We went to Horsell Common for a picnic lunch & a stroll through the woods today. So pretty!

Last weekend, I noticed an odd little settlement along the side of the A14 dual carriageway just outside Ipswich..

What on earth could all those little huts be used for?

Who lives here?

Hang on a minute..

WELL HELLO THERE!!!

A Pig Village! How cool is that?!

We spent this weekend in Ipswich. On Saturday, we drove into Felixstowe and had a picnic lunch on the beach. It’s a pebbly beach, and some rocks, when scraped against other rocks, will leave a mark. I think I managed an excellent likeness of Zippy with the orange one.

No visit to the seaside is complete without the obligatory visit to the Amusements. I won a sweet little keychain from the 2p coin pushers! Yay!

Fish & Chips always tastes better by the seaside. The place we ate at was right across the street from the shoreline!

Today, we went for a stroll through Orwell Country Park, which is right beside the Orwell Bridge.

While climbing over a fallen tree, this little fellow jumped out and scared the heck outta me! At least he was kind enough to pause for a brief photo before continuing on his way.

For lunch, I had my first cornish pasty — a chicken “cornish pasty-inspired” thingy from Oggy Oggy. Mmm!!

Edit: I have just been informed that if the pasty I had was made with chicken, then it was not, in fact, a true cornish pasty. The offending paragraph in question has been updated accordingly. Purists!

Found this little guy near the top of the washroom doorframe at the beginning of August. There was also one just like him in the kitchen last night.

Both were released humanely.

Fed the birds at Mill Pond today, and met this lovely swan family! They were kind enough to pose for a few photos: