adam_r Posted April 17, 2022 Report Share Posted April 17, 2022 Hi Rich, how do I clear space? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Posted April 17, 2022 Author Report Share Posted April 17, 2022 If you go to account > my attachments you can check the ones you don't want and delete 👍 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adam_r Posted April 18, 2022 Report Share Posted April 18, 2022 No filters used here, just straight point and shoot from my phone. I have resized the images to fit them on here... Really is pretty and the people are wonderful and friendly, however you do need to keep a keen eye out for the wild dogs as they can be a bit of a nuisance at times.. Also some of the roads are mega steep here, its not unusual to find a 40% gradient slope in town, 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geoffers Posted April 18, 2022 Report Share Posted April 18, 2022 It looks stunning. My sister tries to get to Cappadocia or Antalya at least once a year. Loves it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Posted April 22, 2022 Author Report Share Posted April 22, 2022 Looks great Adam 🙂 Here's some from Norfolk! Did some walks a long the beach. The in-laws dog enjoyed it too! Erosion is very bad now, this is the Marrams Road and there is more or less no dune left, just a drop down to the beach. I remember 20 years a go these dunes were 30ft high at least. This gate was the start of someone's driveway to their chalet! Plenty of food and drink by the broads, think I overdid it though! 😄 A night at the banger racing. Went to the animal park, the red pandas usually hide so was nice to see them out. A strange chimney stack. I'm assuming the design is just for decoration. Can't beat a Norfolk sky 😀 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geoffers Posted April 24, 2022 Report Share Posted April 24, 2022 So when are you moving there? Bit close to the front but there's a plot of land for sale with utilities, 24ft x 110ft right on the coast for sale. Self build? Not sure of the price. It's further around into The Wash on Heacham beach. Not sure if that's anywhere you would like to be. It's a few miles from Hunstanton. HERE on google maps. I suspect the erosion isn't bad there but if the currents change it could be the same. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Posted April 25, 2022 Author Report Share Posted April 25, 2022 Next year hopefully but it all depends on what the job situation will be. It could take me a long time to find something. We'll more than likely move to Norwich or ideally just outside of it but the villages are more expensive. As much as I would love to wake up with a sea view I would never buy right on the coast. I don't think the erosion is as bad along that part but I'd still be weary. This is the other end of the Marrams Road where it has started falling on to the beach! Crazy! ☹️ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Posted September 15, 2022 Author Report Share Posted September 15, 2022 I haven't driven past the HS2 works for a while so when I did yesterday I got a shock seeing the partially constructed viaduct! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SMARTLY Posted September 15, 2022 Report Share Posted September 15, 2022 Where’s that Rich ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Posted September 15, 2022 Author Report Share Posted September 15, 2022 2 hours ago, SMARTLY said: Where’s that Rich ? West Hyde. They've wrecked the place! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SMARTLY Posted September 15, 2022 Report Share Posted September 15, 2022 Oh right, quite close then I think they wreck a lot of places then have to landscape them afterwards or plant trees where they have destroyed ancient woodland. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Posted September 15, 2022 Author Report Share Posted September 15, 2022 Yep, you can see all of the construction site from where you used to live! If you remember the water ski lake on the way to Denham they have ripped down all of the trees by the road exposing it. My FIL works for HS2, he's been telling me how they transport the concrete sections and other construction stuff. It's pretty amazing even though it's also so destructive! Forgot to say those sections are 70-90 tonnes each and they're building it straight over the ski lake and River Colne. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Posted February 16, 2023 Author Report Share Posted February 16, 2023 I swear more and more lights are being added to the HS2 construction site. Here's a photo of it from my road! 👎 Lots of people living nearer the site complain of a constant humming noise all night, it must drive them mad! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geoffers Posted February 17, 2023 Report Share Posted February 17, 2023 17 hours ago, Rich said: Lots of people living nearer the site complain of a constant humming noise all night, it must drive them mad! It would drive me mad! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Posted February 21, 2023 Author Report Share Posted February 21, 2023 On 17/02/2023 at 14:43, Geoffers said: It would drive me mad! The missus has heard it from here a few times but only faintly. I wonder how this has affected nearby property prices. Although the route is quite rural it's still passing by some homes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Posted February 27, 2023 Author Report Share Posted February 27, 2023 I don't know if anyone has seen Hemsby on the news the last couple of days but they've taken another battering over the weekend. More homes are going to be lost and many more at risk, especially if any more of the Marram road goes. I really don't know how Lance can live on the edge of sand dune that could collapse at any moment! 😐 https://www.itv.com/news/anglia/2023-02-27/life-on-the-edge-the-man-whose-house-is-disappearing-into-the-sea Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geoffers Posted February 27, 2023 Report Share Posted February 27, 2023 Such a shame. I take it he owned it years before he moved there in 2017 as he wouldn't have bought it Not that it matters, he is still in the same position. I assume Insurance companies won't cover as it's been happening for a while? I don't think I'd be nipping out with a torch to check... especially if the water washes away around the house to the side! 🤯 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SMARTLY Posted February 28, 2023 Report Share Posted February 28, 2023 I saw a couple of videos and many pictures in the last few days of Hemsby, somewhere in Somerset where they have permanently closed the coastal road due to erosion and also a place up north somewhere - it's not good Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Posted February 28, 2023 Author Report Share Posted February 28, 2023 17 hours ago, Geoffers said: Such a shame. I take it he owned it years before he moved there in 2017 as he wouldn't have bought it Not that it matters, he is still in the same position. I assume Insurance companies won't cover as it's been happening for a while? I don't think I'd be nipping out with a torch to check... especially if the water washes away around the house to the side! 🤯 No he bought it in 2017, paid £50k I think. He was told it should last the rest of his days from the survey he had done. At the time there was still a lot of dune left at the end of his garden. A few months after buying it we had the beast from the east and the tidal surge took a big chunk of the dune leaving a shear drop at the back of his garden. While other houses got demolished he paid a farmer to wrap a chain around it and drag it back so the front door is now more or less on the road! He then spent loads refurbishing it. Since then more of the dunes have been eroded so he put the blocks at the base to help the sand build up. That's the only reason it's still there. I definitely wouldn't be living there never mind nipping out with torch! 🤔 As with all of the properties along there they are not standard construction and being on the coast means cash buyers only and I doubt they can get insurance. Since the weekend a few properties that were up for sale have been reduced. Some are still ridiculously priced for the condition they are in or something that will be in the sea very soon. Once the road goes there are several properties that will lose access too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Posted March 10, 2023 Author Report Share Posted March 10, 2023 Live reporting on this tonight, the remaining houses and road are all going in to the sea 😞 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/uk-england-norfolk-64918477 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geoffers Posted March 11, 2023 Report Share Posted March 11, 2023 Just been watching them demolishing 3 before high tide tonight. So sad. I'd still be devastated even though I knew it was coming eventually. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Posted March 11, 2023 Author Report Share Posted March 11, 2023 Although a couple of those bungalows were bought in recent years, which IMO wasn't a great idea, others have been owned for years. Decades a go there were 5 or 6 rows of dunes all with bungalows on them and this is the last row. I think some of those residents have been there 30 years so it's very sad for them. Also with the road at the other end at risk of collapsing that means the properties there are going to be condemned as emergency services can't get through. One of them was refurbished last year too! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Posted March 16, 2023 Author Report Share Posted March 16, 2023 This footage really shows how bad the damage is. I remember walking along that road 25 years a go and then up 20ft plus sand dunes and down the other side to get on the beach. Lance started pulling his house back today, it's going where the shrubs were on the other side of the road. How much longer he'll get is anyone's guess! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geoffers Posted March 17, 2023 Report Share Posted March 17, 2023 Absolutely awful for the poor people. Especially with that access road now blocked which will clearly fall any minute. Must be really annoying knowing across the water from them are the masters of land reclamation from the sea. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Posted April 9, 2023 Author Report Share Posted April 9, 2023 Took a walk along there earlier. He's pulled the house all the way back but suffered a lot of damage. They've finished putting some rocks in front of the dune by the gap to protect the access road. I don't think it'll help but we'll see. Apparently planning for proper defences has been approved but they need £15 million to fund it. Sea view anyone! Yes this is a glass bottle and that's why people should keep off the dunes. Not just to protect them but also prevent injuring themselves! A couple of other random ones! Scarecrow in the garden of a local house! Anyone got any change! Nice choice of ales from a local pub. Leopard at the local zoo enjoying some deer! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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