A Trip to Orford Castle, Orford, Suffolk - 26th February 2022

We drive over to Orford for a few hours' visit. First, we're in Pinney's to get some smoked food products, then after that we go for a walk along the coast path, do a trip to the castle - which is covered in scaffolding as it's having its render replaced - and then stop for a drink in the King's Head pub. On the way back to the car park we have a quick look at the church of St. Bartholemew and its recent-ish new organ.

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We look at smoked fish in Pinney's of Orford

We look at smoked fish in Pinney's of Orford

Fred looks around in the shop

Boats in the boatyard

We head off around the coast path again

The River Alde

Looking back at Orford Quay

There's a decayed wooden backbone in the mud

Grasses waves around in the breeze

On the path to Orford

The Orford Methodist Church on Broad Street

Harry has a picnic in a tree

Orford Castle has a major scaffolding job on

There's also a huge scaffolding pier

Isobel pokes around by the base of the keep

Harry walks through the safety corridor

There's an interactive model of the castle

One of the castle's chambers has a toilet hole

Some local Roman coins in the museum

Isobel and Harry in the lower hall

Curious mounds on Orford Ness

The MV Lady Florence heads out on a cruise

Harry listens to his audio guide in the bakery

Isobel on the Motte

There's a glove stuck on an iron railing

The Orford community centre

There's an honesty-system library

We visit the King's Head for a drink

Fred does some origami, Harry does drawing

We hang out in the King's Head for a bit

Harry works on a house of cards

The boys concentrate on card-house building

Isobel has a go too

The impressive Peter Collins organ

The Collins organ in St. Bartholemew's Church

Isobel roams around the 12th Century Chancel

Fred does hide and seek with Harry

Saxtead Green Post Mill in the dusk

The sunset behind Saxtead Mill

Another view of the post mill in the dusk