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Spring 2017
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ELCOME to our spring issue of North Norfolk Living Magazine. We’ve had some glorious blue skies and sunshine over the last few days, and the plum hedge at home is suddenly a mass of green, always a sign for me that spring has well and truly sprung! This issue is packed with Easter events and activities, news from the local arts scene, interiors trends for spring, plus Harriet Cooper takes the plunge and finds out more about forest bathing (yes, really) on our wellbeing pages. Meanwhile the fashion team shares some of their favourite looks for SS17 from local shops and boutiques, in our secret garden fashion shoot at Creake Abbey. One of my favourite parts of this job is meeting fellow locals, often with amazing stories to tell, and this issue was no exception. Find out more about Jane Maufe’s voyages through the Northwest Passage on pages 10 and 11. Enjoy!
Am da Loose Editor
@NNorfolkLiving @northnorfolkliving North Norfolk Living Magazine www.northnorfolkliving.co.uk Editor & Advertising Manager Amanda Loose Email: amanda@northnorfolkliving.co.uk 07796 645427 Write to North Norfolk Living Magazine, PO Box 208, Stamford. Lincs. PE9 9FY Head of Design Steven Handley Email: steve@locallivingdesign.co.uk Publisher Nicholas Rudd-Jones 01780 765571 Email: nicholas@bestlocalliving.co.uk Published by Local Living Ltd, PO Box 208, Stamford, Lincs. PE9 9FY www.bestlocalliving.co.uk 01780 765571 Printed by Warners of Bourne
Front cover image: ‘Nuthatch’ by Stephen Clark of Pebbles Photography www.pebblesphotography.co.uk
5-8 Beachcombings: what’s on, 36-44 Living: spring interiors what’s good and where to go
10-11 People: Amanda Loose
finds out more about local author Jane Maufe’s voyages through the Northwest Passage
trends and retail therapy, local gardens to visit plus what’s happening on the local property market
46 Motoring: Brian
Vertigen puts SsangYong’s Korando 2.2 ELX auto 4x4 through its paces
15-18 Arts: local arts news, events and spring exhibitions 21-24 Fashion: our SS17 secret garden fashion shoot 27 Beauty: spring
make-up, masks and more
29-30 Wellbeing: Harriet
Cooper learns more about forest bathing, parkruns and the importance of outdoor play
33-34 Little Living: Easter
fun and shopping with Hattie Goodley and her daughters Willa and Maud
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Food & Drink: Alex Rousso finds out more about field to fork eating, plus the latest news from the local foodie scene
59-60 What’s on: spring fun and activities
62 Out & About: Sarah Whittley takes a turn around Cley Square
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