Day #23 Brantham to Woodbridge, Suffolk.

       Unusual to spend a night with 4 other males in a small dormitory. Have not enjoyed the experience for more than 30+ years! In all, the youth hostel accommodation was first-rate down to micro-waves, copious hot showers, laundry room etc., and all for the reasonable price of about 18 dollars. Emerged into another cold, grey, but dry day. No need for my omni-present sunglasses in this country. Five miles up the road, entered Ipswich. An attractive blend of old/traditional and post sixties architecture with a circular ring road running through the town centre. Since the  UK accession to the EU in the 70's, the economic gravity of the country has shifted to the east coast, with the old ports like Liverpool and Bristol that face North America and the Caribbean now moribund and searching for ways to rediscover their economic potential. Ipswich and its satellite port at Harwich resonate with the activities of the dockyards and the roar of the juggernauts rolling off the ferry boats from Rotterdam etc.
        Foxes: the hunting of which has been theoretically banned for several years. So far this walk, I have come across three dead animals on the roadside, the victims of unfortunate contact with the metal monsters. Not sure if this reflects a boom in the population of foxes post hunting era.

Brantham youth hostel.

      The walk was several kms. more than planned  today, as I left the main road to search for an elusive low cost bed & breakfast for the night. Either it never it never existed, or is local trick to tire out the tourists (of the walking genre) and be more accepting of  higher lodging prices. Go figure!

26.5 Kms. walked today per pedometer. Cumulative Kms. covered: 570.3
Hours of walking today including rest stops: 7.5
Type of accommodation: Guest house /restaurant.
Cost of bed & breakfast: pounds. 40.00

Please go to Flickr.com (traveller6666) to view pics of the walk.

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