Pictures to order

I've just sent in my entry for a photography competition organised by Norfolk's Rural Community Council - there were several themes and the idea was to submit photographs that would illustrate some of the aspects of rural life....more geared to problems than to advantages, I think. Anyway, it proved harder than I had thought to find some suitable images for the various categories. In my mind's eye I knew what I wanted. In practice things didn't really go to plan. The countryside often looked far to picturesque: what I sought was the gritty reality of run-down shops and isolated people. I was looking for country shops to photograph but there weren't that many, and there weren't usually shoppers around. As a last ditch effort I decided to go up to the north Norfolk coast last Sunday to look at a group of houses near the cliff edge between Sheringham and Weybourne, that I thought would suit the isolation theme....and was rewarded with a dramatic overcast sky and a few good shots to choose from! The one I chose can be seen here.....


Here are some of the images I entered and a description of the category they relate to
Healthy environment, healthy community: (Winterton on Sea, Norfolk)

Services, access - are you being served? (Community Playbus, a project supporting families and groups by offering I.T. ande play facilities in rural locations, taken in north Norfolk)

Rural isolation - idyllic or isolated? (between Sheringham and Weybourne, Norfolk coast) ; the houses are at the end of a rough track from Weybourne village.