Time outside in winter light is a fantastically transformative, mood lifting experience. Make the most of it by bookending your day with a sunrise to moonrise encounter in Great Yarmouth, then get cosy in a pub when darkness falls!

Head for the beach at North Denes, where sea winds gust in whirling sand patterns across the shore. Dog walkers and romantics wander in salty solitude, clearing the mind in newly minted air. With summer crowds gone, the Norfolk coast feels like it’s all yours, so wrap up for an invigorating walk where tussocks of coarse Marram grass offer a uniquely barren beauty during the luminous days of winter.

Be first to greet the morning by going down to the sand before sunrise. Nestle in the dunes, sheltered from the North Sea wind, and watch the pearly sky flush with promise for the new day. Why not take breakfast with you? A flask of hot coffee and delicious Pastéis de Nata from one of Great Yarmouth’s Portuguese stores make a fine treat.

Embrace a whole day of ethereal light and stay until the bronze glow of the sinking sun sets Great Yarmouth’s rooftops aflame and murmurations of starlings wheel across the pewter sky.

You may see a full moon rising from the crescendoing tide. September’s Harvest Moon shines bright and buttery while the hungry Wolf Moon of January rises with the constellations, glittering over a vast horizon, a signal of hope in the midnight of the year.