But Southwold was charming

Out of season, of course, so not full of crazed sand-castle builders. Not quite the typical sea-side town: rather genteel. Obscure literary connections? Travels with my Aunt and (I think) the Forsyte Saga...

The iron age gets all the best picnic sites

Having seen the treasure in the British Museum, I wanted to go the source: Sutton Hoo. And what a lovely place it is!! Quiet, peaceful, with beautiful scenery, the complex is creatively and tastefully laid out, with the inevitable shop and cafe built out of local wood in a style in keeping with the surroundings (lunch was delicious, too). The tumuli are grazed by Suffolk horned sheep, a species apparently on the brink of extinction until a few years ago, the present representatives of which allowed to roam free over the site. There was a skylark singing its little guts out (not-so-obscure literary reference alert).