This was the invite I got from the U3A. It sounded like a good afternoon out, and so it turned out to be! The weather was perfect - I didn't put my fleece on until the return trip, when a cool breeze sprang up and the sun got lower.
We boarded our boat, the Orwell Lady, at Ipswich dock and had to pass through the lock to the tidal reaches of the river. It was interesting to pass along the route of my Orwell challenge walk and view it from the river.Along the way we were given a most informative commentary from our captain.
As we neared the Felixstowe docks we went below decks for our afternoon tea of sandwiches, cakes and scones. Yummy. Meanwhille, we could see the massive MSC Mirja arriving. As we had a bit of spare time our captain took us closer to see it docking.
Then we returned, motoring close to some of the ships in Felixstowe and back the way we came. The tide had gone out a lot since we left so filling the lock to get back to the Ipswich dock took some time. Thgen it was back on the coach to Bury St. Edmunds.
A great afternoon out!
Here is a slideshow of my photos
And you see them all individually on Flickr here.
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