Woke around 0745…mattress a little too soft for my liking. Aki got up and brought me a birthday mug of tea, and a Moby Dick themed birthday card she’d made. Got up and porridged. Drove west to Framlingham…it started raining just as we parked up on Market Hill. Took shelter, and coffee, in the Crown Hotel. Walked over to the castle. £17.50 each to get in…English Heritage. Norman curtain wall castle with a walk around the battlements. Luckily, the rain had abated.
Drove to RSPB Minsmere for a sandwich lunch in the cafe then walked around the eastern mere, stopping off in a couple of hides…spotted avocet, egret, Arctic tern, shag, various duck and goose. Drove back to Saxmundham to shower and change before driving to Thorpeness for dinner at Ogilvie’s.
The restaurant is attached to the local golf club. Looks much better on the website than in reality. It’s housed in what looks like a large conservatory attached to the rather down-at-heel hotel next door. The maitre d came over to take a drinks order…half her teeth were missing, which put us off ordering a starter…resolved to eat up and get out ASAP. I ordered the chicken supreme…it was OK but slightly over powered by the sauce…I liked the bright green pea waffle, though. Had a pistachio tart and ice cream for afters.
Drove down to the seafront for a brief stroll, then headed back to Saxmundham...had to brake sharply when a piglet appeared in the road, being chased by a young lady...it was very cute, and seemed to be a pet. I managed to avoid running it over, but a red central warning lamp came up on my dashboard, as well as an EPC lamp, which suggests an on-board computer malfunction. The lamps stayed on all the way back to Sax, but no sign of engine trouble. Parked up, switched the ignition off and on an again...no warning lamps! Very odd! Watched a bit of telly. Enjoyed episode 1 of “The Assassin” on Prime…crisp script, and edgy comedy.
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