Wednesday 7 July 2021

A Walk to the Post Office

 I took my camera with me on a walk to the Post Office/shop last week. It's not very far.

This border is mine between my shingle driveway/parking area and the path up the little hill to the village. Me and my neighbours share the entrance way off the road and then they park in front of their house and I park in front of my bungalow.

This village has terraced rows of old houses in several streets like you would find in a town. The trees on the right are on the edge of the churchyard

 Several of the houses have squeezed in some flowers between their house and the path..... Oh there's the window cleaner up the road. He did mine last week. Odd thing is he lives over the A140 in the village where I used to live and once thought about buying the strange long-empty house in my lane.

 

A new shingle driveway leads to some new properties behind the older ones on what was once an old orchard. I'm very envious of the huge clumps of Alstromeria - actually I'm very envious of the whole border - it's flourishing.

 

Healthy  Hostas in pots by a front door of an old house opposite the church


Very old Tudor house -  Love the timber frame and and the windows

 

And just a wee bit further another equally ancient house. I don't know the history of this although  there is a book about the village history written a few years ago but only available to look at in Reference libraries

 

Into the shop and after posting a parcel an ice-cream shouted at me from the freezer! This is a bargain edition of a White Chocolate Magnum - same taste at third the price - yum.

 

Below is the little United Reformed Church. WI will be held here when they get going with proper meetings again. Actually quite a lot of organisations will need to use this now because the Village Hall adjoining the Primary School which had a Large Hall belonging to the County Council and Small Hall belonging to the Village Parish Council has been taken by Suffolk County Council to use as extra school accommodation. The plans are for new Special Needs classes to serve a wide area sometime soon. The Small Hall was sold to SCC but the money raised isn't enough to build a new hall for the village. Much fund raising will be needed I think. It's all been quite controversial.....village politics often are.

 

Heading back down a different road, more old properties

 

Like most villages there would have once have been more shops selling all sorts. It's been many years since these buildings were shops .

 And back down the little hill passing the house with Hostas and the Church.

That's a quick walk round the centre and oldest part of the village.

Back Tomorrow
Sue


38 comments:

  1. Those ice-creams do have a habit of shouting loudly don't they :)
    Your village looks lovely, and very different to what I'm used to around here. There are some beautiful features on those properties.
    I hope the situation with the hall gets resolved. X

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  2. Lovely tour Sue, some really nice old houses.

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  3. Some lovely buildings! I do hope you soon feel properly settled in your new surroundings

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  4. It looks absolutely delightful, full of character and interest. I like the idea of a shared driveway - it opens up the frontage very nicely.
    xx

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    1. Yes it works fine and I get to say hello to them if they are out the front at the same time as me, whereas neighbours on the other side are hidden behind the huge Yew hedge

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  5. Thank you, I enjoyed that walk round. You may be able to access the information, contained in the village book , on the Internet.

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  6. Thanks for the tour. I'd love to see inside those old houses. xx

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  7. Gorgeous buildings. I really miss Suffolk when I see images like this.
    Thank you for the tour, really enjoyable. I too would love a peek inside many of those houses.

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    1. I bet the floors are as wonky as the windows!

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  8. What a lovely village. Love the old properties. It reminds me of when we used to stay with b-in-law near Colchester, and we'd travel up into Suffolk.

    I hope you can find some Alstromerias to go in your border.

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  9. Thank you I enjoyed the walk around the village I love the black and white houses in Suffolk.
    I would have enjoyed the icecream, my D. Brought me some Nuii ice creams the other day for a treat -- lovely.
    Some nice flowers especially the Hostas.
    Hazel 🌈🌈

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    1. The rest of the village isn't so interesting but I will walk through the churchyard sometime and take photos

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  10. Thank you for the tour around your lovely village.

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  11. What a great idea to give us a little tour of your village, especially as it is so beautiful.
    We can now picture you walking down to the shop for more Magnums!

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  12. You live in a charming place!
    How *do* people keep their hostas looking good? I've tried everything but the slugs and snails always get them sooner or later.

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    1. It's the same with me and my Hostas - one has a few holes, the other has lacy leaves, having been half eaten. I would be too ashamed to put them in the front garden! Even a resident hedgehog hasn't helped.

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    2. I've resorted to putting my (very sorry looking) hosta in a hanging basket in my pear tree. It's starting to look less chewed and has even got a flower stalk. Just hope the snails don't learn to abseil!

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  13. Lovely thankyou, really enjoyed our walk and have to admit a secret craving for white magnum ice cream. I wonder if yours taste the same as ours in Oz?

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  14. Lovely walk. Our post office walk is 2 miles including country roads and crossing 3 fields. They only have genuine Magnums which shout very loud indeed about needing to be properly prepared for the walk back.

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  15. I did enjoy your post and getting a glimpse of the village you live in and the houses. I was interested in how close the church was to the road.

    I also envied your less expensive Magnum!

    A very interesting post. It would be fun to know from the census returns the occupations the people had who lived in the older homes.

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    1. Yes the tower entrance is so close to the road . I expect the road has got wider over the years

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  16. Walking through the village and having the post office and ice cream shop along the route is lovely. The homes and plantings are very well cared for and loved, making the village just charming. Thank you for showing us your village.

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  17. Thanks for the lovely tour of your charming village.

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  18. A beautiful village, I can understand why you wanted to move there.

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  19. I enjoyed that walk. I love to see where people live and it is so nice that you can walk to the shop and leave your car at home. How convenient for you!

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  20. Isn't it nice to walk to places in your little town?

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  21. Thank you for sharing that small tour. What a lovely village.

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    1. I agree, a very lovely walk. Glad you knew all the names of the flowers as well♥

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  22. Lovely village with lots of patina.

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  23. I enjoyed that so much Sue, thank you! Your village is lovely and everything is so neat and obviously well-loved.

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  24. This is one of my favorite kinds of posts, exploring someone’s town or village as if I were walking it. I covet those hostas, they are just deer salad bars here.

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  25. That was fascinating. So many things "English". Shared walls, for instance. That practice came across the ocean, but didn't go much further east than Philadelphia. I love the little flower gardens wherever that is some soil available.

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  26. What a fascinating tour - thank you Sue. In New Zealand, almost nothing isomer 100 years old, and as wood was the main building material, alterations and fire have changed most old buildings. Our last home was a lovely 1930 "Arts and Crafts" style house, with lovely wooden paneling, lovely to look at but very poorly insulated, had a Marsaille tile roof (overdue for replacement!) and the leadlight windows were hopeless. It might be nice to own a Tudor building, but only if one had limitless maintenance money!

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  27. Love the photos of your village. Makes me quite homesick. I can't wait to get back and spend some time in Suffolk.

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  28. Hello Sue, not sure where I found the link to your blog, but as soon as I saw the word Suffolk I had to have a look, it is a wonderful blog and so full of the beautiful sights of Suffolk. I moved to Northumberland in Nov 2019 from Suffolk, I lived in a village just off the A14 in Mid SUffolk. I am trying to see if I can work our where you live, some of todays pictures look so familar and I am going to look at the 100 Churches blogs in more detail, after the tennis and football have finished. I'd love to see Matteo and Denis in the final, but think it will be Novack who wins in the end.
    Hilary

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  29. The Tudors are gorgeous, all hope for a happy life in your new home from an occasional reader.....

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  30. I really enjoyed accompanying you on your walk today! What a charming town and so nice it is walkable.

    Thanks for coming over to Marmelade Gypsy and your kind words about Rick. We're on the way to health again!

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