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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 ...

On here clicking a pic will usually get you a link and/or a bigger pic, try it now->

If you find that the Microscoft Edge has started opening at startup and you prefer another web browser you can stop Edge by going Windows key/Settings/Apps and at the bottom of the list on the left Startup.

  Our stock portfolio on Alamy is now over 8,000 images.

Anorak Alert No.56: Someone at the Beeb seems to think Hollesley Bay prison is in Woodbridge.  They're only out by seven miles.

  You may be in a pic on our Facebook page.

Suffolk Overheard: On Ipswich station a man is kneeling to propose to his girlfriend But Ian, I'm wearing my trainers!

It's all gone a bit quiet quiet about that cage fight eh?

The tractorati quiver with antic ... ipation for the digest emailing out this lunch time.  To get your free copy click on Alan Smethurst The Singing Postman. ♫

Don't know your way round nearthecoast?  You need the A to Z, it's FREE, kills 99% of known germs plus you don't have to pay and display or walk through the gift shop to get out.

Anna Marchatelli singing at Tuesday's Slate Barn jam night joins Suffolk Ladies.

#FollowFriday ain't too proud to beg eh?

Throwback Thursday:  14 years ago today we were pleased to have a record 9,409 visitors in a month, we've been up and down since then.

October was another busy month for us with 13,382 visitors.

If you like what we do you can buy us a coffee, regrettably we can't accept a Costa Coffee points card ... a lovely latte?  How very kind.

The magnificent madness that is the national hill climb championship.

  The clocks have gone back, they'll go forward Sunday 31 March.

We said this was possible even likely, ask big Al he'll say we did.

Our fortnightly(ish) digest emails out lunch time today ... click Postman Pat's black and white cat to get your free copy.

Life Skills No. 54:  We knew that Fitzroy replaced Finisterre on the shipping forecast but despite a lifetime of listening to Forties Dogger German Bight we couldn't say where any of them are.  This map on the Met Office web site makes it clear they sort of surround the British Isles.

Weeks back prompted by a text we tried to sign up for flood warnings but apparently we weren't entitled.  Despite this on Friday we got a telephone message warning of floods but of course after the flooding had started.

Even if yours is a local event for local people you could still benefit from How to promote your event.

Over 65s can book a free Coronavirus vaccination at www.nhs.uk or phone free 119.

Worried too many people might turn up for your coffee morning?  Garden fete?  Swingers' party?  Don't do promotion on nearthecoast then.

Suffolk Overheard: But surely vegetarians can eat Scotch eggs!

  Today is the second Friday 13th this year, not another until September 2024.

Astonisher No.58: Comedian and actor Lenny Henry since 2018 is Dr Lenny Henry.  He did it the hard way with six years to get a BA in English from the Open University, then a MA followed by a PhD in Media Arts from Royal Holloway University of London.

Our stock photo portfolio on Alamy has over 8,000 images.

Anorak Alert No.55: Really enjoyed seeing whimsical Scrapper at the cinema but when 12 year old Georgie's estranged dad tells her to scrape the frame numbers off the stolen bikes ...  Frame numbers are usually stamped into a lug and need filing off.

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

We had over 12,000 visitors last month, the most for a while.

Ernie came back to his Framlingham home and then went missing again.

How to promote yourself on nearthecoast.com.

We've added (out of order) to our reasons to be cheerful the outstanding opening sequence of Jackie Brown.

Last day of Casseptember!

The Facebook link at the top of the page has become Facebook photos.

Suffolk Overheard: Habitué?  Isn't that what you get in the newspaper when you die?

Suffolk Overheard: Listen, it's quite simple, the bar is open Fridays, Saturdays and on Wednesdays ... except when the pool team is playing away.

Suffolk Overheard: When she was little she threw her tamagotchi in the duck pond because it kept interrupting her.

The next available advertising slot is now, it will take you into late summer.

Today as each week Darren Smith is selling fresh fish on Framlingham market as usual, we particularly like his Brancaster mussels just simply boiled for a few minutes.  He gets lots of link clicky clicky in our fortnightly(ish) digest.