Last Friday we motored over to the midlands to spend the weekend with Carl and Judy, and to bring Judy back to spend a few days with us in Suffolk. We stopped in the village of Reach, a few miles this side of Cambridge, and went to the village pub for lunch. Took the above photo from the pub garden across th village green.
The above photo is of the Devil's Dyke, which was thrown up a few years after the Romans left us, and as a defence against an early wave of Angles and Saxons (blooming opportunists those Angles and Saxons)..
Stopped and took the above photo through the car nearside window of the two Churches in the churchyard of Swaffham Prior, before driving on to Leicestershire.
Spent a very pleasant and restful weekend with Carl and Judy, then set out for home (bringing Judy with us) on Sunday (yesterday) afternoon.
Arrived home yesterday evening, and took above photo of roses round our kitchen window - glorious scent.
Spent this morning in my workshop preparing for Long Melford Antique Fair. Went well. This afternoon drove into the countryside to check how the sloes are doing. Above snapshot is of our usual sloeing area. Not very good news. Sloes not yet ripe, and very few of them. Unless we can find a better source of sloes things don't bode well for this year's supply of sloe gin.
These next two photoes are in the wrong order, I'm afraid. The second one shows Ann on the edge of the ford which we were showing Judy. Our senior granddaughters Sophie and Amelia used to love to play in the ford, paddle, get soaked and catch tiddlers. Two young boys (probably about 5 and 7) were catching tiddlers (not minnows, but probably very young brown trout) in the charge of their Grandmama, who was ensconced in a folding chair, on the footbridge next to the ford. The boys were proud to show off some of their catch from the bucket in which they were being kept.
The above photo was taken from the car window, and shows the main highway between Ash Street and Semer, where we went to our favourite farm shop/tea shop to refresh ourselves with tea, before driving home and resuming (in my case) getting ready for Wednesday's fair.
7 comments:
Glad to see you're home safe and sound, I hope young Jude is behaving herself and you are all having a whale of a time.
It was lovely to see you both over the weekend and very kind of you to show Jude the fashionable and frivolous wilds of deepest Suffolk.
Big Hugs (especially for Jude)
Carl
Hello Crowbard. Message delivered. Judy reciprocates, asks me to assure you that she is having a lovely time, and to enquire of you whether you have put the rubbish out?
Yes,
Scaffolding all removed, rubbish out for re-cycling & landfill as appropriate, Cats fed (and still whinging, me fed and not whinging.)
Just going to do a bit of house-work before I turn in for the night.
Sleep tight
LuvBruv
Fine church - looks a bit southern European to me. And the ford looks just like Castle Acre.
Very happy memories of all the children playing in the ford and wondering why we bothered putting their wells on, their feet were always wet and the boots full of water! See you soon, Stiggy x
Hello Rog. Yes, I know what you mean about that church. I think it's the fact that it's Norman, and the stone looks so white in the sunshine.
Hi Stig. Good to hear from you. Last time I saw your Sophie, I reminded her of the ford and that it was then her favourite place on earth; she though about that and then said that she thinks it still is. And she'll be twenty three in a minute!
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