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Finningham, Suffolk |
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We stayed at Finningham over May Day
Bank Holiday weekend at Stanwell Farm, a Caravan Club CL* site.
A lovely mid-Suffolk village characterised by its fine timber-framed
cottages. The annual Flower Festival is held at this weekend,
which is worth a visit. There is a superb circular walk from
the site about 2.5 miles in length, just right for an early morning
stroll. At this time of the year, there is a fine variety of
spring flowers. An added bonus for
Beattie is that she can complete
most of the walk off-lead! *CL site - Certified Location (a site taking a maximum of five caravans)
A crab apple tree at the beginning of our walk
Crab apple blossom
A muddy byway leads to the railway
Passing stitchwort on the way ...
... and white deadnettle
We walk through the arch under the railway
Graffiti is not new!
The main railway line from Norwich to London
Suffolk streams tend to be slow flowing (like the pace of life!)
In this field we sometimes meet horses ...
... we do today and Beattie is put on her lead until we pass by
An owl nesting box has been put up here
We pass an area of marsh ...
... with patches of colourful marsh marigolds
The footpath now takes us uphill (well, only 15 m of height)! It's very gentle walking!
A delightful shady footpath
Crossing the railway - this time over the top!
Water towers are quite common in East Anglia
The footpath back to the village
Nearly back!
The village green - deserted at this time of day
The church where the Flower Festival is held And some of Finningham's cottages ...
'Suffolk pink' is a traditional colour here
Green Farm is a sixteenth century building - and rather grand
Yeoman's Cottage stands adjacent to the church on the village green ...
... and another on the other side of the church
This house has two rather fine oval
pargeting panels - another traditional form of decoration in
this part of East Anglia
Over the stream and a barn conversion
Stanwell Farm, where we are staying for the weekend To post a comment click here
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Photographs taken with a Fuji MX-2900
Zoom or a Canon EOS 20D |
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