIREWORKS EVENT which was due to take place on Saturday 24th October. Government guidance is that large gatherings will not be permitted for many months to come, and so it is better that we cancel now, and plan for 2021 instead. NEW DATE – We do have a date for the PARTY ON THE PASTURES 2021 – It will be Sunday 22nd August 2021, do make a note of it now.
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Parish Council business – Whilst it is not quite business as usual, we are still very busy and do have a few items to update you on
as follows;
Virtual Meetings of BPC - Given that BPC had delegated power to the Clerk in consultation with the Chairman and Vice-
Chairman and that virtual meetings are not a legal requirement; members were each asked whether or not they wished for BPC to
hold virtual meetings rather than continue with the delegated power arrangements. The result was a majority in favour of
continuing as we are, and not to hold virtual full council meetings.
Residents Permits – If you are eligible, then please do get in touch, as they are still being issued by post. You can email or post
your information and request as per the previous report.
Blakeney Dinghy Park – As I write the dinghy park is only accessible by foot. It is not open to vehicles. If you already have a
boat in the dinghy park, or plan to take one down there when things return to normal, then please ensure that you have registered it
with us. The registration form along with the up to date user regulations are available on our website
www.blakeneyparishcouncil.org.uk
Carnes Car Park – This is to remain closed at the moment. The next review of the car park will take place on the 21st May, ahead
of the Bank Holiday weekend.
Trading Sites x 3 on The Carnser – The traders have each been invited to pull on site and prepare their vans in readiness for
when they are able to trade.
Coronation Car Park – The Pay & Display side is to remain closed until the government lifts the restriction on travelling to
second homes and holiday homes.
Village Hall Car Park - The rear to remain closed, until such a time as we feel the need to reopen it, or when the restriction is
lifted on the use of outdoor play equipment.
Planning applications
PF/20/0564 – Erection of one and a half storey dwelling, (part retrospective) at; 8 Langham Road, Blakeney. Object -
Permission was granted for a single storey building; the applicants have built a two-storey building. Detailed reply submitted to
NNDC.
PF/20/0613 – Subdivision of single dwelling to form two dwellings including replacement white PVC doors and windows
throughout and erection of a detached double garage for each dwelling, removal of a single storey rear extension and installation of
first floor balcony to the rear of proposed ‘Dwelling no. 1’ and conversion of existing detached garage to habitable space for
proposed ‘Dwelling no. 2’ at; Galley Hill House, Langham Road, Blakeney. No objection.
PF/20/9510 – Demolition of existing bungalow and 2 x detached dwellings at; Rosalyn, 13 Back Lane, Blakeney. Object - Vast
overdevelopment of what is a comparatively small site. Detailed reply submitted to NNDC.
PF/20/0622 – Refurbishment works including demolition of flat-roof extension, car port, shed and conservatory to the side and
rear, and their replacement with unifying pitched roof extension and car port, replacement of windows, addition of a velux rooflight
and insulation to the existing walls and roof at; 10 Kingsway, Blakeney. No objection.
Quarterly Play Area Inspections – Given the importance of these, we have scheduled for the inspections to continue, even whilst
the facilities are out of action to the general public.
BPC to hold Community Covd-19 Funds - In addition to the £1,000 grant received from Norfolk Community Foundation which
is for use by the Community Covid-19 Response Group that we can hold and ring fence other donations from the community for
this purpose based on advice from both the internal and external auditor. All funds to be ring-fenced.
Accounts for payment – The April accounts totalled £6,966.20.
Finances – We will arrange for a meeting of the Finance Committee as soon as we are able. Tracey will pull together relevant
papers and prepare a worst-case scenario and best-case scenario, revised budget for consideration.
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YOUR SERVING PARISH COUNCILLORS ARE: -
Rosemary Thaw – (Chairman) – 740555 – Mooncake, Back
Lane
Jenny Girling (Vice-Chairman) – 740792 – 11 Queens Close
Samantha Arlow – 741297 – 40 Langham Road
Jane Armstrong – 741355 – 39 New Road
Alban Donohoe – 741741 – Ivy House, Back Lane
Shirley Everett – 740819 – Southside, 87 Morston Road
Barry Girling – 740792 – 11 Queens Close
Edward Hackford – 740616 – Spring Cottage, Langham
Road
Nigel Sutcliffe – 741714 – Dallinga, 71 Morston Road
Jess Tutt – 01328 830973 – 37 The Cornfield, Langham
Iain Wolfe – 741967 – Packwood, 41a, New Road
Please note that we shall advise of the next scheduled FULL
COUNCIL MEETING in due course.
Those interested in planning matters, should keep an eye on
the NNDC website at the moment as a first resort and
respond direct to NNDC with any
objections/comments/support but by all means copy the
Parish Council in, but please do note the deadlines.
Coastal Rowing Association of Blakeney
With the lack of activity on the water in recent weeks
members of your local rowing club have been finding all
sorts of other ways to keep in contact safely. After a very
pleasant “Zoom” party on 2nd May, at the time of writing
there is another such event in prospect. It is great to socialise,
and chat about rowing, via laptop or phone screens. Such
meetings provide a good precursor for a time when people
will be able to get back in a skiff. At present, Bluejacket
looks great in her place on the Carnser and everyone is
looking forward to taking her out when social distancing
rules are eased.
If you are interested in rowing in the future, there are some
pictures to whet your appetite on the club website at
crablakeney.wordpress.com and you can also learn more
about the club on Facebook or Instagram. If you would like
to hear more about what the club offers, then phone
Humphrey on 07542371469.
Stay safe!
Barry Howes
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Update from the churches of the
Glaven Valley Benefice
Dear all,
When this pandemic started, we had no idea how long it
would last. We still don’t. The lockdown may now be
easing, but of course we don’t know when we’ll be able to
feel that some sort of normality has returned. I think we all
sense that plenty of good things have come out of this crisis,
and that one of our tasks, when normal service is resumed,
will be to make sure that the lessons of this difficult time will
be remembered, retained, and lived out – not least in terms of
the environment and social affairs. I think we’ve all been
powerfully reminded about what’s really important in life.
In the meantime, we in the churches are trying to do our bit,
alongside everyone else, in seeing to the needs of our
communities in whatever ways we can. One of the
heartening things at the moment is how everyone is pulling
together, and how the needs of the vulnerable are being
addressed.
In terms of pastoral and spiritual need, we’re continuing to
stream live online services on Sunday mornings at 11.00 via
Zoom. Each week I’m sending the link out to a broad list of
people. Do let me know if you’d like to be added to that list,
and so also receive bits of news and information, links to
other things, and daily reflections on a regular basis.
By the time you receive this, we should also have another
short film up on our Youtube channel (Glaven Valley
Churches), celebrating Ascension Day, which falls on 21st
May this year (but the film will of course be available any
time after that too). Our earlier films – for Holy Week and
Easter – are still available on the channel too.
Details of all these things can be found on our website:
www.glavenvalleychurches.org.uk
My email is [email protected] or you can phone
me on 740686.
Needless to say, I’m here at any time, if any of you need
advice or support, and so are our Ministry Team and Pastoral
Team.
The last day of May is Pentecost, which is the day the
Church remembers the gift of the Holy Spirit to the apostles
in Jerusalem, 50 days after the Resurrection of Christ. Its
significance still is the powerful reminder of the presence of
Christ with us through his Spirit. Especially in tough times,
that assurance, and the lived experience of Jesus’ love, can
make all the difference.
I wish you all courage for today and hope for the future.
Keep well, keep safe, and keep smiling!
God bless you,
Richard
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Chorus (Verse) of ‘Song of the Summer Visitor’
The Blakeney Regatta
Gets better and better
And better each year you compete
There’s the sailing of course
But the main ‘Tour de Force’
Is simply the people you meet
They’re all one year older
A little less bolder
With increasing locks of grey hair
Makes you feel like a king
And the heartwarming thing
Is simply the fact that they’re there!
By Morris J Pye
SONNET 18
Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?
Thou art more lovely and more temperate:
Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May,
And summer's lease hath all too short a date:
Sometime too hot the eye of heaven shines,
And often is his gold complexion dimm'd;
And every fair from fair sometime declines,
By chance, or nature's changing course,
untrimm'd;
But thy eternal summer shall not fade
Nor lose possession of that fair thou ow'st;
Nor shall Death brag thou wander'st in his shade,
When in eternal lines to time thou grow'st;
So long as men can breathe or eyes can see,
So long lives this, and this gives life to thee.
William Shakespeare
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By Martin Tyler
AM PM AM PM
Mon 01 June 03:24 15:33 Mon 15 June 03:11 15:16
Tue 02 June 04:27 16:38 Tue 16 June 04:07 16:15
Wed 03 June 05:22 17:35 Wed 17 June 04:57 17:06
Thu 04 June 06:12 18:28 Thu 18 June 05:40 17:52
Fri 05 June 06:58 19:19 Fri 19 June 06:20 18:34
Sat 06 June 07:42 20:07 Sat 20 June 06:58 19:16
Sun 07 June 08:25 20:54 Sun 21 June 07:36 19:58
Mon 08 June 09:07 21:40 Mon 22 June 08:13 20:41
Tue 09 June 09:48 22:24 Tue 23 June 08:51 21:24
Wed 10 June 10:28 23:09 Wed 24 June 09:29 22:08
Thu 11 June 11:10 23:57 Thu 25 June 10:09 22:54
Fri 12 June 11:57 Fri 26 June 10:53 23:44
Sat 13 June 00:55 12:55 Sat 27 June 11:42
Sun 14 June 02:06 14:08 Sun 28 June 00:41 12:39
Mon 29 June 01:45 13:47
Tue 30 June 02:52 15:02
June 2020 Tide Times
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WEATHER APRIL 2020
A warm, dry and sunny month
Maximum and Minimum Temperatures 0c April 2020
Average high 15.5c average low 5.0 Mean10.2c
Rainfall 22mm. Average 43mm.
April 2020 was the sunniest April since records started in 1929. It was also 10th warmest April all of
which have occurred in the last 20 years.
April rainfall 2011 to 2020.
The dry spell has continued into May which has also been cooler.
Bill Hudson, Cley
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The scrap book is filled with messages to all the staff at Spar in Blakeney, thanking them for all
their help during the lockdown. Thank you to you all!!!
The photo was taken by Alban Donohoe.
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CLEY FAIR 18TH JULY
Sadly our wonderful Cley Summer Fair will
obviously have to be cancelled for
this year.
Our fantastic church relies on the income from the
Fair to maintain the building so of course we
would be immensely grateful for any donations
you feel able to give.
Donations by BACS please to
Friends of Cley Church A/C No 17607168
S/C 30 94 34.
Thank you so much and we very much look
forward to welcoming everyone in 2021 to an
even bigger and better celebration.
PS. If anyone has any brilliant ideas about let’s
say a virtual Dog Show? We would
welcome any suggestions!
Stay well everybody
Briony
07766 545363
Cley Parish Council Chairman’s
May Report
I would like to apologise unreservedly to Crabpot Cottages
for a letter the Clerk sent to them about holiday cottage
bookings during lockdown. This letter was based on false
information as a result of insufficient research on my part.
Crabpot Cottages have NOT flouted any lockdown laws or
accepted ANY bookings during lockdown, and I am truly
sorry for the distress I have caused the owners who have
worked so hard to do the right thing since this outbreak began.
We have had our signs at the entrances to the villages and
some of our traffic cones stolen. We take theft of Parish
Council property very seriously and have reported this to the
police.
If anyone is beginning to experience short-term financial
crisis as a result of the coronavirus outbreak, there are funds
available to help out. To find out more about this, please
contact the clerk.
At the time of writing, it is not permitted to stay in holiday
homes, and parking is reopening slowly to prevent
communities being overwhelmed. However, we can now look
forward to welcoming back our visitors and seeing Cley
return to bustling normality. It’s time to rebuild the sprit and
economy of our beautiful village.
Cley Parish Council has a new website! The previous one was
great but was quite expensive to maintain. So now check out
www.cleypc.info for PC and village matters.
The community loo is coming on! The brickwork and finish
are a tremendously high standard and it’s great to work with
a local builder. We are trying to make it as hands free and
washable as we can within our budget. We will have a grand
opening hopefully in the not too distant future.
We have been looking at improving broadband speed in the
village, needed now many of us are running our businesses,
working, studying, shopping and exercising online at home.
This is possible through a scheme called the Community
Fibre Project for rural areas such as ours getting less than
30Mbps. At the moment we have FFTC, which is fibre to the
cabinet (down by Picnic Fayre). The next step is fibre to the
property (FFTP) which allows for speeds of 1Gbps, and there
is no loss of speeds due to distance from the cabinet or at peak
times. The fibre is carried with standard lines so there is no
digging up of roads.
There is government funding for this upgrade in the form of
a voucher for £1500 per home and £3500 per business. We
think, based on an initial rough estimate just for one road, the
vouchers will cover the cost but there may be a slight change
in your monthly charge depending on your provider and what
download speed you choose, and you would have to sign up
for an initial 12 month contract. Would you be interested in
this? We do all the organisation. If so, please email the clerk.
Not everyone needs to sign up but the more residences and
businesses who do, the more grant money we get.
If you’re emailing us, can we ask for your email address so
that we can build a Parish mailing list? We will only use it for
Cley Parish Council business. If you are happy for us to
contact you by email, please notify the clerk
An iPad loan scheme has very generously been set up for local
villages by Tom Harrison and has been extremely well
received by those who have used them for family gatherings,
‘going to’ church etc. The iPad is brought to your door
already set up for the virtual event you want to join
(thoroughly cleaned first of course) and collected afterwards.
You do not need any technological skills whatsoever. If you’d
like to try this, please let us know. It’s more straightforward
than you imagine and volunteers are delighted to help.
I’ve been in touch with Anglian Water about the Glandford
Water Recycling Works, mostly about odour but also about
the fact that tankers are sometimes needed to deal with excess
demand. I think most of us take the odour for granted, but a
sewage work shouldn’t smell, so please do report any odour
to the 24hr helpline, on 03457145145.
Cley
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We are holding Parish Council meetings by teleconference at
6.30pm the first Tuesday of every month for the foreseeable
future. The agenda will be published on the Notice Board and
on the website, and you are welcome to join us by dialling in
(number to call and access code will be on Agenda), to
comment on any of the topics or ask general questions.
Minutes then will be posted as usual. We are postponing the
Annual Parish Meeting. Please check on the website and
Notice Board to find out when business returns to normal.
Dr Victoria Holliday, Chair
07557054629
Cley Village Hall News
In normal times we would have had our AGM on May 7, but
as everything else at the Village Hall it had to be cancelled
due to Covid 19. The chairman’s report will be up on the
website available for those of you interested in the year’s
events.
The hall has seen another successful year and its finances are
in good health. The great news is that bookings were up by
18%. This is a great result, even if the hall is still not standing
on its own two feet with fundraising an indispensable source
of income, but we are moving in the right direction!
Just as the diary was filling up nicely it all came to a grinding
halt as bookings were cancelled one by one and the hall went
into shut-down. We do not know for certain when we will be
able to open our doors again. We are hoping for September…
Fortunately, our finances are solid enough to weather this
storm. Plans for additional equipment for the playing field
(still closed) had to be put on hold, but will be pursued once
we are open again. One last bit of news: Christine, who for
five years was the main force behind the village hall’s very
popular and successful pop-up café has left the committee. A
huge thank you for her work, and, sadly, a farewell to pop-up
cafés. Unless someone out there is ready to take over?
Meanwhile please stay safe and well.
G.E.
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Wiveton Church
As with all other churches in the country, the financial
effects of Coronavirus are hitting us hard as we are, as
things stand, unable to hold fundraising events and are also
without income from our congregation.
However, we are optimistic for the future and are continuing
to plan exciting and interesting events. Watch this space!
Stay safe and well.
Anthea de Loynes
Chair of Friends of Wiveton Church
There is no news from Glandford this
month.
There is no news from Letheringsett this
month.
Community News
News from County Cllr Dr Marie Strong
[email protected] 07920 286 597
Dear All
Coronavirus UpToDate links from reliable sources
collected by Norfolk County Council:
So much information is coming through daily and can only
be kept up-to-date by such links as provided here so please
keep this edition. Please keep friends and families without
computer access in touch with useful and accurate
information - by phone or if requested by print outs popped
through their door. See also below on-line help in using the
computer. Here goes:
The most recent verified data on cases in the UK and
Norfolk is available from Public Health England on
its Public Health Matters blog.and other trusted sources of
information
are www.nhs.uk/coronavirus and www.gov.uk/coronavirus.
Here is a dedicated webpage for coronavirus updates in
Norfolk and impacts on Norfolk County Council services –
updated regularly.
UK businesses driving innovation and development will be
helped through the coronavirus outbreak with a £1.25 billion
government support package. The package includes £750
million of targeted support for small and medium sized
businesses focusing on research and development.
A major new package of measures to support online
learning. These measures will ensure vulnerable children
and disadvantaged young people at vital stages of their
education have access to essential resources at
home and free laptops will be distributed.
Confirmed a new £500 million loan scheme for high-growth
firms, called the Future Fund; plus a £750 million of
targeted support for small and medium sized businesses
focusing on research and development.
Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme is live, with businesses
able to claim up to £2,500 a month towards staff wages;
furlough scheme opens for applications, employers can now
go online to claim cash grants up to 80% of wages capped at
£2,500 a month per worker). Extended by one
month https://www.tax.service.gov.uk/coronavirus-job-
retention-scheme Furlough scheme extended by one
month to the end of June.
Ease pressure on local pharmacies - Pharmacies are under
huge pressure ensuring everyone gets their prescriptions and
under safe conditions. Healthwatch Norfolk have put
together some tips on how you can help the situation -
including that no one with symptoms of the virus should
visit a pharmacy.
Call for people with health and social care skills –
Anyone who has previously worked in care is being asked
to re-join and apply via Norfolk Care Careers as soon as
possible.
Parents - the government has published guidance
for parents on how best to support their child’s education
and development.
Adult learning On Line and help in using the internet -
Adult Learning staff have taken on a massive undertaking
moving learners and courses online – and developed new
courses. The summer programme includes courses to
combat social isolation and keeping mentally and physically
fit.
There are also a range of courses introducing those less
familiar with the online world to applications such as
WhatsApp, Zoom and Microsoft Teams, email and the
internet. Visit www.norfolk.gov.uk/education-and-
learning/adult-learning to find out more.
Business support - The government has launched a
business support finder to help businesses see what support
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is available to them. The Business support
finder: https://www.gov.uk/business-coronavirus-support-
finder.
THANKS, AND APPRECIATION -
My thanks for the marvellous work our NCC officers are
continuing to provide across the wide range of services
provided by the county -and despite the massive pressures
under which they are working.
My appreciation of the fantastic work being carried out
throughout our communities in so many different ways –
including those small but valuable acts of kindness about
which only the recipient will ever know.
Marie
Dear Editor….
On 10 March, Boris Johnson outlined the UK
Government’s Covid 19 Recovery Strategy. This strategy
sets out a phased approach to the relaxation of Covid-19
restrictions, although many local businesses will still not be
able to operate. Further details as to which businesses can and
cannot open can be found here. For those businesses that can
open, the Government have produced a series of guides
(found here) to ensure businesses can operate safely and limit
risks to their customers and employees.
North Norfolk District Council has today launched the North
Norfolk Business Impact Survey. The responses to the
survey will be vital to building our business intelligence and
our understanding as to scale of impact the pandemic has had
on local businesses. The results of this will inform our
recovery plans and provide the evidence base to potentially
influence future business funding or business support
programmes.
The survey should time well, as businesses will likely now
have greater clarity in terms of their business outlook than
they perhaps did have in the previous weeks, when they
possibly did not know what support or funding they would be
able to access, nor have any certainty as to if or when they
could open their business. Nevertheless, it is recognised that
these are still extremely challenging times for businesses, the
impact of which might be felt for months and likely years.
The clearer the picture we have, the more effective we can be
in responding to their needs.
We would appreciate it if you and your councillors could
share the Business Survey with any businesses that you are
aware of in your local area.
The link can be found here:
www.north-norfolk.gov.uk/tasks/economic-
growth/information-for-businesses-affected-by-covid-19/
Kind regards
Emma Denny (on behalf of the Economic Growth Team)
Dear Editor…
This pandemic thrusting the whole world into fear and
uncertainty means we all need to care far more for one another
and our environment. Glaven Valley residents are proving
their worth in so many ways. Our church, Rev. Richard and
Brenda plus team, managing services from their homes to
ours, are now a lifeline for me.
The community of our five churches are here to help and
support but my independent nature makes it somewhat
difficult for me to ask for help!!
My amazing next-door neighbour Emma, proprietor of
'Bayfield Catering', last week started delivering Friday
Evening Fish and Chips (pre -order on Thursday!). Of course,
I had to test drive this, they even brought it much earlier for
me!! This Great British tradition was delivered with
professionalism, perfectly presented and delicious. Let me
tempt you with light beer battered fish with a slice of lemon
and chunky chips piping hot - mushy peas optional!!!
Give it a try, you won't be disappointed.
Loving blessings to you all.
Melody Beeley & Michelle
Dear Editor…
May I convey through you, my love and good health wishes
to all friends, neighbours, and my dear, dear staff.
With 43yrs of being "Landlady Marj" of The Kings Arms in
Blakeney, I want you to know how much I miss you all.
We are truly blessed to live in such a wonderful area, with the
support of dedicated “frontline" workers and our own special
Blakeney 12.
Here’s looking forward!!
Marjorie
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Will a legacy of the ‘lockdown’ be a greater
appreciation of the natural environment?
A personal view…
There will be many people who have found the national
‘lockdown’ stressful, lonely and destructive for their
businesses or relationships. Despite enjoying the daffodils,
they may have had second thoughts about William
Wordsworth’s famous words on ‘the bliss of solitude’!
The lockdown has also brought
out the best in our community
spirit, with wonderful acts of
local action and kindness. It has
drawn many distant families
and friends closer through the
medium of modern
communication. Much has
already been written about how
we could learn from the present
and what the ‘new normal’
might look like. We have
certainly witnessed the luxury or rediscovery of empty
roads, less air pollution, less frantic commuting to work,
brighter stars, birdsong and silence. To lose all of this might
be a tragedy waiting to happen.
North Norfolk has a high population of vulnerable and
elderly people but also many who are still relatively healthy
and active in retirement. After the initial shock of the
lockdown to everyone, it is clear that many of the latter
group have, so far, admitted that they have found the
situation in some ways surprisingly positive. This would be
less likely if the lockdown had started in the darkening days
of November, but for many, with diaries cleared and
meetings and events cancelled, there has been time to do all
the jobs which tend to pile up, to enjoy the garden, contact
friends and family and take local walks during one of the
best spring-times in living memory. The little girl in the
famous First World War recruitment poster asking “What
did you do in the war, Daddy?” might have simply been
curious, but the message from Kitchener was clearly meant
to shame her father as a coward for not joining up. The
parallel with the battle against Coronavirus may be weak,
but even now there will be some who feel some degree of
‘survivor guilt’ when considering the courage and fortitude
of all the medical professionals and others who have faced
daily danger on our behalf, but sadly succumbed to the
disease.
One person has suggested to me that the Coronavirus
pandemic is simply nature getting its own back on humanity,
which seems hell bent on ruining the planet. During some
forty years of school teaching, one thing I wrestled with was
the question of how best to equip future generations to value
education, to be successful in their adult lives but to ‘tread
more lightly on the earth’ and to live in sustainable co-
existence with other life forms on the planet. Parents share
this responsibility, and it has recently been a very tough time
for many of them, particularly unused to having their
children at home for even longer than the summer holiday!
It is no easy task. Perhaps it is some consolation for adults to
recall that many can trace their particular passion, interest,
job or career to the infectious enthusiasm of their parent,
teacher or friend during childhood. Surely it is a worthy
tradition to pursue.
Numerous studies, articles and contemporary commentators
provide powerful evidence of the poverty of the
environmental experience of many children, and indeed that
of many adults. Richard Lou, an American researcher was
one of the first to describe this now well acknowledged
condition as ‘nature deficit disorder’. This, he claims is
often caused by parental fears for the safety of their
children, as well as limited opportunity for access to natural
areas and the lure of electronic games and other media. He
also maintains that paranoid parents and the media have
“scared children straight out of woods and fields” at the
same time as the wild places have been squeezed by the
march of industrialisation, modern farming, a flight from the
countryside to towns and the widespread degradation of the
landscape as natural resources are extracted. For many
people, particularly in cities, direct access to nature has
gradually been eroded, resulting in a diminution of
knowledge, spiritual experience, personal development,
health and sensory awareness.
In one respect I feel that my wife and I are fortunate to have
been better placed than some to cope with isolation and a
slower pace of life. In 1968 Stephanie and I took a risk,
paused our busy working lives of nursing and teaching, and
for a year, took on the running of a Bird Observatory on
Cape Clear Island off the west coast of Ireland. Although
this ‘self-isolation’ was very much our choice, we soon
discovered that living there, particularly through a harsh
winter, with a young baby in a damp cottage with no
electricity or running water was certainly no picnic, but it
did help prepare us for future difficulties! Life there was all
about self-sufficiency, and being very close to the wildlife
and governed by daylight, the mood of the Atlantic Ocean,
the seasons and the weather. While we were on the island,
we hosted a week’s visit from a small group of eleven-year
olds from an urban school in Crawley. I recalled the
experience in ‘Echoes from Cape Clear’ written nearly forty
years after the time that Stephanie and were living there.
“Towards the end of May, teacher friends who had helped
enliven our Christmas, arrived at the Observatory with their
school party. In those days nobody expected detailed risk-
assessments, we just accepted that we were ‘in loco
parentis’, so felt perfectly confident that they were safe in
our hands. For a week the island became their outdoor
classroom where the often-unnatural subject distinctions
drawn up by curriculum designers were blown away. The
observation skills of the children were sharpened as we took
them sea watching to scan the waves for seabirds and
dolphins. They made butter. They helped feed the goats.
They clambered up and down the steep thrift-covered slopes
to reach the safer rocky coves. They swam in the harbour
and tried in vain to paddle across it in an old tea chest. They
fetched water from the well and they experienced the
realities of living in a world without television. Then they
wrote down their experiences to share with their parents and
friends. Andrew’s exercise book proudly recorded:
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“Yesterday Mr Green took Paul and myself shooting rabbits.
Mr Green shot twelve bullets and four rabbits. He has a very
light rifle. I know because he let me carry it home. Mrs
Green skinned two rabbits. They made a tasty meal.”
It was the only meat available, but we were surprised and
delighted that the children were happy to eat rabbit stew.
Squeamishness and suburban sentimentality were put to one
side during the necessary gutting and skinning of the rabbits.
The girls gathered round eagerly and were transfixed by this
unexpectedly graphic science lesson as Stephanie explained
the internal anatomy of rabbits, while the boys watched from
a safer distance.
At no time during their stay did the children need any formal
entertaining. We competed with them to find the flattest
stones to skim across the mirrored surface of the inner
harbour. They lived, they learnt, then slept. We gather that
the trip is still remembered by them. We didn’t worry about
whether or not they would turn out to be birders, as long as
they gained life experiences, new insights and lasting
memories.”
That was over fifty years ago, when I first remember
Blakeney as a rather sleepy little village, but I believe the
lessons I learnt then have even greater significance today.
Although currently stalled by the pandemic situation, the
drafts of the Blakeney Neighbourhood Plan have already set
out a clear picture, after local consultation, of the desire of
the community to maintain and where possible to enhance
the tranquility and quality of the natural environment of this
area.
Despite the inevitability of some siren voices seeking to
encourage a return to ‘business as usual’, we must surely
search for a way to avoid a reversion to a country dominated
by progress mainly measured in terms of achieving
individual and national material wealth. I make no
judgements about how society should be organised, but
throughout history it has seemed as if those who shouted the
loudest have called the shots. How did it happen that we
became so dangerously disconnected to the world we
depend on, allowing destruction of habitats and the over-
exploitation of natural resources? Do enough people actually
take heed of the uncomfortable warnings which are out
there? Surely our overarching priority, must now be to pass
on our human and natural environment in better shape.
After the pandemic has abated there may be no easy ‘road-
map’ to guide us. I hope that lessons and experiences from
the lockdown will provide further impetus both locally and
nationally, for seeking imaginative ways to ensure both
prosperity and greener, quieter, and safer towns and villages
for this and the next generation.
Tom Green
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Summertime at the Museum of the Broads
Although the Museum remains closed until at least July, you
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realise times are hard, but if you can help, we will be very
grateful. Please visit our website. Thank you.
In the meantime, we hope you enjoy these photos, taken from
a 1910 Broads holiday.
Stay safe, and we hope to welcome you soon!
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