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Permafrost?

Admin — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 10:39:33 +0000

It’s official. Fakenham has had so much snow for such a long period that the council has decided to mark the worst bits with permanent road signs.

Sorry, couldn’t resist. It was taken on my way to work this morning.

Fakenham weather forecast – a tad cold.

Admin — Sat, 19 Dec 2009 09:33:46 +0000

I can’t remember the last time we had snow like this. As you can see from this picture of my garden this morning, we’ve had a lot of it!

The Fakenham area has been quite badly affected, with nasty conditions on the roads caused by ice and drifting snow (it was very windy the night before last). We had a mini-thunderstorm that night too, which along with power line problems seems to have helped to knock out electricity for many homes in the area. I nearly had heart failure when I got into work yesterday to find no broadband!!! There had been some kind of power cut which had affected equipment at the office. Luckily, my router just needed to be unplugged from the mains and then plugged back in to get it working again, so I was able to finish all my last minute pre-Xmas work.

Keep warm!

Proposals for wind farm off Cromer

Admin — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 09:14:25 +0000

Dudgeon Offshore Wind Limited is developing an offshore wind farm, known as the Dudgeon Offshore Wind Farm (Dudgeon), sited approximately 32km off Cromer on the north Norfolk coast. The Dudgeon project will require an onshore electrical connection in order to feed into the national electricity network. The proposed onshore development comprises a 45km buried cable system, running between the landfall point at Weybourne Hope (North Norfolk District) and Little Dunham (Breckland District). The onshore development will also include a new electrical substation just south of Little Dunham.

Dudgeon Offshore Wind Limited is keen to hear the views of the local community about the onshore elements of this project and has arranged three public exhibitions where members of the public will have the opportunity to ask questions and to learn about the Dudgeon project in more detail. Exhibitions are planned as follows:

• Tuesday 17th November 2009, Fakenham Parish Church, 1pm – 8pm
• Wednesday 18th Nov. 2009, Necton Rural Community Centre (Village Hall), 12am – 7pm
• Thursday 19th November 2009, Holt Community Centre, 1pm – 8pm

The exhibitions will be manned by key members of the project team and will include displays providing detail on the Dudgeon project and the associated engineering and environmental studies being undertaken for the development.

I’ve just about got the energy to post…

Admin — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 10:38:16 +0000

Here’s a thought-provoking question from a book released today - David JC MacKay’s “Sustainable Energy – without the hot air”. It refers to a quote by Sir David A. King, who was chief scientific adviser to Blair and Brown’s government.

If climate change is “a greater threat than terrorism,” should governments criminalize “the glorification of travel” and pass laws against “advocating acts of consumption”?

Here’s another gem of a question posed in the book:

Climate modelling is difficult and is dogged by uncertainties. But uncertainty about exactly how the climate will respond to extra greenhouse gases is no justification for inaction. If you were riding a fast-moving motorcycle in fog near a cliff-edge, and you didn’t have a good map of the cliff, would the lack of a map justify not slowing the bike down?