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| Norfolk surge: Happisburgh house owner's 'stiff upper lip' | Norfolk surge: Happisburgh house owner's 'stiff upper lip' |
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| A house teetering on the edge of a cliff in Norfolk following last week's tidal surge is being demolished. | A house teetering on the edge of a cliff in Norfolk following last week's tidal surge is being demolished. |
| Coastal erosion has brought Bryony Nierop-Reading's cliff-top bungalow closer to the waves on Happisburgh beach 20 years earlier than expected. | |
| The tidal surge last Thursday, higher than levels recorded in the 1953 floods, left her house on the brink. | The tidal surge last Thursday, higher than levels recorded in the 1953 floods, left her house on the brink. |
| Watching the demolition, Ms Nierop-Reading said she "would keep a stiff upper lip but howl her eyes out later". | |
| She was the last remaining resident in Beach Road after coastal erosion claimed the homes of all of her neighbours. | She was the last remaining resident in Beach Road after coastal erosion claimed the homes of all of her neighbours. |
| When she bought the house five years ago she knew that eventually the sea would claim it, but believed she had at least 25 years. | When she bought the house five years ago she knew that eventually the sea would claim it, but believed she had at least 25 years. |
| 'Incredibly sad day' | 'Incredibly sad day' |
| "It has happened more quickly than I thought, but I've said 'goodbye' to the house and later when I'm less busy I'll find a quiet corner and howl my eyes out. | "It has happened more quickly than I thought, but I've said 'goodbye' to the house and later when I'm less busy I'll find a quiet corner and howl my eyes out. |
| "Meanwhile, we're British aren't we so I'll keep a stiff upper lip." | "Meanwhile, we're British aren't we so I'll keep a stiff upper lip." |
| Friends and family helped Ms Nierop-Reading recover her personal belongings from the house, and for the past few days she has been sleeping in a camper van. | |
| "It's a good job I enjoy camping but the temperature dropped to -4C last night. I am more lucky than people in Walcott and Hemsby who did not have time to recover belongings." | "It's a good job I enjoy camping but the temperature dropped to -4C last night. I am more lucky than people in Walcott and Hemsby who did not have time to recover belongings." |
| She said she had been prepared to lose the house and had been negotiating with North Norfolk District Council about its demolition in April next year. | She said she had been prepared to lose the house and had been negotiating with North Norfolk District Council about its demolition in April next year. |
| Now she is going to stay at a friend's house nearby while they are away. | Now she is going to stay at a friend's house nearby while they are away. |
| "It's an incredibly sad day," she said, as the demolition team moved in. | "It's an incredibly sad day," she said, as the demolition team moved in. |