Tuesday's walk was, alas, cancelled due to the dire weather, so Joyce hastily arranged something for today
- an explore from Melton via Bromeswell and Sutton Hoo. This was the invite from Joyce...
"Okay here’s a plan for this Thursday – we can park outside Honey and Harvey coffee shop at Melton near Woodbridge for as long as we
wish. After coffee, we head down to the estuary and then Wilford
Bridge and then over the road on the Sandlings – I have designed a little route based on this leaflet Sutton Hoo Walk . Lots of sandy tracks and roads hopefully.
I am not that keen to walk the main road back so I have
taken us back via Bromeswell again and we might wander back to our car the long
way round….we will see how time and daylight are doing.
I am expecting the walk to be 10-12 miles but I will measure
more accurately on Thursday. There are plenty of rest stops (Swanns Nursery and
Sutton Hoo) if you need loos etc."
Joyce gave Jane and I a lift from Skyliner Way (Thanks Joyce!) and we were met at the coffee shop by Roland.
This was our route - not quite as planned, but it was an explore.
We had our teas and coffees and set out just after 11am. Here are a few of my photos.
We crossed the River Deben at Wilford Bridge. The tide was out. I do like that this house has a 'drive' to park the boat.
We walked along the river on a boardwalk by the reeds. Some of it was listing a bit, but we didn't slip off.
We soon reached Bromeswell.
The recory next door is very impressive... and possible more spacious than the church.
Simon Knott tells us..."
You step into an interior that is almost entirely Victorian, strikingly narrow under a high pitched roof. The Victorian skylights at the east end make up for the lack of windows. The angels are mostly fibreglass copies of the two at the far east. These were carved in the 1920s by the carpenter-vicar of Eyke, the Reverend Darling. The story goes that they were originally made for the church at Rendlesham, but turned out to be the wrong scale, so were presented to this church instead. You can see much more of his work in his own church. The angels carry shields, and a key to these is on the wall."
On the path by the church, I saw my first snowdrops of the year, with just a few starting to open.
We crossed Woodbridge Golf Course.
By the road on the other side of the golf course, near a road junction, is a lovely metal sculpture of roses.
The plaque says "
This plaque commemorates the late Rosie Clarke, County Councillor for this area between May 2005 and December 2010 who worked hard to bring about the improved layout of this junction".
The last time I was here the viewing tower was still being built, but it is open now.
You get a good view of the burial ground from the top.
In the other direction is a view over the river to Woodbridge,
The visitor centre wasn't open today so we had the tables outside the café to ourselves for out lunch stop. This is the ship burial installation.
The Keepers' café by Tranmer House was open, though - a chance for Jane and Roland to get a cup of tea.
We re-crossed the golf course.
I was impressed how close two of the three teeshots of this group of players were to the flag on this par 3 hole. We didn't stop to watch their birdie putts, though.
We did get one muddy bit, but that was all.
Back in Bromeswell we found the village sign.
We returned the way we came along the boardwalk. The tide had come in now.
Crossing back into Melton we saw a train arriving at the station.
Then we were back at our cars in the industrial estate across the road from the station where we started. In all, we had done about 10 miles.
It was good to get out on a walk. My first of the year! Thank-you Joyce for guiding us round and Jane and Roland for the additional company.
You can see more of my photos here on Flickr and more details of our route here on MapMyWalk.
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