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Rich taking photos of Framlingham Castle
Saturday, unquestionably the brighter of this weekend’s two days, we went to Framlingham to walk around the edge of the castle. It’s another part of the country I’ve never seen before, and it certainly [...]

This weekend in Ipswich.

Looks like the forecasters were right. It took all the squirrels by surprise, of course, as they’d not been paying attention, but once they got over the shock of it they spent most of the morning either breathing on their fingers to keep them warm or throwing snowballs at each other…

…or playing hide and seek [...]

All our worst fears confirmed. Cakes make you fat and some people are so ignorant to the fact that we now need to print health warnings on flapjack wrappers.

Wake up at our house these days and one of the first things you’ll hear is clap-clap-clap.
It’s the sound of wood on wood; a lid clapping down as the squirrels eat breakfast on their favoured tree half way down the garden. We put up a proper squirrel feeder in the summer, to stop them from [...]

Today was the better of the two days this weekend, so we headed back across the Suffolk/Essex border to Mistley. I’d not been in ages - years, in all likelihood - but I did remember one things very clearly: the swans.
The town pays them homage with a rather disappointing swan fountain, unwisely built in such [...]

Best wishes for Christmas and the New Year!

Mist among the trees in Thetford Forest.

From a Monday afternoon of mist and wet feet in Thetford Forest.

My Christmas shopping is officially finished. Let’s celebrate with this picture of Rich’s Christmas lights.