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Monday, 1 Jul 2013 | Views [172]
This is just one photo taken from the Shard in Lond. The views from up there are spectacular. When looking down at the roads, river and rail lines, all the cars, boats and trains look like dinky toys!
Monday, 1 Jul 2013 | Views [193] | Comments [2]
Sat 29 - We made our way to London on the train from Norwich. We walked from Liverpool St. station to our favourite apartment at Holborn. We arrived to early to check in (by about an hour) so we went off in search of some lunch. We had a nice ... Read more >
Saturday, 29 Jun 2013 | Views [267] | Comments [2]
Today we had lots of train rides, which we love. We caught a train from Norwich to Sheringham, which is a seaside resort town and an hour in the train, from Norwich. Our mission was to catch the steam and diesel heritage trains on the Sheringham ... Read more >
Friday, 28 Jun 2013 | Views [266] | Comments [2]
Today we went on a long trek from Norwich to Sandringham, one of the Queen’s country retreats. It took us a bit over 2 hours, on two trains and a bus! It was a very scenic trip, and well worth it. The house at Sandringham was built in 1870 by the ... Read more >
Thursday, 27 Jun 2013 | Views [135]
Today we set off for Bressingham which consists of 17 acres of wonderful gardens which were absolutely beautiful and manicured to perfection. The gardens are renowned worldwide for their horticultural excellence.
There is ... Read more >
Tuesday, 25 Jun 2013 | Views [171] | Comments [2]
Yesterday we bid a sad farewell to Aldeburgh. We were there so long, it had become our home! We set off in the bus to Ipswich (about an hour and a half, which goes through several villages and picks up passengers along the way. Rob sat behind ... Read more >
Sunday, 23 Jun 2013 | Views [137]
22 June - Saturday was pretty much a day of relaxation. We pottered around for most of the day, only venturing out to go down the road to see the Moot Hall. Moot Hall is a timber framed building built around 1550 and served as the Town Hall, ... Read more >
Friday, 21 Jun 2013 | Views [127]
Today we headed back to the Snape Car Hire to hire our car for the third time. As I mentioned previously, Snape Car Hire are a quaint little operation. Karl manages the car hire and he is such a nice person, who gives you great personal attention.... Read more >
Friday, 21 Jun 2013 | Views [147]
Today was a day of taking it easy. We had lunch at a pub near the beach, then a bit if a stroll before getting ready to head back to Snape Maltings again. This time we were booked to see some ballets, called Britten Dances because they were ... Read more >
Thursday, 20 Jun 2013 | Views [134] | Comments [1]
Today was an interesting walk, organised by the Aldeburgh Festival. We started with a coach drive, going inland to Dennington. We visited St Mary's church which is a 14th century church, however there is a 12th century stone still visible near ... Read more >
Wednesday, 19 Jun 2013 | Views [167] | Comments [1]
We drove through Chelsworth on the way to Lavenham and stopped to take photos of the thatched cottages in the little street we drove through. We are sitting in a wifi hotspot trying to load up a few selected photos and this is the only one I have managed ... Read more >
Wednesday, 19 Jun 2013 | Views [173] | Comments [1]
Yesterday we decided to go back to Snape where there is a lovely village around the Snape Maltings concert hall. We beat a regular track between Aldeburgh and Snape, but had not previously looked around the Maltings area. There is the most amazing antique ... Read more >
Monday, 17 Jun 2013 | Views [174] | Comments [1]
Today we set off on a lovely walk along the beach from Aldeburgh to Thorpeness (about 4 Kilometres north of Aldeburgh, along the coast). Today the weather was much warmer ( at least during the morning it was). We even had our sun hats on! ... Read more >
Sunday, 16 Jun 2013 | Views [177] | Comments [1]
14 June - Yesterday, we set off on the coach to the Snape Maltings concert hall for another concert. The Snape Maltings is about 15 minutes from Aldeburgh. The Maltings used to be a malt house which was built by Newson Garrett in the mid nineteenth century, ... Read more >
Saturday, 15 Jun 2013 | Views [145]
Today, Rob did a bit of financial housekeeping on the netbook while I wandered up and down the high Street in Aldeburgh, to look at the shops.
In the evening we went off to the Snape Maltings concert hall again, to a program ... Read more >
Thursday, 13 Jun 2013 | Views [128] | Comments [1]
Day 11 - Yesterday, we set off to Snape on the bus, to a quaint little car hire place, and hired a car for the day (we preordered a car for three separate days while we are here). The car didn't come with a Suffolk map or sat nav, so fortunately ... Read more >
Tuesday, 11 Jun 2013 | Views [163] | Comments [1]
Last night, Rob and I went to the Snape Maltings concert hall to hear a concert version of Benjamin Britten’s opera, Peter Grimes. The performance was absolutely fantastic. It was semi staged but the soloists were not in costume. They will be performing ... Read more >
Monday, 10 Jun 2013 | Views [173] | Comments [1]
This morning was a special festival service at the local parish church. The new Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby presided over the service and gave the sermon. The boys from the King's College Cambridge choir, conducted by Stephen Cleobury, ... Read more >
Sunday, 9 Jun 2013 | Views [214] | Comments [1]
Day 6. We started the day by purchasing some train tickets that we need for trips we are taking in a couple of weeks. We bought them from the ticket office in Ipswich, and the bloke who was serving us was curious about why we came to Ipswich. When we ... Read more >
Friday, 7 Jun 2013 | Views [236] | Comments [1]
Day 4. This morning we woke quite early, after our long day yesterday. After a leisurely breakfast in the hotel, we went just across the road from the hotel to catch a bus back to Heathrow, where we caught a coach to Ipswich. The coach stopped ... Read more >
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