A mural of Digby the Octopus on the Paul building
A Long Walk Through Ipswich, Suffolk - 1st May 2026
We're off to Devon for Sean and Hannah's wedding, but aren't leaving until after school on Friday, and so to save on the extra two or more hours of charging time, plus the fact that our destination is in the wilds of Devon with no charging facilities, we decide to hire a petrol car. This involves a bike ride to the station in Diss, a train ride to Ipswich, and a two or three mile walk to the hire place out on Woodbridge Road - perhaps the least convenient location for a car-hire base in the history of the universe - in order to collect it, and a few days later, to drop it off again. On the upside, this gives a chance to explore some of the less-travelled bits of Ipswich, including Wolsey's Gate on College Street - the last remains of a grand college that was started by Cardinal Wolsey, but was never completed thanks to him being demoted by Henry VIII in 1529.
next album: Lunch in South Molton and Sean's "Stag Night", King's Nympton, Devon - 2nd May 2026
previous album: Diss Games and the Palgrave Players Band, Norfolk - 26th April 2026
Street art on St. Peter's Dock
St. Peter's by the Waterfront, and a shark
Wolsey's Gate on College Street
The Burton Son and Sanders building
Ipswich bin chaos on College Street
The derelict Anfield Flour Mill
Another fine building surrounded by dross
The Nelson pub
The remains of St. Clements Congregational
Seedy shops on Woodbridge Road
Rubbish outside a house on Yarmouth Road
A derelict shop on Woodbridge Road
The giant chimneys of the Case is Altered pub
The single-track railway line from Felixstowe
More Ipswich bin chaos
An old advert for a building business
The Ipswich School Board crest
The old Emeny shop on St. Helen's is still going
The old SCC buildings on St. Helen's Street
The now-derelict councillors' entrance
Citroën 2CVs outside Le Garagiste
Upper Orwell Street in Ipswich
A sometime-haunt of the Falcon
The famous Willis-Coroon building
Strange art on Wolsey Street
A graffitoed bridge over the Orwell
Impressive wall art by the river
A bright orange tag
More wall art
An angular tag
Class 90 90015, the former Colchester Castle
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A mural of Digby the Octopus on the Paul building
A mural of Digby the Octopus on the Paul building
Street art on St. Peter's Dock
St. Peter's by the Waterfront, and a shark
Wolsey's Gate on College Street
The Burton Son and Sanders building
Ipswich bin chaos on College Street
The derelict Anfield Flour Mill
Another fine building surrounded by dross
The Nelson pub
The remains of St. Clements Congregational
Seedy shops on Woodbridge Road
Rubbish outside a house on Yarmouth Road
A derelict shop on Woodbridge Road
The giant chimneys of the Case is Altered pub
The single-track railway line from Felixstowe
More Ipswich bin chaos
An old advert for a building business
The Ipswich School Board crest
The old Emeny shop on St. Helen's is still going
The old SCC buildings on St. Helen's Street
The now-derelict councillors' entrance
Citroën 2CVs outside Le Garagiste
Upper Orwell Street in Ipswich
A sometime-haunt of the Falcon
The famous Willis-Coroon building
Strange art on Wolsey Street
A graffitoed bridge over the Orwell
Impressive wall art by the river
A bright orange tag
More wall art
An angular tag
Class 90 90015, the former Colchester Castle