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BE WARNED Friday is the first of two Friday the thirteenths this year.

Castle Shoes in Albert Place Framlingham has closed because of insurance claim difficulties from last year's flooding.  In it's previous incarnation the shop must have been John Self for at least a hundred years.

Our stock portfolio on Alamy is 9,000+ images and still growing.

The 27th Ride and Stride returns tomorrow week Saturday the 14th.

Like Framlingham Ladies next year it'll be twenty years of Suffolk Gentlemen.

Sunday the usual massive field for the Framlingham Flyers 10k was sufficiently massive that the initial cavalry charge spilled over on to the pavement pinning us against St Michael's remaining Church Street brick wall.  An impressive very solo win by unattached Lloyd Biddell.

♫ Weekend after next Laxitude is two days of bands and a beer festival at the Laxfield Royal Oak.

It's been a while so new to us that the Halesworth Co-op has been made over internally and along with four electric vehicle charging points there's a launderette in the car park ... yes, a launderette.

We suspect it's the awesome power of AI that caused our Facebook page to go away for a bit today.  Our page was suspended for Impersonation (something to do with that there Ed Sheraton?) but returned within minutes of us appealing.

It's the Badingham village fete Saturday, fairly safe bet there'll be tea.

♫ Friday after next in Earl Soham village hall a barbeque and bar with live music from Local Bands, that's not a misleading band name like Free but three different local groups.

The barista where you can buy us a coffee is sportingly offering a short Americano with biscotti and dash of milk for just two pounds ... 

Fiona McAlpine's short film Plaything seems to have evaporated but the memory still impresses ...she's directing the comedy Death in Southwold later this month in Southwold.

Returned from the Edinburgh Fringe where they had fun and probably pints of heavy Beryl and Clive are at the Halesworth Cut TONIGHT with Sing or Die - Their Musical (5 *s from The Student).

Suffolk Overheard : The Hallelujah Chorus?  I'm not standing for something that just keeps going ♫Hallelujah Hallelujah♫.

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♫ How very flattering, singer songwriter Ella Spencer has bought us some coffees so we're linking up top^ to her new web site.  Reckon we might see her at the Maverick Thanksgiving party in November at Easton Farm Park.  If you'd like a link just buy us a coffee.

Sunday the Framlingham Flyers 10k road race around and about Fram.

Halesworth police have two more meet and greets this month with this morning outside the Laxfield Co-op.

Sunday fortnight the last stage of the 2024 Tour of Britain Lowestoft-Felixstowe will pass through near the coast, signs have appeared in Framlingham.  Riders listed to start include world and Olympic champion Remco Evenepoel and our personal favourite the very entertaining Julian Alaphilipe.

The village doesn't support you?  Promote yourself on nearthecoast.

Our only visit so far to the Burston Strike School Rally was an intriguing and free day out.  It's this Sunday and we're planning to go in expectation that we'll finally get to see comedian Attila the Stockbroker.

♫ That there Ed Sheraton with a film crew on the Framlingham Market Hill today.

Lunchtime Thursday there was a reported collision between a black Range Rover and a male pedestrian near the Aldeburgh Fish and Chip shop.  The pedestrian sustained leg injuries and was taken to Ipswich Hospital.   Any info contact Suffolk police quoting CAD 144 of 22 August, you can call 101.

Next year it'll be twenty years of Framlingham Ladies.

Next month a multi-artist and multi-medium artEast show at Framsden Hall Barn and 6-8pm tonight with nibbles and prosecco presumably in the village hall Dennington Arts Summer Show.