There's a copy of the Hay Wain to set the scene
A Postcard from Flatford and Dedham, Suffolk and Essex, 9th November 2022
Isobel's on a mission to explore all sorts of previously-unvisited places, so we continue with a trip to the Dedham Vale, stopping off firstly at Flatford for a look at Willy Lott's cottage and the scene of one of the most famous of English paintings - Constable's Hay Wain - which is still quite recognisable. After that, we try to walk to Dedham but the fields are flooded, so we drive there instead, via Stratford St. Mary and East Bergholt, for a look around. Whilst there, we have lunch at a pub - The Marlborough - that Nosher and the BPCC Business Magazines crew from Colchester visited a couple of times back in 1991. There's no sign of the tiny post office where emergency car tax was once purchased whilst on the way to work (having realised it had expired whilst driving on the A12), but there is a mobile Post Office van near the War Memorial.
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Isobel scopes out a Constable exhibition
Isobel walks down to Flatford Mill
The back of Flatford Mill
The grand Willow Farm, in Flatford
The location of the famous Hay Wain painting
Flatford Mill
Another view of Willy Lott's cottage
Isobel roams around near a tree skeleton
The field on the walk to Dedham is flooded
The amazing tree stump by the River Stour
The view towards Dedham
Flatford Lock, near the mill
The other side of Flatford Mill
A bridge over the Stour near the NT shop
St. Mary the Virgin in East Bergholt
Artificial poppies wave around in the graveyard
A colourful stained glass window
More stained glass in St. Mary the Virgin
Isobel looks at stuff in the church
The end window over the altar
Isobel pokes around near the altar
There's a model of the church in the church
A pretty use of colour in the upper windows
The church's tower was never completed
East Bergholt village shop
A K6 phonebox outside the Red Lion
Armour Engineering - an old-school garage
John Constable's first studio, right
The delightfully traditional Stratford Parish Rooms
More old buildings in Stratford St. Mary
The awesome 1935 Stratford Pumping Station
The closed-or-being-rebuilt The Swan
Restaurant tables in The Marlborough, Dedham
A lounge snug in The Marlborough
Isobel checks her phone out
Coffee after lunch in the Marlborough
Isobel scopes out the Tea Shop over the road
A French chateau in the middle of Dedham
A request bus stop sign stuck to a house
Another nice building on the main road
Isobel looks around in the Arts and Crafts centre
A K6 phonebox on the main street
The Marlborough - our lunch stop
A smiley sign for The Sun Inn
The Sun Inn in Dedham
Isobel looks in another shop window
A bit further down the main street
The Old Rectory, and St. Mary's church
The only derelict-looking building in Dedham
Another grand building
A curious building on the High Street
Even the Co-op is 'High Class'
The Dedham sign, near the car park
A view over the Stour, looking towards Flatford
A pair of swans pootle around
Isobel looks over the bridge
A derelict hut in a field
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There's a copy of the Hay Wain to set the scene
There's a copy of the Hay Wain to set the scene
Isobel scopes out a Constable exhibition
Isobel walks down to Flatford Mill
The back of Flatford Mill
The grand Willow Farm, in Flatford
The location of the famous Hay Wain painting
Flatford Mill
Another view of Willy Lott's cottage
Isobel roams around near a tree skeleton
The field on the walk to Dedham is flooded
The amazing tree stump by the River Stour
The view towards Dedham
Flatford Lock, near the mill
The other side of Flatford Mill
A bridge over the Stour near the NT shop
St. Mary the Virgin in East Bergholt
Artificial poppies wave around in the graveyard
A colourful stained glass window
More stained glass in St. Mary the Virgin
Isobel looks at stuff in the church
The end window over the altar
Isobel pokes around near the altar
There's a model of the church in the church
A pretty use of colour in the upper windows
The church's tower was never completed
East Bergholt village shop
A K6 phonebox outside the Red Lion
Armour Engineering - an old-school garage
John Constable's first studio, right
The delightfully traditional Stratford Parish Rooms
More old buildings in Stratford St. Mary
The awesome 1935 Stratford Pumping Station
The closed-or-being-rebuilt The Swan
Restaurant tables in The Marlborough, Dedham
A lounge snug in The Marlborough
Isobel checks her phone out
Coffee after lunch in the Marlborough
Isobel scopes out the Tea Shop over the road
A French chateau in the middle of Dedham
A request bus stop sign stuck to a house
Another nice building on the main road
Isobel looks around in the Arts and Crafts centre
A K6 phonebox on the main street
The Marlborough - our lunch stop
A smiley sign for The Sun Inn
The Sun Inn in Dedham
Isobel looks in another shop window
A bit further down the main street
The Old Rectory, and St. Mary's church
The only derelict-looking building in Dedham
Another grand building
A curious building on the High Street
Even the Co-op is 'High Class'
The Dedham sign, near the car park
A view over the Stour, looking towards Flatford
A pair of swans pootle around
Isobel looks over the bridge
A derelict hut in a field