Orford Ferry to Sutton Hoo Day Six We set out from Orford Quay in sunshine led by Harry, a Scotsman who’s lived in Suffolk for over 40 years. He tells […]
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Day Five. I wonder what attracted the Ministry of Defence to Orford Ness back in 1917?
Day Four: In a thin drizzle we arrive for the start of Day 4 next to the Jacobean Moot Hall on Aldeburgh seafront.
Halesworth to Aldeburgh Day 3 Deep in the reed beds of Walberswick marshes a bird is calling vociferously, but I can’t see it. This is a world where you […]
Day Two. The church at Blythburgh stands above a shimmering world of reed and rush, three miles from the sea.
It sits at my feet, a marvel of fragility and camouflage. Just over an inch long and carefully mottled in greys and black on a faintly bluish background.
On this first day of the epic Beach of Dreams journey, we’ll be setting off from Lowestoft in the early morning and walking to Southwold mostly by the Suffolk Coastal Path.
A walk by the River Blyth – first its estuary, to the village of Blythburgh, and then the inland river all the way to Halesworth
Quiet paths and lanes through rural Suffolk, then through Walberswick Nature Reserve, Dunwich, Minsmere and Thorpeness. Plus Sizewell!
A day close to the Alde estuary, first inland to the famous Snape Maltings, then through Iken and the sea wall by the Sudbourne Marshes.