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th 29 Jan 2026	Stalwart nearthecoast supporter fishmonger Darren Smith keeps us going with much appreciated coffees, modern life mentoring and when in season fresh mussels. Buy us a coffee and you can join Darren top left running into spring.
mo 26 Jan 2026	Hopefully you've noticed we've given the icon strip above a wash and brush up. We've added our new(ish) Instagram and retired (perhaps temporarily) flickr. It'll take time for the change to reach all 300+ of our pages.
fr 23 Jan 2026	How to promote yourself on nearthecoast.com.
th 22 Jan 2026	The fortnightly(ish) digest emails out this afternoon ... click Jaques Tati to get yours for free ...
th 15 Jan 2026	Suffolk Truths No.110: Why honest Suffolk folk need two Co-op cards is a secret lost in the mists of time.
th 22 Jan 2026	We've added actor Toby Jones (Mr Bates vs The Post Office and Detectorists) at last year's Flipside Festival in Framlingham to peeps inSuffolk.
tu 20 Jan 2026	We've started a new Instagram account more usefully named nearbythecoast.
mo 19 Jan 2026	Today is Blue Monday.
	Planning a witch ducking this winter? Or perhaps a trial by fire for an estate agent? You're welcome to promote it on here.
th 15 Jan 2026	Suffolk Truths No.110: Why honest Suffolk folk need two Co-op cards is a secret lost in the mists of time.
we 14 Jan 2026	Even if yours is a local event just for local people you could still benefit from How to promote your event.
mo 12 Jan 2026	Our Alamy stock photo portfolio has over 10,000 images.
fr 9 Jan 2026	The next available supporter slot is now, it will give you that nice warm feeling of having done the right thing.
th 8 Jan 2026	Worried too many people might turn up for your coffee morning? Garden fete? Seance? Swingers' party? Don't do promotion on nearthecoast then.
	The tractorati quiver with antici ... pation for the nearthecoast digest that emails out this tea time. Get your free copy by clicking on Alan Smethurst The Singing Postman. ♫
tu 6 Jan 2026	It's Twelfth Night the day when you get your mantelpiece back.
mo 5 Jan 2026	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.
th 1 Jan 2026	Throwback Thursday: Happy New Year! 14 years ago today we were thinking what 2012 might be like. All we can guess for near the coast in 2026 is the Angry Fly will start serving tapas in its new Singles Bar ... with chips of course.
	A pleasant New Year present for us is the 30,966 visitors last month made a record 85,478 visits.
mo 29 Dec 2025	The next available supporter slot is now, it will take your link at least into early spring.
sa 27 Dec 2025	Here nobody died but the wind Christmas day on open country behind Castle Keep Framlingham was cold enough and strong enough we feared we might.
we 24 Dec 2025	Have a good one, see you on the other side.
tu 23 Dec 2025	The George Farnham Gallery in Saxmundham closes for Christmas today and until Tuesday 17th February when they return with a show of student works from all years at the Alde Valley Academy in Leiston.
	Life Skills No. 69: If you are planning a tattoo probably not a woman's name unless it's Mother.
fr 5 Dec 2025	The village doesn't support you? Promote yourself on nearthecoast.
sa 29 Nov 2025	Anorak Alert No.73: Streamed Darkest Hour last night and enjoyed it but when the cabinet was discussing that unlike WWI the German tanks would be able to refuel at petrol stations surely in the 1940s that would have been American usage ... like calling a lorry a truck?
su 5 Oct 2025	Astonisher No.68: Donald Trump ... surely we don't have to say any more.

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