An Orford Day Out, Orford, Suffolk - 17th February 2018

Orford's another of the places that we haven't been to for a while, so armed with English Heritage membership we head off to the castle for a small picnic, some climbing in the climbey-tree and a trip to the quay - featuring the awesome smoked cheddar from the Pinney's shop.

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The boys run up the Orford Castle motte

The boys run up the Orford Castle motte

Fred and Harry

Picnic on the motte

We have a micro-picnic

Fred and Harry do piggy-back with 10-minute friends

A pigeon takes off from the keep

Harry runs around

The gang roam around inside Orford castle

Fred looks around

The town of Orford, with the Ness lighthouse in the background

More of the town of Orford

A view over Orford Ness

1628 graffiti, and a picture of a castle

Some 1643 graffiti

The rooms of Orford Castle

Harry sticks his head up a chimney

Harry looks at stuff

Isobel inspects a cabinet

The gang look down the well in the basement

Fred's got a tree growing out of his head

Walking up the path from the square

In Pinney's of Orford

Harry in the Pinney's of Orford smokehouse shop

Isobel peers at food items

Fred on the foreshore

A boat bobs around on the River Ore

Harry has a drink

Isobel folds the blanket up

Another fishing boat, from Lowestoft

On the quay at Orford

An E-Type Jag has its bonnet up

The Deben Trojan, a wreck-digging ship

The gang up on a shingle bank, in the sun

Harry, Fred and Isobel, contra jour, on bank

A wrecked boat

The skeleton of an old boat

Down in the marshes

In the marsh reeds

We walk over the marshes back to the castle

Harry stops for a slurp

Marsh grasses in the sun

A nice old farmhouse