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After a week of rain.

Wild Garlic and Houses falling off a cliff

From Cromer, the eastern reach of North Norfolk is quite flat and open. On the first sunny day for a month, this was a longish (40+ miles), taking in part of the Weavers' Way, going into Stalham, then out to the crumbling coastline at Happisburgh to catch last sight of some soon-to-vanish Victorian seaside houses.

The smell of Wild Garlic is unmissable and it's easy to stop on a bike and stuff a bunch into the water bottle.

35+ miles taking in the best of inland North Norfolk.

On a damp, grey spring morning

From Cromer, south to Aylsham, then a few miles off-road on The Marriot Way, an ex-railway route, westwards, to Heydon, a perfect Norfolk village, then north-east on tiny roads, through Felbrigg and back to Cromer.

Windsor Great Park is perfect for cycling; no traffic, few serious hills, great scenery and nice smooth roads.

At dawn on a spectacular spring day

The sheer size of Windsor Great Park makes cycling the ideal way to explore its four-and-a-half thousand acres. Motor vehicles and motor cycles are restricted, so apart from the occasional estate vehicle you will enjoy generally vehicle-free roads and tracks.

Joggers/dog walkers can be unfriendly though, so it's wise to give them a wide berth.

A bright spring morning, The Sun in the East, daffs in full bloom, skylarks rising... Just a few miles, but a very nice gentle ride around the corner of North and East Norfolk.
6 miles, takes about half an hour, unless stopping at cafes, pubs; there's a few on the route.

From Sandy Gulls:

Head east along Cromer (Coast) Road towards Mundesley
In Mundesley, turn right into High St
Leaving Mundesley, turn left towards Trunch
At Trunch, turn right towards Gimingham, cross straight over the Southrepps road
Through Gimingham
Take Windmill Road from Gimingham to return to main road and back to Sandy Gulls.

Becoming a favourite, this is a 20 mile ride that has enough changes of direction to avoid any painful head-wind.

West, South, East and North

Rural North Norfolk at it's rural best.

Probably because it's going from North to South, this ride feels like it's downhill all the way to Norwich.

Taking the small roads

From Cromer, it's almost 24 miles and this time took 1h 45m, a best time for me.

Single page websites have recently become very popular. They have actually been around for a long time and usually they've been used for cheap and cheerful static websites. Today's single page websites are a dramatic improvement on those, and can be beautifully crafted designs that are dynamic thanks to the latest developments in web techniques and capabilities.

So. what's so good about single page websites?

• PRESENTATION
  The single page website layout is presented in a way that is easy on the eye. Small chunks of content will appeal to your visitors and make them want to stay on your site for longer. The focus is strong design.
• CLARITY
• CONTENT IS KING
  There is a clear content organization structure. Instead of having different pages for each section of the website, all content is on one page. Anchor links allow the user to navigate from one part of the page to another.The constraints of space helps you to choose your words and images carefully to get your message across and avoid superfluous words.

Marketeers are always telling us that simple messages are the key to success as they are easy to understand and good web designers know this. The visitor will be impressed that they instantly know what you offer and can make a decision on whether to buy straight away. This can lead to higher conversion rates.

There’s nothing more refreshing than a no nonsense, what you see is what you get delivery—whether it’s a business proposal, an educational resource, or a website design. This is especially true when you really like what you see. This is the line of thought behind the single page website, which has recently become an increasingly popular trend in web design. These simple one page website layouts provide a clear, attractive format that delivers relevant content without any other unnecessary fluff.

The One Page Comebak

In a surprising move, one-page websites are making a big comeback. Up until recently single page websites were reserved for online event sign ups or static, low budget websites. The one page website today is a carefully crafted design choice for all kind of consumer and professional needs; it’s chic, smart, and practical. A web designer’s job is to create a design layout that is the best use of space for the content they’re working with. So often, professionals want multi-page websites when they don’t have enough content to make these pages worthwhile; to make the pages appear useful, they end up adding content that is of no real value.

Visitors rarely visit these pages (and if they do, probably exit the site from them) These useless, sparse site pages don’t appeal much to search engines either, since they usually lack the quality and finesse of important site pages.

Better for Search Engines

Marketing and business statistics validate the one page website as being more than just a web design trend. Search engines will always favor websites with one page of quality, keyword rich, & relevant content over a sprawling website with scattered wordy, content.

Statistics show that 80% of site visitors never even navigate away from a website’s homepage. Site visitors and consumers want immediate gratification; if they don’t find what they’re looking for right away, they’ll leave.

Elements of a One Page Design

A lot of web designers would agree that the single page website innately lends to a better user experience. The following web user interface design features are attributed to the improved UX of a single page site:

• Consistent design
• Continuous linear navigation
• Excellent use of space & clear, concise mission statement (since there’s no room for meandering)
• Clear content organization structure
• (Only) the most important content lies above the fold, all other lies below it
• Anchor links throughout let the user easily navigate to the content they’re looking for

About.me is an example of a website that capitalizes on all the benefits of the one page design layout. It delivers a to-the-point mission statement that clearly states what is being offered; the user knows exactly what to do, since the primary focus of the page is a straight-forward call to action; all (and only) the crucial content is above the fold; the page uses clean lines that don’t distract the user from the call to action; it uses two images that are communicative visual representations of who this company is and what service they’re offering.

Tatler's Restaurant website gives a good example of what may be achieved with a single-page website. There's no crimping on the style and no lack of content here.

Single page websites work well on several levels:

• Little or no navigation needed - all the content is on one page;
• Highly economical - can be built to the smallest of budgets;
• Using 'Accordion' method to Show/Hide content means there's no end to the amount of content available, and, crucially,
• Works wonderfully well for Google - having a clear and logical hierarchy of headings makes good sense to users - and to Google.

White Horse Farm is a cluster of luxury holiday barns developed to an exceptionally high standard, in the heart of North Norfolk at Gunthorpe. The owner's vision was clear from the outset of the project, that the website should be the main source of information for the barns and that it would effectively convey their very high and special quality.

The site design and style came quite naturally as a neutral backdrop to allow maximum impact for the photos of the barns and the surrounding Norfolk countryside. As always, top quality photos are essential to illustrate the beauty and sophistication of well designed interiors - the slideshow/enlargement method used on this site works smoothly and quickly.

White Horse Farm's website rapidly achieved success with Google after its launch. The owner made good use of listing the barns individually on the popular Glaven Valley website; a surefire way to attract visitors to a North Norfolk website, especially in the accommodation field. That, along with detailed analysis and careful optimisation to ensure maximum popularity will doubtlessly maintain white-horse-farm.co.uk's high ranking in search engine results pages.

Visit the site at www.white-horse-farm.co.uk