Sorry I have been away for a while, but moving from the Isle of Wight to Norfolk doesn't happen overnight - it took us six months, actually!  I will draw a veil over the miserable two months spent in a grotty, dingy, and overpriced alleged three-bedroomed shoebox just outside Cambridge (ahem), during which time I still managed to produce enough bears for the Abracadabra signing in June - very proud of myself there!!

Anyway, we are finally moved in to our new abode in Downham Market.  the house glories in the name of "Puddlefoot" - which, given the recent floods around the country, no longer makes me smile.  Hmmnnn... think we will have to change it;  the front runner at the moment is "Coventina" which, as those of you familiar with Celtic legends will know (I wasn't - looked it up on Wikipedia), was the name of a powerful river goddess.  Given that our house backs onto the River Ouse, maybe she will be nice to us and protect us from flooding!

Here are some pictures of our house - it is made from Carrstone, which looks like dry stone walling, and dates to about 1860.
This is the front:                                                             and this is the view from the top of our garden

 

Best of all, we now have a huge garage, which we are planning to turn into a proper studio for me - and we might even be able to create some gallery/workshop space above so that I can hold classes, yaaaay!!!

 

I am still finding my feet here but so far, I have to say that East Anglia, and Norfolk in particular, is rather splendid - beautiful and strange, especially the Fens.  I think we are going to like it here!!