The pubs were open just down the road from our tick-less stop, though there turned out to be no beer in Lavenham. Mrs RM asked me if I wanted to go in the Greyhound, and I said no, before remembering 20 minutes later it meant she needed the ladies. They don’t teach you mind-reading at… Continue reading LAVENHAM – WOOL & WARM BEER
Tag: Suffolk
MILDENHALL – FIGHTER JETS & FUN PUBS
Well the Pokémon craze died fairly quickly in our house, but that won’t stop our teenage sons being grumpy at the loss of a day’s internet. Particularly when what they get instead is a 20 mile bike ride past stinging nettles and Greene King fun pubs. This was another exploratory campervan trip 30 miles down the… Continue reading MILDENHALL – FIGHTER JETS & FUN PUBS
IN A NUTSHELL
Sunday night saw a steady flood of 4x4s returning to our Cambridgeshire village from Latitude, the music festival for people who like music they like, washed down with Adnams wines. I’m sure there will have been polite political debate. Mrs RM would like to go, but she doesn’t get it all her own way in… Continue reading IN A NUTSHELL
PHILOSOPHY FOR THE SAISONS IN NEWMARKET
In 20 years time people will no doubt look back on the horror of the last week, aghast that the so-called “Festival of Contemporary Performing Arts” was headlined by a procession of OAP cover bands. And Coldplay (sorry, should have warned you at the top that was coming). A very similar musical fayre is available… Continue reading PHILOSOPHY FOR THE SAISONS IN NEWMARKET
RICH PICKINGS nr. STOWMARKET
My last new Guide pub in Suffolk didn’t offer much in the way of walking, partly because of torrential rain and partly because it’s in the large area of nothingness between Stowmarket and Diss (think Leigh to Lymm but duller). When folk tell me how lovely Suffolk is, I assume they’ve only ever been to the… Continue reading RICH PICKINGS nr. STOWMARKET
INDEPENDENTS IN T’OTHER BURY
The southern Bury (St Edmunds) is a wonderful town for an afternoon amble, with more attractive streets than Cambridge, if not Norwich. It’s also only a 40 minute hop on the train for me, a bit quicker than the northern version, though no doubt HS2 will remedy that just as I finally get to move… Continue reading INDEPENDENTS IN T’OTHER BURY
LAXFIELD HIGH AND LOW
I’m not a great fan of Suffolk, finding the coastal towns of Waveney a little staid, the often heralded villages flat, and Adnams less challenging a beer than it once was. I do, however, have fond childhood memories of caravan parks in Leiston and the Ipswich Town team of the late ’70s, and Woodbridge, the Shotley… Continue reading LAXFIELD HIGH AND LOW
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