Today we continued our whirlwind tour of Suffolk, checking out of Hintlesham and heading east towards the coast. Our first stop was Sutton Hoo. Short version - the wealthy owner in the 20's hired a man to explain the hummocks on her property. They turned out to be a graveyard and one contained the 1400 year-old remains of a wooden boat (mostly just the iron rivets) used as the grave of an Anglo-Saxon king and his valuables.
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| A high perspective from viewing tower |
We pressed on and stumbled on Snape Maltings. On the outskirts of Snape, there were a series of huge buildings used to malt barley and now a concert hall and shops. They happened to be holding the annual Aldeburgh Festival. This seems to be a collection of largely-grotesque art works which we were told were very significant.
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| Distant Henry Moore sculptures |
The first place we reached on the actual coast was Aldeburgh. This is a pretty village now famous for being pretty and consequently pretty expensive. We had lunch, strolled the pebbly beach and looked in the boutiques.
Our last coastal stop, a bit further north, was Southwold. This is famous for similar reasons. It's quite appealing even though there is a nuclear power plant on the horizon. The pier was pleasantly old-fashioned and we also went to Adnams, the large regional brewer on the High Street.
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| Southwold Pier |
After this we turned inland and ended up in Beccles, at Waveney House where we're staying the next two nights. It's on the River Waveney, so the far side of the river is Norfolk. This is definitely a pub rather than a manor house, and so a bit shabby and down-at-heel compared to our last place. I booked it largely because the view of the pub on the river looked nice.
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