Blogs from Suffolk, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Hello everyone Yesterday we went to Lavenham located in the heart of the stunning Suffolk countryside,it’s considered to be Britains best preserved medieval village and one of Suffolks most important wool towns. The buildings in the village are as old as 1500 to 1700 yrs old. We really enjoyed it was worth going to see,buildings are amazing. This will be the last blog from Suffolk and Norfolk,we have really enjoyed our time here,it’s been great to see another part of the UK. We leave Tommorrow morning for Sheffield to stay with our friend Joan,then we go on monday to Seahouses in Northumberland Watch this space Enjoy the photos SK... read more

We took late summer holiday at Mary, Mark’s mother’s home between 6th and 10th September. We haven’t had very many hot days this summer. However, we had heard that heat wave would come at the beginning of the 2nd week of September. We travelled up to Bury St Edmunds on 6th September. Upon arrival at there, Mary came to the station and took us to Nowton Park where she regularly visits for a walk. We walked in the arboretum. There were a wide variety of trees, shrubs and conifers thriving and they looked great under the blue sky. We checked the weather forecast on Tuesday & Wednesday – heard that the temperature would rise up to 28 degree; we believed that London would have been even hotter. She took us to Long Melford Country Walk on ... 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

So day one of what promises to be a very different holiday thanks to a pesky virus. The day started with breakfast out (no washing up) with friends and an air con re gas (meaning our holiday will have the coldest temperatures to hit Europe in years for sure). Seth and I walked home (with our lovely cakes for the journey from the bakery) as Ash went to fetch the car . A stop by the allotment to say hi to grandad seemed like a good idea but my inability to say no meant that I ended up leaving with a hundred weight of beetroot plus leaves and a head of broccoli. And no bag. And the cakes in a wobbly box. And a 3 year old and his wayward coat. We (I) must have looked ... read more