Wickham Market railway station is actually in Campsea Ashe, four kms. east of the eponymous small town. It is indeed rather strange to come across an apparently working railway station, as it were in the middle of nowhere. Yet it is a station of some … [Read more]
Surreal in Suffolk I: the East Suffolk Line
The East Suffolk Line is a thing, if not of beauty, then of infinite wonder. It wombles its way from Ipswich to Lowestoft, a journey not many people seem to want to make, particularly during this last year when the train has often carried literally … [Read more]
Towards a refurbished studio
It's exactly a year now since the first moves were taken nationally to combat Covid 19. In one sense, not much has happened since then, particularly in my personal life and work. Basically I've done nothing of significance, although merely surviving … [Read more]
‘Highly inflammable clutter’
I thought this a lovely phrase just as a phrase; but it becomes even better when you know that it is 'highly inflammable clutter all over the walls.' The phrase is Steve Bell's, used in his strip cartoon in the Guardian. The words are spoken by a … [Read more]
On falling over
Twice in two days! - that's what makes this simple act of falling over worthy of comment; and worrying too. I've not even bothered to get dressed today since I have no intention of going out into that dangerous world which lies beyond the front … [Read more]
Frost on the beach
Aldeburgh on the east Suffolk coast is at its best before 10 am on a Sunday morning, especially in winter. Only a few people dodder along the near-deserted main street, and Crag Path, the parallel road along the sea front, is almost completely devoid … [Read more]
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