LEE PAYNE
An aspiring writer on sport, music, history and more
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Tag: norfolk
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The last time I wrote to you, I was about to leave Nottingham for the next stop on my road trip holiday. Before going away, I had read about Nottinghamshire in a book I had called I Never Knew That About England. The section on Southwell I found particularly interesting, with it being described as…
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There have been twelve Wednesdays since I last wrote one of these, but there’s been a lot going on. An update While anxiety still constantly lurks behind me and attacks at random moments, I am dealing with it better than I could before all of this happened. I’ve learned to acknowledge the beginnings of a…
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“I am not enjoying myself very much.” Those were the words of a 13-year-old Winston Churchill on a visit to Cromer back in 1888. Well, I’m pleased to report that I enjoyed my overnight stay in North Norfolk earlier this week a lot more than arguably the country’s most famous Prime Minister did. Cromer is…
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My latest musings on Norwich City Football Club are in today’s Eastern Daily Press and Norwich Evening News. You can read it online here. I know I’ve posted this rather late to encourage you to buy a paper, but in further I’d urge you to consider it – local papers are really important and they…
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I am typing these words into my laptop, at my desk in my bedroom, facing the window. It’s exactly 9.30am and the Norfolk village of Brundall is covered in a milky white blanket of cloud. A drizzle is falling, the sort of rain that no one would describe as ‘chucking it down’ but the sort…
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I can’t think of many better ways to spend a day than walking 14 miles with my friend Katie.
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I am prone to spells where I feel out of control and as if I’m ‘going mad’. I’ll try not to bore you – this is about the benefits I believe there are to be had in going back to where you felt happiest and safest – but I need to give you some background…
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