A Late June Miscellany, Suffolk - 28th June 2025

The BSCC is out again, this time to the Trowel and Hammer at Cotton followed by the Four Horseshoes at Thornham Magna. Then, Harry needs a lift to Bedfield so he can do his performance for Grade 1 saxophone. The hanging-around time means another trip to St. Nicholas at Bedfield for a closer look at some of the details, including the late-Mediaeval Rood Screen, which has mostly survived the reformation and/or Civil War iconoclasts. Finally, we're in Diss where there's some sort of military-themed event going on, including the Army cadets doing some sort of recruiting drive.

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A wind turbine gets some emergency maintenance

A wind turbine gets some emergency maintenance

There's a collection of cool mopeds in Cotton

Phil and Fred at the Trowel and Hammer

Fred has a pint of diet cola

The Boy Phil comes back from the bar with a round

Beers in the garden

The moped boys head off

The sun sets behind Finningham water tower

We're on the top road to Wickham Skeith

The Boy Phil looks over another too-ripe field

We stop off at the Four Horseshoes for more beer

Farm buildings at Bedfield

A real mixture of styles, including a Norman door

A votive candle holder in a window

Part of the late-Mediaeval Rood screen

Bedfield's late-Mediaeval Rood screen

A sampler showing significant Bedfield buildings

A former Rood Loft access and staircase

Light streams through a plain glass window

17th-century benches in the church

A book dedication from 1700

A close-up of a 17th-century poppyhead

The nave and chancel of St. Nicholas

The church has a recent-ish compost toilet

A view from the back of St. Nicholas

A view of fields

Bedfield Hall, from up the path

There's a stack of concrete A's

We pass a field full of cow parsley or something

A field of wheat looks almost ready

Isobel looks around outside No. 8 Marketplace

Park Radio is setting up a roadshow

An Army LandRover and the cadets do recruiting

Mere Street and its bunting in the sun