Sutton Hoo.

We’re lucky in this part of sleepy Suffolk as we have a number of lovely places to visit on sunny summer days – and on not-such-nice days too. One of them is the National Trust site just outside Woodbridge where an Anglo-Saxon burial ship was found in 1939. The outbreak of war delayed progress with the excavations, led by Basil Brown at that time. There is a magnificent visitors centre with a shop and restaurant, but the purpose of our visit today was to see and climb the viewing tower which helps get a view of the site from on high – there are 89 steps to climb in this steel structure but it’s worth it. The cranes at Felixstowe docks were clearly visible too. National Trust lunches are always good but the queues were enormous, due to coach parties wanting to see the Time Team wrapping up their dig. So off we went to Melton where we relaxed with a glass of Prosecco and lamb koftas followed by fish. Now I’m a great fan of fish and chips but often can’t eat it all, so ordered a small portion. Husband, on the other hand, went for rainbow trout. It was enormous and rested on a bed of local new potatoes and asparagus with caper butter and a garlic sauce. Phew. Bad choice. He’s still recovering, even after a walk by the river. No dinner needed tonight 😉