A watercolour artist who has made a career out of the north Norfolk coast has written a book about the changing landscape.
Godfrey Sayers, 73, from Wiveton, near Blakeney, who previously worked as a fisherman, wrote Once Upon a Tide, which features his own watercolours of north Norfolk and pictures of important people in his life.
The book includes the 1953, 1978 and 2013 floods and has a focus on the coastline's history, his experience of growing up and living in the area and what it means to different people.
Mr Sayers, who has three children and three grandchildren, said: 'I feel I'm speaking for the large numbers of local people who feel they don't have a voice. The book is important because it speaks to people who feel they are not heard.'
He added that creating the book was a wonderful experience but the hardest thing he had ever done.
'The coast underwrites my professional life. The whole Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty is important to me. I want to fight to protect what is important about it. It has a unique character because of its ecology,' Mr Sayers added.
He is chairman of the Friends of North Norfolk group which helps small communities being affected by development.
After being born in Kingston-upon-Thames, he moved to Burgh Castle near Great Yarmouth as a child.
Mr Sayers' mother had 16th century family links to Blakeney and he moved to a railway carriage on Morston Quay with his mother and younger sister aged four.
The family then moved to a cottage on Westgate Street, Blakeney, two years later where Mr Sayers' grandmother lived.
He went to school at Langham, Blakeney and the former Alderman Peel Secondary Modern in Wells, before leaving aged 15.
His first picture was of the 1956 Hungarian Revolution, which he created during his second year at the Wells school. Mr Sayers said: 'I wanted to make it as offensive as possible and the art master loved it.'
After that his teachers arranged extra art sessions for him.
His fishing days started age nine, when he would go out from Blakeney harbour at the weekends and school holidays to pick mussels.
Apart for a four-year gap in the Merchant Navy from the age of 17, he worked in the mussel industry and then in haulage before turning to art around 1975. 'I enjoyed my time in the Merchant Navy. If I hadn't fallen in love with my wife Judith I would have stayed in it,' he added.
The book costs £19.95 and is available from Jarrold, Holt Bookshop and the Crabpot Bookshop in Cley.
People can also order one by emailing My Sayers on art@godfreysayers.plus.com
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