Day #24 Woodbridge to Leiston, Suffolk.

Garden Art.

       Emerged from the Station House B & B under a large "Full English" at 8.15am after a rather sleepless night. Had not realized that the old hotel, backing onto the river boatyard, also backed onto a busy all night goods traffic rail spur. Remember that old music hall ditty "The railroad runs thru the middle of the house"?
     Once again grey, over-cast and feeling quite cold at about +5 C. But miracles of miracles, for the 11th. straight day it stayed dry. Who said that England is non- stop rain? Just hope that I did not jinx my good fortune with those words.
         Passed through several heavily forested areas in this part of central Suffolk. Unfortunately, also saw two dead deer on the road-side that had obviously come off second best in contests with the metal monsters passing through their home. On the subject of road kill, I have also tallied the bodies of three beautiful foxes so far on the walk. Fox-hunting per se, has been banned in the UK since 2006 (according to locals at the local country pub, it is still carried on, quite widely, but unofficially). A very emotive issue in country areas, as it pits town people against country folk, labour against conservative. Anyway, bottom line, it still seems that Freddy Fox and his buddies are still coming up second best in their battle against the human kind.
       Let's make this a day of road gutter observation: if I could have a pound, or even a dollar for every heavy duty work glove that I see along the edge of the high way, I would be a rich man. When British work men have finished their 8 hour shift, do they hurl their old, soiled gloves out of the car window as they drive home? What about some one collecting them all and starting a work glove recycling business??
        Came through the village of Rendlesham. I was surprised that there was a development/ sub-division of large homes that were markedly bigger and more luxurious than is the norm in the UK, especially in farming areas. At the pub where I stopped in for my mid morning coffee, I asked about this and was told that the village had until 3 years ago, hosted several thousand Americans at a top secret missile base not far away. The locals seemed to have liked the Yanks and missed their spending power when they closed the site and did not seem to be offended to becoming heirs to those beautiful homes with 3 garages.

24.8 Kms. walked today per pedometer. Cumulative kms. covered:  595.1
Hours of walking today including rest stops: 5.5
Type of accommodation: Private bed and breakfast
Cost of bed & breakfast: pounds. 30.00 (no breakfast).

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