Category: United Kingdom
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Sandringham
“Dear old Sandringham, the place I love better than anywhere else in the world.” – King George V The Queen’s Norfolk country estate. The place she spends every Christimas. The place her father died. So much history. Trespassing on a private life. The grounds, the halls, the stables; they all have so much to say. ___…
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Orford
Suffolk Coast, countryside. Grey sky. A sleepy fishing village, Orford, where children hang from the pier dangling nets, reaching for crabs. Sailboats and seagulls. Bells on boats. A seafood shack and a sailing club. We walked along the green ness, sinking feet in the mud, the skyline broken by the single, solitary lighthouse that pierced…
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Bury St Edmunds
Finally made it to Bury, the quaint, little English town in which so many of our American friends in England opt to live. I didn’t expect it to be so busy – a bustling, lively town square, packed restaurants, challenging parking. Charm, color, character. And yes, across from it all, the Abbey Gardens, the old…
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White Cliffs of Dover
White cliffs, blue sky, blue sea. A very quick stop before leaving the island. I never knew that the English Channel could be this blue.
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Aldeburgh
Aldeburgh, Suffolk coast gem of fish-and-chips fame. We came for the seafood, like so many others, all spilled on to the sidewalk in queues around the block. Fish-and-chips on the seawall. Old fishing boats in an old fishing town. A day out, close to home.
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Suffolk
Dreamscape, somewhere in Suffolk. Fields of green, flowers on the beach. A long countryside walk to the sea. Follow the footpath a few miles east until the heath fades into the beach. That’s the only way I know how to go back.
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