East Anglia 2022

Exploring the Wash and discovered a lovely little lighthouse where Sir Peter Scott (painter and conservationist son of the famous Antarctic explorers) lived from 1933 to 1939. Finished by driving over the Cross Keys swing bridge. Saw red kite, kestrel and curlew while David played with his new bird app. Made sure we went at …

This morning we had an Interesting guided tour of Peckover house in Wisbech, built in 1722 and bought by the Peckovers in 1794. They were a wealthy Quaker family of bankers with lots of influence in Wisbech. We heard stories of candlelit dinners as late as the late 1940’s as the Quakers wished to avoid …

Spent today enjoying beautiful Snettisham RSPB site and coastal walk in between 19 calls to the solicitor! Never eaten blackberries at the coast before! I did need the binoculars to see the sea though! Must come back at high tide! Finally got the news that Evelyn’s move can happen tomorrow, one day later than her …

Another Jacobean hall with a very beautiful walled garden. The house dates from 1600’s and has original paintings and furniture in from 200 years ago when one of the owners did a world tour. The original owner was Thomas Windham, and stayed in the family for 4 générations till apparently “mad” Windhams wife spent the …

After shower, telephoning solicitors and packing up we moved campsite to Kitts campsite, Wickmere. This should have been 1.5 hours drive but we did a detour via Tescos at Norwich which proved impossible to park with the caravan! So we arrived in time for lunch and met  the owner who was originally from Sheffield! (£5).We …

Very pleasant morning exploring Minsmere and particularly meeting a very inspirational couple of volunteers who enthused about digger wasps and bees and showed us so many photos of different kinds. We also saw ruff and black tailed godwit aswell as avocets. All in the shadow of Sizewell nuclear reactor! We then nipped to see Leiston …

So from Sutton Hoo we went straight to Thorpeness for a cuppa and a long awaited catch-up with Mark and Allison and their lovely family in their pretty holiday home.

After making a picnic we drove 30 minutes to Sutton Hoo and arrived early to queue to go in! We reserved our places for the Gruesome Graves tour at 1 pm and then went to enjoy a demonstration of Anglo-Saxon living by he local re-enactment society. We then went to take our timed visit of …

So we moved campsite to Eastbridge Farm which was the busiest we have been in with a very old wooden toilet shed. After dinner I persuaded David to take me to Thorpeness regatta: a display of decorated boats followed by fireworks; a delightful event round the lake called the Meare. We just got in before …

Friday saw us going for a 14 km walk in Trimley marches, owned by Trinity college, Cambridge. Not so much water around to be really a marsh at the. moment though. We saw 4 deer and lots of oyster catchers, black tailed godwits and other unidentified birds! Click here to see a map of the …

Next day, after arriving at our new campsite (Low House Touring Caravan site – £14 including electricity!) we decided to visit Ipswich. We managed to find a parking space on a road near the park and walked to our 11am appointment for a free tour of the beautiful tudor Christchurch Mansion. There was a visiting …

So next morning we went to explore Colchester having  booked with just parking to park on a drive near the castle park. We followed a tour of the walls and enjoyed a comprehensive historical walk! The walk also visited St Botolphs priory We seemed to pass an incredible number of hairdressers and barbers, maybe more …

So from Sutton we spent a lovely last day in Whittlseford. Starting with a service in Sawston Christchurch South Cambridge and picnic with Flora and Victoria in Falmere bird reserve. We then enjoyed another bbq with our lovely hosts and got ready to leave early the next morning. And off we went… We drove to …