Road Closure Notice
There will be road works that will require road closure at the end of March 2015 – map details may be found here!
6044 RC Loddon Road Bergh Apton RS 7211
Letter excerpt below:-
NORFOLK COUNTY COUNCIL proposes to make a Temporary Traffic Order
affecting the C377 Loddon Road at its junction with C376 Sunnyside for 42m in an easterly direction in the PARISH OF BERGH APTON because of works to renew sluice valve.
The road will be temporarily closed (except for access) from 31st
April 2015 for the duration of the works, expected to be about 3 days within the nd2 period.
Alternative route is via: C377 Loddon Road, C380 Birch Way, C374 Hall Road, C373 White Heath Road, C377 School Road.
(If necessary the restriction could run for a maximum period of 18 months from the date of the Order).
Penalty: £1000 maximum fine on conviction and/or endorsement for contravention.
In the event of the start date being delayed the new start date will be displayed on site in advance.
The person dealing with enquiries at Norfolk County Council is Adrian Stout
(Environment, Transport and Development) Telephone 0344 800 8009.
Dated this 13th day of March 2015
Victoria McNeill
Head of Law
Ammil* to Zugs* by way of Pirr*, Blinter* and Eit*.
If, like me, you are the ‘Compleat Bookworm’, interested in the natural world and a big fan of Robert Macfarlane’s books then you will have greeted his latest, ‘Landmarks’, with great pleasure. If you have read his other books you will also have appreciated his knowledgeable, elegant and precise use of language. His books are not a quick read, they need a meditative turn of mind.
‘Landmarks’ is a return to a lost vocabulary, the language of landscape, both formal and dialect. It is a defence of the spirit of language. For years he has collected words used by fishermen, scientists, climbers or walkers, words used in geology, archaeology, forestry and mountaineering, words connected with water, mountains, woods and edgelands. It is a word hoard from Gaelic, Welsh Irish, Scots and English counties.
Even flicking through this book one realises how impoverished our language is today with its thoughtless and empty clichés, ‘over the moon’, ‘keeping you in the loop’, ’it’s all gone pear shaped’ and ‘taking a rain check’.
Man has always named places and actions and this book reveals a vast and imaginative treasure trove of words, either lost or now only used by a few. He tells of other writers who he admires, who loved and knew well their particular landscape. Nan Shepherd, Roger Deacon, J. Baker and Richard Jefferies, he sees their particular places through their eyes and experiences.
An unusual book, thought provoking and a great call for reconnecting with the natural world. Hooray for Robert Macfarlane.
Ammil: the sparkle of morning sunlight through hoar-frost.(Devon).
Pirr: a light breath of wind such as will make a cat’s paw on the water. (Shetlands).
Blinter: an ice splinter catching a lowlight. (Scots).
Eit: placing quartz stones in moorland streams so they sparkle in moonlight and attract salmon in late summer. (Gaelic).
Zugs: soft, wet ground, a little bog island about the size of a bucket. (Exmoor).
Pat Mlejnecky