A Suffolk Lane
Clare Pooley
This blog is about my life in Suffolk. I share with you the things I see and do and also my views and opinions. These views and opinions are mine and have generally been thought out before I express them. However, if there is something you disagree with or wish to discuss with me I am only too pleased to hear your side and review my ideas if necessary.
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This is just a quick post and an update on my previous one to tell you that Dunwich Heath has been on fire since yesterday afternoon. Many people have been evacuated and the fire service still have no idea when they will be able to get the blaze under control. Below, I have added a link to the local BBC report....
Richard, Elinor and I went to Dunwich Heath on Tuesday afternoon. We had originally thought about going in the late morning and having some lunch in the National Trust café there. However, it became too hot and the thought of wandering about on the beach with the sun beating down on us and no shelter and us...
As threatened in my last post, here is the continuation of the diary of our holiday in Brittany. See earlier Brittany posts : Holiday in Brittany: August 1999 Holiday in Brittany – August 1999. Part 2. Holiday in Brittany: August 1999. Part 3 ooo000ooo Friday 27th August Richard did not sleep well last night and was...
After successfully finding my way back to my blog I have so far failed to do any blogging. I found that I had committed myself to doing so many other things that the time and energy for self-indulgence (i.e. writing for my own amusement) was lacking. We spent over a year sorting out my late mother’s belongings and...
This is just a short-ish post to let you all know what I’ve been up to during the past few weeks. On Christmas Eve evening I decided that it would be the ideal time to update my contact details on WordPress. I have no idea why I should have attempted such a foolish thing at such an unsuitable time, but there is no...
It is strange how one can live for years near to places of beauty or interest but never get around to visiting them. There always seem to be other things to do and of course these places will always be there, won’t they? And we will always be able to get to them whenever we like – yes? Elinor and I decided to visit...
After nearly a year of not posting anything on my blog I have decided, at last, that I ought to do something about it. It has been a difficult year in many ways but especially because my siblings, my husband, daughters and I have been dealing with my mother’s death and the associated tasks of sorting out all her...
Dear All; and you are all very dear to me and I have been thinking of you a lot over the past many months. Some of you may have forgotten all about me, some may have been wondering where I had got to, others may already know what I have been doing. If you have been reading my blog for some time you will know that I...
Here follows the next episode of our Brittany holiday. I thought I would include here an example of Breton folk music just so you can get an idea of the kind of music we heard when we arrived in Brittany. I also apologise for the grainy and blurred photos. Sunday 22nd August This is where we were staying. I believe...
During a lull in the first year of the pandemic we managed to get our loft re-insulated. We cleared the area of all our stored boxes and bags and also disposed of a large amount things we no longer needed as well as spare tiles and other decorating material left there by the previous owner. The firm we employed to...
This last autumn and winter have been especially wet, so walking from home has not often been possible because of the mud and deep puddles everywhere. In fact, I don’t think I have walked along our lanes since the autumn, though Richard has – he is a hardier soul than me! The field paths are probably very squelchy...
Bungay Castle gate towers In my post about Mettingham Castle (https://asuffolklane.wordpress.com/2023/05/15/mettingham-castle/) I mentioned that I visited a cafe next to Bungay Castle and had a cup of tea there. For my first post in six months I thought that I would tell you about the ruins of Bungay Castle which...
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