Hoxne, Bedfield, and the BSCC does the Lion, Debenham - 8th May 2025

The BSCC - Nosher, Gaz, The Boy Phil, Isobel and Fred - cycle the twelve-odd miles to Debenham, via the roads less navigated, for a couple of pints at the awesome Lion, which is followed by a pint in the Beaconsfield Arms in Occold on the way back. Before that, Harry's in Bedfield for a saxophone lesson, which gives a bit of time to wander around the church. Before even that, Nosher and Isobel are off on a pub walk to the Swan in Hoxne, where Big Steve's out with his pony and buggy.

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There's some impressive tree blossom

There's some impressive tree blossom

Isobel wanders past a bluebell wood

On the footpath past Oakley Park

The path is already getting overgrown

There's a field of interesting purple flowers

A dog is introduced to Poppy's pony

There's a pony meet-up in the Hoxne Swan car park

A football is stuck in the scummy river

Isobel wanders off down Brome Street

There's an action figure on a bag near the house

A Norman arch in Bedfield church

Another blocked-up arch in St. Nicholas

Tiny fragments of Mediaeval glass in a window

More tiny bits of old Mediaeval glass

A floor grating made by Gidney of Dereham

A 1668 floorstone to Mary the Relict, or widow

17th Century pews - rare survivors

Stick crosses and a collection of buttons

St. Nicholas's squat porch

A view of St. Nicholas in Bedfield

Rust gates off their hinges

Gaz gets a photo of Flemings Hall in Bedingfield

The impressive vine-covered gates of Fleming Hall

Fred and Isobel on their bikes

We continue on to Debenham

Bedingfield Hall Farm

Three abreast on the road to Debenham

Fred goes round the bend

Phil and Gaz wrangle a proper bike heap

Gaz tries a five-by-five cube in the Lion

Isobel's at the bar in the Lion, Debenham

The sun sets over Mendlesham

Gaz does a sunset photo as Fred looks on

We stop for a pint in the Beaconsfield Arms

Gaz in conversation in the Occold Beaky