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.

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Sue

The 2021 Wainwright Prize for Nature Writing

 Each year when the long list for this award is released I like to have a look to see which I've read already.

It's the only book prize that has books that interest me

Just one read so far - The Wild Silence by Raynor Winn. I borrowed English Pastoral from the library in December but didn't read it for some reason. I've read other books by Neil Ansell and Melissa Harrison but not those mentioned above.Most are in stock in the library and The Circling Sky will be ready for me to collect later this month. I may well get around to reading some of the others sometime.

Here is the link to more details.

 

And  HERE  are my other posts about the Book Prize list in previous years 

 

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Sue

Monday Miscellany

Hands up if you knew that there have been words written to The John Dunbar Theme from the film Dances With Wolves?  Oh, everyone except me.

I didn't know  until Sunday Worship on Radio 4 and one of my favourite bits of music started with people singing. I had to look it up and thank goodness for google

Here's to the heroes
Those few who gave
Heading for glory
Living a prayer

Here's to the heroes
Who change our lives
Thanks to the heroes
Freedom survives

Here's to the heroes
Who never rest
They are the chosen
We are the blessed

Here's to the heroes
Who aim so high
Here's to the heroes
Who do or die

Written years ago apparently and recorded by lots of different performers. I feel I should have known before July 2021!

I didn't get to the first-since-lockdown  car-boot on Saturday morning, woke up at 6 after a broken night because a fly kept buzzing round me! It was pouring with rain, with water running down the hill so I got back into bed and next thing I knew it was 8.15 and the rain had stopped. Decided it was too late to go to a boot sale and anyway there was a pile of ironing that needed doing because I'd run out of shorts.

 

The weather at 7am on Sunday morning was fine but all I came back with from Stonham Barns car-boot sale was this book

 

 

  and wet feet, not many people selling as the forecast was rain by 10am. After all the rain on Saturday the grass on site was soggy - hence the wet feet.

I bet there were some people with hang-overs on Sunday morning after the England win in the Euro's football ........Winning 4 - 0 seems pretty good to me. They seemed to play with more assurance on Saturday than previous games? But then what do I know.

Earlier in the afternoon at Wimbledon Cam Norrie was knocked out by smooth Roger Federer but 18 year old  Emma Raducanu ranked 338th and waiting for her A Level results, won through. The only Brit still in the singles.

No football and no tennis on Sunday so I watched some of Le Tour. They were riding through the mountain bit where 2 years ago where they had awful weather hail and landslides. It looked nearly as bad this year, pouring rain all the way.

Another dentist appointment this morning, not sure which bit he's doing today but at least it's not 75 minutes long like last time. I might go into Ipswich town centre afterwards, depending on what state of traumatisation I'm in! Haven't been for months. I wonder what shops are left.

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Sue