First visit of the day was to meet up with my Sister-out-law Liz who I’ve not seen for rather too many years. Had a coffee and a catchup chat and became reacquainted not only with Liz but with her puppy who is the son of my daughter’s dog. Lovely way to start the day. In fact the day, weatherwise had not started well at all. We had to get up in the night to pull the awning in as it became really windy and the sounds coming from it as it flapped in the wind were too loud to ignore. Sure enough we woke to a totally grey morning as the wind had blown lots of cloud in. Fortunately by the time we reached the beach as Happisburgh the sun was breaking through and though it ... read more

Time to move on and leave Suffolk for Norfolk, not many miles up the road. Back on the A12, a road which seems to have taken us everywhere in Suffolk and heading north until we came to Burgh Castle on the outskirts of Great Yarmouth. Nice little Camping and Caravanning Club CL called Home Farm. We settled in, had lunch and then went out in Smart Arse to explore. Great Yarmouth first stop except we didn’t. Stop I mean. We had been advised against visiting the ‘attractions’ along the sea front Pleasure Beach but drove along it just for a laugh. Did spot a funfair area called Joyland but even that didn’t persuade us to stop. There were lots and lots of people who were obviously enjoying the town and the promenade was heaving with people, ... read more

Lovely day out in Smart Arse today exploring the local area to the East of Woodbridge. We crossed the Deben river and drove through the pretty Suffolk countryside passing lots of enormous tractors on the way. Made Smart Arse look even tinier. This is an agricultural area, fields full of crops and quite frequently full of pigs, each with their own little hut. Loving the architecture. Lots of thatched cottages, pastel coloured houses and tall twisted chimneys. First stop at the Ramsholt Arms on the banks of the river and nothing else anywhere in sight except moored up boats. Perfect spot for lunch. Further down river from there until we came to the estuary at Bawdsey. From there we could see across to North Felixtowe. There is a little ferry which crosses the river but we ... read more

Excellent day today exploring some of Suffolk's treasures. First to Sutton Hoo, site of two early medieval cemeteries dating from the 6th to 7th centuries. One cemetery had an undisturbed ship burial with a wealth of Anglo-saxon artefacts. The burial mounds are clear to see and there are lovely walks across the site with views down to the river below. Fortunately summer has returned so we had a glorious blue sky for our walk. There is also an exhibition explaining how the treasures were uncovered in 1938 and examples of the finds. Fascinating. We haven't seen The Dig film yet but will as soon as we get home. From Sutton Hoo our faithful little Smart Arse took us a little further north to Snape Maltings. Here on the banks of the River Alde are repurposed Victorian ... read more

First of all I really need to introduce you to our new motorhome vehicles. So the first photo is of Chaussy and Smart Arse. We are just getting used to both of them and so far are incredibly happy with the partnership and hoping for many happy and adventurous trips with them. Today the weather forecast was not at all good and when we woke it was to a very blustery wind with a nasty chill and promises of rain. As it happened we only caught a little rain but the sun was awol for most of the day. Summer has temporarily deserted us. Smart Arse took us for a little ride through the Cambridgeshire countryside to National Trust Wimpole House. The grounds are enormous. Just to get to the house from the carpark was quite ... read more