Cromercrox
is an author who lives in Cromer, Norfolk, England, with his family and numerous pets. He enjoys writing, playing rock organ, beachcombing, supporting Norwich City FC, and falling asleep. By day he is a Senior Editor of a well-known weekly professional science journal beginning with N, whose parent organisation wishes it to be known that none of the views expressed on this blog are theirs, because they don't know where they've been.Twitstorm
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... is a long way away from anywhere, and if I were you, I shouldn't start from here. By the time you get to the outskirts of Cromer, any distinctions between science, beachcombing, social commentary, writing and animal husbandry have started to blur. When the process is complete, you know you've arrived at the End Of The Pier Show. So, welcome. Find somewhere to park your unicycle. Pull up agirrafechair. Make yourself comfortable.-
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Category Archives: Cromer
Solar
There’s a picture of some bogglement doing the rounds on the inter webs, created by wimp.com. Here it is. It’s a clever story. It starts gently and in familiar territory, scaling from small planets to large planets to stars, our … Continue reading
Gorgeous Scarcely-Clad Blonde Cavorts in Waves
Now, I wonder how much traffic this’ll bring in? A post I wrote about chicken husbandry about three years ago continues to be popular in Pakistan and parts of the Middle-East. It was called Hot Girl-on-Girl Action.
Skate
This is not a skate. It is something else. Possibly a cod, or, notwithstanding inasmuch as which, a haddock*, pictured on Cromer East Beach earlier today. Cod is Dead – Nietzsche I mentioned skate for a different reason, namely and … Continue reading
Country Life
The global economy is in tatters; the Eurozone teeters on the brink; much of Africa is starving; thousands are massacred in Syria; and Israel and Iran edge towards war. Meanwhile, in Norfolk…
By The Sea – Now On Kindle
With thanks to the good offices of Dr S. C. of Omaha, who pointed me in the right direction, my novel By The Sea is now available for you to buy on Amazon’s Kindle. You can get the ebook from … Continue reading
Uploads, Downloads
If I hadn’t been going to the football today with my friend Mr W. P. of Cromer, I might not have learned that my novel By The Sea is for sale to read on your iGadget from the iBooks store … Continue reading
It Has Not Escaped Our Notice #30
Observed, confundingly, outside Cromer Hospital, earlier today
The Maison Des Girrafes Caption Competition #116
Grown Not Made – a Guest Post from Crox Minor
Yesterday, at the Lifeboat Café, in Cromer, me and Crox Major were enjoying our sausages, egg and chips when: “Hey Dad!” “Hmm?” “ You know it says ,“Grown, Not Made” on this Heinz tomato ketchup bottle?” “Yeah?” “Well, wouldn’t it … Continue reading
Apparition
One is accustomed, I suppose, to coming across strange things on Cromer beach. The apparition that greeted Crox Minor and I earlier today, though, takes the sausage biscuit. Something seemed strange even from a distance, as we discovered when approaching … Continue reading
