A lthoughit is now over 25 years since I moved to the West Country and so I properly consider it as ‘home’, I will always hold a special place in my heart for East Anglia, having spent a considerable time working and living there in the late 1980s and early 1990s. Indeed, both my sons – now young men out and about in the world making a go of things – are both sons of Suffolk, having been born in the county. So that indelible link remains.
It’s fair to say the coastlines of Norfolk and Suffolk are entirely different to those in the south west, but ‘vive la difference,’ say I. As we outline in our special focus on the region in this issue, there is so much to love and enjoy about our eastern shores and they retain a quirkiness and difference which should be a draw for any coast lover.
And if you want seriously quirky then surely they don’t come more left field than The House in the Clouds in Thorpeness which, when I was living in Suffolk, was one of the standout features you made for when heading to the coast.
And what a special year 2023 is for this architectural anomaly, as it is the centenary of it opening to provide the village with storage for its water supply. It was designed as “a fantasy water tower in a fantasy village” by its founder Glencairn Stuart Ogilvie.
He got that one right. It’s hard to think of anywhere more fantastical to live than this home on stilts, but that’s the thing about the coastline of East Anglia…spend long enough there and you’ll find yourself enjoying the difference it offers.
Until next time…and enjoy the magazine.
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