Welcome to the June 2025 episode of the Deepdale Podcast, our magazine programme about North Norfolk. This month, Jason continues to meet fascinating members of the North Norfolk community. He chats with Nicky King, the coxswain of Wells-next-the-Sea RNLI, Iona Lane a musician inspired by the natural world who’s playing a gig at Deepdale on 21st June, and Rosie Newport, a local artisan and passionate wild swimmer.
As June is such a lovely month on the North Norfolk Coast, hopefully you’ll take inspiration from Norfolk Wildlife Trust’s 30 Days Wild and fit in some wildlife enjoyment. All three of the chats this month are with people who love the landscape, so naturally the conversation turns to enjoying the space, big skies and coastline that we have in abundance here. If you are looking for reasons to visit North Norfolk, then you’ll find a huge list of North Norfolk and West Norfolk events on our website, and we are constantly adding to the listings, you can also add yours.
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Nicky King
Coxswain of Wells-next-the-Sea RNLI
Jason chat’s with Nicky King, who is the Coxswain of Wells-next-the-Sea RNLI. Nicky has been volunteering for Wells lifeboat for over 30 years, and is now one of the two full time members of the team.
They chat about the boats, the kit, the volunteers, the local community, and sea safety, while Nicky shows Jason around the RNLI building on Wells beach.
Wells RNLI: wellslifeboat.org
Local sea safety info: wellslifeboat.org/safety/
Tide times: deepdalecamping.co.uk/tides/
Local weather: deepdalecamping.co.uk/weather/
Iona Lane
Gig on Saturday 21st June
Iona has visited Deepdale before, back in 2023, and we love her music, and they way wildlife and the environment influence her work. Hugely fitting that in June, the month of Norfolk Wildlife Trust’s 30 Days Wild, that we welcome Iona to Deepdale for a gig.
Jason and Iona chat about her music, her life working and playing in one of the most remote pubs in Britain, in Knoydart in the Scottish highlands, and touring.
More information on the Deepdale Music programme: deepdalecamping.co.uk/music/
Thank you to Iona for allowing us to play a sample from her new album. We chose Big Skies as we felt it was hugely appropriate for the beautiful North Norfolk Coast.
Buy Iona’s Album – Swilkie: ionalane.bandcamp.com
Rosie Newport
Artisan & Passionate Wild Swimmer
In our continuing series chatting to local artisans, Jason catches up with Rosie. She runs The Accidental Wonky Bag Co, recycling old sails into useful creations, and is based in the boat house at Burnham Overy Staithe. She’ll be joining the pop up shop collective in August at Dalegate Market.
Rosie is a passionate wild swimmer, and has an absolute love of the North Norfolk Coast in all its weathers and activities. And is working with Emilie running some of the events for the Wild Yoga Garden at Dalegate Market.
The Accidental Wonky Bag Co: wonkybag.co.uk
Wild Yoga Garden: dalegatemarket.co.uk/wild-yoga-garden/
Thank you so much for listening this episode of the Deepdale Podcast. Hope you’ll have a chance to join us for the Iona Lane gig on Saturday 21st June, for Wild Yoga Garden events through June, July and August, and let us know what wildlife experiences you had as part of the Norfolk Wildlife Trust’s 30 Days Wild.
You can get more information about all the live music gigs we are hosting at Deepdale, by visiting the website deepdalemusic.co.uk Gigs include The Shackleton Trio and Adam Clark on 19th July, the Brancaster Staithe Sea Shanty Festival on 12th to 14th September, India Electric Company and Christina Alden & Alex Patterson on 27th September, and the Deepdale Christmas Party featuring the annual visit by Man The Lifeboats on 20th December.
You can also find information on the next two visits to Deepdale by The Pantaloons, who’ll be performing their very funny takes on classic tales this Summer – Robin Hood on 7th August, and Hamlet on 23rd August.
You can find a whole host of events of all shapes and sizes, including exhibitions, theatre, workshops, walks, conservation, wellbeing, markets, street food, beach cleans, cooking and so much more on our website deepdalecamping.co.uk Just click on Events, and scroll through an ever growing collection of superb reasons to visit this beautiful part of the world.
We hope you’ll join us for the next episode of the Deepdale Podcast. In the meantime, you are welcome to listen back to any of the previous episodes in the last 5 years. All should be available on any good podcast app or directory, or through our website deepdalepodcast.co.uk If you have suggestions of people we should chat with or places we should visit then please do email podcast@deepdalepodcast.co.uk