A car negotiates Lake Milton
Wet Weekend: Cambridge Floods, Curry Night and Ipswich Monsoon - 10th September 2005
There hadn't been that much in the way of rain for a while, so an afternoon torrent soon floods the junction of Milton Road and the Science Park in Cambridge. Later, it's off to Ipswich to meet up with old Suffolk County Council mates Andrew and Russell, initially at the Grinning Rat pub (or the "Rinning Grat") for a couple of beers - where there's almost a Continental vibe in the air - and then on to Dakha Diner on Tacket Street in Ipswich for some reliably good nosh. The following day, after crashing over at Andrew's, it's in to Ipswich to grab a few more photos of Urban Decay, including some of the shop that gave Nosher food poisoning from a Saltfish bagel in 1997, and then a few pics of people caught out in what seems to becoming almost a UK monsoon season. Later, there's a diversion to Wortham to see what looks like a derelict cottage but where someone is actually still living, apparently. Finally, a balloon goes up over at the Oaksmere
next album: The Banham Barrel Beer Bash, Banham, Norfolk - 17th September 2005
previous album: Dead Transport Artefacts: Abandoned Petrol Station and Little Chef, Kentford, Suffolk - 8th September 2005
The flooded junction
Another car braves the floods
A fish's-eye view
The flood covers the whole width of Milton Road
The beer garden of the Grinning Rat in Ipswich
Russell points out one of two plant-pots from the old SCC offices
In the Dakha Diner, pre-ambling on Bombay mix
Andrew in the Dakha
Andrew and Russell
The lads raise a beer
The tables of the restaurant are strangely empty for a Friday night
Saturday morning: Andrew mills about
Andrew points to Milo
Milo miaows by the door
Feeding the fish
Andrew points to one of his prized marrows, crammed up the side of the garage
Andrew's marrows
The back of the house
Milo
Andrew's garden
Milo peers out from his favourite hiding place
The remains of the Ipswich Bagel Bakery
More dereliction on Upper Orwell Street
On the opposite side of Upper Orwell Street, the closed-down 'Fruits of the Earth'
Another sad, failed, shop
A bunch of Rude Boys hang outside the closed-down Ice Bar (which used to be Opium, which used to be Global Net Café...)
Outside Ice Bar
Ipswich monsoon season strikes
More rain
Wet cobbles
It's truly lashing
Umbrellas and buggies
The derelict cottage in Wortham
There's actually someone living in it
A balloon goes up at the Oaksmere
The passengers pile into the basket
The balloon lifts off
It's up, up and away
A carpet of dead leaves
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A car negotiates Lake Milton
