Suffolk Short Break

We had a short break in Suffolk and here are some pictures of our time away in random order! Not too much chat on this one!!

A Martello Tower in the mist at Aldeburgh - it was bitterly cold here, but it looked lovely and we have earmarked a return visit for when there is some lovely weather in the summer!!
Sizewell Nuclear Power Station!

Some interesting looking fishing huts at Sizewell village beach - kind of remind me a bit of fishing huts on the South Gare just outside Redcar back up near my home village!!

A platform off Sizewell Beach, not sure what this was there for, checking the water quality and the fish weren't dayglo orange probably!!!

Jamie on Aldeburgh beach, a stony one - he wanted me to play too, but it was bitterly cold and I was staying in the car where it was a little warmer - he is still having fun!!

An 'arty shot' of waves crashing into rocks on Felixstowe beach, again a possible return for a sunny summers day!

Jamie on Felixstowe beach - we'd just had a fantastic breakfast, the BEST EVER scrambled eggs I have ever tasted and we weren't even supposed to be there - I had got terribly confused about the directions and where everywhere was.

Jamie is itching to have a paddle in this photo!! He is playing dare with the waves!!

And he's lost!! We had some spare clothes in the care, fortunately!!He's having lots of fun .......
The Guildhall at Lavenham on our first day - it's an amazing building .... check out the new Harry Potter film when it comes out some of it was filmed here .....

Mike and Jamie outside the Guildhall

A true rock star - Steve Harley

Mike presenting Steve Harley with his Friars Heroes Award

Jamie was as good as gold waiting and reading quietly whilst we had coffee with Steve and his wife .....

Ipswich and a visit to Portman Road, Ipswich FC Ground and a stop to pay tribute to Sir Bobby Robson, a great hero in Ipswich, in Football in general and of course the North East ....

One of the many rabbits outside our hotel ....

One of the Crooked Houses in Lavenham, a very pretty village ......

Jamie being nosey the way only a 10 year old can .......

Mike wandering around Lavenham, so pretty Lavenham that is .....

Ciao

Sue

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Reading challenge 10/16 - currently reading Songbird by Josephine Cox

Our Easter Weekend

Easter weekend was pretty quiet for us. Lots of it spent with Jamie hearing all of his stories and just generally chillin' out. We had Easter lunch at Mike's Mum and then Mike was back at work on Easter Monday so Jamie and I did our thing.

There was of course lots and lots of chocolate!

I did plenty of homework and there was tons of very muddy washing and ironing to be done.

Tuesday I attended a Nafas workshop and idiot that I am didn't get any photos so can't show the flower arrangement I made at the workshop - doh!!

Ciao

Sue
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Reading challenge 10/16 - currently reading Songbird by Josephine Cox

Last Day of the Easter Holidays

I always hate the last day of the school holidays, because I love having Jamie at home and having the chance to just have him around, despite the noise, the mess and did I mention the noise. The house has been full on several occasions with lots of noisy boys and I love it, to hear them playing and having fun simply makes me happy. Now we are getting bags packed and uniforms ready for tomorrow. Jamie always gets to choose what he wants to do last day. But at least this time Mike and I know he is really looking forward to getting back to school and catching up with the friends he hasn't seen over the hols, and I get chance to catch up with the other Mums and find out what everyone has been up to.