Wednesday 27 October 2021

On My Bike

 I haven't done an "On My Bike " post since moving in even though I've done this short bike ride for exercise quite often. It's only a tad over 3 miles and goes out of the village on one road and back in again on a back road and then out of the village on a different road, along a lane in a loop and back into the village again  close to home.

Out of the village past the doctors surgery. The front door has been boarded up since July. There's building work going on - although it's all come to a halt -there were rumours it was closing completely.

But it will re-open properly when the materials arrive for the builders to finish. The Pharmacy are dishing out prescription medications from a window!

Quite unusual to see old farm buildings falling down and unused. Usually they are turned into new homes and barn conversions.

This is the farmhouse that owns the buildings


 I was trying to zoom in on the weather-vane, first a couple walking their dog stopped to ask me what I was doing, then I had to leap out of the way when a huge lorry turned into the lane where I was standing and finally a Suffolk County Council Highways van stopped to take a photo of a road sign. It's all excitement around here!
These are the red and yellow cherry plum trees where I picked up some fruit to add to my fruit syrup earlier in the year.I'll remember to look again next year.
What is this?. The bottom of an early lamp post perhaps.
An old pub, closed sometime around 25 years ago maybe, it was popular when we lived around this way before. There is still one pub hanging on in the village.
This little lane is called Wash Lane. I think many villages had a Wash Lane where a stream would have crossed the road, perhaps they would have dipped sheep or washed down the heavy horses here. The stream is now just a small ditch and goes under the road.

The small dots on the wires are a gathering of starlings. Are they gathering to leave or have they just arrived or just having a chat?
A view of part of the village from one of the "high" bits on the lane
Every year I think about making rose-hip syrup. There are loads along the hedges in the lane here. Perhaps next year I will. It's a bit of a fiddly job due to the irritant hairs in the hips. Elderberry syrup is much easier.
 
Then down the bit of a hill and home.

Back Tomorrow
Sue

 


19 comments:

  1. Such a pleasant route, thanks for sharing it with us.
    xx

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  2. What a lovely ride, I like the weather vane. We have loads of starlings here all through the winter, great for murmurations.

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  3. I really enjoyed the walk/ride round you village and it looks like so many different ways to go round it.
    We have rain and strong winds today and I am hoping to go to Knit & Natter we are having a sale for the local veterans on Saturday.and I want to take some things for the stall that I have made.
    Hazel 🌈🌈

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  4. The farm buildings don't look falling down. They look quite decent in comparison to real falling/fallen down ones.

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  5. That's a nice route for a bike ride (FLAT!!!) I only made Rosehip Syrup once (for the same reason as you put it on hold). It was worth it though - fab on ice cream.

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  6. Thanks for taking us out and about, that's my exercise for today (grin).

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  7. What a nice little ride that looks.

    There is still one pub hanging on in the village.
    A while ago I read an American book featuring an 'English village'. This village had restaurants, shops and coffee shops. Talk about needing Britpicking! I said to myself, Huh, most English villages are lucky if they still have a pub. We have one pub and and one excellent shop.

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  8. I enjoyed your bike ride from the comfort of my arm chair Sue. Interestingly I have lived in two villages with a Sheep Wash Lane.

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  9. Thank you for taking me on your bike ride. I love the weather vane and the little lanes.
    Cathy

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  10. I envy the lack of hills. The only way we'd get that here is by taking the bikes 15 miles in the car or nearer to cycleway along a disused railway track. Too much bother, and we can only fit one bike in at a time.

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  11. Nice way to explore the village. Hope the closed buildings get used again!

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  12. So nice to have lanes for you to ride on. Looks like a rather dismal day that you did this one.

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  13. Thank you for sharing the ride with us all, Sue. What a lovely village and nice pictures. --Elise

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  14. Lovely weather vane. Haven't seen one like that before. Arilx

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  15. That was quite an energetic ride! I hope it was fairly flat. Don't know about you but I can't do hills any more!

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  16. I love bike rides and your route is quite interesting. The farmhouse is a beautiful looking home. Is it for sale? It would be a shame to see it deteriorate. If you see a small red & yellow plum tree growing among the larger ones, can you bring it home? I found a small mountain ash tree growing near a larger tree and I transplanted the small tree to my side garden. Today it is beautiful.

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  17. I did enjoy that little trip out into the countryside. Thanks for taking us along :)

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  18. That was an enjoyable ride. I love seeing your beautiful countryside.

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  19. Great tour of the secret things to notice along the way. Thanks for the joy.

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