this web site

Our thanks to returning supporter Darren Smith who continues to sell fine fish Tuesdays and Saturdays on Framlingham market whilst keep himself informed about the pandemic so you can check that with him too.  Supporting us explained here.

Now would be a good time to make us your home page.

The fortnightly(ish)

digest

 sent out today to the 1800+ nearthecoasters on the list ... click the Singing Postman to go on the list.

If yours is a

local virtual event

 for local virtual people then you could still benefit from How to promote your event.

Suffolk Myth

91:  The Suffolk Black Shuck is alive and well and living just over the border in Norfolk.

Most writers find it difficult to edit themselves so here are some useful tips from Gemma Arrowsmith on how to get the page count down.

Always cheers the day licensing a pic on Alamy.  Today it's two pics, vinyl and the Narnia tales in Puffin paperback, to see our stock photography click on ...

The village doesn't support you?  Promote yourself on nearthecoast.

Yesterday's Suffolkness digest is being surprisingly active in Germany ... didn't know there was a European

Suffolk

 diaspora eh?

Dr Nearthecoast

 is in and listening but at this difficult time only consulting via email at ntc@nearthecoast.com

We have over 5,000

stock images

 available on Alamy. 

Planning a

witch ducking

 at this difficult time?  Only the witch, the witchfinder (they can't really work from home) and members of the witch's bubble can be present but you're still welcome to promote the ducking with us.

It's taken even longer than last time to update the reasons to be cheerful playlist ...

#ff  #FF #followfriday #FFriday ain't too proud to beg 

Things

to look forward to

 are Pancake Day next month, the race to the sun Paris-Nice happening in March and hopefully local old friend the Maverick Festival returning in July (with Terra Lightfoot) especially as there's been a parliamentary festival inquiry.

Women's

american football

 has its own nearthecoast Facebook album.

This year we're going with today being

Twelfth Night

.

We've reached

sixteen hundred

 Twitter followers which is nice.

Life Skills

37: We expect you know it's a good idea to ask a service provider for a deal before renewing a contract?  What surprised us more after dickering with BT via online chat was not that it saved some £240 on the year but after doing the sums the deal worked out pretty much the same as Plusnet ...

Happy New Year

 ... redundant to say so but let's hope things are getting a little back to normal by the spring ...

Thankfully the days start getting longer after today.

Worried too many people might turn up at your virtual coffee morning?  Garden fete?  Swingers' party?  Don't do promotion on

nearthecoast

 then.

Windows 10

 feature update 20H2 this morning had two cracks at installing and prompted a .NET update.  Unsurprisingly the feature update suggests using Microsoft's browser, search engine and a free try of 365 so you can pay for it later.

Inevitably we don't like

Facebook

's new makeover.  Particularly frustrating is the option to change the order of an album's photos seems to have gone.

Don't know your way round

nearthecoast

?  You need the A to Z, it's FREE, kills 99% of known germs plus you don't have to pay and display or walk through the gift shop to get out.

Throwback Thursday

: A candlelit service in St Lawrence's Brundish.

 End of last month a

flurry of interest

 in vinyl on our Alamy portfolio.

Pleased to welcome back supporter Peasenhall resident and very talented artist John Bawtree.  We're already taking ad bookings for next year but we'll find a way of fitting you in... ads explained here.

SRN Nearthecoast

 is in, fiddling with her tick list, pen and prescribing guidelines, hoping there'll be enough PPE but still listening (apparently) at ntc@nearthecoast.com or text 07970 865730

Very very pleased to welcome back supporter The Framlingham Station where the kitchen is open seven days a week, the Earl Soham Brewery beers taste as good as ever and during the present difficulties is served at the  table.