The Old Mill House and a carpet of buttercups
Saxtead Mill, Framlingham Gala and Chips on the Beach, Aldeburgh - 27th May 2024
Nosher and Isobel - minus the boys, who can't be arsed as usual - decide to head to Aldeburgh for something to do. On the way, we spot a few classic cars outside the Old Mill House on Saxtead Green and decide on the spur of the moment to stop for a look. This turns out to be a meeting of a Morris Owners' Club, and a chat with one of the organisers leads us to the Saxtead Post Mill, which is having a special open day, so we have a look round that and climb to the top. Then, as we're driving through Framlingham, it becomes apparent that something's about to occur, which turns out to be a gala parade, so we stop again to watch a short but colourful carnival in the rain. Eventually, we make it to Aldeburgh - where there's another classic car meet - and get some chips from The Galleon to eat on the seafront. And we'd have probably missed all of it if we hadn't stopped to look at some old cars.
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previous album: LowFest at the Low House, Laxfield, Suffolk - 26th May 2024
A line-up of classic cars at the Old Mill House
A nice Triumph 2000
Isobel takes a photo of a lovely roadster
Another classic drives through Saxtead
Two more Morris Minors, including a Traveller
Saxtead's rare post mill and fantail
There's a good collection of pre-decimal coins
Isobel looks at stuff in the mill
More old mill artifacts
A view out of a windmill window
A mill stone and some stone-dressing tools
The newly-restored cap of the post mill
Big metal gears
A view from the top of the mill stairs
Isobel carefully climbs down the steps
A Morris Traveller in kit form is up for sale
A view of the mill over a field of daisies
A TR6 roars off towards Yoxford
Framlingham's town sign is nicely bunted
A couple of marshalls wait for the parade
A fire engine leads the way
Alice in Wonderland in Framlingham
Carnival dancers
It starts lashing rain
A dancer celebrates the 'Great British weather'
The parade trundles past Bulstrode's
A society of bell ringers
A samba band brings up the rear
The sun comes out again
The parade has moved up to Church Street
There's a mass of people on Church Street
The CDC Street Dance float
A couple of Harry Potters
The parade has reached the Castle Inn pub
The CDC Street Dance troupe
The Rainbows and Brownies arrive
The samba group and a mass of people
The samba leader pauses the band
The band marches on
Suffolk Fire Service's engine is reversed
A Mustang outside the Moot Hall
Another classic car meet
A classic motor on the green
Four Daughters - one of the last wooden beach boats
Isobel scoffs a cheeky chip on the seafront
A seagull sweeps past
IH88 - an old wooden clinker-built fishing boat
Isobel heads up to the North Lookout
IH158 - the Four Daughters fishing boat
Another wrecked finshing boat on the beach
Isobel on the beach at Aldeburgh
Another wooden fishing boat
A derelict tracked tractor on the shingle
Isobel pauses by a washed-up tree trunk
Clouds over Aldeburgh
Isobel on the beach
Clouds gather over the town
A Triumph Herald is parked by the bogs
A pair of lovely old Jaguars
Some dude chats about their old car
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The Old Mill House and a carpet of buttercups
The Old Mill House and a carpet of buttercups
A line-up of classic cars at the Old Mill House
A nice Triumph 2000
Isobel takes a photo of a lovely roadster
Another classic drives through Saxtead
Two more Morris Minors, including a Traveller
Saxtead's rare post mill and fantail
There's a good collection of pre-decimal coins
Isobel looks at stuff in the mill
More old mill artifacts
A view out of a windmill window
A mill stone and some stone-dressing tools
The newly-restored cap of the post mill
Big metal gears
A view from the top of the mill stairs
Isobel carefully climbs down the steps
A Morris Traveller in kit form is up for sale
A view of the mill over a field of daisies
A TR6 roars off towards Yoxford
Framlingham's town sign is nicely bunted
A couple of marshalls wait for the parade
A fire engine leads the way
Alice in Wonderland in Framlingham
Carnival dancers
It starts lashing rain
A dancer celebrates the 'Great British weather'
The parade trundles past Bulstrode's
A society of bell ringers
A samba band brings up the rear
The sun comes out again
The parade has moved up to Church Street
There's a mass of people on Church Street
The CDC Street Dance float
A couple of Harry Potters
The parade has reached the Castle Inn pub
The CDC Street Dance troupe
The Rainbows and Brownies arrive
The samba group and a mass of people
The samba leader pauses the band
The band marches on
Suffolk Fire Service's engine is reversed
A Mustang outside the Moot Hall
Another classic car meet
A classic motor on the green
Four Daughters - one of the last wooden beach boats
Isobel scoffs a cheeky chip on the seafront
A seagull sweeps past
IH88 - an old wooden clinker-built fishing boat
Isobel heads up to the North Lookout
IH158 - the Four Daughters fishing boat
Another wrecked finshing boat on the beach
Isobel on the beach at Aldeburgh
Another wooden fishing boat
A derelict tracked tractor on the shingle
Isobel pauses by a washed-up tree trunk
Clouds over Aldeburgh
Isobel on the beach
Clouds gather over the town
A Triumph Herald is parked by the bogs
A pair of lovely old Jaguars
Some dude chats about their old car