Ramsgate Lumiere

Ramsgate Lumiere is a light festival in the town lasting 6 weeks until New Year's Eve. It features some special parades and live music but is primarily inspired by the annual harbour lights display which I snapped New Year's Eve last year. We went for a wander at the weekend and here is some of what is on display.

Cromer (again)

I was in Cromer a little over 18 months ago and posted a few images here but a couple of weeks ago we headed back to celebrate an anniversary of sorts so had anothe wander around. Naturally we had our usual walk up to Happy Valley and back along the beach which I covered last time but we also visted the church in the town which was the starting point of my last post but I still managed a couple of snaps which are largely variations on a theme but here are some of them.

Norfolk Lights Express

A seasonal train ride by the North Norfolk Railway running out of Sheringham to their terminus at Holt and back. The train carriages are bedecked in lights for this night time journey and there are lit up features at various points along the track and it is hauled by steam to add to the atmosphere. The stations are also suitably decorated giving an early festive experience.

Burghead

Burghead is a small peninsula in Scotland not far from Elgin. There is a small harbour and settlement and the remnants of an old Pictish fort along with an appealing rocky shoreline.

Frosty (2010 - 2024)

Frosty was a rescue cat. We think he was a Turkish Angora. He was brilliant white with blue eyes and was deaf, as many white cats are. He arrived by chance in December 2019 when he was already 9 1/2 years old. As much as my wife likes cats and other animals she is a born worrier so it always seemed that another cat was out of the question after our last one passed away in 2001. Being deaf was what made it possible because he was a house cat and would not go out meaning he would be safe. Apart from an odd 10 days of suddenly hiding and only coming out for food he settled in fairly well and then in March 2020 Covid came along and we spent a few weeks at home with various bags and boxes from the office where we work and Frosty loved it, a veritable adventure playground with loads of new places to sleep. He truly became 'our' cat from then on gradually turning in to a lap cat as well, naturally favouring my wife.

We then found he would venture in to the garden, initially on a lead, then under our watchful eye and ultimately left to his own devices. Generally a brief soiree and then he would hurtle in . He hardly ever ventured from our garden, being a real home cat and we loved his ways.

Sadly Frosty started to display some health problems a couple of years ago and although he rallied with the aid of treatment from the vet the problems began to have a more obvious effect and today, after a few poor days for him, we had to make the extremely sad decision to call time. Almost 5 years has gone too quickly and the house seems quiet and empty this evening but we gave him the best we could and console ourselves that he was very happy in that time. Frosty you will be missed big time.