The rules of the pub, 1786 style
A BSCC Splinter Group Camping Trip, Shottisham, Suffolk - 13th August 2004
The BSCC's "splinter group" does its annual camping trip, this year to St Margaret's Campsite in Shottisham near Woodbridge in Suffolk - possibly the world's most lackadaisically-run site, notwithstanding the owner eventually letting us off for pitching in the wrong field. This year was a gentler 30-odd-mile ride from Shottisham through Bawdsey, across the ferry to Felixstowe Ferry, through Walton, up to Woodbridge and back. As expected, various pubs were involved on the way.
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Suey and Marc
Apple and Pippa
DH talks to the landlord, Ken, about Chain Home
Ninja M is armed with his comfort blankey
DH and a bottle of Leffe from a recent France trip
Suey, Jen and Bill
Marc flops out a massive packet... of biscuits
Marc hands the groin bisuits around
Marc shows of a partially-masticated biscuit
The next morning, it's mugs of tea for most
Bill's cooking something up
Apple peers over to check on the sausages
Apple goes for his bike
Outside the Ramsholt Arms, on the River Deben
The River Deben
The gang outside the Ramsholt Arms
The assembled group looks out over the river
A brief stop in Alderton
The Deben Ferry is summoned by bat
Apple waits around
Bill waves the bat to get the ferry
Boats on the river at Felixstowe Ferry
We await the ferry
Jen has a quick paddle
Suey writes her name in the sand
DH is stuck at the stern behind all the bikes
Apple, The Boy Phil and Suey
Bill and Ninja M
We pay the ferryman
Back on shore at Felixstowe Ferry
The Boy Phil
Ninja and Phil pish their bikes through a boatyard
Milling around outside the Ferry Boat Inn
Pippa, Jen and Suey inside the pub
Pip and Apple have a beer
The Boy Phil picks a flower off
Phil, Jon and Jen
We're off again towards Woodbridge
On the way to Walton we spot a load of tractors
More vintage tractors trundle by
Phil and DH
Pub-sign humour at the Half Moon, Walton
Marc, Suey and Bill in the Half Moon
Some regular freaks out
Pip and Apple
The gang in the Half Moon
Nosher plays a bit of piano
A pub car park somewhere
Suey and Bill are a bit big for the slide
In a beer garden
Marc flakes out for a bit
The very pretty Fox Inn at Newbourne
The pub called time, so we have to bugger off
A field of pumpkins
The Red Lion, on the edge of Martlesham
Nosher has another beer
Suey looks at caterpillars with a printer's loupe
The Wilford Bridge, on the edge of Woodbridge
The beer garden of the Wilford Bridge
Apple and Pip on the bridge over the Deben
We cycle past a huge field of lush green turf
Back at base: the Sorrel Horse
More beer in the evening
Carolyn comes along to join us
DH scopes out the menu
Claire from the pub comes to take our orders
Time for dinner
Marc shows off his finished crab
Bill has guffed again
The gang at dinner
Ken chats to Carolyn
Claire and Ken
Claire wakes Marc up with a big stick
Bill gets a plaster after a shredding from Bagheira
Pippa's picnic basket
Another morning, another camp fry up
Tent city
Apple lurks behind the tent
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The rules of the pub, 1786 style
The rules of the pub, 1786 style
Suey and Marc
Apple and Pippa
DH talks to the landlord, Ken, about Chain Home
Ninja M is armed with his comfort blankey
DH and a bottle of Leffe from a recent France trip
Suey, Jen and Bill
Marc flops out a massive packet... of biscuits
Marc hands the groin bisuits around
Marc shows of a partially-masticated biscuit
The next morning, it's mugs of tea for most
Bill's cooking something up
Apple peers over to check on the sausages
Apple goes for his bike
Outside the Ramsholt Arms, on the River Deben
The River Deben
The gang outside the Ramsholt Arms
The assembled group looks out over the river
A brief stop in Alderton
The Deben Ferry is summoned by bat
Apple waits around
Bill waves the bat to get the ferry
Boats on the river at Felixstowe Ferry
We await the ferry
Jen has a quick paddle
Suey writes her name in the sand
DH is stuck at the stern behind all the bikes
Apple, The Boy Phil and Suey
Bill and Ninja M
We pay the ferryman
Back on shore at Felixstowe Ferry
The Boy Phil
Ninja and Phil pish their bikes through a boatyard
Milling around outside the Ferry Boat Inn
Pippa, Jen and Suey inside the pub
Pip and Apple have a beer
The Boy Phil picks a flower off
Phil, Jon and Jen
We're off again towards Woodbridge
On the way to Walton we spot a load of tractors
More vintage tractors trundle by
Phil and DH
Pub-sign humour at the Half Moon, Walton
Marc, Suey and Bill in the Half Moon
Some regular freaks out
Pip and Apple
The gang in the Half Moon
Nosher plays a bit of piano
A pub car park somewhere
Suey and Bill are a bit big for the slide
In a beer garden
Marc flakes out for a bit
The very pretty Fox Inn at Newbourne
The pub called time, so we have to bugger off
A field of pumpkins
The Red Lion, on the edge of Martlesham
Nosher has another beer
Suey looks at caterpillars with a printer's loupe
The Wilford Bridge, on the edge of Woodbridge
The beer garden of the Wilford Bridge
Apple and Pip on the bridge over the Deben
We cycle past a huge field of lush green turf
Back at base: the Sorrel Horse
More beer in the evening
Carolyn comes along to join us
DH scopes out the menu
Claire from the pub comes to take our orders
Time for dinner
Marc shows off his finished crab
Bill has guffed again
The gang at dinner
Ken chats to Carolyn
Claire and Ken
Claire wakes Marc up with a big stick
Bill gets a plaster after a shredding from Bagheira
Pippa's picnic basket
Another morning, another camp fry up
Tent city
Apple lurks behind the tent