We bid farewell to Avril and Peter and boarded the train bound for Suffolk. We were looking forward to a few days with friends Danielle and Andy at their home near Woodbridge. Andy and I have been friends since we met in the early Eighties. Andy was living in Hong
We bid farewell to Avril and Peter and boarded the train bound for Suffolk. We were looking forward to a few days with friends Danielle and Andy at their home near Woodbridge.
Andy and I have been friends since we met in the early Eighties. Andy was living in Hong Kong and I had just emerged from China after several months of traveling that began in Moscow aboard the Trans-Siberia railway. We’ve done various things together since then, including cycling from Berlin to Budapest via Prague a few months after the Berlin Wall fell.
But I digress.
Today was a day for taking in the English seaside and enjoying a classic Sunday roast beef lunch. We visited the river port at nearby Woodbridge where we saw a mill that uses water power to grind grain in an unusual way. Water is captured behind a dam on the rising tide, then drained to drive a waterwheel when the tide falls.
Later we strolled along the beach at Felixstowe before lunching at the waterfront Fludyers Hotel. The brightly colored tool shed-like buildings in the photo are beach huts. People either rent or own them to enjoy while visiting the ocean. The prices would surprise you.
Finally, after attending a friend’s house-warming, we paid a brief visit to the Ipswich marina just to have a look.
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