BeenThere-DoneThat Blog

A blog about life and travel in Great Britain

Browsing Posts published in June, 2007

Walking on cobbles

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We have just returned from a trip to Rye in Sussex. Those of you who followed the Channel 4′s Mapp & Lucia series will probably know that filming for the town of Tilling, in that series, was done in Rye. What a quaint and interesting place it is. Most people who have heard of Rye [...]

Water, water and more water.

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We headed north, today, over the county border, and the River Stour, and into Suffolk. Our destination was Pin Mill – a small waterside community on the River Orwell. We drove as far as the village of Chelmondiston where we parked in the small, free, village car park. The walk down Pinmill Road was an [...]

There I was in the shower, minding my own business, when in through the slightly open window comes the queen! Not THE QUEEN, you understand, but a queen hornet. When naked one does feel slightly more vulnerable than when fully clothed – more places available for stinging I suppose. Had it been a common wasp [...]

… and neither do barges. Today was the ‘Blackwater Barge Match’ and for those not in the know it’s a race between Thames Sailing Barges. These magnificent vessels are around 80 – 100 feet long and about 100 years old. It takes place every year on the River Blackwater, near us, starting from just below [...]