near the coast

Designated Public Place Orders (DPPOs) were enacted in a bunch of near the coast towns over ten years ago.  They aren't simple drinking bans, it's not illegal to have wine with a picnic as long as a copper doesn't ask you stop ... read the question.  DPPOs have been replaced by Public Space Protection Orders and last month East Suffolk Council resolved (didn't they vote?) to remove the DPPOs (number seven in the minutes).  Impressively they also thought to remove the signs that imply Framlingham Fen Meadow is the haunt of drunken muggers rather than sober(ish) dog walkers.

Very sad to report that the multi-talented James Holloway passed away some days back.

It's the Cratfield Turkey Trot this afternoon at Whitehouse Farm.

The Debach Airfield opening this Sunday will be the last of the year and it's Jeep Day Road Run too.

Over the weekend theatre company Stuff of Dreams will present the new play Edith in the Beginning.  It tells of Edith Pretty and the Sutton Hoo treasure and will be staged outdoors on the porch of Edith's residence Tranmer House at the Sutton Hoo site.

 JOB  Pig stockman wanted near the coast by Rattlerow Farm.

The level crossing at Westerfield is open again.

The Prima Donna festival at the end of next month near Pettaugh does pretty much what it says on the tin.

Voices floating past in near the coast and the early hours of Sunday will be the Dunwich Dynamo.

Roughcast Theatre are touring Shakespeare's comedy A Midsummer's Night Dream around near the coast finishing with a dash over the channel for two shows in the Dordogne ... perhaps because it might be their last chance:)  Tomorrow there's a free performance at the Laxfield Low House.

Driving from much of near the coast to Norwich there was no petrol station until Long Stratton and that one on the wrong side.  Since May there's been a BP petrol station on the Scole A140/A143 roundabout near Diss.

To disprove that everything happens in June Mid Summer Music is at Grundisburgh House this coming Saturday. ♫

Expect some delays tomorrow around near the coast when the 2019 Women's Tour 2019 journeys from Beccles to Stowmarket.

♫ near the coast's other notable warbler Laura Wright joins our peeps in Suffolk page.

The free entrance airfield museum at Debach opens during summer on the last Sunday of the month running until the last Sunday in October.  So the museum will be open tomorrow week.

House sales around near the coast with busy in Saxmundham.

Council elections around near the coast today but you would be hard pressed to know it.  A stunning lack of information about who the candidates are.

♫ Repeating last year's success Kio are playing for dancing at Stonham Aspal village hall this Saturday.

We've added a judge and spectators at Butley to Suffolk Gentleman and a gratifyingly side lit rider to our Flickr portfolio ... it's been a while.

Building work at the Co-op petrol station Stowupland will continue until at least May and possibly July.

A Wing and a Prayer is a large, colourful, glass art piece by Arabella Marshall which is expected to be installed into the ruined chapel at Minsmere this summer.  It will launch a three year programme of arts, nature and heritage based activities.

Starting Monday Roughcast Theatre have an eight date Suffolk tour of the comedy Hobson's Choice.  near the coast venues are Hoxne, Wingfield (nearly SOLD OUT) and the Halesworth Cut.

It's all the go in and about near the coast, temporarily closing petrol stations to re-model them, not an insignificant matter when there are so few to start with.  Woodbridge (has it re-opened yet?), Co-op Stowmarket (not closed but building going on), Haynings Framlingham (reportedly will have a 24 hour self service pump) and now the BP garage on the west bound A14 near Newmarket.  Fortunately services just off the A14 on the other side of Cambridge are copiously resourced ... three Costa Coffee machines!