near the coast

♫ Man in the Hat's three previous virtual hoedowns have triumphed with a sea of appreciative comments.  He's doing it again Friday ... PPE not needed but you are advised to social distance from your device.

We visited Katie's Garden Newbourne for the first time last week.  A staff member asked Are you trying to leave without paying?  We were third in the socially distanced queue for the cashier and exit and empty handed because we'd put our three tumbler tomatoes down whilst waiting.

HM Coastguard are warning that the Bawdsey Cliffs are dangerous because of erosion.

A man has been charged with the Darsham and Framlingham petrol station burglaries and ramming a police car.

If not a crime wave around near the coast at least a ripple.  Last night both Darsham and Framlingham petrol stations were burgled, Friday a quad bike was stolen in the Yoxford area and about the same time two expensive looking bicycles were stolen from a Woodbridge shed.

Suffolk, or at least Co-ops near the coast, have rediscovered the ice bucket challenge.   Yesterday in front of a few socially distanced onlookers a very good handful of Framlingham Co-op staff were cheerfully dunked by their co-workers.  If we'd paid more attention we would know which charity benefitted but we do know Wickham Market Co-op have been challenged to do the same thing.

Yesterday afternoon a body was found in an Aldeburgh house and in the evening there was an armed robbery at the Fressingfield Mace Store.

9am-2pm Saturday week 29 February Knodishall Brownies are holding a table sale in the village hall with profits to the hall.  Tables are £10, phone Brown Owl Jo Mayhew on 01728 831748.

Storm Ciara (not Clara) has closed the Orwell Bridge we think 3:00am-06:00pm.

 WANTED  A graphic designer to be paid for designing a Bauhaus style poster.

Sunday a charity fair in the Hasketon Victory Hall, a quid to get in but that does include refreshments.

As we've noted before the Shepherd and Dog at Forward Green still has a TO LET sign and the recently expanded Stowupland Co-op petrol station attractively has planters on the grass verge.

Don't know if it's Brexit or the approach or perhaps arrival of winter but house sales around near the coast seem slow.

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.