A moment of zen before the big blow this weekend.
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A crisp, frosty walk on the Norfolk coast path at sunrise
One of the joys of winter in Blakeney is to wake up early and find the coast path hard and crispy underfoot with frost and ice. This was taken on a walk from Blakeney to Morston and back, when the sun was just beginning to make its presence felt above the silhouette of Blakeney church.
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Still water, just after sunrise
Still water, just after sunrise in Blakeney, Norfolk. The freshwater marsh takes on a distinctive palette in the winter sunlight – midnight blue water, golden reeds and the soft purples of the cloudscape.
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Video: Blakeney Harbour on a big tide, bright sky November morning
It is November, right?
What a beautiful, big tide morning to be on the water! Kayaked out from the quay at Blakeney, into the main harbour, and shot this from the old Cooke memorial post at the top of the Cut.
Big sky panorama from the Norfolk coast path
There’s a reason the Norfolk coast is called big sky country. This is a panorama taken from the coast path between Blakeney and Morston a little after sunrise on a late October morning.
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Sunrise time-lapse over Blakeney and Cley marshes
The sun rises about a quarter past seven at this time of year, emerging from the low hills behind Cley as you look back across the fresh water marsh from Blakeney. If you’re lucky, you see the silhouette of Cley windmill emerging and the swaying reeds bathed in the glowing light.
This was shot as a video over about twenty minutes on a morning dog walk, then edited afterwards to speed it up.
Golden morning view from the Blakeney Watch House
It is a wonderful feeling to wake up at the Watch House on Blakeney Point, the smell of the wood fire from the night before lingering in the grate, and looking out at a golden morning in the harbour.
Here are some more photos and stories from our previous trips to the Watch House in 2016, 2015 and 2014.
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Early morning on the water
Frost & high tide make a winter’s morning in Blakeney
It was one of those rare days: an icy blue morning tide which rose gently, irresistibly until it lapped against the frost left by the winter’s night.
