Surely a 'local' wouldn't classify going to the North Norfolk coastline as a destination worth travelling to, right? Wrong. In my eyes, if a place steals your heart and you consider it to be your go-to location in your home country, I don't think it really matters. The fact is this: I drive from my home in Lincolnshire to the beaches in Norfolk virtually every weekend because that is exactly where my heart belongs. Although I’m technically not a local as I don't live there, I might as well be. Recently, I presented my Year 10 class with a piece of nonfiction writing entitled ‘Family Holidays in Norfolk’ in an attempt to stimulate some thought as to how authors use language devices to entice the readers, but the problem that I found was not the use
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